Ninja Pirate

Ninja Pirate
Alignment	Bad
Appears in	Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Location	The Echoing Caves (PlayStation 2), the Precipice (all versions), the Tomb of the Ancients (PlayStation), Gloomy Island (PlayStation), the Prison Ship (PC, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast)
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Resistance	(PC, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast) (PlayStation) (PlayStation 2)
Attacks	Golden hook, energy projectiles, flamethrower
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Species	Robo-Pirate
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Ninja Pirates, also known as Ninja Henchmen, are a type of Robo-Pirate that appears in Rayman 2: The Great Escape and its remakes.

Rayman M promotional artwork, with a Ninja Pirate on the right side

Ninja Pirates appear as mini-bosses twice in the original version of Rayman 2, one in the Precipice and another in the Prison Ship. They use a flame-thrower or the purple Robo-Pirate bullets. They are more dangerous and clever than all the other Robo-Pirates and strike like phantoms, making each one a master of stealth who can't be seen with the naked eye until they are right in front of (or behind) Rayman.

In the PlayStation version, they appeared four times as mini-bosses in the Precipice, the Tomb of the Ancients, and Gloomy Island. Rayman also fights their leader, Ninjaws, in the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire.

In Rayman 2: Revolution they are referred as the Generator Guardians of the two generators of the Pirate Factory and can be seen standing on either side of Admiral Razorbeard's chair in the Prison Ship cutscenes. They have unlimited heath, as it is not necessary to defeat them in order to destroy the generators; however, it can be done by shooting them as they stand near a pool of lava, causing them to fall in. They fire the same bullets as the green Robo-Pirates, but they are more accurate and faster. These pirates wear a red bandana, have a black torso, have a cylinder for a head, a white eye and an eye patch. Once Rayman destroys the generators, he can enter the Pirate Factory. After he has destroyed them, these two Ninja Henchmen are absent in the next Razorbeard cutscene, regardless of whether Rayman actually destroys them or not.

Notably, their hands look like fists, although they have hook in right hand, growing up from the fingers, and they can shoot with the flames from their left hands, like normal Henchmen, although it appears that they are shooting from their fingers.

Screenshots

A ninja pirate in the Prison Ship	A ninja pirate throwing fire at Rayman	A ninja pirate brandishing his gold hook
A ninja pirate in the Gloomy Island	A ninja pirate in the Tomb of the Ancients	A holographic ninja pirate is used to represent the Gloomy Island