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They’re placed strategically in the levels so you can run through and take them out with a combo of moves, and it just feels so damn good, so satisfying. What sets it all off is the design of the levels and the placement of the enemies. Shinobi III is an action platformer with controls that feel like Street Fighter, with physics as tight and smooth as any Mario game.
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Your character is damn near invincible he can jump all the way across the screen, run full speed, block with his sword, and has a full arsenal of different offensive moves, including MAGIC! The arsenal of moves and attacks that you have in this game is what makes it feel so good to play. Mixing up your attacks and using your sword and your dash kick also yields more points. Doing little tricks through the levels will give you all kinds of bonus “special” points, little things like using the running double jump to clear the pits in the first level instead of using the rope. You get 50,000 bonus points for going through a level without using your throwing knives, for example. One of the smaller things I’ve always loved about Shinobi III is that the game rewards you for playing it a certain way. One of the best tracks in the game is the “Mandara” theme of the very first boss battle.
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The music of Shinobi III doesn’t get as much acclaim as Revenge of Shinobi, but to me it’s just as good. Everything from the little overworld map cut scenes in between levels to the stylish images of Shinobi vanquishing the bosses in the “round clear” screens, right down to the fonts, menus, and that awesome little opening intro. The whole game just oozes a certain swagger, it drips ninja machismo, and it’s true Sega style down to the bone. It’s a feeling with the controller in your hands when playing, almost like you don’t “play” the game at all, you make love to it. It’s almost like sex without the fluid exchange.
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Once you master the controls of Shinobi III and you figure out how to do the double tap sword slash and the dash kick, once you get a feel for the physics and you figure out how to time those double jumps, once you get the wall jumping down, then there is a strange, inexplicable “oneness” that you feel when playing Shinobi III.
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It’s almost like the game is an extension of you on the TV screen. Much like the way the Mario games capture a special type of magic, Shinobi III just has a certain feel in your hands as you control the character on screen. What makes Shinobi III the all-time greatest Genesis game is its razor sharp physics, collision detection, and controls. Now if you replaced the hedgehog with a ninja and replace the hopping and bopping with some hacking and slashing, now you’re speaking my language! I’ve just never been much of a “hoppity boppity” type of guy. It would be pleasing, and it would make a lot of sense, but in my opinion Sonic is not the best thing on the Genesis. It is the safe answer, the popular choice, the easy way out. It would look very good to have a Sonic game sitting at #1. In all actuality, Sonic SHOULD be number one, seeing as how it was Sega’s most important franchise, as well as its mascot. If you were to poll all Genesis gamers about the best Genesis game of all time, chances are one of the Sonic games would come up on top. If done correctly you will be in the "Options" menu, but it will read "Option" at the top of the screen.Shinobi III is the greatest Sega Genesis game of all time in my opinion. While holding these buttons down, press Start on controller 1. On Controller 1, hold the Mode button and on Controller 2, hold UP on the D-Pad and the C Button. Highlight Options on the main menu but don't click on it. First plug your 6 button controller into slot 1 and have a second controller in slot 2. This cheat enables you to play the game with a 6 Button controller, allowing you to throw shurikens and melee attack seperately. Hover back over the Shurikens option and after a few seconds the 0 will turn into an infinity symbol ∞.
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Then set the sounds effect option to Shuriken. In the options menu, set the amount of shurikens to 0.