Ninja Gaiden Black

Hard-edged 3D action with reactive enemy AI, a key ancestor of later difficulty-forward combat games.

Released 2005 Developer Team Ninja Publisher Tecmo Platform Xbox Genre Action Era Broadband & the console shooter

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Ninja Gaiden Black inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

1988

Ninja Gaiden ~~1988~~

2005

Ninja Gaiden Black ~~this page~~