Team Ninja’s revitalization of Ninja Gaiden was a remarkable achievement. The 2004 reboot beautifully translated the series’ most iconic traits — crushing difficulty and ninjas — into the third ...

Fond of weirdly obscure titles since childhood, Ivanir has been captivated by many Japanese games over the years. Some of his most passionate topics are the Dept. Heaven series, Summon Night ...

If there’s one word I would associate with action-platformers during the NES generation, it would be rage. Games like Mega Man, Contra, and Ninja Gaiden felt unbeatable even for a kid with endless ...

When video games went from 8-bit to 16-bit, many iconic series made that jump. Super Castlevania 4 is considered one of the best games in that series, impressively reimagining how the pixelated ...

Before developer Tomonobu Itagaki brought the “Ninja Gaiden” franchise into the polygonal realm, the series had been an arcade mainstay and a classic Nintendo Entertainment System trilogy. The ...

Ninja Gaiden Ragebound from developer The Game Kitchen is a spin-off of a classic series aiming to bring a fun old-school feel to modern times. This is the year of a Ninja Gaiden revival, with ...

Ragebound is Dotemu’s next modernized version of a retro franchise, and it absolutely rips. Ragebound is Dotemu’s next modernized version of a retro franchise, and it absolutely rips. is a senior ...

Jake Valentine is a Staff Writer at DualShockers with more than two decades of experience covering the video game industry. Since 2004, he has written about games across news, reviews, guides, lists, ...

Writer Will Borger had very high praise for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound in his review. He explains that it, "looks and sounds incredible, and the fast but thoughtful combat is so damn satisfying that I ...

Ninja Gaiden Ragebound is The Game Kitchen and Dotemu’s upcoming side-scrolling action adventure game and a spinoff installment in the beloved Ninja Gaiden series. Reminiscent of the first few classic ...

Jake Valentine is a Staff Writer at DualShockers with more than two decades of experience covering the video game industry. Since 2004, he has written about games across news, reviews, guides, lists, ...