{"id":136500,"date":"2026-03-18T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198837"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:30:00","slug":"shinobi-art-of-vengeance-sega-villains-stage-dlc-arrives-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/18\/shinobi-art-of-vengeance-sega-villains-stage-dlc-arrives-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance &#8216;SEGA Villains Stage&#8217; DLC Arrives Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d07c6d394c31c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d07c6d394c31c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d07c6d394c31c\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"pFU1fU4EizE\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pFU1fU4EizE?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>After teasing the three returning big bads over the course of last year, SEGA has today revealed the release date for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/shinobi_art_of_vengeance\">SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance<\/a>&#8216;s &#8216;SEGA Villains Stage&#8217; DLC, and we don&#8217;t have long to wait.<\/p>\n<p>As announced in the awesome new animated trailer (above), the DLC will arrive on Switch on <strong>3rd April<\/strong>, with <strong>Sonic<\/strong>&#8216;s Dr. Eggman, <strong>Yakuza \/ Like A Dragon<\/strong>&#8216;s Goro Majima and <strong>Golden Axe<\/strong>&#8216;s Death Adder all stepping up to face off against Joe Musashi.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from these three new bosses, the DLC also includes five new stages, a couple of different Boss Rush modes, fresh ninpo, outfits and music tracks. All of this will be available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/DLC\/SHINOBI-Art-of-Vengeance-SEGA-Villains-Stage-2852551.html\">Switch eShop<\/a> for <strong>\u00a38.99 \/ $9.99<\/strong>, or free for all those with the Digital Deluxe edition.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, a free update is arriving on the same day (3rd April), throwing in a new &#8216;Hardcore Mode&#8217; for all players, alongside the usual suite of tweaks and fixes.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, we had a great time with Shinobi: Art of Vengeance when it launched on Switch last year, calling it &#8220;a demonstration of how modern tools, accompanied by thought and talent, can be expanded upon to not just reboot franchises, but actually rebuild them in new and incredible ways&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/shinobi-art-of-vengeance\">our review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/switch-eshop\/related-articles:187203 @ 1773875156 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be checking out this Shinobi DLC next month? Sneak down to the comments and let us know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] After teasing the three returning big bads over the course of last year, SEGA has today revealed the release date for SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance&#8216;s &#8216;SEGA Villains Stage&#8217; DLC, and we don&#8217;t have long to wait. As announced in the awesome new animated trailer (above), the DLC will arrive on Switch on 3rd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}