Tenchu: Shadow Assassins Wii
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Feb 5, 2009
  • Also On: PSP
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Metascore
70 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Summary: Tenchu: Shadow Assassins uses the Wii Remote to fight, dash, jump and kill like a true ninja. Players continue the saga of Rikimaru and Ayame, elite ninjas who must use their lethal skills to keep the peace in feudal Japan. Playing as both stealthy Rikimaru and aggressive and acrobatic Ayame, players fight their way through more than 10 missions and 50 side quests and experience the thrilling adventure of being the ultimate ninja. [Ubisoft]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 35
  3. Negative: 1 out of 35
  1. Gameplayer
    90
    Perhaps best of all, though, the developer has managed to create a graphically rich and detailed version of 13th Century Japan that’s positively dripping with atmosphere.
  2. 3DJuegos
    85
    Tenchu: Shadow Assassins redefines the series in a videogame more reflexive and less action paced than its predecessors. It's difficult, it's engaging, it's exciting and it's very inmersive. If you want to act like a real ninja, this game is definitely for you.
  3. GameTrailers
    74
    Tenchu: Shadow Assassins gives the Wii’s family-friendly catalogue a welcome streak of red, but an ancient design and trifling motion controls make it an old dog of war. Many aspects of the game simply feel dated, but the series is definitely back to its stealthy fighting form. It’s going to take a lot more for it to achieve a successful contract kill.
  4. G4 TV
    40
    The series makes a blind leap into a new genre, only to fall flat on his face satisfying neither the fans of puzzle or action games.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. KarenBarber
    10
    Aw man! BEST! Wii! Game! EVER! I just completed the second stage, and all I can say is get this game. I assume that only people who haven
  2. marsvolta
    9
    I would be tempted to say that the game gets a bit redundant, in how

    you're just kind of sneaking around and coming up on guys and

    everything. But that's what this game is. It's stealth, it's suspense,

    it's not getting caught and it's beautiful.

    In this game you're a true assassin. You're not sniping political

    figures from roof tops. That's getting old. You're in a time when

    getting these things done required much more human aptitude. It

    definitely helps that you can pretty much turn into smoke and hide

    behind things that wouldn't provide cover, but hey, it's a video game.

    And the effects are waaaay tight.    … Expand
  3. BillAvery
    9
    Holy moly, guacamole. Ninja action at it
  4. Folstar
    8
    A solid addition to one of the best series in gaming. My only serious qualm with this game is that certain motions with the Wiimote do not register well (thrusting specifically) during kills. Adjusting the sensitivity up and exaggerating your Wiimote motions helps, but even then a perfect kill gets ruined sometimes. Lesser qualms would be the linear level design, occasionally very long "where are you" breaks, and the bogus though completely avoidable (for the true ninja) combat system.… Expand

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