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The ninja. Nature’s good killing machine. Nigh invisible, no safety system can maintain them from their prey. The one factor that stops a ninja is one other ninja—or weapons, or knives, or Spider-Man. Sure, we’re speaking Shinobi on this week’s podcast, Sega’s one-time voluminous collection of ninja video video games. Contemplate this dialog the primary half of an extended chat as we solely handle to clear the franchise’s arcade origins and early 90s output this time round. Certainly, since this recording Sony and Sega introduced a brand new recreation coming this summer time, guaranteeing extra Shinobi patter sooner or later.
As a resident of Japan, Diamond Feit (hello!) needed to host this preliminary episode so we might get into the background of the title Shinobi and the way it pertains to ninja; throughout this phase our European company Stuart Gipp and Thomas Ni©kel politely sit and pay attention. Oh, and as talked about within the podcast, here is an archived hyperlink to Yutaka Sugano’s interview with a Brazillian gaming outlet for perception into his function in creating the unique recreation.
Description:Â With the collection poised for a comeback in 2025, Diamond Feit, Stuart Gipp, and Thomas Nickel uncover the secrets and techniques of the ninja on this first podcast about Sega’s Shinobi video games.
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Art work for this episode by Nick Wanserski and enhancing thanks go to Greg Leahy.
