![]() ![]() That idea of the ninja being the ultimate hero seemed to have influenced Tecmo back in the 1980s. “It just felt so cool for some reason, so I guess the Ninja was the ultimate hero.” “As a kid I used to look for games where you character did a front flip when jumping,” Sabotage’s Co-Founder Thierry Boulanger told us. Even the stories of the two games have similarities, both being about ninjas, demons, and ninjas fighting said demons. A quick glance makes the game look like a long lost cousin of Tecmo’s currently forgotten series. Canadian developer Sabotage Studio is bringing The Messenger to Nintendo Switch. The majesty of the old-school Ninja Gaiden games primarily lay dormant, at least until now. While some games carried forth its tough 2D influence, not many carried its legacy, with all due respect to the concurrent Shinobi games and Game Boy Advance cult classic Ninja Five-O. And who can forget those freaking birds.īut aside from the revived 3D series kicked off by Tomonobu Itagaki on Xbox, Ninja Gaiden just faded away after the three NES games. Of course none of that was aided by the late-game segment where if you died during a trio of bosses, you had to start up multiple levels back. Requiring pinpoint platforming and deft combat, this trilogy of Tecmo-made games were brutal. The old Nintendo Ninja Gaiden games don’t really mess around. ![]()
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