The G.G. Shinobi
| The G.G. Shinobi | |
|---|---|
North American cover art by Greg Winters | |
| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Katsuhiro Hasegawa Masahide Kobayashi |
| Programmer(s) | Kenji Shintani Yūichi Matsuoka |
| Artist(s) | Ryō Kudō Hisato Fukumoto |
| Composer(s) | Yuzo Koshiro |
| Series | Shinobi |
| Platform(s) | Game Gear |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Platformer, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The G.G. Shinobi (ザ・GG忍) is a side-scrolling action game by Sega released for the Game Gear in 1991. It was the first Shinobi game developed specifically for a portable game platform. The player controls the modern-day ninja Joe Musashi, protagonist of previous Shinobi games, as he goes on a mission to rescue four kidnapped comrades from an enemy, gaining control of the other ninjas (each with different abilities) as the game progresses in a manner similar to Mega Man. It was followed by The G.G. Shinobi II: The Silent Fury in 1993. The G.G. Shinobi was one of the first Game Gear games available on the 3DS Virtual Console in March 2012.