Published by: Tecmo
Developed by: Team Ninja
Score: 80

Back in 2004 I salivated over a game called Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox. The high paced action and penchant for bad ass looking combos (comparable to Devil May Cry sans the “cool” or “devilish”) truly made it a game worth coming back to again and again. With expansion packs, trying to see every nook and cranny and find even better, faster way to kill enemies made Ninja Gaiden inseparable from my Xbox. After a slew of re-releases in the form of Black and Sigma, we now finally have a new Ninja Gaiden game from the Itagaki era, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword for the Nintendo DS.