Kunoichi // Nightshade

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

Being a huge ninja game fan, I can't wait for this. I hope it isn't too similar to PS2 Shinobi since that game will likely get a sequel anyway.

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Not sure on how the story is, but it does play like Shinobi.

Official website is now online:

* http://kunoichi.jp/

Interestingly, the new site has SEGA WOW logos, and the new SEGA WOW site lists the game as being from Overworks:

* http://www.segawow.com/

I wonder if the Overworks and WOW teams are still autonymous under the SEGA WOW banner... at least for now.

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* Use consecutive stealth dashes to surround your opponents and unleash the deadly "ShadowDance"

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Blatent use of an old-school reference to pull us in. Those bastards!

I'm really hyped about this game... and I never thought I would be.

I understand why she has that medallion... because Hibana means "scarlet flower" and the medallion is kind of representative of a "scarlet flower"... but it's placement is a bit off puting... very yonic.

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Originally Posted by Ammadeau

She's in a white and red suit... how does Nightshade apply here?

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Originally Posted by Dictionary.com

Nightshade n.
Any of several plants of the genus Solanum, such as the bittersweet nightshade, most of which have a poisonous juice.
Any of various similar or related plants, such as belladonna.

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There's even nightshade plants that are... white and red! Shocking revelations abound.

New (well old but unposted) screens!

http://www.zdnet.co.jp/games/tgs/200.../ps2/kunoichi/

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Originally Posted by EightBit

There's even nightshade plants that are... white and red! Shocking revelations abound.

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Hrm. That makes the NA title seem significantly less daft..... but I still much prefer Kunoichi, mainly because it reminds me of "Shinobi". Nightshade seems far too detached.

Ah well, not important.

Well does anyone know what Kunoichi means?

And yeah now that I know what Nightshade actually means rather than just just Shade at Night time it is much cooler.

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Originally Posted by Clash_Master

Well does anyone know what Kunoichi means?

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Female Ninja.

It might already be trademarked in the states. There's a movie called that.

As a student of Japanese, when I first heard the word "Kunoichi" and was told it meant "female ninja", I thought WTF?

No words that even remotely mean "female" or 'ninja" are read like that, so I thought it must be some weird Japanese slang word that has different origins, like Yakuza (but that's another story). Anyway, upon looking up the kanji for "woman" I saw the stroke diagram in my Kodansha dictionary and all made sense. So here is a diagram I quickly drew up that explains it.

Does anyone know if this is actually the case? Or am I pulling this out of my arse?

As a student of Japanese, when I first heard the word "Kunoichi" and was told it meant "female ninja", I thought WTF?

No words that even remotely mean "female" or 'ninja" are read like that, so I thought it must be some weird Japanese slang word that has different origins, like Yakuza (but that's another story). Anyway, upon looking up the kanji for "woman" I saw the stroke diagram in my Kodansha dictionary and all made sense. So here is a diagram I quickly drew up that explains it.

Does anyone know if this is actually the case? Or am I pulling this out of my arse?