Top Ten video game ninjas
Pirates do not exist in this dojo
- — 06 August, 2010 15:37
#7: Kage-Maru (Virtua Fighter)
Kage-Maru represents the ‘spiritual’ side to the ninja – honourable, stoic, silent… and boring. For all his quiet nobility, we find it hard to take Kage-Maru seriously with that ridiculous Richard Garriott headband. No wonder his opponents are always kicking it off – they’re trying to do him a favour!
Despite his questionable dress sense, Kage-Maru is one of the more realistic depictions of ninjas in gaming. His roster of fighting moves is an authentic simulation of Jujutsu; a defensive martial arts style that was purportedly practiced by real-life ninjas in Feudal Japan.
Greatest Ninja Achievement: Er, beating up his mum (to be fair, she was a cyborg at the time).
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Mac
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He's not boring, it's the writers who have failed to give him or anyone in Virtua Fighter more of a storyline and don't be a hypocrite. The other Ninja's on your list are actually boring but you don't say anything about that do you...
"no wonder his opponents are always kicking it off – they’re trying to do him a favour!"
Get your facts straight, Kage-Maru is the most accomplished competitor in Virtua Fighter, having won both the 3rd and 4th tournaments and he’s beaten such characters like Akira Yuki (twice), Dural (who’s his mother, Tsukikage, and as Dural she has all the fighting skills and abilities of every fighter), Lau Chan and he was going to fight Shun Di at the end of VF5.
Tim
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Geki should have been number 1. He is the coolest ninja.