Ninjas are the brand new hotness once more and Cyber Shadow is the most recent to remind us that the shinobi masks/scarf combo by no means goes out of fashion, in case you’re a ninja. I’ve been following the event of this one for some time. It’s developed by one-man studio Mechanical Head with some musical assist from chiptune maestro Enrique ‘Pentadrangle‘ Martin. It’s a really Ninja Gaiden-ish (NES) platformer starring a high-tech ninja in a world overrun by robotic monsters. I clearly wasn’t the one one impressed by the game to date, as Shovel Knight crew Yacht Club have stepped as much as publish it. Below, the debut trailer.
Cyber Shadow sounds prefer it’s been a real labour of affection to date. Developer Aarne “Mekaskull” Hunziker has been hammering away on the game for round a decade now, and Yacht Club have been overseeing this final 12 months of growth. While indirectly associated to Shovel Knight, it seems to be just like the game shares an ‘8-bit without the limits’ design ethos, with huge, chunky, easily animated sprites that consoles of the period would choke on. Plus, a pleasant widescreen area of view, which is effectively suited to horizontally scrolling, fast-moving games like this.
While the time period ‘metroidvania’ isn’t used to explain the game, Cyber Shadow will enable gamers to discover and backtrack to earlier areas seeking upgrades and objects, so possibly not a wholly linear game. It appears like we’re in the course of an actual ninja deluge proper now, with Sekiro proper now filling the AAA finish of the spectrum and The Messenger due for brand spanking new DLC quickly. The upcoming Moonrider from Joymasher fills me with nostalgia (does it rely if I replayed it simply final 12 months?) for Shinobi 3, and the upcoming Bushiden doesn’t look too shabby both. Go, ninjas, go!
While there’s no launch date for Cyber Shadow but, I’d count on it ahead of later, as Yacht Club are taking pre-orders on the game’s official page for £11.39/$14.99, with Steam keys included. You can see plenty of neat little animated GIFs of the game in growth on the developer’s twitter feed.
