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The game was also designed around the "stun" ability of Hotsuma and Moritsune's projectiles, which actually makes certain sections trickier with Joe. Using Joe's infinite shurikens to defeat a boss sounds good on paper, but in practice it takes a ridiculously long time.only you don't get him until you've collected 40 Oboro coins, which is only possible if you've already beaten the game twice: once on Normal and again on Hard. The downside is that there are some bosses that pretty much require you to get huge combos in order to defeat them in a timely fashion however, you can also chuck shurikens at them infinitely. The benefit to this is that you don't have to worry about getting huge combos to keep your health and damage enemies, and you can just continually chuck shurikens at some of the harder to kill enemies. He has the strongest magic attack as well. Joe's main draw is that he has an unlimited supply of shurikens - which damage targets instead of paralyzing them - and no life-draining Tate gauge (since he doesn't wield the Akujiki blade).Bonus Feature Failure: Joe Musashi from the original games can be unlocked as a playable character, but the mechanical differences between him and Hotsuma as well as his unlock conditions fall squarely into this trope.Even Nightshade (Kunoichi) made the blood purple to be a bit less gory. Here, every enemy Hotsuma kills falls apart to gory little pieces with blatantly red blood spraying all over the place. Bloodier and Gorier: Previous games besides Shinobi Legions had small blood spurts at best, before they explode or poof or so forth.Bittersweet Ending: Hiruko is killed but Hotsuma stays on his palace as it collaspse to ensure Akujiki is destroyed.Big Bad: Hiruko, the Evil Sorcerer who killed the Oboro Clan and summoned the Hellspawn.Badass Arm-Fold: Hotsuma's idle stand has him crossing his arms.Yes, even Shirogane and Akagane if attacked at the right time. Outside the US-only Super difficulty, every boss could be killed by Hotsuma in a single sword swing save the two iterations of the Blackhawk. The massive Hellspawn Lord bosses had "taunt" phases to their attack patterns where they took hugely increased damage.The Tate system tended to require human foes to be hit in the back for one-hit kills.Asian Rune Chant: The kanji on the markers that denote the number of enemies currently active on screen make this when read aloud.Apologetic Attacker: Some of Hotsuma's lines when performing a TATE attack are "Forgive me" and "I am sorry".Apocalypse Maiden: Kagari, the Ubusuna Miko, whom Hiruko intends to use to power up Yatsurao.Anyone Can Die:The game may have a rather small cast, but the only character to make it to the very end is Kagari Ubusuna.Always a Bigger Fish: The Hellspawn may be immensely powerful demon lords, but the Akujiki will devour their souls all the same.

Kizami being a sort of Big Brother Mentor for Hotsuma and Homura, being warmhearted and caring despite his eerie calmness and horrifying skill at killing.Homura being a dandy ladies' man who hates lying and cheating.Hakuraku being an old man variant of a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing who was known for putting extreme mental and physical stress on the ninja who worked under him despite his jolly facade.(Hence why she is reaching out for him as she fades away in the cutscene following her boss battle.) Akagane having a Precocious Crush on Hotsuma prior to her death.All There in the Manual: Much of the backstory for the various ninja boss characters is only ever told in the Japanese version's manual.Abstract Eater: Hotsuma's sword is inhabited by the Akujiki, an ancient metaphysical parasite that feeds on blood, eats yin, and drinks souls.Both Hotsuma and Hibana would also reappear in 2018's Sega Heroes. Hotsuma would go on to appear in 2015's Project × Zone 2 as a playable character (teamed up with Capcom's Strider Hiryu), with Hibana, the protagonist of Nightshade (Kunoichi) (this game's sequel), accompanying him as a Solo Unit. Hotsuma, now wielding Akujiki, sets off to search the cause, all while being attacked by resurrected clansmen. In the present day, a massive earthquake strikes Tokyo and erects a large golden palace. Hotsuma wins and is bestowed the sword, Akujiki. Two years prior, a pair of brothers in the Oboro Clan, Hotsuma and Moritsune, duel to be the next leader. A Shinobi game for the PlayStation 2, developed by Overworks (previously Sega AM1).