What video game are the ninjas from?

What video game are the ninjas from? - Unrecognizable couple playing video game with gamepads at home

In Pixels, Josh Gad's character battles several chibi-style ninjas that are assaulting a school bus. I do not recognize what video game these ninjas are from.

screencap of a ninja from the trailer

What game are they from, or are they from a fictional game like the "Lady Lisa" character, or were they sourced from 1980's pop culture, like the Smurf must have been?



Best Answer

As explained by agent86 in his answer on gaming.stackexchange:

The ninjas are from a fake 80's videogame created for the movie, called Dojo Quest:

Here's an article about the licensed games in the movie:

The filmmakers licensed characters from real-world video games for the movie, but they opted to craft a fictional title starring a ninja-fighting heroine named Lady Lisa (played by Ashley Benson), who serves as an unconventional love interest for Gad's character. To promote "Pixels," Sony released a side-scrolling mobile game resembling "Dojo Quest."

"Lady Lisa was in the first draft of the script, and I thought it would be fun to create just one game that didn't exist back in the '80s," said Columbus. "It never occurred to me not to do it. I felt like we could get away with it. A character like Lara Croft could've worked, but I loved the fact that Josh Gad's character has been pining for this woman all his life."




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What video game is ninja from?

Ninjis are a ninja-like enemy that first appears in Super Mario Bros. 2.

What game are the ninjas from in pixels?

To promote "Pixels," Sony released a side-scrolling mobile game resembling "Dojo Quest."

What games has ninja been playing?

Besides the five games mentioned in the list, Ninja also played Halo, Call of Duty: Warzone, Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy X, New World, Overcooked! 2, and Rust, among others.

What was the first ninja video game?

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More answers regarding what video game are the ninjas from?

Answer 2

I have no idea why a 2003 game is in there (they're all supposed to be from the 80s?), but this looks exactly like I-Ninja. Here's a still from the film and some I-Ninja pics for comparison. Note in particular the eyebrows and the eye-hole pattern. If this is supposed to be a new character, it's at the very least heavily influenced by this one...

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[OK, maybe it's not an exact replica (they removed the headband and added sleeves), but the design is too similar for this to be a coincidence. Either they purchased the rights, ripped I-Ninja off or I-Ninja ripped off some old, hitherto unknown source that Pixels used.]

Answer 3

I think they are from the arcade game Nibja Kids and Lady Lisa looks to be based off the main character from an old taito arcade game called Legend of Kage.

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