Shadow Dancer – Cane and Rinse No.554

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🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 119 minutes

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"SHOOT ALL NINJAS!” Continuing our coverage of SEGA's side-scrolling ninja series, Shinobi, we arrive at the second instalment - Shadow Dancer. This time he's brought his dog. And he's a Very Good Boy. Leon, Chris W. and Rich also compare and contrast the original arcade Shadow Dancer with its later Mega Drive adaptation, subtitled The Secret of Shinobi. There's even time for a look at the 8-bit Master System version, as well as U.S. Gold's home micro conversions. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_554.mp3 Music featured in this issue: 1. Title theme by Keisuke Tsukahara2. Ending by Keisuke Tsukahara Edit by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT). Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the Canaan Rintz podcast, Volume 12, Issue 554.
0:16.4	Today we're going to talk about Shadow Dancer.
0:19.9	Joining me, Leon Cox, in this issue are Chris Worthington.
0:23.3	Good evening.
0:24.4	And Rich Davison.
0:26.0	Woof.
0:28.8	Gravelly sampled woof.
0:32.8	Patreon subscribers and supporters may remember from just a couple of months ago when I announced
0:39.0	these shows that we promised you a one credit Ben Cartledge on this show but sadly his
0:43.5	organised fighting schedule has rather taken over his life at the moment and so he wasn't
0:50.7	able to join us for this one but don't worry he'll be back Ben fans for other shows this year.
0:55.7	I am certain.
0:57.8	Just the three of us then, but you can possibly, even if you're not native to the UK, you might be able to tell us apart via our varying accents.
1:07.6	So Shadow Dancer and Shadow Dancer colon the Secret of Shinobi are two very closely related but distinct games.
1:17.8	They are 2D side-scrolling shuffle and slice ninja action games.
1:21.8	And if that sounds familiar and you joined us last year, yes, it's the sequel to Shinobi.
1:27.9	The young ninja battles together, now with his faithful pet dog in the center of the city.
1:34.3	A group of terrorists are committing crimes, including the planting of time bombs throughout
1:38.9	the metropolis.
1:40.3	That's in the Megadry version, at least.
1:42.0	Our youthful hero and his canine companion courageously set out to gather all of the explosives placed by the evil gang and annihilate the syndicate that manipulates them.
1:53.8	According to Sega Retro.
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