Quick Look: The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors

Loved the original arcade/amiga port and then the snes version. Been waiting for this QL.

Also hot jam of the original theme https://youtu.be/OFjv6_p7qRE

The remaster has a new combo engine as well, it allows for juggles and air combos which really makes some of the new moves shine. It's pretty sweet!

"Old games, they're good at one thing".

Out of nowhere, Brad perfectly sums up why the SNES (or anything preceding it) isn't the greatest generation of console at all.

@shadgandel: Thats good to know :) . Now all someone needs to do is remaster Hagane and my Snes ninja days will be realised once again.

Actually, the SNES version in the US was also called Ninja Warriors Again. One of my fav beat em up during my childhood.

For anybody wondering, yes, that live performance of Daddy Mulk is available on Youtube.

I loved in the original arcade game when you lost parts of yourself and you could see your T800-like exoskeleton when you were almost (out of quarters) dead. I wish this new one added something like that rather than making it just like the SNES version but prettier. Still looks very cool though and I’ll definitely pick this up at some point.

I loved this game as a kid

one of my favourite beat'm ups. I don't think Jeff was aware of all the moves you can do with the ninja. Unless they took'm out in favor of other new moves. Also back when I collected games I really wanted this one but it was so freaking expensive! Had to resort to emulation for this one.

I don’t remember playing this

There are Taito branded arcades in Japan.

Information is power and the future....is in your hands.

Except Brad's statement was on the subject of beat 'em ups, not the entire SNES library.

Also I'll fight anyone who says the SNES isn't the greatest-generation-console-of-yesteryear. Fight them with my SNES-fists.

ANYWAY, I'm actually really impressed with the audio in this re-make; it's spot-on retro-SNES sound hardware. The glacially slow movement speed on the ninjas turned me off this series, though. Also, do the robo-ninjas no longer display their robo-ness when they take damage?

Ah yes, Return of The Son of Ninja Warriors

nice explosions

Brad: Get into J-game companies' house bands. Taito's Zuntata, Sega Sound Team, Falcom's JDK Band, Konami's Kukeiha Club. It's maaaagical (and JDK Band is still going!)

The ol crouch and stab

Ninja Warriors Once Again is such a better name than The Ninja Saviors.

I bought this game the other day just from the trailers. It's really awesome that this team at Natsume, just these old devs that made the games in the first place, get to return to them and make them better than ever. They look so faithful you might imagine they did nothing, until you look at the SNES game and see that the spritework is entirely different and much improved. They did the same for Wild Guns Reloaded, and they just announced they're doing the same for another old game ( I hope Pocky & Rocky). I love it. Them putting in new characters is just icing on the cake, though I wish they'd added new levels as well, like with Wild Guns Reloaded.

I think there was room to make this game even better. Ninja Warriors is cool, but for a game about ninja robots, you fight relatively few cool enemies and bosses. Instead most of the enemies are effortlessly dispatched dudes and the big first level boss shows up many, many times.

The skeleton underneath this game is really old and arcade based, so don't expect more than like an hour of a playthrough. It's not a game to get if you don't like some simple-ass old beat 'em ups, Dragon's Crown this ain't. It is cool though. The flat plane and the weird moves you get make it feel pretty different from most of these games, even if you mash on that attack button a bunch. Like you can't even run, you instead have to somersault or super dash or whatever each character has got.

But it does make me wish that these devs, once they're done diving into the past, make something awesome and new with their know-how. Ninja Warriors is exciting for what it is but I definitely feel like it's been surpassed since it came out. A more involved 2d action game than these arcade-like titles with this team's skills would really be something.

Went to buy this on steam but couldn't find it. Oh well.

Loved the arcade game back in the day and the SNES version is quite fun as well. I find it weird though that these remain console-only (this, along with the Hamster port of the original arcade game).

...I liked Bayou Billy 😔

More Daddy Mulk.

Bloody loved this game when I was a kid, never met anyone who played it on SNES. Biazare seeing this quick look on the homepage having no idea of the remakes existence.

Did we get to see a ninja warrior reveal its a terminator robot? No. Because Jeff didn't get hit enough times.

@vigorousjammer: thank you for this!! Been nearly 10 years since i've watched this on youtube. The solo still gets me.

@ravenholmchief: It’s probably the best shamisen solo in a video game song ever

One of the best beat-em-ups on the SNES. This pushed me over the edge. Have to get a Switch now so I can play this.

Ah, there's something so cozy about a Jeff+Brad QL.

not showing the other characters was a fail.

90s video game concerts in Japan were pretty amazing. Here's the SST Band performing Jeff's other Best Music Ever, After Burner: