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3	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_ninja_kids_arcade.jpg]]
4	[[caption-width-right:350:The four Ninja Kids]]
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6	''The Ninja Kids'' is a side-scrolling [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame arcade]] BeatEmUp made in 1990 by Creator/{{Taito}}. It received no ports until its inclusion in the ''Taito Legends'' CompilationRerelease in 2005. The story is about an evil sect trying to summon "The Satan" on July 1999 (as foretold by Nostradamus), and only a group of four ninja can stop them.
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8	Pretty standard fare for a videogame, except for the fact that almost every character is a puppet. No, not PeoplePuppets, just regular (?) puppets. Everything about this game is very tongue-in-cheek, though, so it also can be seen as a StealthParody of typical cheesy brawler [[ExcusePlot storylines]] and settings.
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10	Do not confuse this with ''Ninja Kidz'' (an American TV cartoon), or ''Ninja Kids!!!'', a live-action adaptation of ''Manga/NintamaRantarou''.
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12	!!The game provides examples of:
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14	* {{Acrofatic}}: The fat mafiosi attack by, among other things, cartwheeling over you.
15	* BloodlessCarnage: Enemies are constantly sliced and diced, heads and limbs are falling, but since everyone is a puppet there's not a single drop of blood.
16	* BlowYouAway: Sasuke could use wind magic to kill and drive away enemies.
17	* ClassicalElementsEnsemble: Each of the ninja have ElementalPowers that reflect the classical elements: Hanzo is water, Sasuke is wind, Akane is fire and Genta is earth.
18	* ColourCodedMultiplayer:
19	** Hanzo - wears blue and is a JackOfAllStats
20	** Sasuke - wears yellow and is a LongRangeFighter
21	** Akane - wears red and is a FragileSpeedster
22	** Genta - wears green and is a MightyGlacier
23	* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Level four is a great example of this trope. In this level, called "A bad ninja appears!", the heroes take a break in fighting the satanists and instead fight the ninjas from a rival dojo or something. Throughout all the level you fight dozens of ninjas that take a few hits to die, then you get to the boss, which is almost identical to them but is (obviously, being the boss) a lot harder to defeat.
24	* DemBones: Right before the final boss, the ninjas find themselves in a crypt full of bones underneath an abandoned church. Suddenly some skeletons spring to life and attack them.
25	* DishingOutDirt: Genta attacks enemies with earth magic, even summoning boulders to [[DeathFromAbove rain down on your foes]].
26	* {{Engrish}}: Various examples, such as the constant saying of "The Satan" and such lines as "WRETCH! NINJA KIDS!" and "HERE IS A GRAVEYARD OF YOU!"
27	* EvilIsPetty: Not sure how kidnapping an employee of a fast food store and turning him into a werewolf (1st boss) can help the resurrection of The Satan and/or to bring forth world domination...
28	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: They are four of them, they are ninjas and they are kids.
29	* FlashOfPain:
30	** As a nod to most Creator/{{Konami}} arcade brawlers, bosses flash white when hit and [[TurnsRed turn red]] when low on health.
31	** Large mooks also flash white when hit.
32	* IncendiaryExponent: The second boss is a living fireball.
33	* MagicPants: The employee-turned-werewolf at the end of level one has them; also a Magic Shirt, in that he rips apart his clothes when transforming, but still has them when defeated and turned back to human.
34	* MakingASplash: Hanzo's ninja magic attack is water-based.
35	* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: When you're fighting the werewolf boss in the fast food restaurant, the moon in the background fades out more and more as his life goes down.
36	* MolotovCocktail: Some enemies that look like stereotyped Middle-Eastern terrorists who attack by throwing molotovs. When you defeat them, they [[HoistByHisOwnPetard explode]].
37	* PlayingWithFire: Akame's ninja magic is fire, burning your enemies with flames.
38	* RunningGag: {{Satan}}, the final boss, is drawn in a very serious style that [[NonstandardCharacterDesign contrasts]] with the general wackiness of the game.
39	* ShoutOut:
40	** The third boss is basically the Power Loader from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''.
41	** Characters from earlier Taito titles like ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'' and ''VideoGame/KikiKaiKai'' appear as background elements.
42	* StockNinjaWeaponry: Played straight.
43	** Hanzo [[KatanasAreJustBetter wields a katana]].
44	** Sasuke uses a ''kusarigama''.
45	** Akane has infinite ''shuriken'' he can throw.
46	** Genta wields a ''sansetsukon'', a three-section staff.
47	%%* TimeStandsStill: The "Time Stop" ability.
48	%%* TopHeavyGuy: The [[GiantMook giant mooks]] are this. DO YOU FEEL OUR POWER, indeed.
49	%%* WallCrawl: Seen for example at the beginning of level 2.
50	%%* XRaySparks
51	%%* ZombieApocalypse: The graveyard in level five is pretty much this. Level three had you facing them at a construction site.

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