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PS2 | Action | Shinobi

Boxart for Shinobi
Shinobi 54 screen shots
  • GRAPHICS: 4.50
  • SOUND: 4.50
  • CONTROL: 4.50
  • FUN FACTOR 4.50
  • AVG USER SCORE 4.4
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 3.7
Winner of the GamePro Editor's Choice Award

Strategy Guide: Shinobi

Strategy Guide by Musashi Mike | 07/25/2003 | 16:12:41 PM PST

In this ProStrategy Guide, we show you vital techniques to make you a ninja master and give you the lowdown on how to unlock secret characters, stages, and more!

Basics
Air Fighting
One of the toughest, yet effective, uses of the Stealth Dash is performing the move while you're in the air in conjunction with the Sword Attack. In addition to destroying airborne enemies, aerial Stealth Dash/Sword Attacks enable you to cross over large gaps and reach otherwise inaccessible areas. This technique is also helpful when doing battle with large monsters, such as the two-headed ogres that appear in the later stages of the game. While it sounds daunting at first, "air fighting" can quickly become second nature if you keep the commands straight and keep your cool.

Air Fighting in Action
Get close to a group of airborne enemies, jump into the air, and then press and hold Lock-on-keep Lock-on held throughout the confrontation.

When the targeting ring appears on a foe, tap Stealth Dash, then tap Sword Attack, and then alternate between Stealth Dash and Sword Attack to hack the first foe to pieces.

The targeting ring should automatically go to the next enemy. Tap Stealth Dash, then tap Sword Attack, and then alternate between Stealth Dash and Sword Attack to kill the next foe.

Repeat the process until all enemies are defeated.


Secret Items
Normal, Hard, and Super
Scattered throughout almost every Stage and Crests of the Oboro Clan, are Secret Items. Collecting Secret Items unlocks new features in the Extra menu, such as a movie viewer, an art gallery, hidden, characters, and additional stages. Each time you finish the game, a new skill setting becomes available. Here's the number of Secret Items in each Stage and on each difficulty setting:

Stage:

Normal:

Hard:

Super:

Stage 1-A:

3

1

1

Stage 1-B:

2

1

1

Stage 2-A:

1

1

1

Stage 2-B:

1

1

1

Stage 3-A:

2

1

1

Stage 3-B:

1

1

1

Stage 4-A:

2

1

1

Stage 4-B:

3

1

1

Stage 5-A:

2

1

1

Stage 7-A:

1

1

1

Stage 8-A:

1

1

1

Stage 8-B:

1

1

1


Required Secret Items
Here's the number of Secret Items required to unlock Shinobi's secrets. You can access the most unlocked stuff in the Extra menu.

Movie: Collect 10 Secret Items, and you can watch every rendered cinema in the game.

Gallery: For the low price of 20 Secret Items, you, too, can gaze in amazement at some very cool original artwork.

Mortisune: 30 Secret Items will unlock Hotsuma's nemesis, Mortisune.

Joe Musashi: Collect 40 Secret Items to play as the "classic" Shinobi character.

Stage EX: Collect all 50 Secret Items to unlock this very challenging extra stage.


Secret Item Locations
Here's where you can find the location of every Secret Item in Normal, Hard, and Super mode.