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Ninja Crusaders for the NES.
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Ninja Crusaders
NMK Co./American Sammy's (Rolan's Curse 1 & 2, Ninja Taro) nearly unknown Ninja Crusaders lies somewhere between [Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi], while remaining as difficult as either, with an animal morphing gimmick straight out of Altered Beast thrown in for good measure. There's also a 2-player mode, which is pretty rare among that type of side-scroller. It makes the game much easier by allowing you to continue uninterrupted as long as you have lives left, while a single player must restart the level every time he dies.
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*post of mine from "elsewhere" circa Feb. 2025
Ninja Crusaders (Ninja Crusaders Ryuga) for Nes/Famicom is a (somewhat) fairly maligned game... it sits in that middle ground between the god awful Shinobi port and Ninja Gaiden. It's colorful, and supports 2 players simultaneously and was one of those games like Contra that you could quickly play and beat in 15 minutes before shuffling off to school drudgery.
It's no great shakes, but it has a place as a tokusatsu program that never existed elsewhere.... With 2 players (red and blue) it's like the last 2 survivors of a super sentai show up against aliens and mechanoids, with some terrible boss fights against some surprisingly cool designs. Surely more fun with a friend. It IS a cheap looking and feeling game, but I couldn't help but feel like it would have been fondly remembered had it been released as an early gameboy title... you know the type. Instead though, the color is welcome and there's some measure of fun to be had here. If you'd rented it back in the day with a friend you might have more love for it, as it stands though, nobody much seems to care for this one. I think it has some merit. Killer Japanese box art also.
NES Longplay [078] Ninja Crusaders
Searching4Rinoa Plays - Ninja Crusaders
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fejEopZ70Y)