The G.G. Shinobi

The G.G. Shinobi (ザ・GG忍) is a 1991 hack and slash platform game developed and published by Sega for the Game Gear. It was the first Shinobi game developed specifically for a portable game platform. The player controls the modern-day ninja Joe Musashi, protagonist of previous Shinobi games, as he goes on a mission to rescue four kidnapped comrades from an enemy, gaining control of the other ninjas (each with different abilities) as the game progresses like Mega Man. It was followed by The G.G. Shinobi II: The Silent Fury in 1993. The G.G. Shinobi was one of the first Game Gear games available on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in March 2012.