Does anyone know any good ninja games?

[spac316]

Ninja Commando for Neo-Geo is fun game. It's an overhead run n gun style. You can also find it on the Wii's Virtual Console.

[sworddude]

LOL

Why does everyone mention those mediocre ninja games or shoot em ups wich aren;t even ninja games.

I never here anyone saying some decent 2d ninja games.

The return of shinobi for the megadrive/genesis for example

or

Shinobi III for the megadrive or genesis wich is even better

Or the best one shinobi X for the sega saturn

(pal version has superior soundtracks over the us version though)

[desocietas]

LOL

Why does everyone mention those mediocre ninja games or shoot em ups wich aren;t even ninja games.

I never here anyone saying some decent 2d ninja games.

The return of shinobi for the megadrive/genesis for example

or

Shinobi III for the megadrive or genesis wich is even better

Or the best one shinobi X for the sega saturn

(pal version has superior soundtracks over the us version though)

Burningdoom mentioned Shinobi already, so that's probably why no one else has mentioned it again

[ignition365]

Someone suggested it to me, I don't think I've managed to find it yet... but

Red Ninja End of Honor

I haven't heard great things, but I've heard it's cheap and worth a look.

Look at that... I have it for PS2.

[dreama1]

LOL

Why does everyone mention those mediocre ninja games or shoot em ups wich aren;t even ninja games.

I never here anyone saying some decent 2d ninja games.

The return of shinobi for the megadrive/genesis for example

or

Shinobi III for the megadrive or genesis wich is even better

Or the best one shinobi X for the sega saturn

(pal version has superior soundtracks over the us version though)

Hell yeah man.

Through you liked shinobi x the most?

[turom]

If by Shinobi you mean the 3 first games and Shadow Dancer I would agree but please, Shinobi Legions/X is a complete mess.

[burningdoom]

If by Shinobi you mean the 3 first games and Shadow Dancer I would agree but please, Shinobi Legions/X is a complete mess.

Shinobi Legions is awesome. I'm in complete agreement with him. Love the digitized graphics, the 2D gameplay, and the oh-so-awesome live-action ninja cutscenes.

[sworddude]

If by Shinobi you mean the 3 first games and Shadow Dancer I would agree but please, Shinobi Legions/X is a complete mess.

Shinobi Legions is awesome. I'm in complete agreement with him. Love the digitized graphics, the 2D gameplay, and the oh-so-awesome live-action ninja cutscenes.

Those bad ninja cut scenes are priceless

Gameplay, music, sounds and presentation wise it is the best in the series.

@turom

I can't blame you I you prefer the 2d grapics though and that you don't like the classic ninja cut scenes and the less serious visuals, if that's the case the former games are indeed a better choice for you.

[turom]

My concern with Shinobi Legion/X isn't much the "ninja cutscenes" with goofy sentaï-like jumps all over the place, this is kinda cool since its fits pretty well the Shinobi universe even if you're right, I prefer the darker presentation of the first installments and 2D sprites over digitized characters, for me the 2D games aged much better in term of presentation.

No the main problem with this game is the controls are clumsy, the level design is boring, the bosses are meh, the whole gameplay experience is clearly inferior to SMS/Genesis counterparts IMO.

[sworddude]

My concern with Shinobi Legion/X isn't much the "ninja cutscenes" with goofy sentaï-like jumps all over the place, this is kinda cool since its fits pretty well the Shinobi universe even if you're right, I prefer the darker presentation of the first installments and 2D sprites over digitized characters, for me the 2D games aged much better in term of presentation.

No the main problem with this game is the controls are clumsy, the level design is boring, the bosses are meh, the whole gameplay experience is clearly inferior to SMS/Genesis counterparts IMO.

Thanks to the digitized grapics I find that some bosses look pretty intersting in the shinobi universe.

Also some enemies look pretty bad like the snake etc but I personally find it pretty funny it gives it some charm just like the bad ninja movies from back in the day.

Furthermore The AI is smarter in shinobi x than in the genesis counter parts.

Also they if I am not mistaken shinobi X has one of the more difficult final bosses in the shinobi series.

I disagree with you on everything aside that 2d grapics age better.

[burningdoom]

Wait, Shinobi Legions is 2D.

[sworddude]

Wait, Shinobi Legions is 2D.

It is a 2d game but the grapics are digitized not anime 2d games like the former shinobi games the differences are pretty clear,

[burningdoom]

Wait, Shinobi Legions is 2D.

It is a 2d game but the grapics are digitized not anime 2d games like the former shinobi games the differences are pretty clear,

Yeah, they're digitized graphics. But it's still 2D.

[Warmsignal]

Ninja Crusaders is a game that I really like. I don't know where it sits on the ninja game cred scale, but it's one of my favorite NES games.

[dreama1]

Ninja Crusaders is a game that I really like. I don't know where it sits on the ninja game cred scale, but it's one of my favorite NES games.

That one was pretty good actually.