Ninja Gaiden is going all out celebrating this year with Koei Tecmo’s “Year of the Ninja” campaign, which began with the excellent Ninja Gaiden II Black back in January. While we’re still a ways off from the release of Ninja Gaiden 4 at the time of writing this, what we do have is another major […]
Alongside the likes of Castlevania and Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden was a series famous for codifying the NES as being the home for a lot of tough-as-nails action games. Beginning life as an arcade game, Ninja Gaiden had a focus on precision combat and platforming against a barrage of unforgiving enemies and stage terrains. This […]
Ninja Gaiden II Black is a full remake of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, with some balance adjustments of the original Ninja Gaiden II carried over. For the most part, strategies and gameplay elements from Sigma 2 carry over faithfully and can be performed here as well. Here are just a few tips and tricks for […]
There was once a time where the Ninja Gaiden name was held in high regard. It was the pinnacle of the character action genre, and it, along with Devil May Cry, lay the foundations of a genre that remains popular to this day. Ninja Gaiden’s relevance was relatively short-lived, however, and it faded into obscurity. […]
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge is not a good game. It tries its hardest to add polish to the turd that was the base version of the third game, but all we are left with is a shiny poop and feelings of crushing disappointment. In a desperate attempt to reinvigorate a series that was still […]
As a series, Ninja Gaiden has mostly lay dormant for the last decade or so. It’s been so long that it’s easy to forget that, at one point, it was the pinnacle of the Character Action genre. Where Devil May Cry had a quantifiable style and a mouthy protagonist, Ninja Gaiden brought speed, grace, and […]