SHINOBI III:  RETURN OF THE NINJA MASTER
FAQ WALKTHROUGH/GUIDE
Sega Genesis
Written by David Chen (11/07/2001)
Email: david_9235@hotmail.com
Version 1.0




Table of Contents
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I. Introduction

II. Storyline/Plot

III. Controls and Moves

IV. Items

V. Enemies

VI. Ninjitsu Skills

VII. Level Walkthroughs: COMING SOON!

     District 1: Zeed Resurrection
     -Forest (1-1)
     -Watery Cave (1-2)
     -Boss: Samurai Master (1-3)

     District 2: Secret Entry
     -Horseback Riding (2-1)
     -Secret Base (2-2)
     -Elevator Ride (2-3)
     -Boss: Security Robot (2-4)

     District 3: Body Weapon
     -Biochemical Laboratory (3-1)
     -Organic Sludge Sewer (3-2)
     -Boss: Flesh Monster (3-3)

     District 4: Destruction
     -Surfboarding (4-1)
     -Oil Refinery (4-2)
     -Boss: Gundam Wing (4-3)

     District 5: Electric Demon
     -Burning Oil Refinery (5-1)
     -Factory (5-2)
     -Boss: Cyber-Godzilla (5-3)

     District 6: Traps
     -Falling Rocks (6-1)
     -House of Maze (6-2)
     -Boss: Kabuki Warrior (6-3)

     District 7: The Final Confrontation
     -Below the Ship (7-1)
     -Elevator Ride (7-2)
     -Above the Ship (7-3)
     -Machine Work of the Interior (7-4)
     -Boss: Virtual Fighter (7-5)


VIII. Tips, Cheats, and Secrets

IX. Contact information

X. Copyrights

XI. Credits

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I. Introduction
---------------
Hello, I'm here to write yet another ninja game like the ones I did
before.  I have never played such fine ninja games in the Shadow
Dancer-Shinobi series and here is another example of a great ninja
game.  Needless to say, I had tons of fun with this game and can not
resist writing a walkthrough guide on it.  The game is pretty much the
same as Revenge of Shinobi Sega game except for some new moves, new
stages, and new bosses, but the playing format is the same.  This game
has seven stages instead of eight stages in Revenge of Shinobi, but
they are longer, which makes up for the differences.  They could be
pretty easy to get through once you go through it several times.  I
found that this game is a little harder to beat than Revenge of
Shinobi, but it could be me since I had it for over 10 years compared
to less than one year with Shinobi III.  Pretty much everything in the
game is self-explanatory and follows the pattern of shuriken everything
that moves, kill the boss quicker than they kill you, and master all
your ninja moves well enough to get pass every obstacles the game
through at you.  Well, I hope this guide helps you a lot and good luck
getting through the "yucky" parts of the game.


II. Storyline
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You are once again the might Ninja Master Joe Musashi, who is himself
master of shuriken, ninja magic, jumping, crawling, etc.  After a good
amount of time has passed since you crush the Neo Zeed Crime Syndicate,
you have been training hard to hone your fighting and ninja techniques.
However, the Neo Zeed has been secretly rebuilding itself in the hope
of getting what they want and domination and things like that with a
top priority goal to have you eliminated.  A big bounty is on your head
by Neo Zeed to whoever to kill you first.  Sensing all this evil, you
are once again called upon to get rid of Neo Zeed to ensure peace and
prosperity in the future.


III. Controls and Moves
-----------------------
Assume that the buttons are in default mode set by the game when you
started.  You can change the button configurations by going into option
and change them as you like them.

D-button
 -Down, crouch
 -left/right, walk left or right
 -dash, press left or right twice
 -Press left/right while crouching to crouch walk

Start-button
 -Pause
 -Enables you to select ninjitsu magic

A-button
 -Use ninjitsu magic

B-button
 -Throw shuriken at enemies
 -Shuriken slash when standing close to enemies
 -Sword slash when close to enemies (must have power-up)
 -Kick when crouching close to enemies

C-button
 -Jump
 -Press jump again when you're at the peak of the jump to double-jump

Running Sword- Dash, then push attack to unleash an uninterruptible
               attack
Wall Jump- Jump at wall, press toward it and then jump to jump off wall
Air Kick- Jump, then press down and attack to use a 45 degree sharp
          Kick
Shuriken spread- Double jump, then press attack to throw 8 shurikens
Block- Hold attack button
Grab rope/rail- Press up while jumping


IV. Items
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Most of these are in the boxes, some of them are out in the open, and a
few very good items like ninja magic are hidden until you shuriken
them.

Single shuriken*-Gives you 5 shurikens

Two shuriken*-Gives you 20 shurikens

*If you have the unlimited shuriken cheat on, these two wouldn't add to
 the 999 shurikens you already have.

Power-Ups-Upgrades your shuriken with a flame and extra damage and
          allow you to use your sword when close to enemy

Little heart-Adds some health to your health bar

Big heart-Fills your health bar no matter how long it is

Ninja symbol-Gives you one use of ninjitsu magic.  If you die,
             your use of ninjitsu magic will always go back to 1.

