Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden is an action video game released for the Game Gear in 1991 by Sega with license from Tecmo. It stars Ryu Hayabusa and is part of the Ninja Gaiden series, although it features a plot not connected…
Ninja Gaiden is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Japan System House, released 1 November 1991 on Sega Game Gear.
What Ninja Gaiden is
Ninja Gaiden is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Japan System House and released in 1991. It was published by Sega Enterprises, Ltd.. It is available on Sega Game Gear only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
At the start of the game, Ryu Hayabusa is responding to an attack in his village as he rushes to a shrine where the leader of the attack was holed up in. Defeating him, the leader reveals that he was hired by a man named Totenkopf who was a smuggler who sells weapons to a variety of clients. Attempting to find out why would someone would steal the Dragon Sword, Ryu infiltrates the boat and kills Totenkopf, revealing a man named Mr. Tsin who he was selling weapons to in Hong Kong. Ryu defeats Mr. Tsin but not without being captured and brought to India where the person who wants the Dragonsword to start World War III reveals himself to be Shiragane, a demon capable of mind control and with…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ninja Gaiden series
Ninja Gaiden is the 12th of 51 entries we hold in the Ninja Gaiden series. The next entry was Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos in 1991.
What it launched against
Ninja Gaiden launched on 1 November 1991, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Castlevania IV.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Castlevania IV.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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