The creators of the original Tenchu, the best-selling and highest-rated in the Tenchu series, are back to create a brand new fourth episode in the franchise. Tenchu: Shadow Assassins brings you back to the world of Feudal Japan to master the deadly skills of a real ninja. Continue the saga of Rikimaru and Ayame, elite ninjas, who will utilize new skills and weapons to keep the peace in Feudal Japan and defend the lands of the Goda. In this episode, you can take control of either the stealthy and silent Rikimaru, or the aggressive and acrobatic Ayame and use their lethal skills to unmask the face of the enemy behind a treacherous kidnapping.

• Tenchu Shadow Assassins
• PlayStation Portable
• Wii

Contents. Plot The series takes place in 16th-century. The original story ( Stealth Assassins) revolves around two ninjas, and, who have both been members of the Azuma Ninja Clan since childhood. The two ninjas serve the benevolent Lord Gohda and work for him as his secret spies to root out corruption and gather intelligence in his province. However, the evil demonic sorcerer Lord Mei-Oh sought to destroy Lord Gohda, and using his demon warrior Onikage, wreaked havoc throughout Lord Gohda's province.

Video Games PS4 Xbox One Switch Wii U PC 3DS PS3 Xbox 360. Tenchu: Shadow Assassins. Acquire Software is the same company that did the first Tenchu game and.

Although Lord Mei-Oh was killed in the first game, Onikage appeared in all subsequent games (except Fatal Shadows and Tenchu Z) as the archenemy of the two ninja, especially Rikimaru. Another major character who shows up frequently is Princess Kiku, Lord Gohda's daughter who often needs to be saved. Gameplay The game perspective is. There are numerous items to help the ninja on his/her mission, but unlockable items can be acquired if the player gets a 'Grand Master' rating at the end of the by being as stealthy as possible. Items and controls vary from game to game, but the gameplay is essentially the same throughout with the exception of Tenchu: Shadow Assassins. Stealth is a very important element in the game, where players have to duck, crouch, and hide behind walls to avoid detection.

Enemies can be killed with one manoeuvre by using Stealth Kills, and a player can avoid detection by using the Ki meter. The larger the number, the closer the player's position to an enemy. If a player is spotted, the Ki meter will turn red, the enemy will alert everyone in the area, and the player is forced to fight hand-to-hand or hide somewhere until the enemies give up their search and resume their patrol routes. Characters.

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Main articles: and The main characters of the Tenchu series are Rikimaru, Ayame, Tesshu and Rin. Rikimaru is a tall, white-haired with a single, named 'Izayoi' and a scar over his right eye. He is physically stronger than Ayame and Rin, but relatively slower. Ayame is a or female ninja who wears standard ninja clothes with her midriff exposed. She carries a pair of. She is faster and could perform more than Rikimaru and Tesshu, but is weaker than them.

Tesshu is a vigilante who wears blue doctor's clothes who fights bare-handed with acupuncture needles, he is strong like Rikimaru, but slower than Ayame and Rin. Tesshu's appearance is heavily based on the character 'Baian Fujieda'. Rin is a young kunoichi who carries a large Natsume katana. Despite carrying such weapon, she prefers to use hand to hand attacks, Rin uses fast combos like Ayame. Games Aggregate review scores As of July 27, 2013. Game (PS1) 84.26% (PS1) 87 (PS1) 78.59% (PS1) 77 (PS2) 79.38% (Xbox) 70.09% (PS2) 79 (Xbox) 70 (PS2) 60.54% (PS2) 58 (PSP) 51.25% - (NDS) 34.35% (NDS) 37 (X360) 56.93% (X360) 56 (X360) 48.57% (X360) 46 (Wii) 70.16% (PSP) 65.18% (Wii) 70 (PSP) 68 purchased the rights to this game from, who originally published the game in Japan.

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However, Activision sold the rights to the Japanese game publisher in 2004. FromSoftware's rights agreement does not include games previously published by Activision.

FromSoftware licensed distribution of Fatal Shadows to. There is an additional Japan-exclusive release for Tenchu on the PlayStation. One hundred of the best competing levels designed with the level editor of Tenchu: Shinobi Gaisen (an expanded version of Tenchu re-released in Japan) were put together to form a stand-alone, non-story based expansion set called Tenchu: Shinobi Hyakusen.

The engine and game fundamentals remained unchanged. Shinobi Hyakusen is famous for the hardest level settings among Tenchu fans, especially because of the tight time limits and the overall lack of the items, excluding the caltrops and the throwing stars. No North American or European versions were released however. Several games were also ported to mobile phones with graphic changes. These include Tenchu: Ayame's Tale 3D which was released for the Sony Ericsson mobile phone series and Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven by TKO-Software and Digital Bridges which was released for mobile phones in 2005, although it used two-dimensional graphics.

A stage play adaptation Tenchu Butai was performed in 2014. See also. a 2006 PS2 game with similar gameplay and stealth/action principals, also developed by Acquire.

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