Head of ninja-Give you 1-up.  These are rare, so grab them when you
              can.

Time bomb-Watch out!  These devices will take a good amount of health
          if you're not careful to avoid them.  They take a long time
          to explode when you're far from them, but goes off instantly
          if you're next to them.


V. Enemies
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Brown ninjas-This is the most common of all enemies and ninjas,
             appearing throughout the game.  All they do is throw ninja
             stars and appear to squat at first, then jumps when
             approached.  Very easy to kill.

Black samurais-Dressed in ancient samurai armors and carries big
               swords, they unleashes ground waves with a wave of their
               swords.  Only exposed when they have their swords down

Basket-covered dartmen- Walks toward you with a basket on its head.
                        Shoot darts with blowgun when you shuriken
                        them.

Winged ninjas-These flying ninjas are just like the brown ninja except
              they fly these time.  Not hard to kill.

Ninja girls-They are very easy and just like the brown ninjas except
            with the entire ninja cover-up.

Soldiers-They will either stand or crouch to shoot at you with their
         fixed or portable machine guns.

Flying brains-Sits on the ceiling and then fly and attack you when you
              get near.  More irritating than hard since it takes two
              hits and is small.

Blob monsters-Raises out of the green pool in Round 3, takes two hits
              to kill them.

Jumping brains-Contained in a glass cylinder, they would burst out
              attacking you.

Ground beetles-Burrowed in the ground with their pincers visible in
               Round 3, they wait for unsuspecting good guys to come
               near, then they crawl up, hoping for a good meal.

Airbike ninjas-In Round 4 while you are surfing, they appear from the
               Top right corner dropping bombs.  There is also another
               airbiker that attacks from the bottom left.

Clawed ninjas-In Round 4 with the network of pipes, they hang from
              pipes and walks around, attacking you from you are near.

Flamethrower-on-flying-pad-->Standing tall on a hovering pad, they
                            release a long stream of fire at you.

Mortar Men-Armed with a mortar, they fire shells at you.  Walk, don't
           jump toward them or you'll keep getting bombarded.


VI. Ninjitsu Magic
------------------
These are the same as the one in Revenge of Shinobi except for Kariu's
dragon and the sword-moving motion.

Jitsu of Ikazuchi-When used, a bolt of yellow lightning will come down
                  on our hero, surrounding him in a web of yellow
                  electricity.  He will be unhurt if hurt until it
                  disappears after taking a 3-5 hits.

Jitsu of Kariu-When used, Musashi will go through the same sword
               routine except four long pillars of fire dragons will
               shoot out of the ground and come together in the
               middle killing all lesser enemies and damaging stronger
               ones.  The most of spectacular visual display of the
               four jitsu skills!

Jitsu of Fushin-When activated, nothing amazing will happen, but
                afterward, you can jump extra higher than you're
                normally do.  An essential skill in certain parts of
                that requires high jumping or long horizontal jumping.

Jitsu of Mijin-Very devastating to enemies!!!  When used, Musashi will
               plunged his sword to the ground and he will blow into
               pieces, killing everything on screen except really tough
               enemies like bosses.  Afterwards, you'll always get a
               full bar of health and one use of magic, but the
               downfall is that you lose a life.  So don't use it
               unless you have lives to spare.


VII. Walkthrough
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COMING SOON!


VIII. Cheats and Secrets
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Cheats
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Unlimited shurikens: Go to option, select the BGM to be "Shuriken",
                     select the number of shurikens to be 00, wait a
                     few seconds, and then the 00 will turn turn into
                     an infinity sign.

                     To me, this isn't really a cheat since the game
                     is already pretty challenging, using this cheat.
                     Playing without it will be more fun yet harder,
                     forcing players to conserve every shuriken.
                     Running out of shuriken is no fun.


IX. Contact Information
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If you ever have a problem or question or comment about beating this
game or this FAQ after reading this guide, let me know by emailing me
at david_9235@hotmail.com for help.  I would be glad to be of
assistance to this great game.  Also, if you have any corrections and
improvements for this game, email me about it and I will put you down
for credit on this FAQ.

If you like ninja or action games, this would be the game for you.  Any
local used-game stores like Funcoland or Gamestop would carry this
game.


X. Copyright
------------
This FAQ/walkthrough guide is document copyright 2001 David Chen.  You
may not modify or reproduce anything on this FAQ in any way or means,
mechanically, visually, electrically, etc.  You may not distribute
anything from this site without emailing me.  If you want to put this
on your site, notify me about it and I'll see about it.  Only
Gamefaqs.com have the right to put this guide on the site at this
point.  Thank you.


XI. Credits
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1) Sega: for making such a great game, including the other Shinobi
         games.

2) my uncle: for buying this system for me and my cousin in the first
             place.

3) my mother: for letting me play this game and other Sega games for
              lots of hour

4) Gamefaqs.com: for having a great site that I used often when I
                 am stuck in games

5) Readers of this FAQ: for coming here to look for help on beating
                        this awesome game












