Taito’s ‘The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors’ on Nintendo Switch

Taito and ININ Games release a great retro, side-scrolling ninja game with The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors for Nintendo Switch and PS4.

Introduction

As a life-long lover of side-scrolling beat ’em up games, The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors immediately captured my attention. (Suffice it to say, I spent a disproportionate amount of my teenage years in front of Neo Geo cabinets blasting away at the four-button layout.)

Back in 1987, Taito released the original Ninja Warriors game in an epic three-screen cabinet. This was smack dab in the middle of ninja mania in the United States. Being thirteen years old at the time and owning my own rubber shuriken, the glory of playing a ninja on three screens was overwhelming to the senses.

Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors is an upgraded version of this game so that it may be enjoyed on the Nintendo Switch and the PS4. In this game, you play one of three ninja warriors that have different skills and weapons. There are also two more ninjas that you may unlock as you progress in the game. You will be battling across eight levels of play to defeat the evil Banglar. The good news is that, unlike previous ports, you can play The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors in co-op couch mode…