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The Ninja Warriors

Overview

The Ninja Warriors (ニンジャウォーリアーズ) is a beat-'em-up originally developed by Taito for the arcades. It was brought to the Sega Mega-CD in 1993 exclusively for Japan. To emulate the three-screen setup of the original arcade game (3 288x224 screens arranged in a horizontal line like with the Darius games), porters Aisystem Tokyo simply capped the screen resolution in software, resulting in the entire game running in a small window.

Playable characters are two androids called Kunoichi (female ninja, red color) and Ninja (male ninja, blue color). Both characters play identically.

As indicated by the boxart, one of the game's main selling points was the soundtrack composed by Taito's inhouse band Zuntata. The game includes both the arcade versions's soundtrack as well as remixed tracks. An exclusive Zuntata mode was also included, which is bascially a movie scene that explains the game's backstory. Members of Zuntata served as actors.

To this day, this is the most faithful port of The Ninja Warriors.

Publishers
Taito
Platform
Sega CD
Alternate Names
  • The Ninja WarriorsJapanFlag of Japan region
Video
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Media

Box - 3D

The Ninja Warriors - Box - 3D (Japan) - 984x964
Japan -  984 x 964

Box - Back

The Ninja Warriors - Box - Back (Japan) - 1610x1385
Japan -  1610 x 1385

Box - Front

The Ninja Warriors - Box - Front (Japan) - 1400x1400
Japan -  1400 x 1400

Box - Spine

The Ninja Warriors - Box - Spine (Japan) - 64x1385
Japan -  64 x 1385

Clear Logo

The Ninja Warriors - Clear Logo (Japan) - 400x69
Japan -  400 x 69

Disc

The Ninja Warriors - Disc (Japan) - 1000x1000
Japan -  1000 x 1000

Fanart - Background

The Ninja Warriors - Fanart - Background (Japan) - 1920x1080
Japan -  1920 x 1080

Poster

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Japan -  4096 x 4096

Screenshot - Game Over

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320 x 224

Screenshot - Game Select

The Ninja Warriors - Screenshot - Game Select (null) - 320x224
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Screenshot - Game Title

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Screenshot - Gameplay

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The Ninja Warriors - Screenshot - Gameplay (null) - 320x224
320 x 224
The Ninja Warriors - Screenshot - Gameplay (null) - 320x224
320 x 224
The Ninja Warriors - Screenshot - Gameplay (null) - 320x224
320 x 224
The Ninja Warriors - Screenshot - Gameplay (null) - 320x224
320 x 224

Square

The Ninja Warriors - Square (United States) - 709x709
United States -  709 x 709