Shinobi Bad Buddies

Shinobi Bad Buddies has some really nice artwork and it’s a fun little game to mess around with. I played it with a friend and we had a good time with it. Nothing too serious, just some casual fun together.

I actually did a trailer for this game way back when I was doing paid editing work. The bit of the game I did get to play was fantastic and I'm happy to support this game in anyway, especially now that it's free!

Shinobi Bad Buddies is a lighthearted 2D action-platformer built around agile ninja movement, projectile combat, and multiplayer mayhem. Developed and published by Corbak Games, it keeps its ambitions deliberately focused, favoring straightforward arcade entertainment over a complicated narrative or extensive progression system. The adventure revolves around investigating trouble affecting a ninja village, providing enough context to push the characters forward while allowing the platforming and combat mechanics to remain the main attraction. Movement has more personality than a standard run-and-jump platformer thanks to the ninja hook. It can be used to swing through stages and reach platforms while maintaining momentum, giving traversal a satisfying sense of speed once its timing becomes familiar. The hook is not merely a transportation gimmick because effective movement can directly influence combat. Swinging into an encounter, repositioning quickly, avoiding danger, and attacking without losing momentum creates an energetic flow that becomes increasingly rewarding as the controls are mastered. Shurikens add another entertaining layer to combat. Rather than functioning as an e…

"Shinobi Bad Buddies" — это аркадный экшн с яркой графикой и динамичным геймплеем. Игра предлагает классическую формулу «ниндзя против врагов», с упором на быстрые атаки и точные прыжки. Плюсы: увлекательные миссии, разнообразные оружия и стильная анимация. Минусы: скудный сюжет и повторяющиеся механики на поздних этапах. Подойдет фанатам быстрой игры, но не оправдает ожиданий тех, кто ждет глубины повествования.

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[quote][b]Note: Dead multiplayer game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no players, no populated servers. This multiplayer-only game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] This was an extremely poorly made ninja themed 2D retro platformer... you know, that old dead genre. There's 17,000 platformers on Steam (I am not making that up, check for yourself) and this was one of the worst of them, with the multiplayer focus taking the front seat before creating real content. I guess creating content is hard. The game featured both PvP and co-op modes, none of which went viral (the game was a complete flop, check the player counts below). The "pick up shurikens" and rope swing mechanics didn't add anything to the old, stale, dead, and boring platformer game focus. So, Shinobi Bad Buddies is a dead multiplayer game. Why did it fail? It's video game autopsy time! The chief cause of failure is the developer thinking that their game will "go viral" without actually creating any reason for it do so. Competition amongst multiplayer centric games is extreme, and there's only a finite player base to appeal to. This game failed to reach any kind of cri…