Ninja Gaiden is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Team Ninja for the Xbox video game console. The game follows the fictional story of Ryu Hayabusa, a master ninja, in his quest to recover a stolen sword and avenge the slaughter of his clan.
Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventureActionmartial artsbloodyninjamagicparkourprequeldeathhigh scorewall jumpsuperheroboss fightthrowing weaponsXbox
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Character
Grave, earnest, plot-driven and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox
- Developer
- Team NINJA
- Publisher
- Tecmo
- Released
- March 2, 2004
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
IGDB rating 8.7/10 from 50 ratings.
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