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Charlie Ninja is one of those arcade games that feels simple at first—just a ninja tossing stars and dodging attacks—but then you realize how much weird, chaotic fun it actually is. You start off slinking through a Wild West stage (yes, a ninja in cowboy country), picking off enemies with shurikens before they can shoot you. Then suddenly you're cloaking to sneak past fire walls or slicing through robots in some grimy industrial zone. The levels keep switching things up—football stadiums, mad scientist labs—and each boss fight feels like its own little puzzle.

What I love is how it never takes itself too seriously. One minute you're backflipping over laser beams, the next you're chucking kunai at a football player-turned-monster. And if you grab a friend for co-op? Pure chaos, in the best way. The controls are tight, the art’s got that retro charm, and honestly, there’s something weirdly satisfying about cloaking at the last second to avoid a bullet. It’s the kind of game where you’ll fail a level three times, then nail it on the fourth with some ridiculous ninja move you didn’t even plan.