Long and Ring (not pictured: five hundred mooks lining up for an asskicking)
Hong Kong Ninja is an action flash game made by Miniclip.com, paying homage to old-school Martial Arts Movie(s) and arcade Beat 'em Up games.
Hong Kong has been overrun by the triads, whose leader, Scorpion, had formed an alliance with a rogue ninja clan to enforce his rule across the city. Two heroes stood in his way - Long and Ring, the best of disciples in a martial arts academy, and they will take on Scorpion's minions, kicking ass across the whole of Hong Kong to take down Scorpion's enforcers, one at a time, before confronting Scorpion in his headquarters.
Time to Rumble in Hong Kong:
- Anime Chinese Girl: Ring (or at least, a video game equivalent) is more or less Chun-Li without being referred to by name, complete with rapid kicks and executing a spinning tornado move in mid-air like her inspiration.
- BFG: The mercenary's preferred weapon during his fight. If Long or Ring managed to knock his weapon out of his hands and pick it, for some reason instead of firing it they'll use the gun as a bludgeoning weapon.
- Big Bad: Scorpion, the crime lord of Hong Kong and leader of the triads. Who has lightning powers, somehow.
- Bilingual Bonus: Ohh boy.
- While fighting a bunch of mooks on an overhead bridge at night with the neon-lit Hong Kong skyline in the background, one of the random buildings has a sign that says "It's Not Delicious if it isn't Spicy" (不辣不好吃).
- The Old Master boss fight in a hall resembling old-timey Shaw Brothers movies have a "Death Contract" (生死状) - something rather common in martial arts films, notably the Shaw's My Rebellious Son - hanging from the wall.
- Scorpion's headquarters is marked by the words, "Scorpion Finances Center" in it's lobby.
- Booze Flamethrower: There's an Elite Mook variety in the game who, besides hitting really hard, can occasionally whip out a flask of alcohol from their pockets, take a swig, and breath a stream of fire that does additional damage.
- Boss Tease: Scorpion shows up briefly as a portrait in his headquarters early in the final stage, before finally showing up in person in the very last area, more than ten minutes of gameplay later - the helipad.
- Bruce Lee Clone: Long is directly modelled after Bruce Lee, wearing a yellow jacket in all his fight scenes (a reference to the yellow tracksuit from Game of Death) exposing his abs, making Funny Bruce Lee Noises in between fights and striking a pose by rubbing his nose after defeating each boss.
- Crate Expectations: Like every good beat em' up, this one has crates that can be smashed to bits for power-ups and weapons.
- Dark Action Girl: The female triad enforcers and kunoichi mooks which Long and Ring will face constantly.
- Die, Chair, Die!: Not just chairs, but also tables, benches, metal drums, road signs, phone booths, cars, double-decker buses...
- Down in the Dumps: There's a stage in a junkyard full of scrap metal and destroyable objects for points, but it's also staffed by enemy mooks. And ninjas.
- Eyepatch of Power: Sported by the mercenary boss, to complete his "I'm in charge and a bigger threat than my underlings" look.
- Flunky Boss: All the bosses are accompanied by legions of mooks.
- Guns Are Worthless: Bullets in this game does roughly the same damage as a stronger punch, and both Long and Ring can tank maybe fifteen bullets before going down.
- Hyperactive Metabolism: Long and Ring can boost their health by collecting food, including dimsum, noodles, Chinese tea, seafood, and best of all, a whole roast suckling pig restoring health to maximum.
- Kick Chick: Ring's melee attacks - 90% of them - are kicks. Rapid kicks, tornado kicks, crane kicks...
- Malevolent Masked Men: Several of the ninja mooks wears menacing-looking kabuki masks. As does the ninja boss.
- Masked Luchador: One of the wrestler-type enemies have luchador masks as their attire.
- Ninja: A recurring enemy type since the second level. There are also kunoichi mooks.
- Shock and Awe: Scorpion, the Final Boss, can spam electric blasts as his primary attack and land thunderbolts all over the boss arena.
- Shout-Out: As this game is a homage to kung fu movies, the fight against the kung fu master boss is pretty much lifted from old-school Shaw Brothers films, to the point where the boss area could be filmed in the old Shaw backlot if adapted to live-action form.
- Slide Attack: Both Long and Ring has a special move that slides them from one corner of the area to another, knocking down mooks and even bosses in their way. A sliding punch for the former, while the latter uses a sliding kick.
- Terminator Impersonator: The third boss is a cyborg whose appearance is directly lifted from Schwarzenegger's portrayal, with mechanical limbs, an exposed robot skull and a glowing red right eye.
- Throw the Mook at Them: A good way to get out of a fix when cornered by mooks is to grab the nearest mook and fling him / her at the group. It works even on bosses!
- The Triads and the Tongs: They serve as a recurring mook in the game. Very frequently, Long and Ring will be facing well-dressed thugs in suits armed with pistols, looking a lot like extras from a John Woo film.
- Use Your Head: Overweight mooks will try to knock down Long or Ring with a powerful headbutt.
- Villain in a White Suit: Scorpion wears a sleek white suit as his default attire (matching his skunk stripe) and he's the Big Bad of the game as well as the insanely powerful Final Boss.
