History VideoGame / Sinjid

** [[PlayingWithFire Lady Asari]], also from ''Sinjid'', is this as far as mini-bosses go; while the mini-bosses who preceded her had simple AI, mostly relied on simple melee attacks to do damage, and saved their special attacks for later, Asari immediately starts utilizing slow but powerful fireballs that cover a wide range in addition to dealing boatloads of damage (and they can [[OneHitKill instantly kill the player]] on higher difficulties), and she's smart enough to flee or air-lock the player when she needs to recover. She appears to be this in-universe as well, as she's the first mini-boss to have the same flashy kill screen the bosses do instead of dying unceremoniously like the aforementioned minibosses do.

* PurpleIsPowerful: The Final Demon in ''Battle Arena'' and the last Seer in ''Shadow of the Warrior'' respectively have purple skin and purple GlowingEyesOfDoom which show how powerful they are compared to their weaker counterparts.

* ImperialJapan: All the games are set here.

* TimeLimitBoss: The Time Bomb from ''Battle Arena''. You only have 5000 seconds to destroy it before it blows up, which kills you instantly.

* UnfortunateName: Does Lord Baka sound like a good name to you?

* CounterAttack:
** [[YouMakeMeSic Vengence Blade]] in the first game, which makes enemies take twice the amount of damage the player took prior to using it.
** Blood Mirror in the third game, which makes the attacker take just as much damage as the user.

* CounterAttack: Blood Mirror, which makes the attacker take just as much damage as the user.

* BewareTheQuiteOnes: [[spoiler: Kazuro is a quiet man who leads a solitary lifestyle, but he's also a murderer and a master manipulator, and set off the events of ''Sinjid'' by killing the titular character's master. The Old King is well aware of this due to past experience, and warns Sinjid not to underestimate him because of his quiet nature]].

* MortonsFork: Things will not end well for Lord Haruki no matter what choice he makes. If he reveals Kazuro's location, he'll kill him. If he doesn't, Sinjid will kill him. He chooses the latter due to Sinjid pressuring him.

** Reapers of all kinds wield scythes as weapons, and could pull off a OneHitKill with them in ''Battle Arena'' if the player failed to attack them while their scythes were raised.

** [[spoiler: Kazuro's armor]] provides decent boosts to all stats and has the Solidarity skill, which boosts all stats by 5% based on how high the wearer's Vitality is, easily turning them into a MasterOfAll. You can't get it until beating the FinalBoss, though.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: The Kabuki Mask is a great early-game piece of equipment for Warriors thanks to the Madness skill, which converts Intellect into Strength, allowing them to hit much harder and block more effectively than usual. The only downside is that your Focus gets cut in half, limiting the amount of moves you can use at once, but the increased Focus regeneration caused by the increased Intellect makes up for it.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Viper Kusari and Obsidian Kunai are this for the Assassin class. They do excellent damage and provide great boosts to the holder's speed. Even better, they give the holder two skills that are quite beneficial for a class that relies on HitAndRunTactics: Precision, which increases your chances of landing critical hits, and Toxicity, which deals poison damage over time. You don't get them until really late in the game, though.

* CrutchCharacter:
** The [[JackOfAllStats Balanced]] class in ''Shadow of the Warrior'' starts out great due to its balanced stats and ability to utilize both physical and magical attacks, but becomes a MasterOfNone lategame due to having no particular strengths.

* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Ghost Shuriken, which involves the target getting shredded with magical shurikens. Each shuriken does low damage, but they quickly hit their target for a good length of time.

* TheGhost: Lord Baka and the Shadow Wolves in ''Shadow of the Warrior'' and the Emperor and Shogun in ''Sinjid'' are often alluded to, but never make proper appearances in their respective games.

The first game, ''Sinjid: Battle Arena'', was released on Dec. 3, 2007. The point of the game is to defeat all the monsters you can. The higher difficulty you choose, the more monsters you get to fight. You can go to a shop to buy stat increases for your character, learn new skills from a man in a green cloak, and go to your old master get advice, change your weapons and armor, and use cheat codes. [[ExcusePlot There is little plot beyond battling monsters in a portal]].

