#234 | Ninja Gaiden (NES)

KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Society & Culture, Leisure, History

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

We -- the Brothers Moriarty -- loved us some Ninja Gaiden in our younger years. The NES original is actually a vague reinterpretation of an arcade title by the same name that preceded it; yet, in turning Ninja Gaiden from a beat-'em-up into an action-platformer, developer Tecmo spawned a powerhouse that easily rivals other late-'80s classics. Indeed, it belongs in the conversation of best NES games, full-stop. Our investigation into Ryu Hayabusa's retro adventure doesn't only end with the first game, though, as we explore its contemporaries on the market and wax poetic about the heyday of the fictional ninja in greater media, and how Ninja Gaiden's deeply-told story gave us context, perhaps for the first time in our then-young lives, into the deeper potential of video games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Knockback, the retro and nostalgia podcast is brought to you by Well You.
0:04.2	If you want to learn how to support our show, go to patreon.com slash last stand media.
0:15.3	Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to Knockback. My name is Colin Moriarty.
0:18.8	I'm joined as always by my brother, Dagen Foster Moriarty.
0:21.6	Dagen, thank you for joining me today, my friend. How are you?
0:24.0	How dare you?
0:25.9	You don't go with Irene Lu?
0:27.8	Irene, Dagen, Irene Lu Moriarty.
0:34.3	Well, you know, her name is Irene, but if a Japanese person said it in English,
0:38.5	it would in fact be Irene.
0:42.4	English I mentioned in the first 10 seconds.
0:44.9	Yeah, I like it. I like it, my friend.
0:48.1	My friend, how are you today? How's it going?
0:50.1	Good. I'll tell you what, this is so random, but I love it.
0:55.0	Give you a quick thought.
0:56.6	And you know what, this is something I don't know if you and I have ever discussed,
1:00.0	because when I heard this story, you weren't even born yet.
1:03.4	So let me tell you how this came about.
1:07.2	So I haven't seen Dad in a while.
1:09.2	He actually came out for Lilia's dance recital like a month ago,
1:13.0	but it was a quick trip.
1:14.3	You know, most of the time I spent with him was sitting in the auditorium watching the show,
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