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The Ninja Warriors

The Ninja Warriors presents side-scrolling hand-to-hand combat. Players take control of Kunoichi or Ninja and fight wave after wave of Banglar forces across five levels.

31 December 1988

The Ninja Warriors is an arcade developed by Taito, released 31 December 1988 on Wii, Sega CD, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Amiga.

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What The Ninja Warriors is

The Ninja Warriors is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1988. It is available on Wii, Sega CD, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is based in a dystopian future where Banglar, the President of the United States in 1993, issues martial law on the nation, with the military having total control over the law. A group of anarchist scientists led by Mulk decide that it is time to revolt against the government. Knowing full well that approaching the military themselves could be considered an all out suicide mission, the scientists create two androids that can sustain various forms of damage in order to do the mission for them. The robots, code named "Kunoichi" (red female) and "Ninja" (blue male), are sent by the scientists in order to end Banglar's tyranny once and for all. Ninja and Kunoichi each have different…
Description from the publisher · source

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. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

What it launched against

The Ninja Warriors launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did The Ninja Warriors come out?
The Ninja Warriors was released on 31 December 1988 for Wii, Sega CD, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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