The second game, ''Sinjid: Shadow of the Warrior'', was published on the same date. An evil warlord named [[UnfortunateName Lord Baka]] has ordered an attack on Sinjid's village, and so Sinjid is taken in by a heroic ninja named Fujin and is taught the ways of the ninja by him so he can combat the warlord's Fallen Army. However, he had never killed another man in battle before, and so Fujin sends him to the Shadow Temple and orders him to kill all the warriors in the Human Portal so he can fulfill his task. Like the first game, it is turn-based, and it introduces new mechanics such as a class system, the ability to use items in battle, [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly a hunger system]], and a physical/special split.

* EvilConterpart: The Venomwoods residents serve as this to the Emerald Temple residents; while both groups utilize poison and have an affinity for the color green, the former are allied with [[BigBad the Shogun]] while the latter work for [[BigGood the Emperor]].

* InvisibleMonsters: The Grim Reaper, Soul Reaper, and Spirit Reaper from ''Battle Arena'' are all invisible.

** [[spoiler: The Blood Spirit]] in Shadow Of the Warrior is a combination of this and SquishyWizard; it isn't very evasive and can't use physical attacks, but makes up for it with its powerful magic attacks [[AlwaysAccurateAttack that never miss]] and its [[MadeOfIron nearly impenetrable shield]]. If you happen to be facing it with a [[FragileSpeedster Shadow Ninja]], which revolves around evasion at the cost of durability, [[ThatOneBoss you will be in for a world of hurt]].

* BigBad: Lord Baka in ''Shadow of the Warrior'' and [[spoiler: Kazuro]] in ''Sinjid''.

* TheBrute: The Bandit Brute, fittingly enough.

* ActionGirl: Kasumi in ''Sinjid''. [[spoiler: She later becomes the [[DarkActionGirl dark variety]].

* ActionGirl: Kasumi in ''Sinjid''. [[spoiler: She later becomes the [[DarkActionGirl dark variety]]]].
* AwesomeButImpractical: The Ivory Dagger in ''Sinjid''. It looks nice and is rather expensive, but it's basically a slighty stronger Shaman's Spellblade. Its FlavorText even describes it as such, stating that it's beautiful but impractical.

A series of Flash games made by Krin Labs and published by Armor Games, the ''Sinjid'' series stars a {{Ninja}} named, you guessed it, Sinjid. Each game has its own standalone plot and are not related to each other.

The third game, simply titled ''Sinjid'', was released in 2013. In this game, Sinjid is falsely arrested for murdering [[TheAce Fujin]], and is sentenced to seven years in prison while the real killer [[KarmaHoudini remains free]]. His captor, Lord Masaru, states that the Imperial Empire is at war with the Shogun, and that they need someone skilled enough to have killed the greatest Shinobi to fight the war for them. He promises that Sinjid will be pardoned for his alleged crimes if he cooperates with him, and he sets off on his quest to kill the Shogun's warlords and find his master's true killer. He receives assistance from Scout Eri, a scout assigned with giving him tactical information so he knows what he's going up against. The game uses a real time battling system and is more action-based than the other games, but it retains characteristics of RPGs such as the class system. Unlike the past two games, Sinjid has access to a wide array of skills, some of which are exclusive to certain classes.

** [[FragileSpeedster Assassins]] in ''Sinjid'' start out as one of the best classes game due to their high speed and [[CriticalHitClass damage potential]]. Later in the game, they can barely take hits and have trouble damaging basic enemies.

The second game, ''Sinjid: Shadow of the Warrior'', was published on the same date. An evil warlord named [[UnfortunateName Lord Baka]] has ordered an attack on Sinjid's village, and so Sinjid is taken in by a heroic ninja named Fujin and is taught the ways of the ninja by him so he can combat the warlord's Fallen Army. However, he had never killed another man in battle before, and so Fujin sends him to the Shadow Temple and orders him to kill all the warriors in the Human Portal so he can fulfill his task. Like the first game, it is turn-based, and it introduces new mechanics such as a class system, the ability to use items in battle, [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly a hunger system]], and a physical/special split similar to that of ''Franchise/{{Pokémon}}''.