Tenchu
| Tenchu | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, stealth |
| Developer(s) | Acquire K2 FromSoftware |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Music Entertainment Japan Activision Acquire FromSoftware Sega Nintendo Microsoft Game Studios Ubisoft |
| Creator(s) | Takuma Endo |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation PlayStation 2 Xbox PlayStation Portable Nintendo DS Xbox 360 Wii |
| First release | Tenchu: Stealth Assassins February 26, 1998 |
| Latest release | Tenchu: Shadow Assassins February 2009 |
Tenchu is an action-adventure stealth video game series owned by Japanese game publisher FromSoftware, where the player assumes the role of a ninja in 16th-century feudal Japan. The first game in the series titled Tenchu: Stealth Assassins was developed by Japanese developer Acquire and published in 1998. Later games have also been developed by K2 and FromSoftware. The current rightsholder to the series is FromSoftware who bought the rights from Activision in 2004.
The title in Japanese literally translates in English as "Divine Retribution", with 天 (ten) meaning heaven and 誅 (chū) meaning death penalty (another translation of this phrase, Wrath of Heaven, is the title of the first PlayStation 2 entry in the series).