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Akujiki, the evil soul-stealing sword that would be used in the ritual to decide the clan's leader. The commandment deems that the next clan leader must be determined by a duel to the death between the eldest clan heirs—in this case, Moritsune and Hotsuma. Aware of their destiny, the brothers trained incessantly, instructed by their foster parent, Kobushi (previous leader of the Oboro Clan). 10 years passed as the brothers refined their techniques and honed their senses, preparing for the longtime duel and training their skills. The duel occurred beneath a full moon, with only Hotsuma's childhood friend, Ageha, and Kobushi as the witnesses and after a long exhausting fight, Hotsuma won and finally slew his brother, though he felt a great deal of guilt from it.
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hellspawn to wreak havoc upon the city, and all but destroyed the Oboro Clan. The city's residents became paralyzed with fear. With the Oboro Clan ravaged and Tokyo on the verge of collapse, Hotsuma placed himself at the heart of the chaos, determined to reach the mysterious Golden Palace and avenge the death of his clan. Along the way, Hotsuma is also forced to battle the slain Oboro ninja who had been reanimated to serve Hiruko.
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the helicopter, now possessed. Ageha arrives manages to distract it back into the air. Ageha is mad with
Hotsuma exacting his revenge, but he tells her that he does not need her help, and then leaves her and goes through the city roofs, where he encounters mysterious ninja named Aomizuchi, whom he fights, and Akujiki awakens by tasting his blood. Aomizuchi escapes when the helicopter arrives again, and Hotsuma escapes the fire.
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wants him to kill her, he is unable to do it. This leads to her capture by Hiruko's minions. Hotsuma confronts and destroys
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another wave of ninjas, he eventually reaches the main shrine of Oboro Clan. There, Ageha is trying to help
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Midway into his journey, Hotsuma encounters a young shrine maiden named Kagari who believes that she is intended to be sacrificed by Hiruko to release a statue called
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After the battle, Hotsuma breaks to Hiruko's Golden Palace, where Hiruko reveals that he had all along intended for
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Moritsune was not really to decide the Oboro's leader, but to provide a soul to keep Akujiki sated. Ageha secretly worked with Hiruko to get him to resurrect Moritsune, not knowing
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Hotsuma continues through the Oboro Clan's temple, where he encounters several dogs and encountering a twin siblings and his young students, Shirogane and
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Hotsuma reaches the temples of the Oboro Clan, where Akujiki starts to eat his soul while trying to get rid of the sword. Ageha encounters him and tells him the story about the Akujiki; Akujiki is an evil sword which was longtime hidden during the Oboro Clan rule, and killed many fighters by
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games. Smith echoed this opinion, additionally noting occasionally problematic default camera angles. Hopper stated that "ost of the environments look very nice and detailed, while some are a little plain". Turner called the environments overall "samey" and "uninspired".
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consuming their souls. Akujiki needs to be fed, or it will eventually consume Hotsuma as well. She explains him that he will need to feed the sword by killing the possessed fighters, whose souls have been darkened, to still Akujiki and prevent it from consuming Hotsuma.
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to briefly paralyze his enemies. Three types of ninja magic are available to him: "Ka'en", an area-based fire attack; "Kamaitachi", a ranged shock wave attack; and "Raijin", which grants him invincibility for a short period of time.
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that the revived Moritsune would become one of Hiruko's henchmen with no memory of his past. Moritsune is actually Aomizuchi, the fourth hellspawn lord. Moritsune kills Ageha, then fights Hotsuma. Hotsuma defeats him again.
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staff writer Che Chou and as "ninja tough" in a review from
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in the game. The game was released on December 4, 2003.
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game, and Sega returned to publish it. Development of
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2871:Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
2330:"Shinobi Review for PS2 on GamePro.com"
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2694:Kasavin, Greg (February 10, 2004).
2328:Weigand, Mike (November 12, 2002).
2153:Niizumi, Hirohiko (June 23, 2003).
1985:"Interview With Shinobi Developers"
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2548:Kasavin, Greg (November 7, 2002).
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1808:Smith, David (November 12, 2002).
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1471:Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
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2579:Kennedy, Sam (December 2002).
2498:"プレイステーション2 - Shinobi (シノビ)".
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2179:Ashraf, Jawad (7 March 2012).
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2058:"E2 2002: New Shinobi details"
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2766:Hardcore Gaming 101: Shinobi
1983:Fox, Fennec (May 24, 2002).
1766:"E3 2002: Shinobi Interview"
1640:Nightshade (2003 video game)
709:Shinobi Original Sound Track
651:Shinobi Original Sound Track
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2365:"Shinobi for PlayStation 2"
1174:"Shinobi ~Transient Ballad~
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2093:"Shinobi (PS2) - Review"
1926:"Shinobi - PS2 - Review"
1852:"GameSpy: Shinobi (PS2)"
1727:"Shinobi [2002]"
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2290:"Shinobi OST Announced"
2264:"Shinobi オリジナルサウンドトラック"
1582:artificial intelligence
589:On September 25, 2003,
2914:The Revenge of Shinobi
2847:The Revenge of Shinobi
2550:"Shinobi Review (PS2)"
2467:"Shinobi Review (PS2)"
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2103:on November 14, 2014
1891:Entertainment Weekly
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3048:PlayStation 3 games
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2696:"Nightshade Review"
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