Are we really ninjas?

[Berserkerkitten]

I think for ease of description, the term "space ninjas" is fine. If you had to describe Warframe in just a few words, saying you basically play a space ninja isn't the worst thing to go with.

[(XBOX)ThermalStone]

We are essentially child soldiers/drone pilots.

[DeadScream]

We are gods of war :3

[Siekier]

We're not ninjas.

Right now, we're simply killers. We kill almost anything that moves, hoping that something useful comes out of corpses of our enemies.

 

We stopped being ninjas long ago. Maybe we never even truly were ninjas. But we've always been killers, and we're getting better and better at it.

[Acos]

No, stop asking. 

[Soulden]

I always though promo said Ninjas played for free, not "Play as a ninja for free".

Confusing?

Edited December 4, 2016 by Souldend78

[Ailissa]

3 hours ago, jjadned said:

Warframes slogan is, ninjas play free. So. Unless DE has a thing for ninjas I think we are Space ninjas.

That's hype to promote the game, it's not the games lore.

 

No, we aren't space ninjas, nowhere in the game are we referred to as space ninjas, not ever.

 

4 hours ago, MrM1 said:

It's your warframe that does this. We don't know what exactly a warframe is (maybe we do control them, but there are many theories saying that the Warframes are other living beings that protect the Tenno, only if the Tenno want them to) so we first of all have to wait for more main quests...

 

 

The Orokin built the warframes, that's been said many, many times.

 

Titania's entire quest chain is about how she was built and who built her.

 

There have been many theories about many things in the game and, so far, most of them have been proven wrong. It's fine to let your imagination go but people really need to stop clinging to wild theories that go against everything in the game. 

[DatDarkOne]

Warframe at it's essence is a combination of Ninja Gaiden games and Guyver with a sprinkling of some other ideas.  This was even mentioned directly in one of the Devstreams.  If you're familiar with the Guyver anime/manga, it's quite obvious.   

With the exception of an elite few warframes, most of their kits and themes don't fit any of the ninja lore (mystical or realistic).   Ash, Ivara, Loki, Excalibur, and Banshee (when played solo) do fit when you account for technological advancements of the time period.  With the exception of some of the more fantastical abilities, some of the things they do are available today as military equipment.  Think Flashbangs, grappling hooks, infrared sensors, etc. 

Almost all the other Warframes are either too flashy, noisy, or just don't fit ninja theme.  That's 5 out of 30 frames that even have some semblance of a traditional or mystical ninja theme.  Good thing they named the game Warframe.  It fits the more as representation of a "Guyver" game than ninja.  While the Tenno themselves have elements of Japanese lore and history.  Although very thin, a few similarities can be drawn between Tenno/Orokin and Hattori Hanzo's Iga/Tokugawa Shogunate.  That's a whole other can of worms there. 

Just some of my thoughts on the topic.  :D

[(PSN)reddragonhrcro]

Well when you think about it maybe more like samurai, more so like ronin(samurai's without a master)

[(PSN)robotwars7]

we are far more than mere Ninjas; we are the perfect Warrior. we are masters of all forms of martial combat, with extensive knowledge of firearms, explosives, stealth, underwater and space combat techniques, and we are blessed with incredible Void Powers as well. we are all of mankind's soldiers in one body.

we are weapons

we are Warframes

we are Tenno!

[GX339-4]

Nope, we're Space Pirates. :D

[ShibuyaGG]

not at all, this game just has lots of asian culture stuff to it

[ShibuyaGG]

7 hours ago, Dumfing said:

Does it actually say that we're ninjas anywhere?

yeah in the old advertisements

[Dumfing]

15 minutes ago, ShibuyaGG said:

yeah in the old advertisements

Show me where it explicitly says the tenno are ninjas

[Hypernaut1]

My son calls WF my "space ninja game" without ever hearing me say it. 

I considered it a space ninja game from just viewing the gameplay.

Somehow, this game reads as a space ninja game more than something like space pirates or power rangers.

[Mak_Gohae]

11 hours ago, (PS4)LeBlingKing69 said:

Like I said in a topic about a samurai Warframe:

"It says that "Ninjas play free", but at this rate, we might as well have a space samurai. We already have space fairies, space paladins, space animals, space magicians that have their reputation tarnished, space beserkers, space deities, space engineers, space cowgirls, space archers, space mummies, and space elementals."

The game was originally supposed to be space knights which makes more sense but some one with a 90's attitude must've pushed the whole ninja thing. 

[DatDarkOne]

If you look at the original concept footage for Dark Sector, you would see a more espionage feel in the design. Hayden Tenno was wearing a suit that was more like the current Excalibur than the proto version. It was very much like Tenchu in space.

[WindigoTG]

Dunno about you guys, but I'm just an invincible space munky of mass murder justice.

And that's how you know I'm a good guy - it's not just murder, it's murder justice.

[Lanadra]

13 hours ago, Dumfing said:

Does it actually say that we're ninjas anywhere?

Marketing mostly, for some reason they still market Warframe with ''Ninja's play free'', pretending like it actually still has meaning, yeah, okay, we have some Japanese inspired moves and stuff, but we can hardly be called ninja's.

[MrM1]

15 hours ago, Ailissa said:

The Orokin built the warframes, that's been said many, many times.

 

Titania's entire quest chain is about how she was built and who built her.

 

There have been many theories about many things in the game and, so far, most of them have been proven wrong. It's fine to let your imagination go but people really need to stop clinging to wild theories that go against everything in the game. 

Yes the Orokin built them. That's true. But we don't know how exactly the were built. Maybe they aren't just some machines? Maybe they have feelings?

This does also not explain why / how your warframe stood up and defended you from the Staker in TSW. The link was cut off. Technically, the warframe should not be able to do anything. Unless it's living, and not just a machine.

[Crawd127]

Of course, look at Ash smoke bomb!

Spoiler

[ShibuyaGG]

13 hours ago, Dumfing said:

Show me where it explicitly says the tenno are ninjas

you didn't ask that at first, i was referring to the ad that said "ninja's play free" it's kinda saying that we are

[Ailissa]

1 hour ago, MrM1 said:

Yes the Orokin built them. That's true. But we don't know how exactly the were built. Maybe they aren't just some machines? Maybe they have feelings?

This does also not explain why / how your warframe stood up and defended you from the Staker in TSW. The link was cut off. Technically, the warframe should not be able to do anything. Unless it's living, and not just a machine.

Corpses have spasms and move, a chicken can survive without it's head for a brief period.

 

The Warframe only breaks the sword, it doesn't do anything else. There is nothing in that action to suggest sentience.

[Rin01]

The tagline is 'ninjas play free' not 'play ninjas free'. I wonder if there are any non-ninja players out there who have to pay to play this game.

Edited December 5, 2016 by Rin01

[(PSN)Ozymandias-13-]

22 hours ago, letir said:

We are perfect example of anime ninjas.

This is what I was gonna say.

I'm gonna assume DE is a fan of Naruto. We still assassinate, and sabotage, and sneak around. We are also super strong one-man genocide machines that move faster than humans and manipulate energy to use impossible skills. 

Anime Ninja.