I maintain the First game is the best one and it got down hill as the series went on. The Biggest sign the series sucks now? The next installment is on Wii. The Wii is where good franchises go to die. But The first game just did everything right. I also maintain that the 3rd game on xbox is better than Ninja Gaiden. Since Tenchu Let the Ninjas Be Ninjas and that's all we really want.......is to be a ninja.
Shadow Dancer
so many good games in the Shinobi series and I went with this one? YES I DID. PS2 is only OK in my book and the original doesn't feel ninja enough. Everybody Revenge of Shinobi but it's not my favorite. Legions varies in quality depending on where in the world you bought it.
So that brings us to Shadow Dancer be it arcade or Genesis.........it's awesome cuz it have a Kaninja (see Ask a Ninja)
Shinobi III is also very awesome.
I-Ninja
Not my cup of tea but it's a fun little platformer ninja action with lots of gameplay variety and Humor.
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
Super Mario All-stars style Ninja Gaiden. I was playing the original XBOX Ninja Gaiden today and it's just slow No real speed and it's nut bustingly difficult. Only game to make me audibly scream FUUUUUUUUUUUCK. When I played it back in 2004 though it wasn't too bad maybe I'm rusty. I remember blazing through ALMA.
But yeah The Original Trilogy had a great story line a more likeable woman than Sonia or Irene. and the best Villians ever. Jaquio was an ASS as was Ashtar and Clancy in 3 was out of his friggin mind. Whatever happend to Irene anyway...
Shadow of the Ninja
Duuuuuuude it's Muthafuckin Natsume. dare you question why this makes the list? not much to say about it but it's proof that Natsume is one of the best Developers that never got the Capcom like attention.
Ninja Gaiden II for the NES is my favorite Ninja game of all time, although you got that covered in the trilogy. Also, I remember playing a demo for I-ninja and really enjoying it. I should seek that game out.
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Goemon.........never played it I know....it's sad
the last ninja for the commodore 64
Ninja spirit for the turbo graphics 16 bit
all these you can DL on the Wii's VC
and Hagane for the SNES is pretty bad ass