Ninja Blade is a video game developed and published by From Software for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. The game has been categorized as a "cinematic action game," combining a mixture of hack and slash elements with context-sensitive commands.

The characters were designed by Keiji Nakaoka while the soundtrack is by Norihiko Hibino's GEM Impact studio. The animation was produced by Production I.G, and the game was released in 2009.

The player plays as a modern-day ninja, using a katana, twin swords and broad sword as the main weapon to the hostile creatures. Combat system is similar to Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry. A chi bar is used up when "ninja vision" or ninjutsu is used. The gameplay is highly cinematic, relying on quick time events to finish missions; after attacking a boss until the health bar is empty, the player must perform a finishing move, called the todome.

In 2015, a small village was attacked by unknown creatures and the survivors were moved to a research facility where they underwent examination. While at the research facility, the survivors began to show symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis it was found out they are infected by a strange type of hookworm parasite, which was classified as "Alpha-worm". Conventional medicine had no effects on the patients and the worms deformed the victims, but the infection increased the strength and resilience of the people infected. The infected eventually broke free and attacked the researchers and, due to a fear of an outbreak, the military assaulted the facility and destroyed all traces of the infected. To prevent panic, governments of the world kept the Alpha-worms secret. The G.U.I.D.E (Global United Infestation Detection and Elimination) force was formed by Agent Michael Wilson, recruiting elite operatives from around the world. Eventually, after a massive outbreak of Alpha-worm infestation takes over the city of Tokyo, an elite ninja team including the young Ken Ogawa, and led by his father Kanbe, is sent to deal with the situation.

Platform

Xbox 360

Developer(s)

From Software

Publishers(s)

From Software

Genres(s)

Action, Hack n' Slash

NA Release Date

April 7, 2009

JP Release Date

January 29, 2009

EU Release Date

April 3, 2009

ESRB Rating

Mature 17+

PEGI Rating

PEGI 16

CERO Rating

CERO D

ACB Rating

MA 15+

MVGL User Score

6.7 by 12 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

1.0000

Composer(s)

Norihiko Hibino, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Takahiro Izutani, Takahide Ayuzawa

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This game also exists on:
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