Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword Critic Reviews

Everything is fluid, and the framerate is incredibly solid considering the amount of enemies that can appear on screen at once, and also considering the massive size of each boss you'll encounter.

I truly loved this game. Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword is without a doubt, the best game I have played, probably since Mario Kart, and it is easily the best game I have ever had the privilege to review.

It's so beautiful--so far superior visually to anything on the DS--that it's the kind of game that makes it worth buying the system for.

Dragon Sword has really raised the bar not only for DS action titles, but portable games, period.

The swordplay feels so fast, fun, and addictive that you'll unfortunately feel tempted to breeze through Ryu's adventure in record time: Don't be surprised if you've lacerated your way to the game's conclusion in five or six hours.

Technically, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword is an extremely impressive achievement, making the absolute most of the hardware on which it plays. No other DS game looks or plays like Dragon Sword.

Fans of Ninja Gaiden or just of great action games in general will find a lot to like here.

If you love action games, you can't do much better than Ninja Gaiden on Nintendo’s portable system.

To all intents and purposes this is a Ninja Gaiden game through and through but with a new innovative twist to the control method which serves only to quicken the pace and make it in some ways even more enjoyable than previous outings.

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword proves to have a sharp edge with good tech and smooth pacing. It also manages to turn the stylus into an effective ninja weapon, making it play like no other game on Nintendo’s little dual screen.

DS owners should not miss the opportunity to play this great game.

Exceptionally entertaining.

As an example of how to forge a modern action game for DS, Dragon Sword has no equal.

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword kicks a whole lot of butt on the Nintendo DS. Visually, the game's a stunner, and the action is intense and almost non-stop.

Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword is simply a fun game to play.

The entire single player mission will take only seven hours. If there is an outstanding flaw in this title it would be it’s replay value.

At approximately five hours, Dragon Sword is a bit on the short side, but I have a tough time complaining when those five hours are so tight and extremely polished.

It's an interesting evolution of the brawler, a neat implementation of DS controls, and a worthy successor to its notorious forefather.

This handheld offshoot of the revered action series provides plenty of fun and satisfying stylus slashing.

A must-own masterpiece; Tecmo's best since Ninja Gaiden hit the Xbox.