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Cyber Shadow Review
Ninja Gaiden has spent years lurking in a shadowed recess of my mind, taunting me. Why not try it again? It can’t be that difficult and frustrating, can it? Every revisit, the same agonies. Now, thanks to Cyber Shadow, I can safely put that urge to bed. What better way to act out one’s pixelated cyborg ninja dreams than this game? If you want a challenge that doesn’t completely demoralize you, than Cyber Shadow is just what you’re looking for.
Developed by Aarne “MekaSkull” Hunziker and published by Yacht Club Games, Cyber Shadow feels like the natural next step for intense action platformers. You play the last standing member of a defeated clan, tasked with bringing down a benefactor gone mad with power and grief. Every successive stage unlocks a tiny chunk of the narrative, which mostly serves as a gameplay delivery mechanism. You’re here for the action! The ‘why’ feels less important than the ‘what’ and the ‘how.’ To that end, the a
Cyber Shadow Is Another Fantastic Homage To Classic NES Games
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What 2D side-scroller
Cyber Shadow is missing in personality it makes up for with amazing visuals and action sequences that challenge your timing and reflexes without ever feeling tedious or cheap. I’ve been loving my time with its pastiche of classic NES games, even if, so far, its story hasn’t measured up to everything else it excels at.
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Cyber Shadow brings epic sidescrolling to Switch this January
Out of the shadows
The Nintendo Indie World Showcase announcements have started rolling in: Sci-fi action sidescroller
Cyber Shadow from solo developer Aarne “MekaSkull” Hunziker and publisher Yacht Club Games will launch for Nintendo Switch on Jan. 26, 2021. We’ve been following the development of this epic 8-bit game for quite a while, including interviewing Hunziker himself this past January, and everything we’ve seen sounds great.
You can expect 4-10 hours of gameplay, not including achievement hunting, and uniquely,
Cyber Shadow will enjoy
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