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  Ninja Gaiden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The arcade version of Ninja Gaiden (released in 1988 in North America and 1989 in Japan) was a Double Dragon-style beat 'em up, in which the player controls a nameless ninja, as he travels to various regions of America (such as San Francisco, New York and Las Vegas) to defeat an evil cult.
The original Ninja Gaiden, a platformer, was released in Japan on December 9, 1988, in the United States in March, 1989, and in Europe on August 15, 1991.
For instance, in Ninja Gaiden II, the main character sprite is orange while the "split clones" are blue, a reversal of the original design.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ninja_Gaiden   (1525 words)

  
 Ninja - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ninja and shinobi-no-mono, along with shinobi, another variant, became popular in the post-World War II phonetically with the kanji 志能備, has been traced as far back as Japan's Asuka period, when Prince Shotoku is alleged to have employed one of his retainers as a ninja.
Ninja as a group first began to be written about in 15th century feudal Japan as martial organizations predominately in the regions of Iga and Koga of central Japan, though the practice of guerilla warfare and undercover espionage operations goes back much further.
Ninja are said to have made use of weapons that could be easily concealed or disguised as common tools, the bo, and handclaws (shuko, neko-te tekagi) probably being the most famous, except for the amazing shuriken (throwing stars), popularized by comic book mail order advertisements.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ninja   (3641 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The game was a revival of the Ninja Gaiden series and was released to very high critical and commercial success with an average of 94% being awarded for the later released Ninja Gaiden Black.
This essentially makes it a reboot of the Ninja Gaiden "universe", although the story could be placed either before or after the events of the original trilogy.
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)  ;• Ninja Gaiden 2 (Xbox 360)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ninja_Gaiden_Black   (1248 words)

  
 GamingWorld X - Ninja Gaiden Review
When Ninja Gaiden made its console debut on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), about one year after it was released in the arcade, it became an immediate hit and attracted the attention of a lot of gamers.
Ninja Gaiden will take you to a world where it is okay to show your face to your enemy as long as you immediately kill him afterwards.
Ninja Gaiden also has a lot more to offer than its standard story mode: it has 3 original Ninja Gaiden videogames, it has Xbox Live features, and a few other surprises that I will let you find out about on your own.
www.gamingworldx.com /xbox/NinjaGaiden.shtml   (1745 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden (xbx: 2004): Reviews
Ninja Gaiden epitomizes all that is beautiful in gaming, an experience that is at once difficult, though never in a cheap way, and artistically crafted.
Ninja Gaiden is a landmark title that's better than anything similar you'll find, but it also serves as a reminder that even the best isn't necessarily perfect.
Ninja Gaiden is the work of developers at the peak of their powers and is, pound for pound, light years beyond anything else in the category.
www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/xbox/ninjagaiden   (3184 words)

  
 GameSpy: Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden explores the back story of Tecmo ninja, Ryu Hayabusa, who is out to seek revenge after his clan is massacred by the Vigor Empire.
Ninja Gaiden also introduces an interesting form of context-sensitive gameplay letting players run along walls simply by running up to them and interpreting and adjusting movements depending on the situation in combat.
Ninja Gaiden (01/15/04) - Ryu Hyabusa is still hiding in the shadows like the shy ninja that he is, but he made a rare and welcome appearance at CES.
xbox.gamespy.com /xbox/ninja-gaiden   (416 words)

  
 Xbox.com | Ninja Gaiden - Game Detail Page
In the new Hurricane download for Ninja Gaiden, you'll be eager to test the new staff weapon against the harder foes.
Maintain the frantic pace until you adjust to the speed or until you reach Lunar, which is excellent against both the souped-up ninjas and the Chapter One boss.
Ninja Gaiden® is on the cutting-edge of action.
www.xbox.com /assets/en-us/Flash/games/ninjagaiden   (509 words)

