In keeping with the oldsters over at Koei Tecmo, 2025 is the Yr of the Ninja, and actually, who can argue with them? Each Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi have made and can make comebacks this 12 months within the type of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and Shinobi: Artwork of Vengeance, respectively. Each video games acquired us pondering right here on the Nintendojo places of work how superior it’s to see this resurgence of 2D ninja action-platformers; it additionally acquired us pondering how intrinsically tied to the historical past of the trade ninja video games of this ilk have been. Specifically through the 8 and 16-bit eras when the likes of Ninja Gaiden, Strider, Shinobi, and others had been leaving their mark on the minds and hearts of gamers all around the world.
Celebrating ninja video games is, in impact, to have a good time the historical past of console gaming as an entire. So, in an effort to try this, Nintendojo might be trying on the current slate of ninja recreation choices with a overview of Ninja Gaiden: Radebound, adopted by different articles, critiques, and retrospectives within the coming weeks. Maintain your eyes peeled for the indignant Ryu Hayabusa eyes within the masthead above to pop up on these articles to know that it’s a part of our Yr of the Ninja celebrations. And in the intervening time, why not inform us about your favourite ninja video games down within the feedback and on social media?
