2025 is bringing back ninja games in a big way. After a hiatus following the controversial launch of Ninja Gaiden Z: Yaiba, Koei Tecmo’s hardcore action-platformer franchise Ninja Gaiden is back with three whole games targeting the same calendar year. Ninja Gaiden 2 Black opened up with a solid, but familiar starter, and in the hopes of Ninja Gaiden 4 ending on a spectacular Izuna Drop, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound aims to fit a launcher in-between. Paralleled nicely by Shinobi: Art of Vengeance reviving Sega’s own brutal ninja series, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound brings its high-flying hack-and-slash franchise back to its roots.
2025 is bringing back ninja games in a big way. After a hiatus following the controversial launch of Ninja Gaiden Z: Yaiba, Koei Tecmo’s hardcore action-platformer franchise Ninja Gaiden is back with three whole games targeting the same calendar year. Ninja Gaiden 2 Black opened up with a solid, but familiar starter, and in the hopes of Ninja Gaiden 4 ending on a spectacular Izuna Drop, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound aims to fit a launcher in-between. Paralleled nicely by Shinobi: Art of Vengeance reviving Sega’s own brutal ninja series, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound brings its high-flying hack-and-slash franchise back to its roots.
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