Tenchu Fatal Shadows Cover Art for the Playstation 2

2004 video game

Tenchu: Fatal Shadows
Developer(s)	K2 LLC FromSoftware (PSP)
Publisher(s)	JP: FromSoftware NA: Sega European union: Sega
Director(due south)	Mitsuo Kodama
Producer(s)	Masanori Takeuchi Naotoshi Zin
Writer(due south)	Tomoyuki Hosokawa
Composer(s)	Koichi Suenaga
Series	Tenchu
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
Release	PlayStation two JP: July 22, 2004 NA: February 15, 2005 European union: May 6, 2005 PlayStation Portable JP: January 28, 2010[ane]
Genre(due south)	Action-take a chance, stealth
Fashion(southward)	Unmarried-player

Tenchu: Fatal Shadows ^[a] is an action-chance stealth video game developed by K2 LLC and published past FromSoftware in Nippon and Sega in North America and Europe for the PlayStation 2 in 2004. The PlayStation Portable version of the game, Tenchu Kurenai Portable ,^[b] was released in Japan in 2010.

Gameplay [edit]

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This game is much similar that of Wrath of Sky, the previous entry in the series, with the power to drag off the victims' dead bodies after a kill making a return. Instead of Kanji points being increased after a stealth kill, scrolls are gathered. Double stealth kills are possible when two enemies are together. Each stealth kill has a proper noun listed below equally information technology'southward played out.

Plot [edit]

In a time of feudal wars, Rikimaru and Ayame, 2 ninja of the Azuma Ninja Clan, served Lord Gohda past returning his precious daughter, Princess Kiku, from the hands of Lord Mei-Oh. Unfortunately, Rikimaru was caught in a disastrous rockfall during his escape, in an endeavor to save Ayame and Princess Kiku, and is all the same missing. The land of Gohda remained peaceful afterwards Lord Mei-Oh's set on, and Ayame, as an agent of Lord Gohda, connected to patrol the expansive territory.

One 24-hour interval in her travels, Ayame came across a destroyed ninja hamlet. She hoped to discover survivors, just arrived too late. The ninja of Hagakure died whispering the "Kuroya" with their final breaths. As Ayame was near to get out, a young female ninja stood in her way. Her proper noun was Rin, back from her training, and devastated to see her village in ruins. She sees Ayame every bit the only person live, and blames her for the destroying of her village. Eventually, Rin sees that information technology was not Ayame that destroyed her village. The 2 team up to notice the people responsible.

Characters [edit]

Rin [edit]

Rin is a playable character and she replaces Rikimaru as a protagonist of the story. The last of the Hagakure, her village was burned and her family killed by the Kuroya. She is voiced past Satsuki Yukino and Allison Scagliotti.

Rin is a young girl who has trained in the arts of assassination and unarmed combat since childhood. She was born and raised in a small ninja village that lies on the border of "Hagakure." Later her village was destroyed, Rin has sought to avenge the deaths of her loved ones, working as a hired assassin for "Lady Razor" Ogin. Upon encountering Ayame, the two briefly boxing, although Rin soon realizes that the other kunoichi is non responsible for the devastation of her hamlet. The pair so form an alliance and then that they may better achieve their personal agendas. Rin wields a sword chosen Natsume, but prefers to fight in unarmed combat, like Tesshu and Tatsumaru. She seeks to avenge her slain kin.

Ayame [edit]

Second playable character, a longtime member of the Azuma Ninja Clan.

