Ninja Gaiden Trilogy

by Tecmo

Product Features

• Video Games are fun to play, and the SNES system is as popular as ever.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002SW3O
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,798 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The Ninja Gaiden series had some of the greatest games on the NES. Ninja Gaiden trilogy has all three of these games with a slightly improved look.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 3 of the greatest games ever!, November 15, 2001

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CLIFTON M KNIGHT (FORT MEADE, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (Video Game)

The Ninja Gaiden series had some of the greatest games on the NES. Ninja Gaiden trilogy has all three of these games with slightly improved graphics. The controls are a little quirky, and the graphics aren't that much better than the NES version, but the games are great nonetheless. This is a must-buy for fans of the series.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NINJA GAIDEN, April 22, 2003

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Axel Law "The Happy Seizure Kid" (Derby, KS, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (Video Game)

[For those of you that may have been mislead, this is NOT a Castlevania rip-off. This is a classic series that should not be ignored. Also, you are a wimp if you complain about the control scheme.]

The trilogy, originally for the NES, is here for Super NES and with excellent results.

The graphics are generally the same and have been improved in many areas. The sound and music also got an uplift. They also added a password system to this and IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER.

Let's face it, these three games are some of the best NES games ever made. Sure, they're hard but you know what? These were made back in the day when NINTENDO GAMES KICKED YOUR [...] AND MADE YOU LOVE THEM. Ninja Gaiden was no exception, and it ranks as one of the best NES games ever. To have it along with its sequels onto one cartridge (and improved) is awesome, pure and simple.

My only complaint is that they let the buttons (A is Jump, B is Attack) stay like the NES rather than shift it to the Super NES style, which would've made Y the attack button and B the jump button. However, it DOESN'T detract from the game AND TO RATE THIS GAME LOWER BECAUSE OF THAT WOULD BE FRIVOLOUS. I give this 5 stars, simply put, because all three Ninja Gaiden games are milestones in video gaming history.

3.0 out of 5 stars The Ninja Gaiden trilogy that didn't deliver, August 19, 2011

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BX Lounger (The Bronx, NY) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (Video Game)

First off, this trilogy of the NES Ninja Gaiden games truly deserves 5 stars because they are all great games and to have them in one cartridge gives people a chance to collect them all. To get the games individually is hard enough as it is so I commend Tecmo for making it available for the SNES. So why did I give this trilogy set 3 stars? Because of the promises Tecmo made and BROKE when Ninja Gaiden Trilogy was released on the SNES back in 1995.

After the huge success Nintendo had with Super Mario All Stars in 1993, Tecmo announced that they planned on releasing the original three NES Ninja Gaiden games in one cartridge with enhanced graphics and sounds for the Super NES. Fans rejoiced and waited patiently for it. When it was released, something was wrong. Changes were made but not the ones that Tecmo promised.

You start out with either choosing to play a new game or continue a previous game. Choosing a new game brought you to a screen where you choose which Ninja Gaiden title you want to play. Choosing to continue a game took you to a password screen. The only new thing that was added was a password save system. You were given a password every time you died so you could either continue the game or write down the password and then enter it later on to start where you left off. It's a cool feature to include so you didn't feel like you had to beat any one of the games in one shot.

As for what Tecmo promised, they failed to deliver immensely. First of all, the graphics are not exactly like they were in the NES days. Tecmo "retouched" the graphics for all of the games and as a result, there is slowdown in some areas of the games that never happened compared to the original NES versions. Second, the sound effects sound muffled now compared to what you heard before. Then, there is the issue with the music. Tecmo actually remixed every track you heard from every stage from each NES title and most of them sound worse than the original tracks. On top of that, they removed a few tracks that you heard from the NES versions and replaced them with additional sound effects (i.e. Ninja Gaiden III.) And to keep with Nintendo's "family friendly" policy during the SNES days, parts of the game were censored (blood, religious symbols.)

It's really confusing as to why Tecmo released the trilogy set for the SNES with all of these changes without realizing that they failed to deliver on the promises they made (they should have double checked what the bullet points on the back of the box said.) Don't get me wrong: the original three NES Ninja Gaiden games are the best of the best when it came to what the NES had to offer. It's the way Tecmo went about to package all three of them and then say they were going to enhance them for the SNES crowd and then to drop the ball completely. The only saving grace they have is that this has become a collector's item so unless you get lucky and buy it used, prepare to pay a hefty price for it.