  
 GameSpy.com - Preview
One of the biggest tragedies of modern gaming is that the Ninja Gaiden series fell by the wayside after the death of the NES.
Ninja Gaiden, through a mix of tricky A.I. and extremely robust mechanics, will have you busting out different combo strings and tearing up enemies in a variety of ways in moments.
Given that Team Ninja has a fighting game pedigree, it's little surprise that the combat in Ninja Gaiden is both brutal and robust.
archive.gamespy.com /previews/august03/ninjagaidenxbox   (685 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden for Xbox Review - Xbox Ninja Gaiden Review
Ninja Gaiden originally debuted as a great two-player arcade beat-'em-up back in 1988.
The action in Ninja Gaiden is very intense and has a great, fluid feel to it.
This sequel to Ninja Gaiden supplies a new story and new missions, plus two more difficulty settings and cinematic cut scenes that provide background about the protagonist.
www.gamespot.com /xbox/action/ninjagaiden/review.html   (1286 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden Review - GamersHell.com
Ninja Gaiden has similar gameplay mechanics to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in that you can make death-defying leaps, run up walls, run along walls, and kick butt in some stylish, and very satisfying ways.
Ninja Gaiden isn’t an easy game, but not just because of the hard-hitting villains, but also because you’re often low on health, and because you’ll often find yourself desperately looking for save-points.
Ninja Gaiden has a surprisingly deep combat system, highly responsive controls, graphics to die for, and audio to both dot the i and cross the t.
www.gamershell.com /xbox/ninja_gaiden/review.html   (1501 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden Review for Xbox - Gaming Age
Being a huge fan of the original NES and arcade Ninja Gaiden games, and more recently the entire Dead or Alive series, I was expecting Tecmo's Xbox reincarnation of Ninja Gaiden to be huge.
In a tight room or area, the camera attempts to give you the best view possible, but there are always enemy ninjas seemingly falling from the sky right beyond your view or tossing shurikens and shooting arrows/guns at you from off-screen.
The Master Ninja Tournament itself is a worldwide Xbox Live event which will kick off at the E3 with a three-round regional competition that will last through the summer.
www.gaming-age.com /cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=xbox&game=ninjagaiden   (1190 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden - xbox Review - Game Revolution
The video game giant clearly hired a gang of real ninjas to act as consultants on their Xbox version of the classic Ninja Gaiden, because this game is oozing with more ninja attitude than a Dudikoff marathon.
Ninja Gaiden starts off rather slowly and some gamers might be put off by the first few levels.
Ninja Gaiden is linear, but some of the levels are enormous and allow you to backtrack pretty far, which comes in handy if you need to go back to buy some extra potions.
www.gamerevolution.com /oldsite/games/xbox/action/ninja_gaiden.htm   (1595 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Ninja Gaiden for Xbox at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Ninja Gaiden (or Shadow Warriors as it was called in Europe) was a more platform based game that was quite revolutionary in its time for its use of Cut-scenes in an action game.
Apart from Game Gear and Game Boy ports, Ninja Gaiden, and its hero Ryu Hayabusa, were almost forgotten about until around the mid 90s, when Team Ninja released Dead or Alive in the arcades, and upon the Sega Saturn (and later Sony Playstation).
Ninja flipping inbetween building is quite an awesome thing to watch, and an even more awesome thing to control.
www.epinions.com /content_149866974852   (1846 words)

  
 Inside Hotwire 3D - Reviews: Xbox - Ninja Gaiden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Ninja Gaiden is just one of those action games that proved to be something more than just flash behind those pretty magazine ads.
This is the place where you will initially kick your ninja skills into high gears as you prepare to take on all sorts of danger from expert assassins to the living dead.
Ninja Gaiden is a superb action-packed video game that is both highly addictive and challenging.
www.hotwire3d.com /reviewsxbox_ninjagaiden.html   (904 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden Review (Xbox)
Fast forward to E3 2002 and Tecmo announces that the long dormant Ninja Gaiden series would be revived for a next-gen debut on the Xbox, with Team Ninja and Tomonobu Itagaki at the helm.
The story of the “new” Ninja Gaiden focuses on a young Ryu Hayabusa and his pursuit of vengeance on the murderers that wiped out his entire village.
Anyway, just rest assured that Ninja Gaiden includes a fairly engrossing storyline (thanks to the breathtaking cut-scenes), and that is the least of its many qualities.
reviews.teamxbox.com /xbox/713/Ninja-Gaiden/p1   (1006 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Ninja Gaiden (XBOX): PC & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Boasting 100 per cent action, Ninja Gaiden will allow the player to unleash their inner ninja with smooth gameplay, speedy battle sequences and a variety of advanced acrobatic ninja moves from running and flipping off walls to hanging and swinging on rails.
Ninja Gaiden has a badass reputation, being the hardest game ever, and for a long time this put me of getting it.
Ninja Gaiden has been dubbed as one of the hardest games of recent times.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000A5B7H   (2535 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden - Xbox (XB) Reviews - The Armchair Empire
Ninja Gaiden’s history stretches way back but the basic premise has remained the same: assume the role of a ninja and kick some butt.
While the action is frenetic – too frenetic by some accounts – Ninja Gaiden (NG) throws in some streamlined role-playing elements such as basic item gathering and earning experience points.
But with all this solid challenge and slick ninja action, there is at least one downside, which resulted in my untimely (and frustrating) death at least a dozen times: the camera.
www.armchairempire.com /Reviews/XBox/ninja-gaiden.htm   (593 words)

  
 Extreme Gamer - Ninja Gaiden: Black Xbox Review
Ninja Gaiden has returned this year with it's swords drawn and once again looks for the GOTY crown, this time with the updated, bigger and badder Ninja Gaiden: Black.
Ninja Gaiden: Black is the perfect game for those gamers who love a challenging experience.
If you are new to Ninja Gaiden, I'm sure you are either excited or scared of the level of difficulty.
www.extremegamer.ca /xbox/games/ninjagaidenblack.php   (1135 words)

