Tecmo is well known for a variety of games ranging from the fighting Dead or Alive series to the upcoming re-release of Ninja Gaiden for Xbox. Rygar, in a small way combines these two genres to create ...

The Wii being only slightly more powerful than last-generation systems, it has seen its share of old games being dusted off and trotted out for reappearance at retail (see: Resident Evil 4 and Okami).

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Rygar: The Legendary Adventure shares the name of its predecessors, which appeared in arcades and on the Nintendo Entertainment System, but other than ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. TOKYO--Who's got the biggest, baddest, swingiest shield of them all? Why, Rygar, of course. The burly hero who tore up enemies with his weird ...

The ESRB rated Rygar (arcade) and Ninja Gaiden (arcade) for Wii, identifying both titles as Virtual Console arcade games. The NES version of Ninja Gaiden has been online since 2007, but the arcade ...

Maybe Tecmo didn't receive Nintendo's marketing materials. Rygar on the Wii ignores the elderly, girls and casual gamers. This is meant squarely for the adrenaline-loving Spike TV-watching crowd. At ...

If you, like us, were jealous of the Japanese release of the arcade Ninja Gaiden game on Virtual Console, you can dry your ninja eyes (just pull up the front of the ninja mask and dab with that). The ...

We’re spoiled for great retro game books these days, yet those often fall into two groups. On one side, you have comprehensive catalogs, typically broken down by console or publisher. On the other, ...

Whether Tecmo borrowed directly from Capcom's games or whether they were thought up ahead of time doesn't really matter, because the game differentiates itself well enough to warrant its own worth.

Hi, readers! What a week it's been here at Eurogamer Towers. Tom's been playing his mixtape of the latest chart hits from Craig David and Atomic Kitten, while Rob's been telling us about this stonking ...

Having never played Tecmo's original and apparently well-loved Rygar, it's safe to say I was going into this one blind. Yes, I've seen all the shots, and even the little movie of Rygar swinging his ...

Rygar is a heroic Roman warrior who has been called upon to protect Princess Harmonia of Argus, an island under Roman control. As soon as he arrives in Argus, however, she is captured by the huge and ...