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Hissatsu!

The game is an action platformer similar to Sega's Shinobi series where the player controls four assassins on different assignments in feudal Japan. Each assassin has different attacks, and the player chooses…

28 June 1996

Hissatsu! is an adventure developed by Emotion Digital Software, released 28 June 1996 on Sega Saturn.

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What Hissatsu! is

Hissatsu! is an adventure game developed by Emotion Digital Software and released in 1996. It was published by Bandai Visual. It is available on Sega Saturn only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is an action platformer similar to Sega's Shinobi series where the player controls four assassins on different assignments in feudal Japan. Each assassin has different attacks, and the player chooses two of the assassins before each stage and can switch between them at any point during gameplay. Each stage involves assassinating a different target, who is typically protected by a bodyguard that is stronger than a normal enemy, and there are story scenes preceding and following every stage.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Hissatsu! launched on 28 June 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario 64, Nights Into Dreams..., Star Gladiator Episode I: Final Crusade and International Track & Field.

Released around the same time: Super Mario 64, Nights Into Dreams..., Star Gladiator Episode I: Final Crusade, International Track & Field.

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When did Hissatsu! come out?
Hissatsu! was released on 28 June 1996 for Sega Saturn.

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