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Negative: The Way of Shinobi

Hardcore 2D platformer for skilled or stubborn players. Become a ninja prodigy, whose clan village was attacked by a mysterious sorcerer alongside the samurai army. Uncover ninja skills, use stealth or head-on…

11 February 2021

Negative: The Way of Shinobi is an adventure, released 11 February 2021 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Negative: The Way of Shinobi is

Negative: The Way of Shinobi was released in 2021. It was published by Art Games Studio. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hardcore 2D platformer for skilled or stubborn players. Become a ninja prodigy, whose clan village was attacked by a mysterious sorcerer alongside the samurai army. Uncover ninja skills, use stealth or head-on approach. Reveal your father's secret intentions and stop the invasion.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Negative: The Way of Shinobi launched on 11 February 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Loop Hero and The Medium. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Loop Hero, The Medium.

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When did Negative: The Way of Shinobi come out?
Negative: The Way of Shinobi was released on 11 February 2021 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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