S3E08: Ninja Gaiden and Kung-Fu Heroes -or- Kung-Fool Me Once, Game on Ryu

It’s an absolute punch-up as Timmy Williams from The Whitest Kids U’ Know joins Mike and Jaymo as they play the all-time classic Ninja Gaiden (NES, 1988) and the not-so-classic Kung Fu Heroes (NES, 1989) as part of their epic quest to research and review every retro game in the Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics catalog!

In this episode, we explore how the Whitest Kids can be used as teaching tools,, learn why the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles weren’t allowed in Europe, behold the return of Nuts & Milk, and see how Ninja Gaiden squares up against 80s and 90s ninja movies (Surf Ninjas forever).

Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy new theme song! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on ⁠⁠⁠https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com⁠⁠⁠, where you'll find access to our Discord, voicemail, and so much more!

Game on, everyone.

(0:00) Intro

(1:10) Welcoming Timmy

(6:15) Kung Fu Heroes

(39:14) Ninja Gaiden 

(1:23:03) NintenDO or NintenDON’T

Look out for Timmy in the upcoming movie, Mars, and until then, he can be found sometimes on the Whitest Kids U’ Know’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/officialwkuk 

You can also listen to him on his awesome horror movie podcast with Shandi Sullivan, Urn Fulla Popcorn: https://urnfullapopcorn.com/

Kung Fu Heroes manual: https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Kung-Fu-Heroes-Game-Manual.pdf

Ninja Gaiden manual: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NACBE.pdf

Game Machine’s Best Hit Games 25 | Game Machine #246, p31: https://segaretro.org/File:GameMachine_JP_246.pdf

Steve's Quest - 135 - Kung Fu Heroes (World Record) 7:47 | 8bit Steve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibV96q5wxg0

IGN Presents The History of Ninja Gaiden by Rus McLaughlin | IGN: https://web.archive.org/web/20110320040508/http://retro.ign.com/articles/848/848155p1.html

Howard & Nestor | Nintendo Power #6 May/June 1989, p54-55: https://archive.org/details/nintendopowerissue006mayjune1989

Ninja Gaiden by A.L. Singer | Worlds of Power - Scholastic: https://archive.org/details/ninjagaidennovel0000sing/mode/2up

TheRetroRunner at SGDQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgvNlJc87To 

Ninja Gaiden Damageless in 12:13 WORLD RECORD | PensiveMoose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEkNuE2KoWM

1989 Nintendo Cereal System commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REpiQnnp6p8