History YMMV / Shinobi

* TheWoobie: The first two Oboro's [[CameBackWrong revenant]] you meet are, respectively a chubby boy and a cute little girl. Who just after appearing ''Pray for Hotsuma to [[MercyKill kill them]]''. [[TearJerker Poor Hotsuma...]]

* TheWoobie: The first two Oboro's [[CameBackWrong revenant]] you meet are, respectively a chubby boy and a cute little girl. Who just after appearing they ''Pray for Hotsuma to [[MercyKill kill them]]''. [[TearJerker Poor Hotsuma...]]

* TheWoobie: The first two Oboro's [[CameBackWrong revenant]] you meet are, respectively a chubby boy and a cute little girl. Who just after appearing they ''Pray Hotsuma to [[MercyKill kill them]]''. [[TearJerker Poor Hotsuma...]]

* NightmareFuel / NauseaFuel: Stage 3-2 of ''Shinobi III'' takes you through an area full of brown waste substance that looks too much like human waste for comfort.

*** Well, it's not just because of him of course, but that sounds like pretty good reasoning for Shinobi to have its own music page (I don't really see it being under 3rd gen & earlier or anywhere else). I'm sure we could get even more examples, if we want to list 'em.

* GameBreaker: The Art of ''Mijin''. The explosion, while costing you a life, also restores your health meter and takes out nearby enemies. More importantly, it respawns you in place instead of at the last checkpoint, preventing you from losing a large amount of progress.
** It also gives you another use of your special moves, so you could just use it over and over. (Until your lives run out, at least.)

* GameBreaker: The Art of ''Mijin''. The explosion, while costing you a life, also restores your health meter and takes out nearby enemies.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: When Joe manages to rescue Naoko from the deathtrap cell in ''Revenge''.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Any time you manage to pull of a "TATE" attack. [[spoiler: Slaying Hiruko and absorbing his wicked soul once and for all ]].
** When Joe Musashi watches the Neo ZEED ship's remains:
-->...When history takes another turn, there will be a man running in the darkness. He will be a shadow. He will be a shinobi.
** Meta-example in ''Revenge'', although eventually faded by time. The Copyright characters. I mean, how often do you see a game that lets you take on TheTerminator-TheIncredibleHulk hybrid, SpiderMan, Franchise/{{Batman}} AND Franchise/{{Godzilla}} in one game? DreamMatch indeed.

*** Well, it's not just because of him of course, but that sounds like pretty good reasoning for Shinobi to have its own music page (I don't really see it being under 3rd gen & ealier or anywhere else). I'm sure we could get even more examples, if we want to list 'em.

** CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Hiruko]] from the PS2 remake is an EvilSorcerer awakened from [[SealedEvilInACan a long slumber in Tokyo]] and sets about trying to TakeOverTheWorld. He wipes out the Oboro ninja clan, and revives them into twisted, undead parodies of themselves to force their surviving leader Hotsuma to fight them while also unleashing hellspawn onto Tokyo to turn it into an inferno. He [[TheStarscream betrays his ostensible master]] to allow Hotsuma to defeat all in his way so Hiruko can absorb their power and restore his youth while gaining ultimate power. It is revealed that the one who broke Hiruko's seal was the Oboro ninja Ageha, in return for Hiruko reviving Moritsune, her dead lover and Hotsuma's elder brother. Hiruko keeps his end, but makes Moritsune a host for the demon lord Aomizuchi and has him kill Ageha while gloating her reward is to die at the hands of the man she loves. He reveals his true plan was to force Hotsuma to kill everyone in his way, his [[YourSoulIsMine cursed sword Akujiki devouring their souls]]. Hiruko plans to force the combined souls to himself, giving him a “pure, perfect soul” so he may become [[AGodAmI the most powerful being alive]].

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Hiruko]] from the PS2 remake is an EvilSorcerer awakened from [[SealedEvilInACan a long slumber in Tokyo]] and sets about trying to TakeOverTheWorld. He wipes out the Oboro ninja clan, and revives them into twisted, undead parodies of themselves to force their surviving leader Hotsuma to fight them while also unleashing hellspawn onto Tokyo to turn it into an inferno. He [[TheStarscream betrays his ostensible master]] to allow Hotsuma to defeat all in his way so Hiruko can absorb their power and restore his youth while gaining ultimate power. It is revealed that the one who broke Hiruko's seal was the Oboro ninja Ageha, in return for Hiruko reviving Moritsune, her dead lover and Hotsuma's elder brother. Hiruko keeps his end, but makes Moritsune a host for the demon lord Aomizuchi and has him kill Ageha while gloating her reward is to die at the hands of the man she loves. He reveals his true plan was to force Hotsuma to kill everyone in his way, his [[YourSoulIsMine cursed sword Akujiki devouring their souls]]. Hiruko plans to force the combined souls to himself, giving him a “pure, perfect soul” so he may become [[AGodAmI the most powerful being alive]].[[/quoteblock]]

