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Ninja Gaiden

GameFAQs Detailed Reviews

Good story for a platformer title, but horrendous design makes Ninja Gaiden a barely above average game.UltimaterializerX6/10
Greatest Ninja Gaiden Game STILL To This Day!dead_assassin10/10
Ninja Gaiden helps me remember my anniversary! Oh, and it's a great game too.Emptyeye10/10
Painful, Unforgiving, Masterful.hangedman10/10
Ninja fun for everyoneIce Water9/10
Temco shoots... and scores!Psycho Penguin8/10
Who is that? Just a girl. Get out of here!PUhler8/10
Ninjas, Thousands Of Them...Tarrun8/10
Live by honour... Move by shadow... Kill by stealth... Game by Tecmo...Tom Clark9/10
Even with a final boss from hell this game is still worth your time.Zylo the wolf7/10

GameFAQs Full Reviews

That ninja looks familiar...Action52_8/10
A look at one of the great action-platform masterpieces, master of its domainDanielThomas10/10
Castlevania with ninjashorror_spooky9/10
It made us develop an unhealthy fear of birds, but by God, it's worth it!jonahadkins2218710/10
Enter stage right...the masked mad mn, Ryu...he's nuts I tell you!KasketDarkfyre8/10
A Cut Abovemagx8/10
Back in the NES days...RadicalMGuy8/10
Note to Tecmo. Less frustration more fun in games.shneepshnop7/10
A slash from the past!superbobhead9/10
An amazing work of art surrounding a story about Ninjas and Demons? All right, break out the nachos!Vegita9/10

GameFAQs Quick Reviews

It's decent, but at times the level design is UNACCEPTABLE!!!Calamity7/10
An NES classicCrashman_7/10
A true classic NES game. Don't pass it up!doggiecow9/10
Stealth, Ninjas, and Spiritual powers!!Dralion9/10
Still great after nearly two decadesenman709/10
And one by one, those enemies fall awayGamerater669/10
Could be perfect..GorthaurtheCruel7/10
A more difficult action platformer, but fun and addictive nonthelessGundamWZ8/10
Tough but totally awesome.IceQueenZer09/10
The best side scroller for NES.Jack Bando8/10
Brutal. Just brutal.MisterConan907/10
Slice! Jump! Grab! Statue!Relle7/10
An old classic from the NES era.Shogain7/10
One of my favorite NES games, and one of the best NES series!Spraypainsos9/10
A great game for new and oldTheRealMARiO10/10
Ninjjjjjjjj-a!Van Veen9/10
The game that put the fear of eagles in me!Virulent9/10
Fun!Walker Boh Ohmsford10/10
Jacquio! Prepare to die! What? Back to level 6-2? AAARRRGGGHHH!!!whoseya7/10
Prepare to fight your worst enemies yet -- birds.ZFS9/10

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Ninja Gaiden

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