A Look Back at the Ninja Warriors

How a Beat-em-up Paved the Way for the Action Genre

Josh Bycer
Nov 6 · 3 min read

Taito has been going back through its back catalog of classic games to bring back to modern audiences, and the next entry on the list is the Ninja Saviors Return of the Warriors. While the package itself isn’t anything too fancy, it does give us a chance to talk about a different kind of beat-em-up experience.

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