They said late 80s though. But it's all just inspiration of inspiration :)

> Ninja themed movies/games were big in the late 70's/early 80's before TMNT.
> Turtles was but a product of the popularity. Actually all these popular games
> with martial arts themes like Shinobi, Double Dragon, Ninja Gaiden, Yiear Kung
> Fu, Street Fighter, etc. were all inspired from those old Bruce Lee flicks and
> cheesy, hyped, low budget, ninja movies that followed in the 80's. That's why
> you see all these games with ninja themes during that time.
>
> > > is it me or I noticed alot of ninja theme games in the late 1980s to 1991.
> > > what's up with that?
> > >
> > > the only ninja currently today that I can think of is
> > > Ninja Gaiden and Tenchu
> > >
> >
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