This weekend’s post about the Wii Virtual Console version of Revenge of Shinobi swapping a bubblegum pink “Spider-Man” for the copyright offending blue and red version in the Genesis original reminded me of the changes made to the XBLA Shinobi.
https://lastchance.cc/hey-spideys-pink-in-vc-shinobi-5332979%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
So they went with something more toned down—bright green and yellow. The original version is after the break.
Yes, that’s the same screen shot. I altered the first image in this post to be representative of what the Xbox Live Arcade version looks like. That blue and red Spider-ninja with the yellow goggles is how it appeared in 1987.
Also missing from the Xbox Live Arcade version of Shinobi are these Marilyn Monroe posters.
Shame about that, as they add a bit more atmosphere to the level and break up all the NINJA posters we now see. But that’s litigation for ya!
