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Ninja Gaiden series

Ninja Ryuukenden

Ninja Action! The stage is set for conspiracy, mystery and evil in America. Come with Ninja Ryu as he takes you on his fateful journey. Tecmo's unique cinema display system develops the story stage by stage…

24 January 1992

Ninja Ryuukenden is a hack and slash/beat 'em up, released 24 January 1992 on Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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What Ninja Ryuukenden is

Ninja Ryuukenden was released in 1992. It was published by Hudson Soft. It is available on Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ninja Action! The stage is set for conspiracy, mystery and evil in America. Come with Ninja Ryu as he takes you on his fateful journey. Tecmo's unique cinema display system develops the story stage by stage. You piece together the puzzle, while watching the movie-like graphics. Decide what action to take. Use the secret sword and items collected during the action scenes to fight your way to the goal!
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ninja Gaiden series

Ninja Ryuukenden is the 16th of 51 entries we hold in the Ninja Gaiden series. The next entry was Ninja Gaiden in 1992.

See all 51 Ninja Gaiden games in release order →

What it launched against

Ninja Ryuukenden launched on 24 January 1992, within three weeks of X-Men, Baseball Stars 2 and Romancing SaGa.

Released around the same time: X-Men, Baseball Stars 2, Romancing SaGa.

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Ninja Ryuukenden was released on 24 January 1992 for Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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