Shadow Master (Shinobi)



The Shadow Master (in Japanese: 影のマスター Kage No Masutā) is a deadly evil shinobi warrior and he serves as both the main villain of the videogame Shinobi III for Sega MegaDrive, and the game's final boss.

After the warrior Joe Musashi prevailed over the Neo Zeed crime syndicate 2 years ago and became the new chief of the Oboro Ninja Clan, it was then discovered that the Ninja Master was just a figurehead for NEO ZEED. It's true mastermind was the mysterious dark ninja known only as the Shadow Master, a cybernetic, bioengineered ninja cloned from the Musashi bloodline.

After summoning his cohorts into a meeting he issued an order. "For us to attain our dream of world domination, kill our hated enemy Joe Musashi!".

After his attempts are foiled, he faces Joe Musashi in the Zeed Aeroship dubbed the "Wing of Darkness". After changing the room's virtual reality chamber to his liking, the evil shinobi proceeded to attack. Initially on equal ground with Musashi during the battle, he gained a power up from the energy of the room, and became deadlier as the battle raged. Eventually he would meet his ultimate fate at Musashi's hands, as the fortress crashes and burns away.

Appearance
The Shadow Master appears as a ninja dressed in a dark red shozoku wearing cybernetic armor. In closer examination, it appears similar to the armor of the Shredder from the famous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. After receiving enough damage, his suit turns bright red, indicating that he's fighting at full power, enabling him to use cybernetic weapons.

​Personality
The Shadow Master is a secretive individual whose identity he entrusts only to his closest Neo Zeed members, Karura and White Lion. He desires to rule the world with fear and intimidation, and to usher in a new age where the Ninja rule the world from the shadows. Those who serve him well are rewarded with praise, wealth, power and status, but those who fail him, he punishes ruthlessly with hideous forms of torture such as making them guinea pigs for Neo Zeed's cruel and inhuman biotechnology experiments, or kills them slowly and painfully.

His grievances with the Oboro Clan are many, especially Joe Musashi, who has ruined his plans time and again. To finally achieve his ambition of world conquest, he will stop at nothing to destroy Joe Musashi and crush the entire legacy of the Oboro clan.