Available on Switch as we speak is Shinobi Spirits S: Legend of Heroes, a ninja action game with a cast of cuddly characters.
You'll play as Saizo Kirigakure, leader of the Beast Brigade, and use your ninja abilities to defeat your enemies as part of the resistance. You'll be fighting alongside comrades, finding yourself surrounded by the Tokugawa ninjas on all sides - create combos of attacks and utilise your ninja skills like Smoke Bomb and Nose Dive to fight your way out.
The Nintendo eShop listing talks of a "captivating story", with players needing to clear missions in each stage to progress. You'll collect scrolls to pick up new skills, enhance those skills using a skill tree, and chat to other characters in the Leader's Room to discover content not included in the main story.
If you're interested in this one, the game's out on Switch right now for $8.99 / £6.69, although those in Europe can currently take advantage of a 30% discount to save some pennies.
What do you think? Worth a shot? Let us know your thoughts down below.
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I got it day one. Surprised it hasn't had more hype... it's old school shinobi action. Feels like it easily could have been a PS1 or Saturn release.
@Hck What sort of old school Shinobi?? it looks like a flash game.
Gameplay-wise, one could be convinced it's a cute continuation of Sega's classic Shinobi series. It plays the same, save some 3D elements (being able to throw projectiles and some enemies into the background).
I had the same "flash" reservation at first, because of the look and the price; but I was pleasantly surprised. Played it all weekend. The upgrade system took me a little bit to get used to- you're meant to grind and complete additional level challenges, 3 for easy mode, 3 for normal, and 3 for hard mode, meaning each stage has 9 challenges resulting in more upgrade spirit power. Plus there's hidden stuff in each level: scrolls that unlock upgrades and bits of "Miyuki's letter" (I'm still assembling it). Additionally there are places in levels you won't be able to reach until you unlock an upgrade later in the game, so it has some replayability for completists.
And hard mode is no joke. It's a challenge and a half.
I'd reccomend the game, especially for the price. You'll get a lot of bang for your buck.
I feel like I played this game on 3ds. It's been so long though.
@Desa Ninja Battle Heroes? That's what my mind went to.
Ninja Battle Heroes was great and this kinda just looks like a DX version of it so I'm in!
Is this the same game that was on the 3DS? Because it was a bit underwhelming, if you ask me.
It wasn't so bad, (nothing exciting, though), but if I remember correctly, the level design was overall a bit boring, and I especially remember that the last stage (or the last few stages?) was like five times longer than it needed to be, and it became icredibly boring. And there were quite some unreasonable challenges if I'm not mistaken.
Not a bad game, but I was expecting more.
looks cute. Plus Ninja. Everything is better with Ninja.
Man, looking at this game makes me want another Mystical Ninja(Ganbare Goemon?) game. Sucks that Konami has Pachinko'd all it's franchises though.
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