>born in traditional Japanese ninja village
>take the way of the ninja and learn many skills
>shit goes down, your village is under attack by demons and monsters
>rise to the occasion, use your extensive training and discipline to wreck shit
>it turns out you are the most powerful ninja ever
>3 games or so later
>take the mask off
>turns out you were a white guy the whole time somehow
Hopefully they do better for the new one

Ninja Gaiden is white medieval fantasy coded

The fuck is this thread? No Ryu Hayabusa is not a white guy and we have known what he looks like since forever.

>>717892461 (OP)
Is this Ryu from Ninja Gaiden games? Why the fuck are they insisting on removing his mask? Dont they understand that they kill the mystery of his character? Ruy is like Master Chief but ninja

>>717892461 (OP)
>3 games later
We already knew what this dude looked like without his mask back in 1999 in Dead or Alive 2.

the current trend is showing the character's face

>>717893652
You never played any Ninja Gaiden.

>>717893902
I played the Ng1 on Snes then NG1 sigma on ps3 and then Ng2 on 360. The mask is always on in these games

Ryu's babyface has always been at odds with his "kill literally everything with no hesitation" personality.

>>717892461 (OP)
>we wuz nigger poster (white edition)
>IMG_20250812_011622897_HDR
Mutt.