A localization of the 1989 Family Computer title Ninja Cop Saizou by Kyugo, the crux of the story deals with the main character rescuing children kidnapped by a gang. One of the missing children is Taro, the young student of the main character's master. He will leave hints regarding hidden areas and how to deal with bosses.
As stages are cleared, you learn Ninja Arts, which must be charged up to use.
Something of note is that between the games, there were a noticeable number of differences.
Has nothing to do with Aquaman's Arch-Enemy.
Tropes found in the game:
- Big Rotten Apple: The first and fourth levels take place in New York City, full of enemies to fight and children to rescue.
- Boss Rush: Only in the original game. The localized title has you rematch one boss (which is chosen from one of four doors) before you deal with the final boss.
- Charge Attack: Holding down the B button charges up the POW meter, and when released an assigned Ninja Art is used. You get four arts you can use at a time: one by standing still, one when moving, one when crouching, and one when holding up and staying still.
- Damsel in Distress: In the final two stages, you rescue little girls, some of whom are teenagers with Totally Radical surfer dude slang.
- Drugs Are Bad: Sums up Black Manta in a nutshell, as the enemy forces are all drug pushers. Of course, the original game has something far different.
- Kite Riding: Done in the second and third levels, you fly on a kite facing other airborne ninjas on kites.
- Ninja: It's in the title.
- World Tour: The first four levels involve New York, Japan, Rio de Janeiro and New York again.
- Would Hurt a Child: The mooks in red that you can capture will admit the organization is flat-out turning children into more pushers.
