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The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors
Based on the 1994-released The Ninja Warriors: Again, which is a Super Famicom arrangement of the 1987-released arcade game The Ninja Warriors, The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors is a 25-year-later remake from the Tengo Project main staff that brought you the original games. While retaining its 16-bit style, The Ninja Warriors: Once Again s...
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- Released
- July 24, 2019
- Developer
- Taito, Natsume Atari, Tengo Project
- Genres
- Fighting · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Arcade
- Publisher
- Taito, ININ Games
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The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors Reviews
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The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors is a refreshing take on a classic game. Its fast paced action and beat ‘em up styles feels like a natural fit on the Nintendo Switch. With its updated graphics, audio, and game modes, it makes this game perfect for a quick fix for action and chaos.
In The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors, you assumes the role of one of five android ninjas to take on the tyrant Banglar and his henchmen with a variety of individual moves in a dystopian future.
The Ninja Saviors – Return of the Warriors should be considered a must-have for fans of side-scrolling beat ’em ups. It has some flaws, but it’s still a standout title in the genre that remains fun to play thanks to the updates that have been made. It’s just a shame that some of its later bosses feel a bit cheap, especially when playing as certain characters. Those with patience, persistence, or indeed, skill, will overlook this issue, however, and simply have a brilliant time flooring mobs of goons.
A fantastic blast from the past that remasters a long-forgotten classic that should now be recognised as one of the best scrolling beat ‘em-ups ever.
The Ninja Warriors, a famous arcade title released decades before any sort of television game show hit the airwaves, dropped the year I was born and stunned arcade goers with its triple-screen presentation and linear (in a good way) gameplay. It wasn’t for another seven years before this title was resurrected with a SNES remake, also titled The Ninja Warriors (or The Ninja Warriors: Again in some territories). It’s this latter version that’s been fully redone and modernized for both PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch: The Ninja Warriors: Once Again. If you’re reading this from an English-speaki...
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors is a bit light on content, but what is here is a worthy follow-up to the side-scrolling cult classic. Those that don’t mind a short runtime will have a great time minmaxing the Battery Gauge to cause massive damage.
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors is a smart and slick reworking of a classic. Though 2019 sensibilities sometimes date its thin gameplay, modern characters, surprisingly varied combat, and a very welcome co-op mode breathe new life into Taito’s iconic title. The Ninja Saviors is ideal for retro game speedrunners and perfect filler for lazy afternoons or long journeys. Go ninja! Go ninja! Go!
Taito is trying to do its best to make a big return splash into the market. While today’s gaming market is saturated with so many classic releases, it’s nice to see releases like this being brought to modern audiences new players to discover. Part of this game shows its age in a number of ways, but this is not a quick and dirty port by any stretch of the imagination. Thought and consideration shines through here, and the low price point is a good reason to at least give this blast from th...
So I was going to play a new Nintendo Switch game when bam, I went back in time to the late 80s. I then quickly realized I was safe as no Aqua Net was in use an
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors is a competent and satisfying experience that benefits from two-player co-op and online leaderboards. However, in being a remake of the 1987 and 1994 versions, it also fails to bring anything too interesting or unique to the table. It’s a fairly easy recommendation to brawler fans, but I think a wider audience would be better off with the Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle, given its much stronger value proposition. Not that it needs saving, but Return of the Warriors isn’t quite the savior of the brawler genre.
A Taito/Natsume game for Super NES is made even better!
Visually, Ninja Saviors is quite impressive. The sprites are expressive and impeccably designed, with the player characters standing out as particularly fun to look at. The environments are detailed and appropriate for the weird world of Ninja Saviors, boasting a harsh industrial feeling with just a bit of shlocky camp to tie it all together.