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Tenchu Z

Tenchu Z is an action-adventure stealth video game. It is different from previous games in the series in that the player creates their own ninja characters, then builds up their skills as they play through the…

55 5 October 2006

Tenchu Z is an adventure developed by K2 LLC, released 5 October 2006 on Xbox 360.

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What Tenchu Z is

Tenchu Z is an adventure game developed by K2 LLC and released in 2006. It was published by FromSoftware. It is available on Xbox 360 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tenchu Z is an action-adventure stealth video game. It is different from previous games in the series in that the player creates their own ninja characters, then builds up their skills as they play through the game rather than choosing from a small selection of pre-made characters, as they take orders from the series' previous main male character, Rikimaru.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

How it was received

Tenchu Z holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Tenchu Z launched on 5 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

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When did Tenchu Z come out?
Tenchu Z was released on 5 October 2006 for Xbox 360.

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