Ninja Gaiden fans are feasting in 2025. In addition to the January surprise drop Ninja Gaiden 2 Black And a suitable, long-term sequel Ninja Gaiden 4 This fall, there will be a new 2D Platformer-active game from the developers behind the Blasphemous series. Gaiden of Game Kitchen 2D Ninja can easily live in the shadows of the larger budget 3D brothers, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound It seems like an exciting and refreshing take on a notable franchise.
Similarly Ninja Gaiden 4the regular Ryu Hayabusa in the series is not the main character ragebound. Instead, the player controls Kenji Mozu, an apprentice to Ryu and a member of the ninja clan in the village of hayabusa. And with an interesting twist that adds both the story and the depth of the gameplay, ragebound The player also provides control over another ninja, Kumori, who is a rival clan Kunoichi.
Kenji and Kumori can not only play independently from time to time, but also play as a unified force of ninja power, and can solve puzzle and platform challenges together. And I mean together Quite literally; Kenji and Kumori fuse their bodies at some point in the game, combining skills to become magically powerful ninjas.
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Ryu is sitting a lot ragebound Because he deals with personal issues in America. In his absence, a crack opens between the world of the devil and ours, threatening the village of Falcon. With Ryu away, the player spends a lot of time with Kenji. Kenji can do dashes and slashes and can use movements called guillotine boosts to bounce off enemies and projectiles.
Like Moore Hayabusa in 8-bit Ninja Gaiden Games, Kenji can flip through the sword. However, his guillotine boost not only sliced the enemy, but also bounced off the enemy and launched him into the air. Kenji can also perform powerful slashes, a powerful attack that can be charged in a limited amount of time and slice heavy armor.
Many Ninja Gaiden: RageboundThe platform and combat challenges of the game are based on dashes and wall climbing, in addition to these moves, but Kenji and Kumori have even more powerful abilities. Spiders in particular can interact with objects called the Devil’s Altar, which can enter the Devil’s World. This is a version of Kenji’s real world. The two can work together to overcome the challenges of both versions rageboundThe world of the world, switch back and forth with clever platform-based puzzles.
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Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound It itself lives between two worlds. It has a retro 2D pixelated style in the veins of classic 8-bit and 16-bit ninja Gaiden games, but it also borrows from Team Ninja-led 3D games. Developer Game Kitchen said in a handoff preview ragebound Unlike the cruel Nes-Era Ninja Gaiden release, the game is tough but hopes to be fair. The game’s highly detailed pixel art wants to provide players with a sprite that feels “as agile, responsive and powerful as a 3D installment.”
I could play a little Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound In February, I discovered that the game was challenging and satisfying to play. There was a generous learning curve that slowly introduced the power of Korea. The difficulty was generally tolerant, but never surpassed the “B” grade during a short stint in the game. They didn’t avoid hits or take combos in the elegant way shown in the gameplay released by Game Kitchen. but ragebound It was incredibly fun and the platform/combat puzzles that require you to use the respective skill sets of Kenji and Kumori seem to be very well designed. I’m really looking forward to seeing some of the more complicated and later gameplay – and certainly more excited Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound More than Ninja Gaiden 4 At this stage. There’s no attack on the Platinumgames developers, but the gaming kitchen does something clever and convincing with 2D Ninja action ragebound.
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound This summer, it will be released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
