Ninja
Creatures entity
454
games
74platforms
Includes stealthy assassins, saboteurs, spies, or scouts of Japanese origin who are skilled in martial arts, especial alternative arts of war.
Notable people involved: Jim Norwood, Lee Jackson, Frank Maddin, Ken Silverman and Tim Best
Alternate names: Ninjas, 忍者, Shinobi, 忍の者, Shinobi-no-mono, くノ一, Kunoichi
NDS 2008-10-15
X360 2005-09
MSX 1989
SPC 1990
SX1 1983
NES 1987-07-10
GB 1991-03-08
GEN 1989-12-02
WII 2008-10-23
SPC 1986
C64 1987
NES 1990-11
"Ninja" is both singular and plural, "Ninjas" is also an acceptable form of plural in the English language.
Possibly related tags:
Espionage
Stealth
Riding
Videogame ninja tend to be stereotypical; Males wearing all black with only the eyes uncovered, carry a katana (typically curved), and using throwing stars to kill opponents at a distance. For now, this tag refers to these as well as real ninja.
Of special note, at one time any 'Ninja' was censored in the United Kingdom. The word itself was banned. This leads to many alternate titles such as Shadow Warriors for Ninja Gaiden and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Possibly related tags:
Espionage
Stealth
Riding
Videogame ninja tend to be stereotypical; Males wearing all black with only the eyes uncovered, carry a katana (typically curved), and using throwing stars to kill opponents at a distance. For now, this tag refers to these as well as real ninja.
Of special note, at one time any 'Ninja' was censored in the United Kingdom. The word itself was banned. This leads to many alternate titles such as Shadow Warriors for Ninja Gaiden and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Games by year
The first Ninja video game was released in 1983.
Konami, Sega, System 3 and Ocean published most of these games.
Platforms
Most common companies
Konami | 28 | |
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Sega | 26 | |
System 3 | 17 | |
Ocean | 12 | |
Image Works | 11 | |
Firebird | 10 | |
Jaleco | 10 | |
Tecmo | 9 | |
Gremlin Graphics | 9 | |
Mastertronic | 9 | |
Ubisoft | 8 | |
Tomy | 8 | |
Bandai | 7 | |
Activision | 7 | |
Durell | 7 | |
From Software | 7 |