The Revenge of Shinobi (Game Boy Advance)

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The Revenge of Shinobi

Publisher: Infogrames (Europe), THQ (US)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	2002-11-13^[1]	$29.9929.99^[2]	AGB-P-A3RE AGB-A3RE-USA
DE	2003-05-23		AGB-P-A3RP AGB-A3RP-EUR
ES	2003-05-23		AGB-P-A3RP AGB-A3RP-EUR
FR	2003-05-23		AGB-P-A3RP AGB-A3RP-EUR
UK	2003-05-23		AGB-P-A3RP AGB-A3RP-EUR
FI	2003-05-23		AGB-P-A3RP AGB-A3RP-EUR

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The 2002 release of The Revenge of Shinobi is a Game Boy Advance game developed by 3d6 Games. Though it belongs to the same series, it is unrelated to the Mega Drive game of the same name.

The game makes heavy use of prerendered graphics and uses plenty of asian stereotypes, not related to Japan or Ninja in particular, sometimes poorly implemented, e.g. the first boss you encounter uses thunder attacks and the Japanese Kanji for "Electricity" - "電" is displayed, albeit mirrored. Such a symbol does not exists.

Gameplay

Gameplay is much slower paced than other Shinobi games, with a bigger focus on collecting keys, pushing switches etc.

History

Recepcion

It was not well received, both by fans of the original series and gamers in general.

GameSpot named it the most disappointing Game Boy Advance game of 2002.

Production credits

Shinobi Game Development By 3D6 Games Inc.

Producer: William S. Schmitt
Technical Director: Dan Filner
Lead Artist: Eric Desantis
Lead Programmer: Ken Grant
Programmer: Nick Robertson
Designers: Eric Desantis, William S. Schmitt, Troy Sheets
Artists: Rick Grossenbacher, Rod Stafford, Mathew Van Dinter
Scripting: Nick Robertson, William S. Schmitt, Troy Sheets, Martin Theyer
Special Thanks: Eric Asorson, Chris "The Dirty Buddha" Esaki, Eric Guerrero, Fabio Laguna, Chris Novak, Sean Turner, Todd Widup, Dede, Sega and Overworks, Shinobi's Original Creators, Shinobi's Loyal Fans
Music and Sound Effects: Slackmates Inc., Rob Abernethy, Dave Adams

THQ Inc.

Producer: Curtis Cherrington
Assistant Producer: Randy Planck
Senior Producer: Jamie Bafus
Executive Producer: Carolina Beroza
Lead Tester: Chuck Sheffield
Testers: Nars del Rosario, Shane Pierson, Joe Garofalo
QA Director: Jeremy S. Barnes
QA Manager: Monica Vallejo
QA Technician: Mario Wiabel
QA Database Administrator: Jason Roberts
Vice President of Marketing: Peter Dille
Group Marketing Manager: Alison Quirion
Associate Product Manager: Heather Hall
Marketing Coordinator: Michael Greene
Director of Creative Services: Howard Liebeskind
Senior Creative Services Manager: Kathy Helgason
Creative Services Manager: Kirk Somdal
PR Manager: Reilly Brennan
Associate PR Manager: Erik Reynolds
Packaging Design: Moor Design
Manual Writer: Keith Kolmos
Extra Special Thanks: Shinobu Toyoda, Kathy Schoback, Judy Jette-Hansen

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: The Revenge of Shinobi (Game Boy Advance)/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[2]

GameBoy Magazyn (PL)

52

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Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

40

^[4]

	53
Based on 3 reviews

Game Boy Advance, US
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Game Boy Advance, EU
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Game Boy Advance, EU (alt)
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	ddb4496a
MD5	da720531328fc7f37eef8c9b07d30a91
SHA-1	3340d93161d979544d3bb1be7d7771c59964e409

8MB

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	e9339304
MD5	95b8cb63649f7bb62a2f9a6a39bf7388
SHA-1	22adb84902a1d1b3b63986eded3cc2a1bc9aa0b4

8MB

Cartridge (US)

References

↑ http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1257 (Wayback Machine: 2003-08-14 02:54)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "January 2003" (US; 200x-xx-xx), page 70
↑ GameBoy Magazyn, "Luty 2003" (PL; 2003-xx-xx), page 19
↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "June 2003" (UK; 2003-05-16), page 82

The Revenge of Shinobi (Game Boy Advance)
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Games in the Shinobi series
	Shinobi (1987) \| Shadow Dancer (1989)
	Shinobi (1988) \| The Cyber Shinobi (1990) \| Shadow Dancer (1991)
	Shinobi (1989)
	The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) \| Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) \| Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)
	The GG Shinobi (1991) \| The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (1992)
	Shinobi Legions (1995)
	The Revenge of Shinobi (2002)
	Shinobi (2002) \| Nightshade (2003)
	Shinobi 3D (2011) \| 3D Shinobi III (2013)
	Sega Ages Shinobi (2019)
Shinobi related media
	The Super Shinobi & Works (1989) \| Shinobi Original Soundtrack (2002) \| Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (2009) \| Shinobi 3D Original Soundtrack (2012) \| Kunoichi Original Soundtrack (2014) \| Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (2015) \| The Revenge of Shinobi (2016) \| Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (2022)
	Shinobi: The Fear Pavilion (1994) \| Shin Shinobi Den Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1995) \| Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Shinobi (2002) \| Shinobi: The Rise of Hotsuma (2002) \| Shinobi: The Complete Guide (2002) \| Shinobi the Wide Ilustration Archive (2003) \| Kunoichi Koushiki Guide Book (2003) \| Kunoichi Perfect Guide (2004)

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[:File:GamePro_US_172.pdf_p70-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "January 2003" (US; 200x-xx-xx), page 70

[3] GameBoy Magazyn, "Luty 2003" (PL; 2003-xx-xx), page 19

[:File:NOM_UK_129.pdf_p82-4] Nintendo Official Magazine, "June 2003" (UK; 2003-05-16), page 82

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Games in the Shinobi series
	Shinobi (1987) \| Shadow Dancer (1989)
	Shinobi (1988) \| The Cyber Shinobi (1990) \| Shadow Dancer (1991)
	Shinobi (1989)
	The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) \| Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) \| Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)
	The GG Shinobi (1991) \| The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (1992)
	Shinobi Legions (1995)
	The Revenge of Shinobi (2002)
	Shinobi (2002) \| Nightshade (2003)
	Shinobi 3D (2011) \| 3D Shinobi III (2013)
	Sega Ages Shinobi (2019)
Shinobi related media
	The Super Shinobi & Works (1989) \| Shinobi Original Soundtrack (2002) \| Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (2009) \| Shinobi 3D Original Soundtrack (2012) \| Kunoichi Original Soundtrack (2014) \| Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (2015) \| The Revenge of Shinobi (2016) \| Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (2022)
	Shinobi: The Fear Pavilion (1994) \| Shin Shinobi Den Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1995) \| Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Shinobi (2002) \| Shinobi: The Rise of Hotsuma (2002) \| Shinobi: The Complete Guide (2002) \| Shinobi the Wide Ilustration Archive (2003) \| Kunoichi Koushiki Guide Book (2003) \| Kunoichi Perfect Guide (2004)