Ninja Gaiden (1988)
Platforms: NES · Arcade · TurboGrafx-16 · Wii · Nintendo 3DS · Wii U · Nintendo SwitchGenres: Genres · Action · Side view · 2D scrolling · Arcade
Ninja Gaiden begins with a cinematic animation in which two ninjas duel to the death and one goes down. It is then revealed that the doomed ninja is the father of Ryu Hayabusa. When Ryu learns of this, he embarks on a quest to find out who killed his...
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Cast & Crew · 15 people
- Hideo Yoshizawa· Story, Screenplay, Director
- Faw· Screenplay, Program Works
- Masato Kato· Image Illust, Art Works
- Harumi Okada· Art Works
- Uma· Art Works
- M. Akama· Art Works
- Tagou· Art Works
- K. Niwakamaru· Art Works
- Madoka Southernami· Program Works
- H. Sato· Assistant
- Keiji Yamagishi· Sound Design
- Ryuichi Nitta· Sound Design
- Ichiro Nakagawa· Sound Design
- Masita· Program Works
- Daniel Kahl· NES Translator
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