Yeah, was thinking of Goemon himself there (the historical Robin Hood figure probably having his share of stealthy tricks, I'm sure). Sasuke and Yae tended to be the more avowedly "shinobi" types, but Goemon and Ebisumaru had plenty of the usual lore applied (their tabi boots and mesh chainmail being the most visually obvious).Despatche wrote:Ninja-kun stuff is usually pretty good.
Iga Ninjutsu Den is weird but maybe good? Stages are weirdly long and I'm not at all sure whether I'm doing the right thing.
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel is pretty sick. You have like a billion moves, including a completely ridiculous air dash that you can control to a shocking degree. Zero's a ninja's ninja. Aero is a pretty cool little series, I wish we got even one more game out of it.
Insert Ninja Master's here? Maybe a meme game, but the production values are completely insane. It's probably no less playable than The Last Blade 2, which everyone worships despite (or maybe because of) having characters like Zantetsu in it. Zantetsu is a ninja of course. He's also completely busted.
Well, Goemon and friends are all supposed to be ninjas. Some are better at it than others (Yae is like the only one who's actually employed to do ninja things and also seems to be pretty good at her job), but they are still Ninja Video Game Characters. I'd recommend a lot of Goemon games as Good Ninja Video Games.BIL wrote:I'd count Sasuke, given the name's long association with ninja folklore. AFAIK, the protagonist is indeed a ninja in the Shogun's employ (I guess being referred to by name in the iconic "Sasuke! Protect me from ninja!" while his enemies go by the generic label is a recognition of his prowess and Main Character DNA, haha).
Ninja Master's is worth a mention just for its attract mode, which really needs the death-drumming Taikos for the full effect, but is still worth GIFfing.