Ninja Assault
Is a 2000 light-gun shooter video game developed by Now Production and published by Namco for arcades. It was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2002.
Ninja Assault
- Date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Genre
- shoot 'em up
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Is a 2000 light-gun shooter video game developed by Now Production and published by Namco for arcades. It was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2002.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Ninja Assault • Developer — Now Production • Publisher — NamcoSony Computer Entertainment (PS2) • Composer — Hiroto Sasaki • Released — Arcade'PlayStation 2 • Genre — Light-gun shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Arcade, PlayStation 2 • Arcade System — Sega NAOMI
Gameplay
Gameplay
Ninja Assault was developed by Namco, who also created the Time Crisis series. However, this game has more in common with Lethal Enforcers, Virtua Cop, and The House of the Dead series, whereby the movement is completely "on-rails" (i.e., with no hiding pedal), and the player must shoot away from the screen to reload. Both versions of this game support up to two players in cooperative gameplay.
Plot
Plot
The story, according to the opening movie, is as follows: "Once upon a time in feudal Japan, a brutal war raged. No one foresaw its conclusion, at least not in the manner in which it unfolded. And now...the evil Shogun Kigai has kidnapped Princess Koto in order to sacrifice her for his resurrection ritual. But there is hope.... Two courageous ninjas (Guren and Gunjo) have stepped forward. The battle among humans has ceased. And in its place, a new battle has begun: humans against demons."
Release
Release
Ninja Assault is advertised in in-game email message in Monolith Soft and Namco's Xenosaga Episode I. After finishing the PS2 release of the game, one would unlock a code that could be entered in the contest at Namco's website to win a copy of the game.
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Ninja Assault is associated with Japan.
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Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Ninja Assault on their December 15, 2000 issue as being the fourth most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month. The PS2 version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In its preview, IGN compared it with The House of the Dead 2. The same website later gave the Japanese version a mixed review over two months before it was released Stateside, along with Electronic Gaming Monthly, GamePro, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, and PSM. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 28 out of 40.
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- 1.Namco Readies Ninja Assault for Arcades. IGN. November 7, 2000.
- 2.Ninja Assault: 1st Person Blasting from Namco. IGN. August 30, 2000.
- 3.CBS Interactive. Ninja Assault for PlayStation 2 Reviews. Metacritic.
- 4.EGM staff. Ninja Assault [Import]. Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis. 158. 150. September 2002.
- 5.Reed, Kristan. Ninja Assault. Eurogamer. Gamer Network. October 14, 2002.
- 6.Enterbrain. ニンジャアサルト [PS2]. Famitsu.
- 7.GameStop. Ninja Assault. Game Informer. 118. 98. February 2003.
- 8.Four-Eyed Dragon. Ninja Assault Review for PS2 on GamePro.com. GamePro. IDG Entertainment. September 16, 2002.
- 9.Davis, Ryan. Ninja Assault Review. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. December 2, 2002.
- 10.Bedigian, Louis. Ninja Assault - PS2 - Review. GameZone. December 1, 2002.
- 11.Dunham, Jeremy. Ninja Assault [Import]. IGN. Ziff Davis. September 16, 2002.
- 12.Ziff Davis. Ninja Assault [Import]. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. 61. 150. October 2002.
- 13.Fielder, Joe. 'Ninja Assault' (PS2) Review. X-Play. TechTV. January 20, 2003.
- 14.Amusement Press, Inc. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - 完成品夕イプのTVゲーム機 (Dedicated Videos). Game Machine. 624. 17. 15 December 2000.
- 15.IGN staff. Ninja Assault (Preview). IGN. Ziff Davis. May 2, 2002.
- 16.Imagine Media. Review: Ninja Assault. PSM. 40. October 2002.
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