3 Ninjas Kick Back / Hook
3 Ninjas Kick Back / Hook, for lack of a better name, is a compilation for the Sega Mega-CD released exclusively in North America. It contains CD versions of the Sega Mega Drive games 3 Ninjas Kick Back and…
3 Ninjas Kick Back / Hook is a platform developed by Core Design, released 28 February 1994 on Sega CD.
What 3 Ninjas Kick Back / Hook is
3 Ninjas Kick Back / Hook is a platform game developed by Core Design and released in 1994. It was published by Imagesoft. It is available on Sega CD only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
3 Ninjas Kick Back The master samurai Mori competed in a ninja tournament fifty years ago for a magical dagger and an ancient samurai sword thought to be the key to opening a hidden cave full of treasure. After winning the tournament and rightfully gaining the dagger, it was stolen by the master's arch-rival, Koga. Though the master searched far and wide, he never found any trace of Koga or the dagger. Now, too old to continue searching, the master sends his three grandchildren, whom he has trained in the ninja arts, the young brothers Rocky, Colt, and Tum Tum, to assist him in retrieving the prized dagger. Once it has been restored to its rightful owner, the dagger shall once again be…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the 3 Ninjas series
3 Ninjas Kick Back / Hook is the first of 3 entries we hold in the 3 Ninjas series. The next entry was 3 Ninjas Kick Back in 1994.
What it launched against
3 Ninjas Kick Back / Hook launched on 28 February 1994, within three weeks of Super Metroid, X-COM: UFO Defense and Beneath a Steel Sky.
Released around the same time: Super Metroid, X-COM: UFO Defense, Beneath a Steel Sky.
Official trailer
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