Published 13:51 IST, November 20th 2020

What happened to Shinobi Life 2? Find out why the game was deleted

The fan favourite Roblox game Shinobi Life 2 was recently taken down by the online gaming platform. Read on to find out what happened to Shinobi Life 2.

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Roblox recently deleted one of its most loved game Shinobi Life 2 from its website and removed it from all or online stores. Fans of online game were extremely upset following this sudden step being taken by online game platform. Many fans took to Twitter to express ir discontent and disappointment when y tried to log in to game and found out it was deleted. Re on to find out, “What happened to Shinobi Life 2?”

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What happened to Shinobi Life 2?

Gaming content creator and YouTuber Kelvingts took to his YouTube channel on November 19, 2020, to dress what happened to Shinobi Life 2. YouTuber stated that reason behind Roblox’s decision to remove game came after its group name, NarutoRPG was copyright struck by VIZ Media, owner of Naruto anime series. It is Naruto RPG where players spend ir game passes and where it accumulates.

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Why was Shinobi Life 2 deleted?

Viz Media owns English Publishing Rights for anime series. When Viz Media realised that game h violated its copyright laws, y reportedly contacted Roblox, who immediately took action and removed game. As a result of this, players lost access to game, group and even test servers. Everything that players h worked on for months was lost in merely a matter of a few seconds. 

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Shinobi Life 2 was one of most popular games by Roblox, with game hitting up to 180,000 concurrent players at one point, while most games don’t even pass 5,000 concurrent players. games that do well also hit up to 50-80,000 concurrent players sometimes. While name ‘Shinobi Life 2’ is not copyrighted itself, name Naruto is and all or contents of game, such as or characters, ir powers, jutsus etc are.

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Will Shinobi Life 2 be back?

While many fans are praying and yearning for game to be back, it is unclear if that will happen. Neir Roblox nor Viz Media has commented on future of game. Hence, players will just have to wait and watch. Given how successful Shinobi Life 2 was, it was drawing many players away from games life Naruto Ninja Storm and etc, which are owned by Viz Media and Naruto Empire.

13:51 IST, November 20th 2020