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It\u2019s been a hot second since we got a proper Ninja Gaiden game. Sure, there have been other spin-offs and ports and remakes (this year\u2019s excellent Ninja Gaiden II Black comes to mind), but Ninja Gaiden is kinda having a moment again with both Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and the upcoming Ninja Gaiden 4. Taking such a long break leads to a very interesting question: what does a Ninja Gaiden game look like in the Year of Our Lord 2025? Well, if Ragebound\u2019s return to 2D side-scrolling is any indication, the answer is \u201cf***ing awesome.\u201d It\u2019s one of those rare games where everything just feels right and when I’m not playing it, I want to be.<\/p>\n

Ragebound puts you behind the cowl of Kenji Mozu, a young student of legendary series protagonist and all-around badass Ryu Hayabusa. When Ryu is called away to America (to go do Ninja Gaiden) on the NES, Kenji finds himself defending Hayabusa Village against an onslaught of demons. Meanwhile, the naughty Black Spider Clan (who also happen to be Hatfield and McCoy-style enemies with the Hayabusa Clan) are trying to use those demons to gain power and have enlisted their kunoichi Kumori to capture the Demon Lord in a fancy dagger so they can wield him like so much fine steel. Neither goes well, and soon the two of them are forced to work together, hitching Kumori’s soul to Kenji’s body so they can both survive because\u2026 y\u2019know, demons, man. And fiends! Times are bad!<\/p>\n

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Ragebound isn\u2019t a story-heavy game. This is Ninja Gaiden; the plot is inherently goofy. But what\u2019s here is enough to give you a reason to slay demons, and Kenji and Kumori\u2019s relationship is pretty fun on top of that, whether that\u2019s Kumori roasting Kenji for being into pirates or Kenji talking about how dishonorable it is to be working with a Black Spider Clan ninja. There\u2019s generations of bad blood between the Hayabusa and Black Spider Clans, and putting these two characters together is an interesting way to play with that. Also, Kumori says \u201cgood grief\u201d a lot. Love her.<\/p>\n

Ragebound\u2019s action is defined by stunning 2D pixel art and a rockin\u2019 retro-inspired soundtrack. Kenji and Kumori don\u2019t have a ton of moves at their disposal, but what they\u2019ve got is more than enough to kill demons and look cool as hell doing it. Kenji has your traditional katana, Kumori has a kunai, and both ninjas share a dodge and a lunging attack, but combining their abilities makes things more fun. Kumori gives Kenji access to her kunai and special weapons like an arcing, throwable sickle or a chakram that boomerangs through enemies before flying back to you and cleaving through anything unlucky enough to still be in your way. These abilities take ki, which replenishes as you hit enemies with regular attacks, so you can’t just throw them out. Picking your spots is key.<\/p>\n

Ragebound\u2019s action is defined by stunning 2D pixel art and a rockin\u2019 retro-inspired soundtrack.<\/section>\n

The real upgrade here is Ragebound Arts, which are stupidly powerful techniques that Kumori can use to clear the screen, restore Kenji\u2019s health, or create a shield that will keep him safe from enemy attacks. Believe me, these moves are absolutely as cool as they sound.You\u2019ll need all of those options, too. Most enemies in Ragebound satisfyingly die from a single stroke of Kenji\u2019s sword or a kunai to the face (or the chest or the shin or anywhere, really), but it often throws a lot <\/em>of dudes at you at once. Some are fast; some like to hide; some fly; some have spikes that shield them when you get close; and so on. And some\u2026 some take multiple hits. And that\u2019s where Ragebound\u2019s best (and most important) mechanics come into play.<\/p>\n

The first is the Hypercharge. You can get Hypercharge by killing enemies with colored auras (or by standing still and charging it for a few seconds at the cost of some health). When you have a Hypercharge, your next attack will kill enemies instantly. Like I said, most of Ragebound\u2019s baddies die a single hit. But the ones that don\u2019t? You don\u2019t wanna fight them head-on unless you have to. When you\u2019re really cooking, you can chain these together to cut down enemies in rapid succession, or unleash a Hypercharge on a boss to stun them and lay on the hurt, and it feels great.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a good system on its own, but Ragebound makes it more compelling by adding a Simon Says element to Hypercharges, forcing you to match particular attacks to certain aura colors. For example, a blue aura means you gotta slice \u2018em up with Kenji\u2019s katana, while a purple aura means you need to use Kumori\u2019s kunai. Once you get that Hypercharge, you can spend it however you want; but asking you to match the aura to the proper attack adds a layer of thought and challenge to the proceedings that requires you to smartly approach encounters if you want to maximize those Hypercharges. That\u2019s especially true if you\u2019re trying to axe an aura-upped enemy whose only on-screen for a couple seconds \u2013 miss your window, and they\u2019ll run off, providing opportunities for skilled players to push their scores even higher when revisiting levels.<\/p>\n

If the Hypercharge has one downside, it\u2019s that seeing an enemy with an aura tends to telegraph what\u2019s coming: a Beefy Enemy is probably on the horizon. When you run into a Brick Steakface-looking cat who can take multiple hits but haven\u2019t found a smaller enemy with an aura yet, one will generally run on screen all but holding a flashing neon sign that reads \u201cPLEASE KILL ME\u201d shortly after. I don\u2019t think this is a huge flaw; the encounters are generally engaging even when you know the answer. Besides, you still have to use the Hypercharge on the right enemy, and it\u2019s easy to make a mistake or just miss the attack. Trust me, there is nothing worse than getting a Hypercharge, knowing you need it for an annoying ghost samurai dude, and then accidentally spending it on\u2026 a little hermit crab demon thing, who would die on the spot if Kumori glared at him. Still, it’s a little bit on-the-nose when you see an enemy with an aura and your first thought is, \u201calright, who do I gotta kill with this?\u201d<\/p>\n

