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With the aspiration to restore your dying clan to its former glory, you must rectify the internal issues, develop the village, raise reputation, make yourself known to the regional lords, and annihilate those who stand in your way.

Basic Gameplay

As stated before, Shinobi Ryuu is a simulation game that focuses on managing your fellow ninja as well as the village. Throughout the events in-game, you may choose to serve regional lord of your wish. Managing ninjas involve hiring unaffiliated ninja, develop ninja on your own, take away other clans' ninjas, and deploy them on missions.

Main Interface

Main Interface

Main Interface

Basically the first screen you will always see in every passing turn. The map shown in the middle of the screen represents the current state of the land, with every regional lord trying to usurp each other and claim territories as the story progresses. Information is displayed on the right top, from top to bottom:

Additionally, the main actions are listed on the bottom left, from left to right:

Mission Selection

  1. Keeper of the mansion - Hides in the nagayashiki and concentrates on defending the nagayashiki.
  2. Collect information about ninja - I'm going to collect information about other ninjas.
  3. Collecting information in the central region - I'm going to gather information about the Bizen area where the Suiganshu are located and the surrounding area. This is also useful when you want information about daimyo in the area.
  4. Guardian of the village - Sortie from the long mansion and repel the intruders. I feel like I'm in a position like a battle commander in the village, [Status UP during battle!
  5. Field work - Work to take care of the fields. [You will get a small income and experience.
  6. Gathering information in the northern region
  7. Gathering information in the southern region
  8. Gathering information in the eastern region
  9. Gathering information in the western region -
  10. Detailed survey of the night and moon
  11. Ninja egg hunting
  12. Sent to the Lion's den
  13. Investigate the Todo family
  14. Stole money from the Todo family
  15. Information retrieval at Todo House
  16. Confusion over information on the Todo Family
  17. Investigate the Takami family
  18. Stole money from the Takami family
  19. Take information from Takami family
  20. Investigation of a droll affair
  21. Keeper of the watchkeeper
  22. Watchtower keeper
  23. Protecting the princess in Bizen
  24. Strengthening the strenght of the Ohira family
  25. War support for the Ohira Family
  26. Obstruction of war by the Ohira family
Main article: Skills

Develop Shinobi Fledglings

Main article: Training

Please refer to the main article to see the list of training applicable to ninja fledglings.

The purest way to recruit your own ninja. Basically investing your resources and time to develop ninjas to your needs. In order to get more training unlocked for your future ninjas, you need to install certain facilities within the village, which costs quite a sum. Not to count that applying training for the sake of the fledglings' development will take away your income every turn. If you are patient and are willing to cough up a fortune for it, you will have possibly the strongest recruit with potential to be even better than most of your default ninjas.

To start develop your own fledgling, you have to do it via "Search for Ninja Egg/fledgling" (忍者の卵探し) mission, costs 500G and takes 3 turns. After the training is completed, your trained ninja will be eligible to recruit via "Recruit Ninja Egg/fledgling" (卵から中忍を選ぷ), costs 0G and 1 turn.

However, many players agree that it takes too much time and resources to reach and that it is not worth much as your default ninjas could also get stronger if leveled up properly. With that being said, it is encouraged to use this feature only if you, as stated before, are patient and have extra resources to spend.

Village Development

Main article: Facilities

Facilities are listed in the above link. Please navigate to said page in case you need assistance in knowing which building does what.

Facilities are important for the sake of the village's longevity. Certain training options will only be unlocked if you have the right facilities installed. Some facilities, like Farm Field and Store, generate income per turn, which is a must have for every playthrough.

General Tips

Below is a list of general tips. Please keep in mind that these points don't always have to dictate your approach on the game. Being able to read situations and adapt is highly encouraged.