Team Ninja kicks off Ninja Gaiden’s 30th anniversary with the campiest throwback to action games of the mid-2000s that I’ve ...

This is the first new 2D entry since the (questionable) Ninja Gaiden Trilogy on SNES in 1995, and the first new series entry of any type since the (equally questionable) Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z in 2014.

Black is a remaster done right and is evidence of why the original was one of the best in the genre for its time.

Ninja Gaiden 4 was revealed by Team Ninja and PlatinumGames at Xbox Developer Direct in January 2025, and a remake of Ninja Gaiden 2 has been released today.

Review: Ninja Gaiden 2 Black takes a classic action game and gives it one the prettiest makeovers we've ever seen.