The star of the show is the Guillotine Boost, which lets you bounce on just about anything.<\/section>\n

So yeah, Hypercharges are neat, but the real star of the show is the Guillotine Boost, which lets you bounce on it \u2013 and by \u201cit,\u201d I mean just about anything. Once you\u2019re in the air, you can jump again when you\u2019re about to make contact with an enemy (or a projectile) to both attack them and bounce off of them for another jump. An enemy jumping at you? Bounce on it. A weird pumpkin-headed dude throwing axes at you? Bounce on \u2018em. A boss charging across the screen at you? Bounce on his head. Fireballs everywhere? Bounce on them, my child. You can see how this is a boon for combat, but it\u2019s also great for getting to new places, too. Sometimes, you\u2019ll need to bounce on a projectile to avoid some spikes, and other times you\u2019ll get to the next level by bouncing up a staircase of enemies placed there solely for that purpose. The Guillotine Boost rules<\/em>, and the difference between a boss fight where you\u2019re getting absolutely rolled and one where the boss simply cannot touch you<\/em> is mastering it. <\/p>\n

Speaking of bosses, this wouldn\u2019t be Ninja Gaiden without \u2018em, and the ones in Ragebound feel right at home in the series\u2019 storied canon of Greater Fiends and Otherwise Nasty Nemeses. They are all killer fights, and hard enough to test your knowledge of Ragebound\u2019s systems, your ability to react on the fly, and your decision-making in just the right way. I don\u2019t think there are really any bad fights in Ragebound. Whether you\u2019re fighting the Rhyvashi, the lightning-wielding bug demon, or the absurdly powerful Deikrag, these fights are fun. A few of them do repeat themselves (though they change a little each time), but when they\u2019re this good, I don\u2019t even mind. Besides, Ninja Gaiden has always been about the runback. I could fight Volf, Invincible Ruler of Storms in Ninja Gaiden II Black forever, and I feel the same way about many of Ragebound\u2019s bosses. And when you take down that dude who\u2019s been smoking you? Man, that high is incredible<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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But Ragebound isn\u2019t all about combat. The platforming feels just as good, and the levels are different enough that exploring them and finding their secrets, whether that\u2019s collectibles like Golden Scarabs or Crystal Skulls, is a joy. Some of my favorite parts of Ragebound involve the Demon Alters; Kumori can commune with them to access the otherworld, separating her soul from Kenji’s body and allowing her to go places he can\u2019t, still able to throw kunai as you open new paths or snag collectibles. The downside? She needs to constantly replenish a meter to stay in the otherworld. Otherwise, it\u2019s back to Kenji, and you have to start again. That means you\u2019ll sometimes need to repeat a section a few times, but it still breaks up the action nicely and gives you an interesting new challenge to conquer<\/p>\n

Besides, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound wants you to play each level over and over again anyway. Once you\u2019ve beaten one, you can immediately access it again from the map, and you\u2019re scored on your time, how many collectibles you found, the number of enemies cut down by your blade, and your best combo each time. And if that\u2019s not enough, there are optional challenges that range from completing a stage without being hit to level-specific tasks like killing a certain number of enemies with a lunge attack or beating Ryu Hayabusa himself in the tutorial. I still haven\u2019t managed to do that one. He has Izuna Dropped my ass a lot<\/em>. But it\u2019s a damn cool way to lose. There are a lot of little touches in Ragebound that call back to the series\u2019 history, including one that references the legendary staircase in Ninja Gaiden II, and I appreciate that much of it doesn\u2019t draw attention to itself. If you know, you know. If not, it\u2019s just a cool moment that can stand on its own. <\/p>\n

There are a lot of little touches that call back to the series\u2019 history.<\/section>\n

If you find yourself getting cooked by people who can\u2019t perform an Izuna Drop, there are some ways to buff your ninja game. You can spend the Golden Scarabs you find at Muramasa\u2019s shop to unlock and equip various talismans, like one that restores your health if you can keep a combo chain going or another that grants an automatic Hypercharge if you bounce on several different enemies in a row. Those are meaningful boosts, but you can choose talismans that make things more challenging, too, doing things like forcing you to restart the level if you die in exchange for a higher final score. It\u2019s a cool method for adding difficulty, and I appreciate that it\u2019s there if you want it. If you\u2019re a pure score chaser, these\u2019ll become a must later in your journey.<\/p>\n

There are also optional levels for an additional challenge, as well as a hard mode, which you unlock once you clear the roughly five-hour main path (when I rolled credits, my playtime was nine hours, but I had also replayed several levels and a few of the bonus levels). Finishing both missions and scoring well on certain levels rewards you with more equipable bonuses you can\u2019t otherwise purchase with Golden Scarabs, so also there\u2019s a benefit to chasing a higher score beyond just being able to say you did it. I mean, being a Master Ninja is great and all, but being a Master Ninja and<\/em> getting a cool trinket? That\u2019s rad.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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