Hi there, and welcome to the new Nightshade (PS2) leaderboards!

I'm the new mod for Nightshade, nice to meet you! You've probably noticed that the leaderboards have been given a significant facelift in terms of aesthetic, and some changes have happened.

0. Runs actually require verification now Pretty silly that they didn't before, but better late than never. Rules are updated as well to include more clarity. Long story short, this board did not have a mod for 2 years.

1. Individual Levels (ILs) now exist! Funny story, the levels were created, but there were no categories listed. So that's fixed. Enjoy running them!

2. We have a new discord! Since the old discord for Nightshade was not listed here, and not linked anywhere (I had to contact Brandino personally to even get a re-invite to it), I took it upon myself to create a new hub for Shinobi (and Nightshade) speedrunning. Hope to see you there! Link is here (https://discord.gg/R8TZ3EGjGT) and on the sidebar of the leaderboards directly below the "Resources" tab.

3. Emulator runs are still banned I'm totally fine with allowing emulator runs in the future under a separate category (would be split into Console and Emulator subcategories in that case), especially considering this game was never ported to future console generations. But until someone does a run, no point in adding categories for it.

I hope that this overhaul serves as the start for a new spark in Shinobi + Nightshade. Much love and happy running.