The Famicom version of Samurai Pizza Cats: colorful and unbridled action-platformer. The series' absurd humor is perfectly translated. An excellent game that deserves far more recognition.
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Action-adventure inspired by the Samurai Pizza Cats animated series featuring samurai warrior cats. Published by Tecmo, released in Japan in 1991. Samurai cats in side-scrolling view battling pizza enemies and creatures, creative bosses and colorful animated visuals. Famicom adaptation of the Samurai Pizza Cats anime.
Cat Ninden Teyandee review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Masterful"
Drawn from the feline animated series, this action game strings together snappy platforming and close-quarters combat with infectious energy. The responsive handling and brisk pace carry short, varied stages. Having stayed exclusive to Japan, it retains a liveliness of control and a good humor that make it a curiosity still thoroughly enjoyable to play through.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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A Famicom adaptation of the 'Samurai Pizza Cats' anime, Japan-exclusive and developed by Tecmo. The cart benefits from both the anime's international aura and the underlying platformer's real quality. The Japanese boxed CIB with intact manual draws fans of obscure anime licences and Tecmo collectors, and the cote has climbed meaningfully over the last decade without reaching speculative extremes.
Is Cat Ninden Teyandee still worth playing in 2026?
Cat Ninden Teyandee is the Famicom Samurai Pizza Cats game, a colourful and unbridled action platformer. The anime series's absurd humour translates perfectly into pixels, the playable cast is varied and the pacing stays festive without dead time. An excellent game that deserves far wider recognition outside Japan, Tecmo's title shines through its art direction and its generosity. For Japanese retro platforming fans and Famicom curiosities hunters, a genuinely joyful discovery to make today.
