{"id":22627,"date":"2022-10-17T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22627"},"modified":"2022-09-11T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T13:06:53","slug":"wind-of-shuriken-ps4-ps5-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/17\/wind-of-shuriken-ps4-ps5-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind of Shuriken (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You are a cyber ninja samurai caught up in an interplanetary war across a solar system in the distant future.\u00a0 Run, jump, climb, and slash your way through 2-D stages and shooter levels reminiscent of classic arcade and console titles like Shinobi and Ninja Gaiden.\u00a0 Wind of Shuriken is available on PlayStation consoles, Switch, and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

As a ninja and a samurai (and possibly a robot, I\u2019m not sure), you have a lot of moves at your disposal.\u00a0 You can jump, dash, climb walls, swing your sword, and use special attacks like throwing stars and a rotating shield.\u00a0 Special attacks use up a special meter, but you can refill it with potions you find in the stages, as well as health potions, too.\u00a0 One small problem I had is that they don\u2019t tell you how to do any of these things, you just have to figure them out on your own.\u00a0 It’s not hard to do that, but some instructions would\u2019ve been nice.\u00a0 When you travel to another planet, you\u2019ll play a 2D shooter stage where you must shoot a certain number of ships and then a boss.\u00a0 Only problem is there is no rapid fire button, so you have to hammer on the buttons to shoot, and your special weapons run out too quickly leaving you with just a puny pea shooter.<\/p>\n

The game has other problems, too.\u00a0 The games relies too much on insta-death pits and spikes for challenge.\u00a0 While you can find safe spots and exploits to the enemy patterns, the game is still very difficult, even on Normal settings.\u00a0 I also wish you moved a bit more nimbly. As it stands, your ninja lumbers about like he ate a big breakfast that morning.\u00a0 Even worse, there is no window of invincibility when you get hit, so groups of enemies and bosses can corner you and kill you in seconds if you\u2019re not careful.\u00a0 At least you get unlimited continues and the music is pretty decent at times.\u00a0 Fans of classic ninja games like Shinobi may still enjoy this.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wind of Shuriken is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Language.\u00a0 You slice robots and thugs with your sword and they just explode when defeated.\u00a0 Spaceships just explode when shot.\u00a0 Bad language is in the text only but I really didn\u2019t notice too much of that.\u00a0 Reading skill is still helpful and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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