20 Awesome Ninja Games #11: Sengoku

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20 Awesome Ninja Games #11: Sengoku

On 02/17/2014 at 09:26 AM by The Last Ninja

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Released: 1991

Systems: Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Sega Mega-CD, SNES

Developer: SNK

Publisher: SNK

This classic beat 'em up stars a ninja and a cowboy (interesting combination...). The plot is simple: an evil Japanese dude unleashes hordes of undead feudal Japanese warriors; that's right, you fight zombies in this game! There's the basic beat 'em up controls: attack and jump, but the unique part of the game is the transformations. When a certain enemy is defeated, these transformations can become available. There are three different transformations in the game: a samurai warrior, an armor-clad wolf, and a very agile ninja. There are also colored orbs you can collect for extra things, such as extra health and magical attacks. If nothing else, Sengoku may have the strangest team-up in video game history.

Comments

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/17/2014 at 12:26 PM

Crazy.

The Last Ninja

02/17/2014 at 06:40 PM

Indeed.

Aboboisdaman

02/17/2014 at 04:39 PM

I played this on a SNK collection. It was weird. I never did get into many SNK games besides Metal Slug for some reason. I could play those all day long.

The Last Ninja

02/17/2014 at 06:42 PM

It is a weird game, but SNK still pumped out some solid games (the KOF series is really fun; check out my review of KOF 95 from Saturday).

jgusw

02/17/2014 at 06:59 PM

I loved this game. It was the first game a beat at the arcade. My friend & I kept playing until we made it to the end. A few years back, I bought it for my NeoGeo.