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The Ninja Warriors

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Taito

Developer: Taito,

Aisystem Tokyo

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

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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 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.

Production Credits

Cast

Zuntata

OGR: H.Ogura
Commander: M.Nakanishi
Lee Wong: K.Ishikawa
Bunny Girl: T.Kawamoto

"Prologue" Staff

Director: H.Tonomura
Photographer: K.Matsubara
Lighting: H.Matsui
Music: H.Ogura, T.Kawamoto
Photo Design: M.Nakanishi
Object Design: H.Takahagi, M.Ogata
Screen Play: Y.Watanabe, K.Ishikawa
Make-Up: Y.Chika
Sound Engineer: K.Ohnui
Sound Effect: K.Ishikawa, H.Takahagi
Special Thanks: Office Misumi, Kiryo Video Inc., Take Off, Noah-Project

The Crew

Produced by: Yoshio Imamura
Directed by: Takashi Shiokawa
Written by: Onijust
Director of Software: Mutsushige Tsuji
Character Designers: Shrine, Masayuki Suzuki, Yoko Gotan, Satomi Yokose
Sound Software: Daikoku Hisaya
Music Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura (Zuntata)
Drama Music Composed by: Tamayo Kawamoto (Zuntata)
Music Arranged by: Junichi Kawaguchi
Synthesizer Manipulated by: Hiroshi Sukegawa, Teruo Konishi, Katsuhisa Ishikawa (Zuntata)
Engineered by: Masao Saotome, Kazuyuki Ohnui (Zuntata)

Musicians

Drums: Atsuo Okamoto
Bass: Naoki Watanabe
Guitar: Takashi Masuzaki
Tsugaru-Shamisen: Katsunari Sawada

Game Checker: Kazuhiko Sugiyama, Tatsuya Kitazawa, Yoichi Sato
Special Thanks: Keishi Itoh, Yuji Koga, Takahisa Horimoto, Tohru Kawaishi, Makoto Saitoh, Pony Canyon Inc., Scitron & Art Inc.
Game Designed by: Eiji Takeshima
© Taito Corporation 1993
All Rights Reserved

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[3]

Consoles + (FR)

78

^[4]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

NTSC-J

47

^[5]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[6]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[7]

GameFan (US)

88

^[8]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[9]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

15

^[10]

Mega Action (UK)

NTSC-J

61

^[11]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[12]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

41

^[13]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

30

^[1]

Sega Force Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

48

^[14]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[15]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

19

^[16]

	53
Based on 15 reviews

The Ninja Warriors

Mega-CD, JP
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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SegaForceMega01.pdf, page 40
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 24
↑ Consoles +, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 70
↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 90
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1993-03-05), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 5: April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15
↑ Hippon Super, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-04), page 39
↑ Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 48
↑ Mega Action, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 24
↑ Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 77
↑ MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 70
↑ Sega Force Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-24), page 40
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 51

[:File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf_p44-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaForceMega01.pdf_p40-2] File:SegaForceMega01.pdf, page 40

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-03.pdf_p24-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 24

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_017.pdf_p70-4] Consoles +, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 70

[:File:CVG_UK_141.pdf_p90-5] Computer & Video Games, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 90

[:File:EGM_US_048.pdf_p27-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27

[7] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1993-03-05), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0105.pdf_p15-8] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 5: April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15

[9] Hippon Super, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-04), page 39

[:File:Mega_UK_11.pdf_p48-10] Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 48

[:File:MegaAction_UK_04.pdf_p24-11] Mega Action, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 24

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0406.pdf_p77-12] Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 77

[:File:MegaTech_UK_18.pdf_p70-13] MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 70

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_01.pdf_p40-14] Sega Force Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-24), page 40

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-15] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-01.pdf_p51-16] Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 51

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@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 ==Production Credits==
+{{multicol|
+: '''Cast'''
+: '''Zuntata'''
+'''OGR:''' [[Hisayoshi Ogura|H.Ogura]]<br>
+'''Commander:''' [[Munehiro Nakanishi|M.Nakanishi]]<br>
+'''Lee Wong:''' [[Katsuhisa Ishikawa|K.Ishikawa]]<br>
+'''Bunny Girl:''' [[Tamayo Kawamoto|T.Kawamoto]]<br>
+: '''"Prologue" Staff'''
+'''Director:''' H.Tonomura<br>
+'''Photographer:''' K.Matsubara<br>
+'''Lighting:''' H.Matsui<br>
+'''Music:''' [[Hisayoshi Ogura|H.Ogura]], [[Tamayo Kawamoto|T.Kawamoto]]<br>
+'''Photo Design:''' [[Munehiro Nakanishi|M.Nakanishi]]<br>
+'''Object Design:''' H.Takahagi, M.Ogata<br>
+'''Screen Play:''' Y.Watanabe, [[Katsuhisa Ishikawa|K.Ishikawa]]<br>
+'''Make-Up:''' Y.Chika<br>
+'''Sound Engineer:''' K.Ohnui<br>
+'''Sound Effect:''' [[Katsuhisa Ishikawa|K.Ishikawa]], H.Takahagi<br>
+'''Special Thanks:''' Office Misumi, Kiryo Video Inc., Take Off, Noah-Project<br>
+: '''The Crew'''
 '''Produced by:''' Yoshio Imamura<br>
 '''Directed by:''' Takashi Shiokawa<br>
@@ Line 36: / Line 56: @@
 '''Drama Music Composed by:''' [[Tamayo Kawamoto]] (Zuntata)<br>
 '''Music Arranged by:''' Junichi Kawaguchi<br>
-'''Synthesizer Manipulated by:''' [[Hiroshi Sukegawa]], [[Teruo Konishi]], Katsuhisa Ishikawa (Zuntata)<br>
+'''Synthesizer Manipulated by:''' [[Hiroshi Sukegawa]], [[Teruo Konishi]], [[Katsuhisa Ishikawa]] (Zuntata)<br>
 '''Engineered by:''' Masao Saotome, Kazuyuki Ohnui (Zuntata)<br>
-: '''Musicians'''
+:: '''Musicians'''
 '''Drums:''' Atsuo Okamoto<br>
 '''Bass:''' Naoki Watanabe<br>
@@ Line 48: / Line 68: @@
 © [[Taito|Taito Corporation]] 1993<br>
 All Rights Reserved<br>
+}}
 ==Physical Scans==

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