Kuroya [edit]

The enemies of this game are chosen the Kuroya, a group of evil ninja who are led by Jyuzou:

• Jyuzou - He is the supreme leader of the Kuroya, and is responsible for the devastation of his hometown, Hagakure village. He was actually side by side in line to become the next leader of the Hagakure, but refused to live by the rules ready before him. Jyuzou'due south weapon is a bract concealed within a parasol. He had been Rin'due south fiancé before he betrayed the Hagakure and has since been pursued by Rin, seeking revenge.
• Futaba - 1 of the Kuroya assassins and the younger sis of Hitoha. She is another ex-member of Rin's clan who betrayed her friends and family and proved loyal in service to Jyuzou. Futaba considered Rin her rival and hated her deeply. She wields a crossbow-type device that shoots knives from a distance while battling aslope her twin brother.
• Hitoha - Simply like Rin, he is from the Hagakure village. Along with his twin sister, he followed Jyuzou and betrayed the residuum of the village. Hitoha fights with a pyrotechnic gauntlet on his wrist which tin can squirt streams of fire at his enemies, combining the use of such a device with his athletic prowess and mastery of ninja mysticism.
• Ranzou - An assassin for the Kuroya who delights himself in torturing people. He is a twisted individual who derives pleasure from the hurting of women; at the moment when Ayame finds him, he is torturing Rin's master, Lady Ogin. There are many of the Kuroya who look down on preying upon the weak, but Ranzou takes pride in his work. Ranzou fights with two katana swords continued together on terminate. He was voiced by Roger Fifty. Jackson
• Shou - An effeminate, narcissistic assassin of the Kuroya who disguises himself as a musician. He joined the Kuroya around the aforementioned time as Shinogi and is Jyuzou's personal favorite of the Kuroya, armed with a shamisen (a Japanese 3-stringed guitar) which hides a powerful gun within. Together with Ranzou both of them are a powerful team in the Kuroya.
• Shinogi - An assassinator for the Kuroya, information technology is his life goal to kill ane k people before he himself dies. He joined the Kuroya later on meeting Jyuzou for he saw an opportunity to kill with abandon. Shinogi fights with three swords, i of which is in his mouth.

Other characters [edit]

• Katsuragi - A samurai-turned bandit, Katsuragi is a fellow member of the Iwatsu association with toll on his head.
• Kichigorou - A homo who works as assassin for the Beniya, and also a Goda spy. His real name is Mimizuku, but merely Ayame knows this. He besides might kill Rin but luckily, Rin does not know the secret of the letter. He was Rin's partner.
• Nasu - A blind man who pretends to be a masseuse to become into the homes of women, where he uses his technique to immobilize them. He hides a sword within his walking stick. Nasu is an entirely different enemy sharing the same name as one in the previous title. His appearance and fighting manner make him an homage to Zatoichi.
• Ogin - Also known as "Lady Razor," this woman serves every bit Rin's employer and as head of the Beniya assassins. Her name is infamous in the criminal underworld.
• Tatsukichi - A geisha in the village of Hagogake who is blindly in love with Jyuzou, who sends her to her death to fight Ayame as distraction so he tin escape. She is the weakest boss in the game, attacking with a poisoned knife while cringing in fearfulness, but willing to fight in the death of Jyuzou's name. When defeated, she asks Jyuzou to forgive her failure, but he refuses while impaling her on his sword, stating that he "hates needy women".

Tenchu Kurenai Portable [edit]

The PlayStation Portable version of the game, Tenchu Kurenai Portable, was released in Japan in 2010. The game has been optimized for the PSP's screen size, and featured tweaked graphics and a new grapheme costume.^[ii]

Reception [edit]

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Tenchu: Fatal Shadows received "mixed or boilerplate" reviews, co-ordinate to review aggregator Metacritic.^[3]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Tenchu Kurenai ( 天誅 紅 , Tenchū Kurenai, lit. "Divine Retribution: Crimson" )
2. ^ Tenchu Kurenai Portable ( 忍者活劇 天誅 紅 Portable , Ninja Katsugeki Tenchū Kurenai Portable, lit. "Ninja Theatrical Drama: Divine Retribution Crimson Portable" )

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External links [edit]

• Official website (Tenchu: Kurenai) (in Japanese)
• Official website (Tenchu: Kurenai Portable) (in Japanese)
• Tenchu: Fatal Shadows at MobyGames

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