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[SSfox]

So who's your Top 5 Ninja in gaming?

I wanted to do it specific for male, we'll do another day one for Kunoichi / female Ninja

Mine:

1- Raven

2- Gray Fox

3- Shinobi

4- Hayate

5- Ryu Hayabusa

 

[mansoor1980]

where the hell is rikimaru?

and what the hell is blade2.0 doing at the top?

 

[BodhiHogie]

Forgot about Gray Fox. Him. He’s the most memorable.

Thought this was a stealth Sekiro thread.

 

[Neff]

Joe Musashi
Shadow (FFVI)
Kage Maru
Sheik
Yoshimitsu

 

[Arachnid]

There is only one right answer for top spot.

 

[remember_spinal]

• Shadow (FF6)
• Brave Fencer Mushashi
• Strider
• Scorpion
• Gray Fox or Raiden if he counts

 

[Banjo64]

Sheik, Sekiro-Man, Sub Zero, Scorpion, no fifth.

 

[SirTerry-T]

Fat Ninja

Fat Ninja : FOG.com (Free Online Games) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Play as a fat ninja, who has to get past security guards. Use farts and you sword to get by!Publication date is unknown.

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Ibuki

The Last Ninja

Saboteur

Ryu...

 

[Hoppa]

All fighting game characters

Kunimitsu
Taki (Soul Calibur)
Strider Hiryu
Ibuki
Chipp Zanuff

 

[The Cartographer]

Ryu Hayabusa
Ayane
Kasumi
Hayate
Sekiro

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[Neff]

That's cheating because obviously they win otherwise

 

[mansoor1980]

GOAT

his side kick

 

[ParaSeoul]

Subtlety is what I love most about ninjas,pic unrelated

 

[NightmareFarm]

Raiden is my fav. Don't know how I would rank the rest.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Frank Jaeger, end of story. Special mention to Sekiro, Ryu Hayabusa, Shinobi, Rikimaru and The Messenger.

Edit: How could I forget my girl Taki.

 

[Bartski]

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

There is only one right answer for top spot.

The Best.
Ryu hayabusa
Raiden/Grayfox.
Strider.
Scorpion.

 

[Kusarigama]

1. Sub-Zero
2. Ryu Hayabusa
3. Raiden(MGS)
4. Shinobi(Sega Genesis)
5. Jin Sakai - ghost of tsushima
Hon. mention Sekiro and Rikimaru

 

[PlayofSparta]

Sekiro first run with shura ending
Sekiro second run with Kuro's Charm
Sekiro third run with Bell Demon
Sekiro fourth run with both Kuro's Charm and Bell Demon
Sekiro final run with both Kuro's Charm and Bell Demon but with no damage, no upgrades, nothing and getting the best ending

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Ryu Hayabusa
Scorpion
Jin Sakai
Joe Musashi
Hawk/Hawkeye

 

[22:22:22]

 

[crazyjah2003]

-Ryu Hayabusa
-Itachi Uchiha
-Uzumaki Naruto
-Akasuna-no Sasori
-My Beautiful black Queen from Nioh 2! The default one is so gorgeous that I have not modified her... Never made another character from the first time I saw her... tried to find her and show you guys but google has failed me.
-Hanzo Asashi... If she doesn't count


I Really don't like Sekiro... Made it to the monkey and was like I'm not good enough for this game. I only have it on xbox(My PS4 broke and a friend gave me his to tide me through till the PS5) I reaaly don't feel like rebuying.

 

[ReBurn]

Joe Musashi
Joe Musashi
Joe Musashi
Joe Musashi
Joe Musashi

 

[nightmare-slain]

Sekiro.

I played Tenchu as a kid on PS1 and loved it. Other than that I hated anything to do with Ninjas until I played Sekiro because it was From Software, who worked on Tenchu, so I had to play it. I remember there were rumors that Sekiro was going to be a Tenchu spiritual successor or straight up sequel/reboot.

 

[Bernkastel]

Hibana aka Bayonetta's Mother

 

[crazyjah2003]

Hibana aka the Bayonetta before Bayonetta

:O What is this and how have I missed it.

 

[Bernkastel]

:O What is this and how have I missed it.

Nightshade(Kunoichi in Japan). Spin-off of Shinobi.

 

[PhaseJump]

Joe, Ryu, Strider, Hotsuma, Kage.

 

[RAIDEN1]

More to the point, will we ever get a new Shinobi?

 

[OsirisBlack]

Zeku
Ibuki
Sekiro
Jin
Shinobi

 

[radewagon]

where the hell is rikimaru?

and what the hell is blade2.0 doing at the top?

