# Ninja's Dawn

> Ninja's Dawn is a native Windows port of Ninja Gaiden II, made by static recompilation with ReXGlue and a native Direct3D 12 renderer, running at 60 FPS.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/ninjagaidenii/ports/ninjasdawn/
Page updated: 2026-10-07

- Developer: TheSaltTrader
- Port type: Recompilation (A tool translated the game's original machine code into C automatically, which was then built as a native PC program.)
- Game: [Ninja Gaiden II](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/ninjagaidenii/index.md)
- AI use: AI-assisted. An AI coding tool is credited as co-author on 394 of the repository's 397 commits.
- Source code: https://github.com/TheSaltTrader/Ninja-s-Dawn---A-Ninja-Gaiden-2-Recompilation-Project
- Runs on: Windows

What you need: Ninja Gaiden II for Xbox 360 as an ISO or extracted folder with `default.xex`, dumped from your own disc; your own DLC packages are optional.

Ninja's Dawn is a native port of Ninja Gaiden II for Windows, made by static recompilation with the ReXGlue SDK. Since version 1.1.2 the game's GPU commands are drawn by a Direct3D 12 renderer built into the executable rather than an emulated GPU.

It runs at 60 FPS with PC settings, supports ultrawide, DLC and imported saves, and includes texture-pack tools with an optional Real-ESRGAN upscaler that runs on your own GPU.

New releases come out almost daily. The download contains no game data. It needs Ninja Gaiden II for Xbox 360, dumped from your own disc.

## How to set it up

1. Download the zip, extract it anywhere and run `ng2.exe`.
2. The setup screen detects your hardware; choose your extracted game folder or your ISO (which it extracts, about 6.7 GB).
3. Optional: point it at your DLC folder and import Xbox 360 saves.
4. Press Play. Hold Shift while launching to get the setup screen back.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/ninjagaidenii/ports/ninjasdawn/#download

- for Windows: 1.3.0 (2026-10-07)