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1998

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

Tonight at a glance

Platforms
PS1
Mode
Single player
Age rating
ESRB M
Violence
Strong
Frights
None

Why tonight?

  • It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.

The story

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins is an action-adventure stealth game developed by Acquire and published by Sony Music Entertainment Japan in Japan and Activision worldwide for the PlayStation in 1998. Tenchu is known for its stealth gameplay and the eerie settings of feudal Japan. Tenchu was one of the first ninja games to incorporate stealth, a very crucial aspect of ninjutsu. However, aside from featuring traditional martial arts in battles, the game incorporates elements of historical fantasy and Japanese mythology. The game also used motion capture, where actor/martial artist Sho Kosugi and his son Kane were hired as actors for the game's combat moves.

  • Action
  • Fantasy
  • Historical
  • Stealth
  • assassin
  • martial arts
  • bloody
  • ninja
  • death
  • action-adventure

Production

Rating
81 / 100 · 78 players
Developer
ACQUIRE Corp.
Publisher
Activision Publishing, Sony Music Entertainment Japan