So is Ninja Gaiden The Best Ninja Game Of All Time?
Maybe it's way too soon for this - the game just came out last week, and I myself am only on like chapter 5.
But let's examine the facts:
1. Ninjas are mammals.
2. Ninjas fight ALL the time.
3. The purpose of the Ninja is to flip out and kill people.
Weapons and Gear: Ninja Sword, Ninja Stars, Ninja Outfit.
Xbox Ninja Gaiden is the living embodiment of flipping out and killing people. I mean, you pretty much do nothing but, and in innumerable totally rad ways. Like, when you run along a wall, flip around, knock a guy up in the air with your sword, riddle his body with ninja stars, then kick his head off.
Folks, that's why videogames were invented.
The only other titles I think even deserve mentioning alongside this game are PS2 Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden II and maybe one of the Tenchus. One of those games is on this disc, and Xbox Gaiden has pretty much everything PS2 Shinobi does. (I've never played Kunoichi).
So honestly, has there ever been a better Ninja game than Xbox Ninja Gaiden? FAIR WARNING: anyone calling into the question the quality of this game will be treated with the mockery and derision you deserve.