3 Ninjas Kick Back (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Sony Imagesoft's 1994 license-based platformer/beat 'em up for the Super NES, 3 Ninjas Kick Back.
Played through on the normal difficulty level as Tum-Tum.
3 Ninjas Kick Back is based on the kids' movie of the same name. Pandering to kids in the early days of the summer of 1994, it was a largely forgettable sequel to an equally insipid movie released a few years prior.
The game features three brothers whose grandfather is hospitalized after an accident in Japan. He asks them to bring some important dagger to some martial arts poobah, and of course, they're attacked, but with [insert list of nouns that imply character growth in a montage-like fashion], they not only save the dagger, escape the bad guys, and make gramps proud, but they become better people because of the trials they had to face in order to succeed. (Gag) Just think of (a tame version of) Surf Ninjas and you've got the gist of it.
Thankfully, the game is far better than the movie that it's based on. The action is standard platforming fare - you collect coins, swing on vines, and kill anyone that looks unfriendly all as you make your way toward the right side of the screen. The controls are a bit touchy and imprecise, but once you figure out how to reliably gauge jumping, it's fairly smooth sailing. There are a couple of frustrating bits, but for the most part the levels are straightforward and easy to get through.
You can also use wheelchair-bound hospital patients as weapons, which is a massive plus in my book.
I don't believe it is a port of an existing game, but for me, 3 Ninjas Kick Me Back has always felt like a port of an Amiga game. The art and music style, the level design, and the general flow of the action feel a lot like the classic platformers made for Commodore's cadillac of 1980s computers. Whether or not that is a good thing is entirely up to your taste, but I personally liked the style quite a bit. The bosses are the standouts - they're often huge, and sometimes they manage to be both disturbing and hilarious - hello, nurse! (Truly, truly disturbing.)
I have to ask here: am I the only one that finds myself a bit surprised by hearing the little boy scream, "Let's murderlize 'em!" on the character select screen? Granted, it was one of the most recognizable soundbites from the film, but in the modern day, it seems out-of-plave to have a little boy's voice encouraging the player to "murderlize" his opponents. What does that even mean? (Murder+tenderize with an L added for flair/'tude, I guess?) My, how times have changed!
It's too bad that the SNES port doesn't have the talking Victor Wong head in the corner like the Sega CD version does. Those clips always reminded me of the ones of Craig Stadler on Pebble Beach Golf Links for the Saturn, and they're definitely worth looking up for a good laugh.
Overall, 3 Ninjas Kick Back isn't a bad game at all. The license was probably more of a hindrance than a selling point, the game looked pretty dated for a 1994 release, and it won't keep you occupied for too long, but for a non-Disney license-based kids' game, it's surprisingly servicable.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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[@knuclear200x]

SNES photo-realistic art looks very akin to back when 70's movie posters were still painted

[@Dorelaxen]

Surf Ninjas vs. Three Ninjas. Let's do this.

[@NintendoComplete]

I'm down, but can we make it a 3-way with Three's Company?

[@wildwes_]

motosurf

[@kagemaru259]

MOTO SURF!!!

[@NintendoComplete]

For as much as it tends to get derided, 3 Ninjas Kick Back shocked me with how not terrible it was. It's no Mario, but given that it is a non-Disney license-based platformer, I was pleasantly surprised.

[@DavidSamuelBl10]

3 Ninjas:Kick Back (SNES) GRADE:A++

[@malachiroy8858]

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[@larrylaffer3246]

Yeah this does give me the vibes of an Amiga game. It might of even been one at one point but by 1994 it made more sense to put it on the SNES as by 1994 the Amiga was showing its age would soon be replaced by the Windows 95 architecture which could handle more labor intensive games like Doom.

[@DavidSamuelBl10]

I'd truly 💘 3 Ninjas Kick Back movie & SNES as well.

[@LightWeight22]

Me too

[@hanchiman]

I remember this movie in the cinema... haha

[@Eshaktaar]

0:55 That's not a dagger, Mr. Not Miyagi. That's a knife :D

[@supernintendosp]

@Micah del rio Channle Too short to be a katana? Never saw the movie though.

[@nightmaster5593]

that level music is brutal

[@joaquimpayne1774]

Miss you 3 ninjas

[@chelocheliniXD]

I'm here just for the description XD, instant like

[@jamesl.anderson1384]

Jeffrey "Colt" Douglas Samuel "Rocky" Douglas Michael "Tum Tum" Douglas (Colt Rocky Tum Tum) We’re The 3 Ninjas

[@Noname15514]

90s' at its finest.

