Ninjas need to keep fit and healthy in order to move stealthily and swiftly. The diet of a Ninja has been revealed and in Part One, there was a brief introduction of the foods that the aren’t allowed to eat and foods that help them keep thin. This time, Part Two reveals the most popular food that Ninjas carry as a food supply, sun-dried rice. More »

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Ninjas are stealthy group or individual that uses quick movements and cool travel techniques. With all the jumping around and unhumanlike balance, they must be on a very strict diet. Below is a brief description of what a Ninjas diet is like. More »

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From Wirebot:

If you thought the epic battles between Fruit and Ninjas were over with the release of Fruit Ninja for the iPhone, you are sorely mistaken. The endless fruit slashing gameplay is heading to the iPad sometime over the next few weeks and it’s bringing multiplayer along with it. If you’re not too sensitive to the brutal slaying of helpless cantaloupes and oranges you should check out the trailer below. More »

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Then there is no way you should miss this contest. Starting now and running through April 30th, whoever has the highest score in Fruit Ninja, the addictive, fun, and ridiculous iPhone game I mentioned last week, will be immortalized in Fruit Ninja history forever. Get in the game! More »

Here it is. When the cultural bomb of Ninja Scroll (Yoshiaki Kawajiri, 1993) hit American shores, the Japanese entertainment industry could assure itself of two things:

1) Its national role as tastemaker to the West was assured for one hundred years. 2) Its image as a sedate and refined nation was ruined for one hundred years. More »

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Welcome back to another exciting installment of Games You’ve Probably Never Heard Of. This week (in honor of the release of Ninja Assassin) we take a look at some horrible ninja, assassin, and samurai games, from the world of Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. More »

It’s important to answer the literal question first: in a fight, of course, ninja would win. No matter how skilled a swordsman, your samurai can’t be awake every moment of the day, and no ninja worth his (or her) salt will be dumb enough to charge their foe head-on in broad daylight. But since these two warrior archetypes are so often juxtaposed, it seems worthwhile to ask: how are they related, and what do they represent? Sure, ninja, unlike samurai, “have no honor,” but isn’t the truth (as usual) more complex? More »

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From Ningin: Need to kill some time? Here are seven of the funniest ninja-related videos I could find on YouTube. More »

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You know, with cultures influencing many games, the Japanese and their Ninja influence is hardly an exception. Many popular video games that might not come straight to mind nowadays include some form of a ninja! Whether it be simple classic ninjas with their katana and shuriken draped in dark colors, or even a turtle with a staff, ninjas are almost everywhere. But the conception of the classic ninja has evolved into so many different kinds of ninjas, and today I am going to run through with you five major totally different games and the type of ninjas in each, and how close they are to the archetypal ninja. More »

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What’s the difference between a ninja and a samurai? A samurai’s main concern was honor: they would tell you exactly why they are killing you before they kill you. The ninja’s main concern was survival: the only sound you’d hear from a ninja would be the sound of a knife entering your back. The ninja is legendary. So many video games are based on this legendary black-clad assassin. Some are true to the ways of the ninja. Others are… well… utter failures as ninjas. More »