Nightshade
A new rift opens between Earth and the evil realm. Unwilling to succumb to the demonic forces threatening Tokyo, the people enlist the talents of Hibana. With her sword in hand, she alone must battle the…
Nightshade is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Sega WOW, released 4 December 2003 on PlayStation 2.
What Nightshade is
Nightshade is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Sega WOW and released in 2003. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Nightshade, the player plays as Hibana, a female counterpart to Shinobi 's Hotsuma. She is a government-employed ninja tasked with the elimination of members of the Nakatomi Corporation, which has unwittingly unleashed hellspawn upon futuristic Tokyo. She is also ordered to recover the shards of "Akujiki", the legendary cursed sword that Hotsuma used to seal the hellspawn the last time.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Nightshade holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Nightshade launched on 4 December 2003, within three weeks of Need for Speed: Underground, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly and Manhunt. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Need for Speed: Underground, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Manhunt.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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