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Ninja Gaiden
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Item Condition
Game only: the cartridge in a protective holder, no box or manual. The photos are our own, taken from our stock of this game — look them over for condition, packaging and details. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
Item Description
Two ninjas charge each other across a moonlit field, blades flash, and one of them falls. That opening scene told NES players immediately that Ninja Gaiden was going to be something different. The fallen warrior is Ken Hayabusa, and his son Ryu sets out for America with the Dragon Sword and his father's final letter, drawn into a conspiracy involving the CIA, an archaeologist named Walter Smith, a pair of ancient demon statues and the sorcerer Jaquio.
Tecmo told that story through illustrated cinematic scenes between every act, presented as Tecmo Theater, with dramatic angles, close-ups and dialogue that read like a graphic novel. Few console games of the time treated plot and characters with this kind of ambition, and it gave players a reason to fight through the next stage beyond the high score. It is also a completely different game from Tecmo's arcade beat 'em up of the same name, built from the ground up for the NES.
And fighting through is the hard part. Ryu moves with incredible speed, clings to walls and springs off them, and backs up his sword with ninja arts such as the throwing star, the boomerang-like Windmill Throwing Star, the Art of the Fire Wheel and the spinning Jump & Slash. Enemies are placed with almost cruel precision: birds swoop in just as you leap a pit, soldiers knock you back into the void, and in the final act, losing to the last bosses sends you all the way back to the start of the act. A driving soundtrack by Keiji Yamagishi keeps the adrenaline up through every attempt.
Ninja Gaiden became one of the defining action games of the NES, spawned two NES sequels and laid the groundwork for the modern series. Its reputation for difficulty is deserved, but so is its reputation for fairness: the controls are razor sharp, and every stage you finally clear feels like a real accomplishment. This is where Ryu Hayabusa's legend begins.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1988
- Publisher
- Tecmo Koei Games
- Genre
- Platformer, Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
- Players
- Single player
About the game
Experience the original adventure of Ryu Hayabusa, the shadow warrior, in this acclaimed and challenging action-platformer from the NES era!
Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.Watch gameplayNinja Gaiden on NES
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Ninja GaidenA · Collector Grade
$20.99
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NES
Ninja GaidenA · Collector Grade
$20.99
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