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The Ninja Warriors

"The Ninja Warriors presents side-scrolling hand-to-hand combat."

Taito·Taito·The Sales Curve· December 31, 1988· Main Game
71
User Score
13 ratings

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.

Released 31 December 1988 for Wii, Amiga, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Amstrad CPC by Taito and Taito, published by The Sales Curve. Rated B by CERO.

Story

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 combos — one to be executed normally, and another that can be performed while crouching — and specific moves such as dash attacks, throwing, stabbing and air strikes. On the screen, separate from the life bar, there is a special energy bar that fills itself as the main character progress. When full, the bar will allow the player to perform a special move. If the character suffers some damage, the special bar will reset, starting a new count-up.

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Wii
Standard
JP
Sep 24, 2008
Amiga
Standard
NA
Dec 31, 1989
TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
Standard
JP
Dec 31, 1989
Amstrad CPC
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1989
Sega CD
Standard
JP
Mar 12, 1993
ZX Spectrum
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1989
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1990
Arcade
Standard
JP
Dec 31, 1988
Atari ST/STE
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1989
User Score
71 /100
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 ratings
Aggregated from player ratings across platforms worldwide.
Score Guide
90–100
Universal Acclaim
75–89
Generally Favorable
50–74
Mixed or Average
Users
20–49
Generally Unfavorable
0–19
Overwhelming Dislike