Shadow Dancer (シャドー・ダンサー) is an arcade game, developed and published by Sega in 1989. It is the arcade sequel to the original Shinobi.
A heavily altered Genesis version of the game was released, titled Shadow Dancer: The Secret of the Shinobi (シャドー・ダンサー ザ・シークレット・オブ・シノビ). This version was itself ported to the PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation 2 in the Sega Genesis Collection.
The plot, and even the main character's identity, varies between ...
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Shadow Dancer (シャドー・ダンサー) is an arcade game, developed and published by Sega in 1989. It is the arcade sequel to the original Shinobi.
A heavily altered Genesis version of the game was released, titled Shadow Dancer: The Secret of the Shinobi (シャドー・ダンサー ザ・シークレット・オブ・シノビ). This version was itself ported to the PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation 2 in the Sega Genesis Collection.
The plot, and even the main character's identity, varies between versions of the game, although the actual game has no in-game storyline. In the original Japanese plot of the Mega Drive version, the main character is Joe Musashi's son, Hayate (疾風), who was brought over to America raised by a Japanese-American named "Dick C. Kato", along with his pet dog Yamato (大和). Hayate and Yamato sets out to avenge Kato's death after he is killed by a mysterious organization called the Union Lizard. In the English localization of Mega Drive/Genesis game, the main character is actually Musashi himself (instead of his son...
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