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The graphical changes in this hack are outstandingly done. The new character and enemy sprites seem lifted straight out of the NES Batman's art style, and the new cutscene art is befitting of this game's tone. This feels like it could have been yet another official NES Batman game, now fitting right in with the gameplay style and environmental design of the 8-bit Batman titles. This is a hack worth playing for any fans of Batman or the NES out there, as players deserve to experience the love and care that went into this heroic project.

Just like the other two reviewers said, this game is pretty much just Shadow of the Ninja with a Batman theme dropped right in.

If you are a fan of Shadow of the Ninja, and don't mind some DC comics in place of your ninjas, then this plays just as well.

If you are a fan of Batman, this makes for a decent game that COULD have passed for a sequel to the original NES Batman game.....IF Shadow of the Ninja didn't already exist.

Personally, I am a Batman fan, so I like the game better as a DC comics game than a ninja game, taking nothing away from the original game, which was a good platform/action game to begin with, in its own right.

And yea, the difficulty has been alleviated somewhat with the unlimited continues.

Some level tweaking would have been nice, but for what it is, a very nice job was done here.

If you like platform action games, you like Batman, and even if you never heard of Shadow of the Ninja, I recommend.

As the headline says, Batman Shadows of Gotham obviously is Shadow of the Ninja with the Batman License. The screen, story, and characters+bosses are replaced with characters from the Batman series and I don't find it a problem at all. The infinite continues balances out the difficulty making it just right for sane players who had trouble beating the original Shadow of the Ninja.

For v1.1:

Batman: Shadows of Gotham is a very interesting game to play. Even though it is just a hack of Shadow of the Ninja that changes things up to be related to Batman (and also adds unlimited continues), I still think it's very interesting. Seeing the Dark Knight (Batman) and the Boy Wonder (Robin) go through all the levels and take out Gotham's worst villains is pretty cool, but I do have a few issues with the game. Even though the changes are more cosmetic towards the title screen, story, and characters+bosses, I would have loved to see new level design (or at least layout) and new music from any of the Batman shows or movies. These complaints aside, I still think this is a very interesting game to play and if you're a fan of the Bat, I say give it a shot.