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<h2>Overview</h2><figure data-align="right" data-size="small" data-img-src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/1/16127/1340708-3_ninjas_kick_back_2.gif" data-ref-id="1300-1340708" data-ratio="0.8" data-width="800" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 800px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:80.0%" href="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/1/16127/1340708-3_ninjas_kick_back_2.gif" data-ref-id="1300-1340708"><img alt="No Caption Provided" src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/1/16127/1340708-3_ninjas_kick_back_2.gif" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/1/16127/1340708-3_ninjas_kick_back_2.gif 800w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/1/16127/1340708-3_ninjas_kick_back_2.gif 480w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/1/16127/1340708-3_ninjas_kick_back_2.gif 320w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-width="320"></a></figure><p>3 Ninjas Kick Back is a side-scrolling action-platformer developed by <a href="/malibu-interactive/3010-4192/" data-ref-id="3010-4192">Malibu Interactive</a> and published by <a href="/989-studios/3010-6399/" data-ref-id="3010-6399">Sony Imagesoft</a> for the <a href="/super-nintendo-entertainment-system/3045-9/" data-ref-id="3045-9">Super Nintendo Entertainment System</a> and by <a href="/scee-studio-liverpool/3010-448/" data-ref-id="3010-448">Psygnosis</a> for the <a href="/genesis/3045-6/" data-ref-id="3045-6">Sega Genesis</a>, both in North America in late 1994.</p><p>A <a href="/games-based-on-movies/3015-755/" data-ref-id="3015-755">video game tie-in</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Ninjas_Kick_Back" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">the martial arts-themed family comedy film of the same name</a>, 3 Ninjas Kick Back puts players as one of three young <a href="/the-united-states-of-america/3035-396/" data-ref-id="3035-396">American</a> brothers (the green-garbed, staff-wielding older brother <a href="/rocky/3005-17389/" data-ref-id="3005-17389">"Rocky"</a>, the blue-garbed, sword-wielding middle brother <a href="/colt/3005-17390/" data-ref-id="3005-17390">"Colt"</a>, or the yellow-garbed, sai-wielding younger brother <a href="/tum-tum/3005-17391/" data-ref-id="3005-17391">"Tum-Tum"</a>) who are trained in the art of <a href="/ninja/3015-12/" data-ref-id="3015-12">ninjitsu</a> by their Japanese grandfather Mori (portrayed by Chinese-American actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wong_(actor,_born_1927)" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Victor Wong</a>), as they must find and deliver their grandfather's sacred <a href="/dagger/3055-1306/" data-ref-id="3055-1306">dagger</a> to the tournament Grand Master in Japan (while being pursued by the forces of Mori's arch-nemesis Koga).</p><p>It also received an updated <a href="/sega-cd/3045-29/" data-ref-id="3045-29">Sega CD</a> release from <a href="/989-studios/3010-6399/" data-ref-id="3010-6399">Sony Imagesoft</a>, bundle with the 1992 game <a href="/hook/3030-23656/" data-ref-id="3030-23656">Hook</a> (another game based on a family movie from the same distributor). This version includes <a href="/full-motion-video/3015-604/" data-ref-id="3015-604">full-motion video</a> segments from Victor Wong, as well as exclusive first-person segments (one involving <a href="/skateboard/3055-8/" data-ref-id="3055-8">skateboarding</a> and one involving <a href="/hang-glider/3055-1749/" data-ref-id="3055-1749">hang-gliding</a>).</p>