Ninja Assault was developed by Namco, who also created the Time Crisis series. However, this game has more in common with Lethal Enforcers, Virtua Cop, and The House of the Dead series, whereby the movement is completely "on-rails" (i.e., with no hiding pedal), and the player must shoot away from the screen to reload. Both versions of this game support up to two players in cooperative gameplay.
Plot
The story, according to the opening movie, is as follows:
"Once upon a time in feudal Japan, a brutal war raged. No one foresaw its conclusion, at least not in the manner in which it unfolded. And now...the evil Shogun Kigai has kidnapped Princess Koto in order to sacrifice her for his resurrection ritual. But there is hope.... Two courageous ninjas (Guren and Gunjo) have stepped forward. The battle among humans has ceased. And in its place, a new battle has begun: humans against demons."
Ninja Assault is advertised in in-game email message in Monolith Soft and Namco's Xenosaga Episode I. After finishing the PS2 release of the game, one would unlock a code that could be entered in the contest at Namco's website to win a copy of the game.
In Japan, Game Machine listed Ninja Assault on their December 15, 2000 issue as being the fourth most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month.[14]
↑"Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - 完成品夕イプのTVゲーム機 (Dedicated Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No.624. Amusement Press, Inc. December 15, 2000. p.17.
↑IGN staff (May 2, 2002). "Ninja Assault (Preview)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 17, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
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