Japanese Schoolgirl Ninja Jumping Off Buildings
It's summer in Japan. Students are starting to get out for vacation. Maybe they can spend their free time chasing each other around and jumping off rooftops.
Female Ninja Serve Up Noodles Amidst Silly Complaints
Men no Sato (麺の里) or "Noodle Village" is a female ninja, or kunoichi (くノ一), restaurant. The restaurant originally opened last year in Tokyo's Tachikawa, but recently announced it was reopening in nerd paradise Akihabara.
CGI Makes Ninja Dancing Better
I didn't know ninja dancing was a thing, let alone ninja dancing CGI. This is Enra, a Tokyo-based dance troupe that mixes dance rhythms, martial-arts influenced acrobatics, and computer graphics.
The Best Looking Beat 'em Up Games From The 16-Bit Era
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The beat 'em up genre flourished in the nineties, with Capcom and Konami leading the way on the SNES and on the SEGA Genesis, as well as with a huge amount of great arcade games that never got a home console port.
Borderlands, Assassin's Creed and Tons More Coming to Minecraft's Next…
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Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition is pouring on the fan service with this week's release of Skin Pack 4—providing delightfully low-res interpretations of Claptrap from Borderlands, Klei's Mark of the Ninja and The Behemoth's Castle Crashers, plus a whole lot more.
The Most Badass Classic Ninja Games
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There's no doubt that ninja are among the coolest video game characters. They do everything with style; running, jumping, fighting, even breathing. These games—mostly platformers—were able to capture this no matter how limited the hardware capacity was; ninja always look awesome.
The Funniest (And Worst) Engrish In Classic Japanese Video Games
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Back in the day Japanese developers didn't have the budget or the control to make perfect Japanese-to-English translations... although probably no one really cared. They had to translate and export their games to the West as fast as possible.
You Can Now Rent Ninja in Japan. They're Not Deadly.
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Jason's Top Ten Games Of 2012
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You don't realize just how good a gaming year it's been until you look back at all of the games you actually played. From physics puzzlers to ninja simulators, 2012's library was full of interesting, creative, unique experiences.
All You Know about Ninja Is Probably "Wrong"
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Ninja most certainly did exist in Japan, but they were more about information—and disinformation—than just assassination. Yes, there were…
I Wonder If They'll Ever Get Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Right
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Hi there Kotaku! It's 10:30 on Thursday, and so it must be time for the open thread.
Transgender Ninja Aerobics Does Not Require Fishnets or Thongs
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Exercise guru and former cabaret dancer Hibari Igano, the self-styled "World's Toughest Transsexual" of Ninja Warrior fame, was a member of a ninja breakdancing team…
When Your University Teacher Is a Badass Ninja
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Most teachers are regular folks. Before they entered education, maybe they worked in an office. Maybe they were students themselves. But how many of them were ninja, head-butting trees in the forest?
Get Jetpack Joyride For Free Today
The studio that made mobile smash Fruit Ninja's letting you have their latest blockbuster title for free today. Halfbrick's slashed the price of Jetpack Joyride from 0.99 to 0.00 today on Apple's App Store. The freewheeling sidescroller's also added new unlockable items with its 1.2.5 update, including a Deck The…
Just When You Thought Sly Cooper Couldn't Get Any Better — Playable…
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In the original Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Sucker Punch's masked bandit hunts for pages from a special book that teach him the techniques of his ancestors. In the upcoming Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time you'll get to play those ancestors, including master ninja Rioichi Cooper.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Mortal Kombat Ninja Dancers
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Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Smoke, and Reptile were made for loving you, baby, and you were made for loving them.
We Must Teach Younger Gamers the True Meaning of Ninja
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Commenter Kevwood112 worries that we as a community may have lost sight of what it means to be a ninja, which should be a good thing, as you aren't supposed to see them anyway. Let's Speak Up about it.
Ninja Is E3's Most Unexpected Turn-Based Game, Supports 30 Players
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There are many games at E3. But only one of them is the non-video-game Ninja.
Mortal Kombat's Tag Team Ninja Throwdown Is A Glorious Spectacle
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Scorpion and Sub-Zero square off against Cyrax and Sektor in the ultimate ninja-on-ninja battle. Come for the fighting, stay for the scenery!
There's A Little Final Fantasy In Mario Sports Mix
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The upcoming character-driven Wii sports compilation Mario Sports Mix is being developed by Square Enix, which explains how five iconic Final Fantasy characters have made it into the game's roster. Who made the cut? You tell me, Kupo!