<s>
Cyber	B-Application
Shadow	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
action-platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Finnish	O
indie	O
studio	O
Mechanical	O
Head	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Yacht	O
Club	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
stated	O
inspirations	O
from	O
other	O
platform	O
video	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Ninja	B-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cyber	B-Application
Shadow	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
action-platformer	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
control	O
a	O
ninja	O
character	O
who	O
battles	O
enemies	O
with	O
a	O
sword	O
and	O
various	O
special	O
abilities	O
acquired	O
as	O
subweapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
an	O
8-bit	O
aesthetic	O
which	O
shares	O
similarities	O
to	O
Shatterhand	B-Application
and	O
contains	O
several	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
of	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
,	O
Ninja	B-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
,	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
,	O
Castlevania	B-Application
and	O
similar	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
include	O
snaking	O
paths	O
and	O
occasional	O
backtracking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cyber	B-Application
Shadow	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Mechanical	O
Head	O
Studios	O
,	O
a	O
team	O
consisting	O
purely	O
of	O
the	O
creator	O
Aarne	O
Hunziker	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Yacht	O
Club	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aarne	O
Hunziker	O
,	O
having	O
already	O
been	O
developing	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
years	O
on	O
his	O
own	O
,	O
initially	O
had	O
no	O
intention	O
of	O
teaming	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
publisher	O
;	O
he	O
was	O
first	O
discovered	O
by	O
Yacht	O
Club	O
while	O
posting	O
about	O
the	O
ongoing	O
development	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
later	O
was	O
convinced	O
by	O
them	O
to	O
"	O
join	O
 [ their ] 	O
little	O
family	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
is	O
handled	O
by	O
Hunziker	O
,	O
the	O
music	O
will	O
be	O
composed	O
by	O
Enrique	O
Martin	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Jake	O
Kaufman	O
;	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
their	O
usual	O
role	O
as	O
a	O
publisher	O
,	O
Yacht	O
Club	O
is	O
giving	O
design	O
feedback	O
from	O
their	O
previous	O
experience	O
developing	O
Shovel	B-Application
Knight	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
years	O
later	O
he	O
began	O
coding	O
from	O
scratch	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
Cyber	B-Application
Shadow	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunziker	O
has	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
one	O
that	O
combines	O
"	O
the	O
level	O
design	O
principles	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
the	O
skills	O
and	O
action	B-Application
of	O
Ninja	B-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
,	O
the	O
enemy	O
designs	O
of	O
Contra	B-Application
and	O
the	O
dark	O
visual	O
aesthetic	O
of	O
Batman	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
also	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
more	O
deliberately	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
callback	O
to	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
"	O
Yacht	O
Club	O
Games	O
Presents	O
"	O
on	O
February	O
26	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
release	O
in	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
Shovel	B-Application
Knight	I-Application
Amiibo	B-Device
would	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2021	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
Cyber	B-Application
Shadow	I-Application
have	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
summed	O
up	O
their	O
8/10	O
review	O
by	O
saying	O
"	O
Cyber	B-Application
Shadow	I-Application
's	O
excellent	O
gameplay	O
,	O
level	O
design	O
,	O
variety	O
,	O
and	O
music	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
great	O
modernization	O
of	O
the	O
classic	O
Ninja	B-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
formula.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
(	O
which	O
runs	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Cyber	B-Application
Shadow	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
15	O
best-selling	O
indie	O
games	O
of	O
2021	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
