Customer Reviews

Shadow Dancer

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One of my favorite games. Complete action...tons of action. Genesis is known for opening up to the world of Violence in the game industry until Mortal Kombat dotted the "I". Unlike Nintendo. But this game kick and punch fighting is great, a Classic. And when you need help...get your dog to fight your battles. Fun game, graphic is good. For you youngsters born after 1985....you wont understand the gameplay nor the technology prior to Playstation.

Shadow Dancer is the story of Joe Mushashi and his faithful dog Yamoto. Together they go out and beat up the ruthless thugs of the Neo Zeed Corporation and it's boss the Union Lizard. It's a load of confusing nonsense and in the journey from Arcade to Genesis the plot seems to have been erased and events taking place in the game just seem like gobbledegook. All you really do in this game is jump around taking strange-looking villains out with Surikens.

To be honest, the arcade version of Shadow Dancer was much better. The graphics were far superior, the levels were cooler (levels such as the airport and junkyard are missing in this version) and the bad guys less weird.

Plus it's very, very short with only 5 levels all over in a few minutes. As it was such a cool arcade game it's shocking that a game so easy and tepid could end up on the Genesis. It was capable of much more than this and Shadow Dancer is really only a game for Shinobi completists.

This game can be extremely fun and very addictive. My only problem with it is that hit detection is a little iffy. I've been killed by enemies who never actually touched me. This in turn can cause some frustration, rage quitting, and put you in a bad mood.

As you probably know already, this review is for one of the many installments of the Shinobi series called Shadow Dancer. The story for this game is straight-forward enough. Some evil guy has taken control of the city and claimed a bunch of hostages. Shinobi and his faithful dog have to come in and save the day. What could go wrong? Well plenty can go wrong when they turn Shinobi into the worst example of a ninja ever! You would think he would stick to the shadows or something since they made him into such a pushover! When you play this game, everything seems to be going fine and it's enjoyable enough.......until you realize you get hit once and you're dead. You just get to walk around and fight all these armed guards and other ninjas while you can't take a single hit. It's stories like these that just come across as being totally unbelievable. What about Ryu from Ninja Gaiden? He was a great ninja. You know why? Because he could actually take quite a few hits before he went down. Ryu was tough and he had the health bar to prove it! But not Ryu, he's just some pansy with ninja stars and a sword, but if he takes a single hit from anything, he dies. I've heard of games being hardcore but this is just stupid. Shinobi is supposed to be a legendary ninja who defends the world from the powers of darkness. Apparently this is the only game they made where you don't get a health bar and good riddance! It was a terrible idea and makes the game much harder than it needs to be.

ah shinobi shadow dancer..this game NEVER gets old...i remember getting this game when it was released...and i still enjoy it to this day...proving once again that the sega genesis was and is an incredible system..

having been lucky to play the actual japanese arcade game...i was floored to see how authentic to the title it is..sure there are some changes but its not bad..and this game is a must own if you have a genesis... shadow dancer was originally a" side story" taking place between the original shinobi and return of shinobi..

the graphics here are incredible..and really shows off what the genesis can do the music is top notch especially in the beginning credits ..the game play is fast and exciting...plus this time around our ninja hero is teamed up with his attack dog yamoto. the bosses are challenging...i especially like the fight on top of the statue of liberty..

bottom line if your a fan of the series, and dont own this one..pick it up..youll be glad you did..... GENESIS DOES...WHAT NINTEN'DONT:)

Shadow Dancer is a sequel to the Revenge Of Shinobi so I guess Sega couldn't wait for an offical sequel to come along so they decided to port Shadow Dancer from the arcades to the Genesis Shadow Dancer arcade is a sequel to Shinobi arcade. Shadow Dancer plays more like Shinobi in the arcades & abandons the Revenge Of Shinobi gameplay. Story for the game is a few years after the defeat of the NEO ZEED a new & more dangerous group called Union Lizard has taken over The NYC the game is set in a post apocalyptic NYC in 1997 ok what was it with 1997 being the year of death in the day you know Escape from New York T2 this game I'm reviewing. Any way You & a Dog named Yamto set off to destroy the Union Lizard. Shadow Dancer is a good sequel but the music doesn't touch the Yuzo Kashiro's that he composed for Revenge of Shinobi because you got something special if Yuzo Kashiro composes for a video game.