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Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden is an action game franchise created by Tecmo. The series was originally known as Ninja Ryukenden in Japan. The word "gaiden" means "side story" in Japanese. The original 1988 arcade game, first two Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games and the Game Boy game were released as Shadow Warriors in PAL regions. As of 2008, the series had…

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Artists
Masato Kato (NES series)
Creators
Hideo Yoshizawa (NES series) Tomonobu Itagaki (prequel series)
Developers
Tecmo (1988–2008) · BlueSky Software (1990) · Team Ninja (since 2004) · The Game Kitchen (2025) · PlatinumGames (2025)
First release
Ninja Gaiden October 1988
Genres
Action · Platformer · Hack and slash · Action-adventure
Latest release
Ninja Gaiden 4 October 21, 2025

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Ninja Gaiden

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Ninja Gaiden

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related to Crossovers · 42
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related to Arcade game · 27
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Platforms · 25
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related to Ninja Gaiden 4 · 25
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related to Ninja Gaiden 3 · 22
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related to Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos · 22
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related to Ninja Gaiden Trilogy · 20
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related to Ninja Gaiden II · 18
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related to Ninja Gaiden (Mega Drive, cancelled) · 17
Ninja Gaiden → Although, English, Fūma, Huma, It, Japanese, Jin, Mega Drive/Genesis, NES, Rika, ROM, Ryu, Secret Scrolls, Sega, The, The Mega Drive, United States

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Ninja GaidenArtistsMasato Kato (NES series)1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenCreatorsHideo Yoshizawa (NES series) Tomonobu Itagaki (prequel series)1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenDevelopersTecmo (1988–2008)1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenDevelopersBlueSky Software (1990)1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenDevelopersTeam Ninja (since 2004)1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenDevelopersThe Game Kitchen (2025)1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenDevelopersPlatinumGames (2025)1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenFirst releaseNinja Gaiden October 19881.00infobox
Ninja GaidenGenresAction1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenGenresPlatformer1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenGenresHack and slash1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenGenresAction-adventure1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenLatest releaseNinja Gaiden 4 October 21, 20251.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsArcade1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsAmiga1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsAmstrad CPC1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsAtari Lynx1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsMS-DOS1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsGame Boy1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsGame Gear1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsMaster System1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsMobile phone1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsNintendo DS1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsNES1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsNintendo Switch1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsPC Engine1.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsPlayStation 31.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsPlayStation 41.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsPlayStation 51.00infobox
Ninja GaidenPlatformsPlayStation Vita1.00infobox

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