Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
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 eerie setting of feudal Japan. Tenchu was one of the first ninja games to incorporate stealth, a very important aspect of ninjutsu. However, in addition to the traditional martial arts in the fights, the game also includes elements of historical fantasy and Japanese mythology. The game also made use of motion capture, in which the actor and martial artist Sho Kosugi and his son Kane were hired as actors for the fighting movements in the game.
Story
The game takes place in feudal Japan and introduces a pair of ninja: Rikimaru (力丸) and Ayame (彩女), who have been members of the Azuma ninja clan since childhood. The two ninja serve the heroic Lord Gohda and work for him as his secret spies to root out corruption and gather information in his province. However, the evil demonic sorcerer Lord Mei-Oh tries to destroy Lord Gohda by using his demon warrior Onikage, who causes chaos in Lord Gohda's province.