And in that video, his number one candidate is Ninja Gaiden. Ninja Gaiden started out as an arcade game, but is best known for the trilogy of side-scrolling platformers on the Famicom/NES.

Being published by Dotemu—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge—and developed by The Game Kitchen—Blasphemous—NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound is a 2D sidescrolling action platformer ...