It's probably not out of line to say that the Ninja Gaiden series, as gamers know it now on the Xbox platform, is kind of light on story. Even if you're the type to reflexively skip cut-scenes by mashing the Start button every time the screen goes black -- your hands and teeth clenched from having to repeat the last boss battle 38 times -- the plot beneath the games' smooth action isn't the most enthralling or easiest-to-follow stuff in the gaming world.
Relentless action and difficulty are understandable when you have Tecmo's Team Ninja, where head designer Tomonobu Itagaki wants to create the best action game ever made, but it's also odd when you consider that the main reason for Ninja Gaiden's worldwide popularity is that the now 20-year-old NES trilogy did emphasize story, arguably pioneering the use of cinematic-style cut-scenes in Japanese console games, and it even got the young gamers playing those games to actually care about what happened...until their 38th attempt to get past a gauntlet of hyperintelligent falcons.
Take a step back through time and discover the history of the legendary Ninja Gaiden series!
Love the NES trilogy! Great gameplay, design, story, cinematics, characters, music! Total package.
The original NES game is still.one of the hardest games I've almost beaten in my life I believe I was on the second final boss using original hardware and carts no save states but I could never finish it
Man, I finally braved trying Master Ninja in Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and… man, I suck, lol. I really want to try for the platinum because I love the game so much, but yeesh…
I remember Ninja Gaiden Black and how awesome the hype and support was around for that. The changes from the base game and the world rankings we could check out in the menus. Played through the OG game once and Black at least twice.
Never played the original 2D games but I'm excited to go through 2 Black soon.
I was there as a young boy playing the first Ninja Gaiden in The arcade. It was awesome for the time! I’ve played every one skins and on every one of those systems. And here I am, as a 50 year old man giddy with joy playing through the most recent release, with more on the way! Heck yeah it’s a great series!
Many of you who have already played Rise of the Ronin may have noticed some elements of our previous works such as Ninja Gaiden and Nioh from Team Ninja. Today we’re excited to share some of the behind-the-scenes development stories for the first time. Plus we share details on an upcoming game update.
not a good title FPS RUSSIA. should have gone with: "new content added'. ... or something like that
try : 'New and expanded content 5 new Ally Missions added. + Addition of dojo training partners"
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 debuted in 2009; ahead of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty's launch, it's time to look back at one of Tecmo Koei's best titles.
I hold the original ninja Gaiden series very dear still. I play them atleast 1 every 2 months probably. They, along with Zelda, super mario bros, metroid, kid icarus, double dragon, donkey kong, galaga, pacman & rygar are among the very best games I've ever played.
never really like ninja gaidan control and camera suked.
ps3 was the best because of the controls
It reminds me of your typical hard Japanese horror ero guro. Defintely didn't find it that hard to follow and I never once skipped a cutscene in the 10+ playthroughs of NG/Black/Sigma.
Where Ryu's father takes on that mysterious ninja is still a classic. One of the greatest and simplest openings EVER. The original game was amazing... I played that game forever, beat it only once, and I still wince whenever I see a digital bird swooping my way.