* CompleteMonster: Hiruko, unarguably, murdering the entire Oboro clan and turning the [[LegionsOfHell hellspawn]] lose on Tokyo as part of his EvilPlan to have Hotsuma kill them all with Akujiki so he could use the soul born of the souls' mutual hatred of him to TakeOverTheWorld.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Any time you manage to pull of a "TATE" attack. [[spoiler: Slaying Hiruko and absorbing his wicked soul once and for all ]].
** When Joe Musashi watches the Neo ZEED ship's remains:

** ''3'' has quite a few, especially ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKQeAA1ssxM Mandara]]'' and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOWrn3Ngz6c The Shadow Master's theme]].
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LG1gieSYwA "Sakura"]] has to be mentioned; it practically makes the ending cutscene.

** ''3'' has quite a few, especially ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Mr7rGJlnM Mandara]]'' and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6XpyOpwA4 The Shadow Master's theme]].
*** "Sakura" has to be mentioned; it practically makes the ending cutscene.

** Meta-example in ''Revenge'', although eventually faded by time. The Copyright characters. I mean, how often do you see a game that lets you take on TheTerminator-TheIncredibleHulk hybrid, SpiderMan, {{Batman}} AND {{Godzilla}} in one game? DreamMatch indeed.

* ThatOneBoss: In the [=PS2=] ''Shinobi'', chances are it's Hiruko.

** Let's just cap it off and say that since ...Mr. Yuzo Koshiro ({{Streets Of Rage}} and {{Etrian Odyssey}}) was behind the music for most of the franchise... this trope is everywhere in this series.

->...When history takes another turn, there will be a man running in the darkness. He will be a shadow. He will be a shinobi.

--> '''Hotsuma''': "Akagane... Shirogane... not you too!

* {{Narm}}: Hiruko's hilariously awful English voice actor and general ridiculous excesses.
** The FMV sequences in ''Shinobi Legions'', not to mention that one dinosaur enemy and the weird "digitized" graphics.
* SoBadItsGood: [[YourMileageMayVary Arguably]] the cutscenes in Shinobi X/Legions.

* WallBanger: Moritsune's failure to [[spoiler: kill ''himself'' with a '''sword that can cut a tank in half'''.]]
** Equally, Hotsuma's amazing inability to tell that the ninja with an Oboro mask, long white hair and a ''scar where he was decapitated'' might be the same long white-haired Oboro he decapitated a while back. No, that's not a spoiler; it's more a spoiler that this is supposed to somehow surprise you.
** There's a huge one in ''Nightshade'' related to who has the Akujiki shards. [[spoiler:Specifically, after Hibana defeats Kurohagane for the second time, Jimushi makes off with one shard of Akujiki. When they next meet, Hibana has seven shards, while Jimushi has one. On beating Jimushi, Kurohagane turns up and steals the shard of Akujiki that Jimushi was holding. The level outro then explains that Kurohagane has made off with ''all eight'' shards of Akujiki, apparently totally forgetting that Hibana had the others.]]
*** And another in the ending. [[spoiler:Hibana hands over her sword Futaba instead of Akujiki, which is shown glowing in the sheath on her back right before the credits roll. It is established that Akujiki's hunger for souls can only be abated once it is drawn by feeding it a soul before sheathing it. Hibana's smug look presumably fades rapidly after she realises the minor problem of stealing a soul-eating sword, putting it in the wrong sheath and forgetting to feed it.]]

* DethroningMusicOfSuck: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE1pb1oM11U The background track]] of the penultimate level of ''The Revenge Of Shinobi''. While suitable for short, tense interludes, it was placed in [[ThatOneLevel the longest, most confusing level in the game]]; gamers can expect to hear this short piece for hours on end. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRXW19i8au8 This]] would've been a more suitable choice.

* DethroningMusicOfSuck: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE1pb1oM11U The background track]] of the penultimate level of ''The Revenge Of Shinobi''. While suitable for short, tense interludes, it was placed in [[ThatOneLevel the longest, most confusing level in the game]]; gamers can expect to hear this short piece for hours on end. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRXW19i8au8 This]] would've been a more suitable choice.

* DethroningMusicOfSuck: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE1pb1oM11U The background track]] of the penultimate level of ''TheRevengeOfShinobi''. While suitable for short, tense interludes, it was placed in [[ThatOneLevel the longest, most confusing level in the game]]; gamers can expect to hear this short piece for hours on end. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRXW19i8au8 This]] would've been a more suitable choice.