[@krystalfan]

i seen the movies as a kid not the last one where its die hard in shimisney shmland with hulk holgan i never knew there was a name

[@karate-1411]

Bro!!!!!!!! This was a videogame?????? I am 37 years old, I am now just seeing this.

[@MrJSupreme26]

Lol, same. 37 and did know the game existed! Colt was my favorite

[@DJeimaXe]

But you saw them play this game on the Game Gear in the movie.

[@noah6416]

Holy shit the memories .

[@wizardlyTKO]

That actually didn't look as bad as I was expecting due to the nature of the title, I half expected some Super Double Dragon crap. Lmao...

[@linkmeuplink]

When you hit the enemies or items it's the same noise as when you hit enemies in Maximum Carnage

[@jozefu8726]

Let's muuuuurrrderize them!

[@xkaihuntergauto5455]

BUENOS DÍAS AMÉRICA

[@louiskeiflin5858]

Looks pretty decent.

[@LuizOtavio-oo3wf]

nobody on KZbin make a vídeo about the secrets of the game? (my english is not very good).

[@supernintendosp]

8:51 Thought to myself, "That's a MasterCard? Am I really old?!" That from a 28 year old Asperger's man with a general knowledge base far older than he is...and who generally "rebukes" pop culture. How silly I am. :)

[@sixshooter500]

The stones in Castle Osaka change... NOTHING lol

[@noahstewart5054]

How do you actually play “3 Ninjas Kick Back” on SNES?

[@amso7169]

1. Buy the game cartridge. 2. Place the game cartridge into your SNES. 3. Turn the SNES on.

[@alessandrorosa2641]

@@amso7169 KKKK TÃO SIMPLES!

[@professors84]

I think I read this game was a rental exclusive but I've got nothing to prove that.

[@jackcoleman1784]

It wasn't. I know because I bought it as a kid.

[@adsutter]

i am sad i don't see lufia II in your snes list. :-{

[@Jac2Mac]

The Sega Genesis version of this game was published by Psygnosis.

[@FigureFarter]

Those guys published a lot of Amiga games like Lemmings. No wonder this game feels so Amiga esque

[@amylucio]

Own the game it's pretty fun like the movie

[@errolroy7986]

3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994) Young three brothers martial artists 🎨 face ♥ 🎶 👌 their grandfather's foes when 🤔 they accompany him to Japan 🇯🇵 to deliver a priceless dagger. Super Nintendo Entertainment System is designed for your loss 😔 and the roadster of a great 👍 well soon as video 📹 games 🎮 that you are 3 Ninjas Kick Back like a movie 🎥 20th century old 👏 and the quality is very kung-fu master. 3 Ninjas Kick Back - Super Nintendo Entertainment SNES System Three Brothers and other night 🌙 and a great week ahead 🙌 the boys 👦 the Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum for a wonderful we are rotating in our lives of people and our family 👪 and I will let them ❤ in a wonderful 👏 and will always have more an ancient Japanese.

[@hirobeats7360]

Man honestly how high is your IQ, I don't understand how you can beat every game you play. No cheats?

[@Shad0wX]

I wonder if this would have been a Nintendo PlayStation game

[@supernintendosp]

I agree with you. It seems to shock people that the PlayStation was once an SNES addon :)

[@ijustgottahotdog]

Aww no playable Miyo character?

[@abdulaziz-mj4pv]

The game is based on the movie

[@cinna_to4st_waff1es]

no shit sherlock

[@Shad0wX]

39:27 eyyy

[@1985dossantos]

Wow, i almost thought you was playing with TAS.

[@salamaraif1648]

Rocky has The bo staff 🟩 colit has The sword 🟦and Tum Tum has The sais🟡🥷🥷🥷

[@jlev1028]

Well, this game definitely smells cashgrabby, especially since it's based on a cashgrabby sequel to a cashgrab. But I can't complain, the graphica and gameplay were pretty nice for the time.

[@RaikenXion]

0:56 eggshen

[@gordinhozueiro2446]

Joguei esse jogo no ps2 simulador de nintendo

[@lennartlechsel6502]

Maski war hier.

[@Yeowtch]

👽👍🤖

[@JWiLLfoReaL]

Never ever played it

[@xkaihuntergauto5455]

BDA KELLY's

[@kakt]

this crap was always at the start of the rom list

[@Shad0wX]

Lol a Sony game on SNES

[@NintendoComplete]

Hahaha yeah Sony actually published a load of games for the all of the Nintendo systems in the early 90s.

[@kalenwanderson2312]

I don't think this is a real game