An acrobatic ninja on Famicom jumping through trees and throwing shurikens. Taito arcade classic. Fast, snappy, nostalgic. Short but enjoyable for ninja genre fans.
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Action1 player12+
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Platformer featuring a shadow ninja exploring Japanese castles to save a princess. Published by Taito, released in Japan in 1985. Ninja in side-scrolling view with shuriken and sword in medieval Japanese castles. Famicom port of Taito's The Legend of Kage game.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Is Kage no Densetsu still worth playing in 2026?
An action platformer from Taito, The Legend of Kage has you play a ninja who leaps from treetop to treetop through forests and castles to save Princess Kiri, with vertiginous jumps and shuriken throws. The verticality of the gameplay, the fluidity of the leaps and the Japanese mood give a singular identity to this arcade classic. Repetition and difficulty penalise the long haul. For a fan of retro ninja action or someone curious about Taito classics, the title keeps an airy character and a strongly flavoured charm.
