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Either Gray Fox or Ryu from Ninja Gaiden. Honorable mention to ShadowMan.EXE

I came here to make this point, but to do it seriously. ;;

I agree.

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(they barely look like ninjas to begin with and thats putting it lightly)

 

[Mass Effect]

Also, Mortal Kombat ninjas
Ryu Hyabusa
Strider Hiryu
Raiden

And isn't Yoshimitsu (Tekken/Soul Calibur) more of a samurai than a ninja?

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Shadow from Final Fantasy 6 and Strider Hiryuu get my votes.

 

[RoninChaos]

I like the ones in Shinobido 2, they are quite cool and detailed.

Is that game good or is it shit? I heard its like tenchu.

 

[Musolf815]

Kidding of course. I think I'd have to give it to modern Ryu, but I really like Riochi Cooper from Sly Cooper, his levels in Sly 4 were my favorite part of the game.

 

[SnakeEyes]

This thread needs more Sub-Zero!

 

[The Incredible Muffin]

Mitsu is a samurai!

We should have a samurai thread! Mine would be Hibiki from Last Blade 2 of course! My fave fighting character!

What's up with scarfs that make ninjas so damn cool!

A scarfed ninja and a dog!

Surprised no one mentioned that guy in Samurai Shdown who looks like Strider with blonde hair and has a wolf? Gar-something.

Just giving you a hard time, chief. Mitsu isn't a ninja. lol

I know he is I did mention it in my post, and im also just f*in around

This thread needs more Sub-Zero!

He is mentioned four times. But yeah he is one of the best ones if you ask me.

The Sasuke one is very good as well. To build upon that uiverse. I always liked the Anbu black ops. Something creepy about their simplistic appearance and monotone voices taking any order without hesitation

 

[matrix-cat]

 

[Terrible Majesty]

edit: ^ end thread

The Ninja Warriors

Ginzu

Super Shredder

 

[aett]

Not my favorite, but I felt she should have an honorable mention.

It's too bad the game sucked - I liked the idea of a stealth ninja game where you could also use seduction to take out enemies.

 

[jetsetrez]

Hotsuma and Hibana from Shinobi/Kunoichi/Nightshade. If we're strictly talking design, I don't think anyone else is even in contention.

 

[jg4xchamp]

No modern Ryu Hayabusa yet? I'm disappointed.

Ryu THE GOAT

 

[Silky]

 

[Skilletor]

I guess I gotta be the one to mention the justin bieber of video game ninjas:

Let's be fair though, this guy invented the red-scarved ninja, particularly among americans. Like all of SNK's stuff from that era, just a wonderful design.

Wut. You seem to have mistaken him for the superior Hanzo, who actually has a red scarf, not an orange one.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

This guy! Galford.

 

[Parakeetman]

Not my favorite, but I felt she should have an honorable mention.

It's too bad the game sucked - I liked the idea of a stealth ninja game where you could also use seduction to take out enemies.

loved how brutal the game was though. thanks for reminding me of this. I should go dig through my closet and find my japanese version. its somewhere in those dark depths i think...

 

[Toxi]

Kinda cheating, but here's the Nincada evolutionary line from Pokemon. I love cicadas.

 

[zon]

Hmm, Rikimaru from Tenchu or Grey Fox from MGS I think.

 

[Raysoul]

Kidding of course. I think I'd have to give it to modern Ryu, but I really like Riochi Cooper from Sly Cooper, his levels in Sly 4 were my favorite part of the game.

I think I had a slight heart attack, then saw the comment.

Yes, I really hated fucking Kai Leng.

 

[GayForMaster]

From SC2, not 4 (design was ruined in 4).

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

From SC2, not 4 (design was ruined in 4).

Same with Sophitia. Her face looked different in 4. Didn't like it at all.

 

[MissDeviling]

Gotta second Fuma Kotaro:

 

[Slamtastic]

a ninja who is also a skeleton who is also on fire

(Also Sub-Zero is a Chinese assassin (Lin Kuei), not a ninja)

This is also an A+ thread because the OP also includes the best. Excellent taste in ninjers, friend.

