Expert Shinobi players often challenged themselves to see how many stages they could pass with both the 'no stars' and 'no ninja magic' bonuses. The player has three minutes to complete each stage remaining time at the end of the stage is also converted to bonus points and added to the player's score. Completing the stage without using ninja magic earns the player a 5,000 point bonus (except during mission five), and completing the stage without using any throwing stars or bullets (just punches, kicks, sword slashes, and/or ninja magic) earns the player a 20,000 point bonus (including in the final mission). Joe can also perform 'ninja magic,' which may be used only once per stage and kills (or damages, in the case of bosses) all enemies on the screen.ДЄt the end of each stage, the player receives score bonuses based on performance. When powered-up, his throwing stars are replaced by a gun that fires large, explosive bullets, and his close-range attack becomes a katana slash. One hostage per stage gives him a power-up. Joe's standard weapons are an unlimited supply of throwing stars, along with punches and kicks when attacking at close range. If the player earns a place on the high score board, the number of credits it took him to get that score is displayed along with his score. Also, once the fifth mission begins, continues are no longer allowed the player has to finish the game with however many lives he has left at that point. Completing the fifth mission ends the game. After completing each of the first four missions the player is taken to a bonus stage, where he can earn an extra life if he is able to kill all of the ninjas jumping towards him. The last stage in each mission has no hostages, but instead features a powerful boss character whom Joe must defeat. Anywhere from 2-9 hostages are being held in each stage Joe must rescue all of them before he is allowed to finish the stage. The five missions in the game are each three or four stages long. The original coin-op version of the game was released for the Virtual Console in Japan on July 14, 2009, in the PAL regions on Octoand in North America on December 7, 2009. A re-worked version was released for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade on Jwith HD support and online leaderboards. It was originally released in 1987 and ported to numerous systems. Shinobi is an arcade game, developed and published by Sega.

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