Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja
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| Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja | |
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| Developer(s) | Success / Ninja Studio |
| Publisher(s) | JPNSuccess NAAtlus USA |
| Release date(s) | JPN2006-06-08 NA2007-02-20 |
| Genre(s) | Dungeon crawler Roguelike |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | CERO: A ESRB: E10+ |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja (無職忍者伝イヅナ?) is a Nintendo DS game by Success and published by Atlus USA in the United States. The game is a roguelike dungeon crawler with humorous dialogue.
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[edit] Story
Izuna and her ninja clan are looking for a place to settle down after their old master decided that ninjas were obsolete, and booted them from his castle. Upon arriving at a village that's suitably out of the way for their "Grandboss", Gen-An, they decide to stay at an inn when Grandboss wanders off.
While trying to find Grandboss, Izuna manages to offend the gods of the village, and everyone in the area starts behaving strangely. Now Izuna has to descend into the various shrines for the gods in order to set things right.
[edit] Game System
The game is a dungeon crawler with randomly generated dungeons. Inside the dungeons, gameplay is effectively turn-based, with monsters in the dungeon moving 1 tile every time Izuna moves 1 tile or takes an action. If Izuna should get KO'ed inside the dungeon, a passerby will bring her back to the village, but Izuna will lose all the items and money she was holding.
Key to the game system are the use of talismans. Talismans can be used in two ways. First, the talisman can be used, or thrown at an enemy. This method will consume the talisman. The second method of talisman usage involves attaching the talisman to your weapon or armor. The talismans will have different effects depending if they are used outright, or attached to the weapon.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Izuna
Izuna is a 16 year old girl who was born and raised as a ninja. She's arrogant, and doesn't often listen to others. Often tries to get her way by using her feminine wiles on the local townsmen. She travels with the remainder of her recently unemployed clan, Gen-An, Shino, and Mitsumoto.
[edit] Shino
A girl whom Izuna looks up to like an older sister. More on the short Tempered side than Izuna but is kind at heart. As read in the comic on the official site. Shino is also the only flat-chested character on the DS to be insulted by her own sister.
[edit] Gen-An
Formerly the leader of their ninja village, but now just the leader of their group of unemployed ninjas. The others in the group just refer to him as "Grandboss".
[edit] Mitsumoto
The last member of the group, Izuna doesn't treat him with any respect, mostly because he doesn't stand up for himself and doesn't seem to have any real ninja abilities. His skirt-chasing tendencies probably do nothing to raise his esteem in Izuna's eyes.
[edit] Gods
[edit] Shuuchi
The Earth God. Turns into a human/snake hybrid
[edit] Fuuka
The Wind Goddess. Turns into a human/bird hybrid.
[edit] Kagen
[edit] External links
- Official English website
- (Japanese) Official website
- Izuna Review by Tokidokijournal.com
- Metacritic Review Aggregation
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