 

[Furyous]

Kakkashi

 

[IrishNinja]

Hotsuma from the PS2 Shinobi games and Strider Hiryu (the more modern Marvel vs Capcom/Strider 2 renditions) are the GOAT video game ninja designs.

talk to 'em

 

[DiscoJon]

GOAT

 

[Converse]

This thread makes me think that it would be incredibly interesting to see the visual evolution of Mortal Kombat's roster, all laid out with side-by-side comparisons. Really neat how the character styles change from installment to installment.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Most of those female costumes are so awful. Why is it so hard to have a cool-looking kunoichi? I like the female ninjas in FFT, Ninja Warriors, and Suikoden series. The rest, gah, my eyes >_<

That's probably the best female ninja design I've seen so far:

I wish she were drawn with some cool sword or dagger though. Let's just pretend she's got hidden knives I guess

Also this other Suikoden dude is pretty cool:

 

[-SD-]

 

[Shingro]

I'm proud that we didn't manage to get past the first page without a giant Senren kagura cast list

(speaking of: seconded)

 

[bigboss370]

aww yiss.


Raiden from MGS4 and Rising get a mention too.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Do video games based on anime ninjas count?

If that's the case Jubei from Ninja Scroll is the ultimate ninja!

(There's no Ninja Scroll video game, but if there was, he's the best!)

 

[Raitaro]

Are game ninja perhaps similar to Mario Kart in the sense that the first ones you play as (or defeat) will always be the coolest in a way?

Regardless, I think for me the first ninja I encountered in game land as an enemy, not counting the Turtles' Footclan enemies (which are cool as well), is this one:

He and his twin were boss characters in Double Dragon II on the NES in the second level. It was their ferocity and speed that made them memorable. Maybe we should list a few more ninja enemies as well, is what I'm saying.

One other quite obscure ninja you can play as, is Kai (and his cohorts) from Technos' arcade brawler Shadow Force

Anyone here very familiar with this game? I've never encountered it in the wild and it's supposed to be a very deep beat 'm up with lots of moves etc.

 

[Tyydal]

Sub Zero, Mortal Kombat

100% this

 

[OceansAndEarth]

Subzero - Mortal Kombat
Ryu Hayabusa - Ninja Gaiden
Rikimaru - Tenchu

 

[a.wd]

Ryu Hayabusa - or as he is more commonly known "Hayabusa would not come through here, we have 1000s of troops, monsters and heat seeking motherfucking missile launchers! No one would dare to attempt to go through al that just for a minor collectible in the tower behind us that isn't even the main part of our forces!" *snikt* *thud*

Honorable Mention - Tsuna from Otogi 2 (beast mode)

 

[Evilisk]

And isn't Yoshimitsu (Tekken/Soul Calibur) more of a samurai than a ninja?

Yoshimitsu may be weird as hell but he is definitely a ninja.

 

[Ampersands]

 

[NZNova]

Most of those female costumes are so awful. Why is it so hard to have a cool-looking kunoichi? I like the female ninjas in FFT, Ninja Warriors, and Suikoden series. The rest, gah, my eyes >_<

What about Ayame from Tenchu?

 

[NewGame]

 

[zzz79]

 

[kazegami]

I love ninjas so it would be a huge list if I try to write them all.

But my heart belongs to this one:

(Kotaro Fuma from Sengoku Basara)

 

[Jindrael]

I kinda like Hayatoris design from Toukiden

 

[Mdk7]

Anything from either Warframe or Otogi (2).

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Isn't she considered a ninja?

 

[xyzls]

I came here to look at pictures and counted 2 Ayane's and around 2 Kasumi posts... MORE!!

P.S. Can someone pass me a higher res non-watermarked version of this

 

[Forkball]

I don't think the guy from Otogi is a ninja at all.

Big fan of Edge from FFIV. He has a unique color-scheme for a ninja. Where did this "ninjas have white hair" schtick come from?

 

[Toxi]

This will always be one of my favorite attacks.

 

[abstract alien]

Based

This thread needs more Sub-Zero!

I would pay top dollar to get this suit. Man that is nice. Everything about it's design is perfect for what it set out to be.

 

[Shig]

Onion Knight's ninja form in Dissidia was pretty nice.