Ninja: Shadow of Darkness

The player character, Kurosawa, can combat enemies with hand-to-hand moves, magic spells, or weapons such as swords and throwing star that appear as item pick-ups. There are also pick-ups used to recover health. ==Development==

Though Ninja was developed immediately following the popular Tomb Raider, Core Design did not want to be restricted to the Tomb Raider engine's interiors-only nature; instead, they built the game engine for Ninja: Shadow of Darkness from scratch. The game was announced for release in August 1997 on Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and PC; further, a near-complete beta of the Saturn version was unveiled at this time. The Saturn version created floor surfaces with the Saturn's Mode 7-style scaling, Using the resulting performance benefit, the team tagged objects in the Saturn version with depth-cues, allowing them to create transparency effects in the game's water bodies. The PlayStation version was delayed for over a year, and the Saturn and PC versions were cancelled entirely. ==Reception==

The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. ==Notes==