Ninja Gaiden is an action-adventure, hack and slash game for the Xbox
that was released in March 2004, and is the first game to kick off the
modern series of Ninja Gaiden thirteen years after Ninja Gaiden III came
out for the Nintendo Entertainment System, so we're looking at a
complete decade, here. Once again, the game stars Ryu Hayabusa, a
master ninja who sets off on a quest to retrieve a powerful and
dangerous sword and to avenge the death of his fallen brethren.