Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Shinobi III, Mega-Drive conversion by M2 and published by Sega in 2013. This is the Standalone eShop release of the game on Nintendo 3DS.
"Joe Musashi's sworn enemies, the Neo Zeed, have returned! Controlled by Shadow Master, a formidable ninja cloned from Joe's own bloodline, the syndicate holds the city captive with its vicious crime ring. Utilise deadly weapons and lethal ninja arts in order to stand against the hordes of bio-ninja and save your city!
In addition to its all-new 3D presentation, 3D Shinobi III features a Round Select Mode and customisable input setting which allows you to assign each action to specific buttons."
One of the best looking Mega Drive games gets a conversion to the 3DS. I don't know how much work this conversion was but I imagine it was one of the quickest to convert as the game already had multiple graphic layers giving a pseudo 3d effect. Either way, the 3D presentation looks great here.
I wasn't sure how I wanted to present the game, changing my mind on what to show and after loosing all video after an emu crash and having to start over, I do get a little lazy near the end of the game. Initially I wanted to show scores when not using knives or ninjutsu but that makes things boring and who cares about scoring anyway.
I left the game on normal difficulty and it isn't too bad. Level 6 gets a bit silly with it's trap rooms and level 7 is damned annoying with its wall jumping and electric traps.
Shinobi III, Mega-Drive conversion by M2 and published by Sega in 2013. This is the Standalone eShop release of the game on Nintendo 3DS.
"Joe Musashi's sworn enemies, the Neo Zeed, have returned! Controlled by Shadow Master, a formidable ninja cloned from Joe's own bloodline, the syndicate holds the city captive with its vicious crime ring. Utilise deadly weapons and lethal ninja arts in order to stand against the hordes of bio-ninja and save your city!
In addition to its all-new 3D presentation, 3D Shinobi III features a Round Select Mode and customisable input setting which allows you to assign each action to specific buttons."
One of the best looking Mega Drive games gets a conversion to the 3DS. I don't know how much work this conversion was but I imagine it was one of the quickest to convert as the game already had multiple graphic layers giving a pseudo 3d effect. Either way, the 3D presentation looks great here.
I wasn't sure how I wanted to present the game, changing my mind on what to show and after loosing all video after an emu crash and having to start over, I do get a little lazy near the end of the game. Initially I wanted to show scores when not using knives or ninjutsu but that makes things boring and who cares about scoring anyway.
I left the game on normal difficulty and it isn't too bad. Level 6 gets a bit silly with it's trap rooms and level 7 is damned annoying with its wall jumping and electric traps.
