Ninja Gaiden

Name: Ninja Gaiden
Brand: Japan System House, Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Base game: Ninja Gaiden · 1991· Japan System House, Sega Enterprises, Ltd.· Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

IGDB 15 ratings

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Platform Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Action Comedy Side view

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At the start of the game, Ryu Hayabusa is responding to an attack in his village as he rushes to a shrine where the leader of the attack was holed up in. Defeating him, the leader reveals that he was hired by a man named Totenkopf who was a...

Ninja Gaiden is an action video game released for the Game Gear in 1991 by Sega with license from Tecmo. It stars Ryu Hayabusa and is part of the Ninja Gaiden series, although it features a plot not connected to any of the other Ninja Gaiden games. Gameplay is in many ways similar to the NES and Master System games with minor differences in mechanics. Jumping is more like moon jumping and the sword slash is quicker and has a wider range. Ryu can also scale walls and edges. There four different secondary weapons. Ryu's "spiritual strength" (called Force) can go up to 99.