I guess everyone copies whatever's cool "when" it's considered cool. Several years from now we'll be asking ourselves what the deal was with all the slow-motion "bullet-time" going on in the early 2000's like Max Payne in and Viewtiful Joe.

> They said late 80s though. But it's all just inspiration of inspiration :)
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> > 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.
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> > > > is it me or I noticed alot of ninja theme games in the late 1980s to 1991.
> > > > what's up with that?
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> > > > the only ninja currently today that I can think of is
> > > > Ninja Gaiden and Tenchu
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