  
 IGN: Ninja Gaiden Review
With Ninja Gaiden, Itagaki pledged to create a game with incredible graphics, lightning-fast gameplay, an ocean of blood, and an experience to remember.
Ninja's are known for a few things -- They are quick, deadly with a sword, and are masters of stealth.
Ninja Gaiden completely disregards the last attribute and instead focuses on combat and cool ninja wall-run moves.
xbox.ign.com /articles/495/495186p1.html   (876 words)

  
 GameSpy: Ninja Gaiden Review
The Ninja Gaiden series was one of the most beloved franchises of early '90s console gamers.
For over ten years, no new Ninja Gaiden games were made, despite the fact that the vast majority of kids who'd started out with NES were growing into adult gamers with fond memories of the series and, if anything, an increased desire to slice demonic enemies into tiny little pieces with a mystical katana.
The game is entirely about ninja action; exposition is kept to a minimum, quickly paced, and gorgeously rendered in both CG and game-engine; more importantly, it offers a necessary breather between crushingly difficult challenges.
xbox.gamespy.com /xbox/ninja-gaiden/499692p1.html   (566 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden Review - Xbox
From the classic stable of the Ninja Gaiden series has emerged a new hero, and it has as much to do with the platform as it does with the game itself.
Ninja Gaiden is out on the Xbox, and this title from Tecmo and Team Ninja will have action fans floored with the animation, intrigued with the storyline and hard-pressed with the challenge.
Ninja Gaiden has its own style and while Ryu may be able to run along walls, or jump/climb off opposing walls to gain egress to the top platform, this title immerses players in the fast-paced action with lightning reflexes and amazing animation.
xbox.gamezone.com /gzreviews/r17278.htm   (972 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Ninja Gaiden: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Ever since Ninja Gaiden was released on the old NES, I've been a fan of this series.
However, after Ninja Gaiden 3 on the NES, Ryu Hayabusa wasn't seen or heard from until Dead or Alive was released on the Playstation.
Ninja Gaiden is not only one of the greatest action games ever made it's also one of the best games ever made on the Xbox next to Shenmue II.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008KTNW?v=glance   (2484 words)

  
 Xbox.com | UK,games,action,ninjagaiden - Ninja Gaiden
Take on the role of powerful ninja Ryu Hayabusa, who seeks revenge after his clan is massacred by the Vigoor Empire.
The Master Ninja Tournament, developed specifically for the game, will allow players to participate in a European competition.
Here, players will put their honed ninja skills to the test to determine the top Ninja Gaiden player in Europe.
www.xbox.com /en-GB/games/n/ninjagaiden   (448 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden Electronic Gaming Monthly - Find Articles
TI: Charging forward [in Ninja Gaiden] is not the only courageous way to play.
TI: I’m hoping that everyone can clear Ninja Gaiden in the normal mode, 50 percent in hard mode, and less than 10 percent in very hard mode.
Don’t forget—you’re addicted to Ninja Gaiden because of the dynamic high-speed action, possibly because we did not slow the camera speed and did not create a static camera.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zdegm/is_200406/ai_n9519762   (880 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden Cheats - XBox - Video Game Cheats - eLook.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
After giving them to Muramasa, you will get the Ninja Gaiden disc to be used at the arcade machine at Han's Bar's first floor.
Get a "Master Ninja" rank in all levels on the normal difficulty setting to unlock the original Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword Of Chaos game.
Get a "Master Ninja" rank in all levels on the hard or very hard difficulty settings to unlock the original Ninja Gaiden 3: The Ancient Ship Of Doom game.
www.elook.org /games/cheats/xbox/4156.html   (1709 words)

  
 Ninja gaiden (2004) (VG)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Ninja Gaiden is a excellent remake of the classic.
Ninja Gaiden's graphics are mouth watering and it feels like you are watching a movie.
Ninja Gaiden 1, Ninja Gaiden 2 and Ninja Gaiden 3 for nes can be unlocked.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0402400   (301 words)

  
 Ninja Gaiden Game News Reviews Description Screenshots and Price
One of gaming's most treasured franchises will be given new life as Tecmo's Team Ninja, and the powers of Xbox join forces to bring you 100% action in one of the most anticipated games of the new millennium.
Ninja Gaiden boasts cutting-edge action with gorgeous pre-rendered environments and visuals as the player takes on the role of powerful ninja, Ryu Hayabusa.
This radical new feature is being developed specifically for Ninja Gaiden and is like nothing any gamer has experienced in action games before.
www.gameinfowire.com /game.asp?gid=895   (458 words)

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