‘NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound’ - Gameplay Overview And Boss Fight Demo

Developer The Game Kitchen are best known for the Blasphemous series and are now taking their action-platformer expertise to the NINJA GAIDEN series in the first 2D game in decades with NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound.

Although Ragebound appears to have plenty of challenge and difficulty the series is known for, it looks markedly different than classic NES-era NINJA GAIDEN in its visuals and gameplay. From the developer commentary, the weapon system will be much more robust and customizable, with even the ability to create different builds for repeated playthroughs. The enemies are relentless in the demo, so it looks like you’ll have to bring your A-game, and they’re also promising a hard mode, plus in-game challenges as well. The Game Kitchen wants to bring the combat intensity of Team NINJA’s 3D games with the story and lore from the 2D games – the best of both worlds essentially.

The demo features a full playthrough of a level at a construction site with a boss fight at the end. You’ll be able to play as both Kenji, who is Ryu Hayabusa’s student, and Kumori.

NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound releases for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC on July 31, 2025.

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