The Nakatomi company is searching for the pieces of the Akujiki sword, shattered by Hotsuma in the prequel, Shinobi. Luckily, the Oboro ninja clan has since reformed. As Hibana, kunoichi (female ninja) of the Oboro clan, you are charged with the task of finding the pieces of the Akujiki before Nakatomi does.

Nightshade is a sequel to Overworks' Shinobi for the PS2. Like its predecessor, it features several levels full of challenging enemies to fight using a combination of your sword, shuriken, and magic scrolls. Speed and stealth remain the emphasis, as you use stealth dashes and the ability to walk on walls to perform long strings of kills called tates. One of the main improvements to the gameplay system is the ability to create much larger combos/tates. In order to facilitate this, they've expanded the battle system to include flying kicks to break your opponent's guard and stealth attacks to kill unsuspecting foes in a single blow.

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Alternate Titles

"Shinobi 2" -- Common title
"Kunoichi" -- Japanese title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Nightshade	PlayStation 2	$2.89
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The Press Says

GameSpot	Feb 10, 2004	7.9 out of 10	79
Gamezone (Germany)	Mar 12, 2004	7.8 out of 10	78
Game Revolution	Feb 20, 2004	B	75
Gameswelt	Mar 23, 2004	73 out of 100	73
Jeuxvideo.com	Feb 25, 2004	14 out of 20	70
Gamers.at	Sep 05, 2004	65 out of 100	65
Game Informer Magazine	Mar, 2004	6.5 out of 10	65
Games Radar	Mar 15, 2004	6 out of 10	60
PSX Extreme	Feb 18, 2004	6 out of 10	60
Game Informer Magazine	Mar, 2004	6 out of 10	60