The Legend of Kage

The Legend of Kage is a video game for the arcade and NES about a ninja (the titular Kage) who has to rescue a Damsel in Distress multiple times. It has a sequel on the Nintendo DS.

The First Game

 * Damsel in Distress: And she gets captured a total of four times.
 * Dual-Wielding: Kage wields a pair of short blades, only one of which he ever attacks with.
 * Everythings Better With Ninjas: Lots.
 * Highly-Visible Ninja: Every ninja in this game.
 * In a Single Bound: You're a ninja, of course you can leap 50 feet in the air.
 * One-Hit-Point Wonder: Get hit once by a stray shuriken, sword or fireball, and you die.
 * Smart Bomb: The scrolls.
 * Spiritual Successor: Demon Sword for the NES.
 * Wutai
 * Wuxia

The Second Game

 * Action Girl: Chihiro.
 * Badass Long Hair: Kage.
 * The Battle Didn't Count: You can take no damage and wreck him in under a minute, but you will still be shown as being exhausted and Yukinosuke smugly fine after your first battle with him.
 * Berserk Button: Ayame does not like to be interrupted.
 * Big Bad: Yoshiro.
 * Blade Below the Shoulder: Hanzo.
 * Blue Oni Red Oni: Not in terms of personality, really, but Yukinosuke and Kage provide the visual equivalent with ice powers and blue colour theme for the former, fire powers and red colour theme for the latter, and otherwise identical designs.
 * Boobs of Steel: Ayame is the oldest of her sisters, the strongest fighter, and thus the bustiest as well.
 * Christmas Cake: Ayame has issues with her age.
 * Damsel in Distress: Princess Kiri.
 * Dark Action Girl: Kaede is a straight-up version, while her sisters provide with variations such as...
 * Dark Badass Adorable: ...the bomb-throwing Koume and...
 * Dark Lady Of War: ...the magic orb using Ayame.
 * Doppelganger Attack: You are capable of doing this, as is Yoshiro.
 * The Dragon: Yukinosuke, who is also...
 * The Rival: ...for both Chihiro and Kage.
 * Dual-Wielding: Except this time, it's Yukinosuke that's doing it, not Kage.
 * Everything's Better With Princesses: Princess Kiri.
 * Everythings Better With Ninjas: Lots.
 * Evil Counterpart: Not so much for Chihiro, Yukinosuke is this for Kage.
 * Evil Old Folks: Yojubo.
 * Flaming Sword: Kage - Yukinosuke gets the version with Cold Flames.
 * Highly-Visible Ninja: Every ninja in this game.
 * Impossibly Low Neckline: Justified: you can actually straps that tie Ayame's kimono's neckline to a choker on her neck to keep it from falling all the way.
 * In a Single Bound: You're a ninja, of course you can leap 50 feet in the air.
 * Lighter and Softer: Chihiro's story is noticeably more light-hearted than Kage's. For example:.
 * The Mentor: Hanzo.
 * Miko: Kaede dresses in a hakama similar to that of a miko, barring the short shorts.
 * Mind Over Matter: Yoshiro fights with bronze swords launched using telekinesis.
 * Paper Master: Kaede uses traditional Japanese paper talisman/familiars called shikigami in battle.
 * Physical God: Princess Kiri, although she doesn't seem to be very good at defending herself from kidnappers.
 * A God Am I: Subverted: everyone else is going about how she's pretty much a God in Human Form, but she herself seems quite down-to-earth.
 * Playing with Fire: Yojubo.
 * Plucky Girl: Chihiro never gives up in her quest to rescue Princess Kiri, even when way over her head against an army of demonic goons on what is her first real mission as a kunoichi.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad: The Three Sisters - Ayame, Kaede and Koume.
 * Scarf of Asskicking: Kage and Yukinosuke.
 * She's Got Legs: Chihiro and Kaede.
 * Token Mini-Moe: Koume.
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: Both Kage and Yukinosuke.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: More silver, but Yukinosuke is basically this.
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?: Kaede certainly does.
 * Worthy Opponent: What Yukinosuke and the player character deem each other to be after their first fight.
 * Wutai
 * Wuxia
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Chihiro ranks a Grade B, while Kaede is the Grade D.
 * Zigzag Paper Tassel: Kaede uses this to command her shikigami.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: More silver, but Yukinosuke is basically this.
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?: Kaede certainly does.
 * Worthy Opponent: What Yukinosuke and the player character deem each other to be after their first fight.
 * Wutai
 * Wuxia
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Chihiro ranks a Grade B, while Kaede is the Grade D.
 * Zigzag Paper Tassel: Kaede uses this to command her shikigami.
 * Zigzag Paper Tassel: Kaede uses this to command her shikigami.