Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja

Up to two players can play simultaneously. The first player controls the character wearing white pants, while the second player character wears green pants. Players start with the ability to do basic punches, kicks, and jumps. Some moves are special like spinning kicks and the ability to charge themselves up with "inner energy" by holding the punch button to throw a powerful long-range attack that hits all opponents in front of the player.

Players will also come across several power-ups ; some are weapons like knives and nunchakus , some recharge a player's health, and others add a few seconds to the remaining time. The various types of enemies encountered in the game have their own means of attack. The basic blue-colored ninjas directly charge the player, while some leap with their swords, or throw shuriken and makibishi ; there are also acrobatic kunoichi (female ninjas), attack dogs, and people who are on fire. The enemies may be beaten down or avoided.

Most enemies can be beaten with only a single hit of any kind, and multiple enemies can be defeated with one hit if they are standing close together. At the end of each level, one of the super warrior bosses will appear, who needs to be defeated to progress to the next level. The first of them, at the climax of the City stage, is Karnov, who makes a cameo appearance from the Data East game of the same name . Second, at the climax of the Truck stage, is a talon-wielding ninja, Iron Arm.

Third, at the climax of the Sewer stage, is Kamui, another ninja master, who creates illusions by copying himself. Fourth, at the climax of the Forest stage, is Animal, a behemoth-of-a-man who is also not a ninja. Fifth, at the climax of the Train stage, is Akaikage, a kusarigama -wielding warrior. Last, at the climax of the Cave stage, is Devil Pole, a bōjutsu -master.

Finally, the leader of the Dragon Ninja gang, coincidentally also called Dragon Ninja, appears during the climax in his headquarters, where there is a final showdown on a helicopter. The background music during the fight with him is similar to the main theme in Karnov . "},"2":{"wt":"group=\"note\""}},"i":0}}]}'> Each boss has his own special attack: Karnov, for example, can breathe fire at the player. ".

The shout, and the game's American wordmark logo are both similar to the Michael Jackson song " Bad ", released the previous year. In the Japanese version of the game, this quote was originally a battle cry .