Aka: | Shadow Warriors |
Console: | Nintendo Wii |
TV Standard: | Other |
Developer(s): | Tecmo |
Publisher(s): | Tecmo |
Release Date: | 2009-11-13 |
Players: | 1 |
Co-op: | No |
ESRB: | Not Rated |
Type: | Platform, Virtual Console |
Ninja Gaiden,[a] later released in Europe as Shadow Warriors, is a 1988 side-scrolling beat-'em-up originally released by Tecmo as a coin-operated arcade video game.[2] It was first released in North America, and Europe in 1988 and in Japan in 1989.[3] The Ninja Gaiden arcade game was produced and released almost simultaneously with its home console counterpart for the Nintendo Entertainment System, although they are different games with only a few similarities.[4] The designer of the arcade game is only credited as "Strong Shima", but Masato Kato, who worked on the NES version, identified him as one "Mr. Iijima".