is inspired by a long line of games that didn’t seem to care whether you enjoyed them.
Ninja Gaiden, and other ultra-difficult platformers of its era, found charm in making you stick around through each punishing death. Developer Mechanical Head Games has modernized that approach to challenge with
Cyber Shadow by making something that lives up to the legacy of those retro games, while also feeling approachable and fair.
Cyber Shadow is a 2D action-platformer that follows a cyber ninja named Shadow who has to save a dystopian city that’s been overrun by evil machines. As in most platformers, this means that I spend most of my time jumping over spikes, traps, and dozens of other obstacles, all while using Shadow’s katana to take out the robots that are in my way.
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Excellent old-school ninja action with enough modern niceties.
When making a retro-inspired action platformer, it’s very easy to lose the thread of what makes those old games memorable. The best course of action is to try to make a game that feels like a memory of an old game and not just the old game. This is something that Yacht Club Games absolutely nailed with their debut Shovel Knight. That game succeeded largely because it felt like vintage NES-era classics, but was thoroughly modern overall. That’s why my hopes were high for Cyber Shadow, a game developed by Mechanical Head Studios that Yacht Club took under their wing in 2019. Whereas Shovel Knight was clawing at the memories of the likes of Mega Man and Zelda II, Cyber Shadow seems more interested with Shadow of the Ninja or that awesome NES Batman game. While it doesn’t ascend to the highs of Shovel Knight, Cyber Shadow is a well-paced, challenging platformer that manages to not lose the thread of what makes those ol
There Are No Plans Right Now For A Cyber Shadow Physical Release
Cyber Shadow on the Nintendo Switch eShop.
If you were planning on holding out for a physical copy, it seems you might be waiting a while. In an interview with Comicbook.com recently, developer Aarne Hunziker said he was all for a physical release, but had nothing planned right now. A physical release would be awesome indeed, but not in the plans at this time. I need to rest.
Publisher Yacht Club Games was previously asked about a physical release back in December and responded with something similar, stating how awesome it would be, but at the time, wanted to focus on the launch of the digital version.
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It s true that there s no shortage of retro-inspired, nostalgia-drenched Switch games to enjoy these days. It s something of a golden age for anyone who loves the pixel aesthetic, tight controls, incredible chiptunes and purity of classic NES games from the 80s and early- 90s. Now there s a new kid on the block, and despite the competition (and contrary to the stealthy nature of the Ninja),
Cyber Shadow has stood out very prominently on our radar ever since it was announced back in March 2019.
Yacht Club Games is on publishing duties and lending its expertise (acquired from developing and launching the phenomenally successful