Ninja Five-O

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Ninja Five-O
Developer(s) Hudson Soft
Publisher(s) Konami
Platforms Game Boy Advance
Release date(s)
      Genre(s) Side scroller
      Mode(s) Single player

      Ninja Five-O, known in PAL regions as Ninja Cop, is a video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, released by Konami in 2003.

      Plot

      Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The player takes role of the ninja cop Joe Osugi, who battles a group of evil ninja masters and the terrorist cells under their control.

      Gameplay

      Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ninja Five-O features ninja swords, shuriken throwing stars, ninjutsu magic and a kaginawa grappling hook system to create acrobatic moves in the style of Bionic Commando.

      Reception

      Reception
      Aggregate scores
      Aggregator Score
      GameRankings 83.73%[2]
      Metacritic 82 out of 100[3]
      Review score
      Publication Score
      IGN 8.5 out of 10[1]

      Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.IGN listed Ninja Five-O at number 23 in their list of the top Game Boy Advance games of all time.[4] In 2010, CraveOnline featured the game among top 10 Ninja games of all time, calling it "weird, fun, challenging, and a great homage to another awesome ninja game from the 8-bit era, Shadow of the Ninja".[5] According to GameFan, "Ninja Five-O was one of the biggest sleeper hits of 2003. Given lackluster sales it’s unlikely to spawn a sequel, but with everything it got right the first time one can only imagine what might have been."[6]

      References

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      4. Top 25 Game Boy Advance Games of All Time - GBA Feature at IGN
      5. Top 10 Ninja Games Of All Time, CraveOnline, September 18, 2008
      6. Ninja Five-O RETROspective