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In the black-and- blue tradition of side-scrolling gang-beaters like Final Fight and Double Dragon, The Ninja Warriors struts out of the arcades and into the SNES. This bruising beat-em-up has plenty of style and enough substance, but it drops its guard slightly in the challenge department.
Ninja Robotics
A mean little tyrant named Banglar has a once-great nation in his grip, but a determined band of underground freedom fighters is battling desperately to free their homeland. The aces up their sleeves are three untested androids, which have been programmed with the skills of ancient ninja warriors.
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As you might surmise, the battlin' 'bots are the stars of the Ninja Warriors show. As with most Final Fight-style games, these hard-wired heroes come in three predictable sizes -- large, medium, and small. Ninja's big and slow, but he packs a powerful punch and nasty nunchakus. Kunoichi's a fast, fierce female with two hand-held daggers. Kumaitachi's all blades and business.
Cut and Waste
The Ninja Warriors borrows a little from fighting games by offering multiple controllable techniques and some defensive strategy. Each robowarrior has an imaginative assortment of 11 individual moves, and all three 'bots share a crouching block that you can turn into a too-cool escape jump. This block-and-flip counter helps set Warriors apart from one-dimensional, offense-only beat-em-ups.
The moves require concentrated practice, but the controls handle all the moves, save one, with ease. The problematic move is called the Quick Cut, which is a great-looking, powerful 'cut' but it isn't very quick. Rome total war unit id list. To pull it off you must press Y and Up simultaneously like a maniac, while the on-screen maniacs manhandle you.
Use your Warrior's formidable long-range Finishing Attack to cream crowds. It's especially effective if you attack from a crouch.
Warrior Worriers
Warriors whips up a wicked workout, but the long-term challenge is strictly intermediate. The regular rats are an okay mix of the usual suspects -- knife-wielding troops and eye-patched punchers -- and a few unusual characters (monkey-men with metal claws and fire-breathers). The bosses are the best of the bad bunch, especially the impossibly tough bruiser twins and the crafty, invisible boss.
Banglar's gang fights dirty, and the final stage will put you in a murderous mood. However, fighting fanatics should blow this sucker out in a couple of full days.. or take a refresher course at the Double Dragon Dojo. Unlimited continues give you more than a fighting chance.
Looks Sharp
If the challenge leaves you cool, the graphics and sound help this game earn a spot in your collection. The character sprites have style, and they look ultraclean. The animation is smooooooth!
As with most beat-em-ups, the combatants approach each other on a direct line, but at least they don't display the moony Moonwalk characteristic of most games in this league. Veteran creep- carvers will dig Kumaitachi's awesome-looking spinning scythe attack! The sounds play hard and work hard with plenty of grunts, groans, and body shots.
Ninjitsu for a New Age
Ninja Warriors is great, but it falls one difficulty level short of GREAT! It takes a lickin' and keeps on kickin' — booty! Not bad for a bunch of 'bots.
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Overall rating: 5.5
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