First post nails it.

We need more games like Tenchu, where the combat is so dull, clunky, and repetitive that it begs the player to actually play the game as a ninja. Most ninja games are just hack and slash titles with people cosplaying as ninjas. Tenchu is the real deal.

 

[mansoor1980]

First post nails it.

We need more games like Tenchu, where the combat is so dull, clunky, and repetitive that it begs the player to actually play the game as a ninja. Most ninja games are just hack and slash titles with people cosplaying as ninjas. Tenchu is the real deal.

proper stealth based ninja games

 

[Naked Lunch]

Joe Mushashi (THE Shinobi)
Strider Hiryu

No one else is even remotely close.

 

[DelireMan7]

This guy probably deserves a spot

 

[Closer]

where the hell is rikimaru?

and what the hell is blade2.0 doing at the top?

1. Rikimaru from Tenchu series
2. Hattori Hanzo from Samurai Shodown series
3. Kunimitsu from Tekken series
4. Mai Shiranui from Fatal Fury series
5. Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden series

 

[Rubicaant]

1.) Shadow FF6
2.) Gray Fox MGS1
3.) Rikimaru Tenchu
4.) Ryu Hayabusa Ninja Gaiden
5.) Corvo Attano Dishonored (close enough)

 

[Celcius]

1. Ryu Hayabusa
2. Mai Shiranui
3. Everyone else like Ayane & Kasumi from DOA, Ibuki from SF, Taki & Yoshimistu from SC, Yugiri from FF14, everyone from Senran Kagura, etc...

Posting Yugiri so that folks don't forget about her^

 

[cortadew]

1) Wolf (Sekiro)

2) Gray Fox (MGS)

3) Raiden (MGS)

4) Ryu Hayabusa (NG)

5) Rikimaru (Tenchu)

 

[TintoConCasera]

And as number 5... The one and only, Ryan Acosta.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Can't post it, likely a violation of TOS but:

Senran Kagura the thread

 

[lachesis]

Well, 99% of Ninjas represented in video games are pretty inaccurate. They are mostly sneaky, assassins, not fighting samurais with walking straight into enemy line.
Tenchu, though - at least tries to be one.... so Rikimaru and Ayame (sp.. it's been so long) would be very strong and only contenders.

But being a Sega fan, yes Joe Musashi. Also Ryu Hayabusa - technically they are not really Ninjas, but I love those games.

 

[skeebs]

that's my answer aside the obvious Ryu/Shinobi

 

[somesang]

 

[Pejo]

Probably my #1 pick. Gray Fox was already mentioned too.

A few lesser known:

 

[MiguelItUp]

1. Joe Musashi (Shinobi)
2. Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
3. Rikimaru (Tenchu)
4. Hattori Hanzo (Samurai Shodown)
5. Grayfox (MGS)

 

[cortadew]

Well, 99% of Ninjas represented in video games are pretty inaccurate. They are mostly sneaky, assassins, not fighting samurais with walking straight into enemy line.
Tenchu, though - at least tries to be one.... so Rikimaru and Ayame (sp.. it's been so long) would be very strong and only contenders.

But being a Sega fan, yes Joe Musashi. Also Ryu Hayabusa - technically they are not really Ninjas, but I love those games.

This is pretty inaccurate too, the ninja we all know from media is an invention of Kabuki theater and hollywood.

Real life shinobi no mono were actually spies from the lower class most of the time and they hardly had any training in combat, also there is no evidence their sword the Ninjato was a real Japanese sword.

 

[lachesis]

This is pretty inaccurate too, the ninja we all know from media is an invention of Kabuki theater and hollywood.

Real life shinobi no mono were actually spies from the lower class most of the time and they hardly had any training in combat, also there is no evidence their sword the Ninjato was a real Japanese sword.

True, but at I thought at least they did the whole "stealth" part. In reality though - it wasn't as glorified as we think of them. Having said so - that legendary glorification is part of the fun, I have to admit!



Very interesting video if one's into Ninja.

 

[McRazzle]

This is pretty inaccurate too, the ninja we all know from media is an invention of Kabuki theater and hollywood.

Real life shinobi no mono were actually spies from the lower class most of the time and they hardly had any training in combat, also there is no evidence their sword the Ninjato was a real Japanese sword.

Some ninja were Samurai, and there is some evidence for the Ninjato as a cheap sword for auxiliaries of the Samurai.

Metatron video on Ninja myths

 

[IDKFA]

There can be only one.