Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn

Critic reviews

• GameCritics

  GC Staff · Sep 30, 2024

  8.5

  Each Tengo Project release is a handcrafted monument to a type of experience and particular strain of gaming culture that is mostly forgotten by the mainstream. This is not “Retro Gaming” as marketed to us for the last 20 years, but a type of design that fully embodies the specific, timeless, vibrant virtues of the ’80s and ’90s in new and exciting forms. Reborn is for sickos, by sickos. For those that have love in their heart for arcade culture, and for muscular, uncompromising, full-blooded action built on a system of beautifully-tuned mechanics, Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn will be one of the best things they can buy this year.

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• TheXboxHub

  Paul Renshaw · Sep 23, 2024

  9.0

  All in all, Shadow of the Ninja – Reborn is a remaster done the right way. It takes what was a great game, tweaks the way that it looks and drags it kicking and screaming into the modern era, refusing to ever allow the resulting game to be a pushover like so many do. The challenge is real here, maybe too real for some, but the feeling you get as you move closer to your goal will be seen as a gaming high.

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• Gaming Trend

  Jack Zustiak · Sep 21, 2024

  9.0

  Shadow of the Ninja Reborn is a welcome change of plans, pushing an NES classic into fascinating new territory. With katana in hand, Reborn carves out its own niche with its meticulous, plan-based platforming. Its strong design combined with a high amount of replayability invites its science-based community of ninjas to keep experimenting long after their first playthrough.

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• PPE

  Igor Chrzanowski · Sep 18, 2024

  8.0

  Shadow of the Ninja Reborn to kawał świetnej produkcji dla miłośników retro klimatów. Dzięki tej grze poczujecie się jak w erze 16-bitów.

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• PlayStation Country

  Richie · Sep 12, 2024

  8.0

  This is remaking done right. Take a title from gaming history and give it a gorgeous glow up. It might be too tough for some but it's worth persisting with.

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• Way Too Many Games

  Leo Faria · Sep 09, 2024

  7.5

  Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn can be infuriating at times, due to clunky platforming and a borderline irritating level of difficulty, but if you take it as one of those challenging arcade games which want you to memorize pattern recognition and enemy placements, you can have quite a bit of fun with it. If you have the patience, that is. As a fun arcade pasttime, meant to be played in shorter bursts, and also thanks to its pretty good presentation, Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn is a pretty decent recommendation.

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