10 Greatest Video Game Ninjas Of All Time

10. Gray Fox - Metal Gear Solid

Some may argue that Gray Fox isn't really a ninja at all. After all, he's a cybernetic, half-human freak that is as likely to go completely nuts and slice everything in the room to pieces as he is to sneak around and actual infiltrate anything.

Still, he looks like a ninja, carries a really cool sword, and is capable of feats of acrobatics that would make an overbearing Russian gymnastic coach proud - especially if you bought the Twin Snakes. Plus, he has a stealth thingy that actually makes him invisible to the naked eye.

Couple that with his mysterious origins - as the man behind the mask was believed to have been killed by Solid Snake in Zanzibar Land during the events of Metal Gear 2 - and you have a ninja who is both steeped in mystery and is capable of tremendous feats.

His crowning moment was surely his heroic sacrifice that enabled Snake to take out Metal Gear Re,x and he quickly became a staunch favourite amongst fans of the Metal Gear Solid series. So much so, in fact, that Konami eventually tried to get people on-side with the Raiden character by having him take up Gray Fox's mantle as resident Metal Gear ninja in later games.