l`ll never forget the 1st time playing this game as a kid and just having my mind blown. The graphics, the story cut scenes and the unforgettable music. This game was a masterpiece and still is
@@parijat95 In 1990 the first week it released. I loved the first game so much, I couldn`t wait for this. I wasn`t a fan of part3 ancient ship of doom, but the first 2 games are some of my all time favorite 8 bit side scrollers
This is definitely the best Ninja Gaiden game!, plus Ashtar is definitely one my favorite characters, I can't wait for the playthrough of Ninja Gaiden 3❤
43:50 Nice Windmill Star to the keister of the invincible Kelbeross. I like to think that one survived and became free of Jaquio. Probably because the Kelbeross were always my favorite creatures in this franchise.
I should note for fellow viewers that the phantom doubles only look right at 60fps, because it flickers at that rate. At TH-cam's default 30fps, they're either solid or invisible. (just like NES sprite flicker made to get around the sprite-per-line limit)
Thanks my man ..you actually did Ninja Gaiden 2 ..this was always better than part 1 to me..Love your work and the memories watching your channel brings back
I've always liked the 2nd game of the trilogy the most myself too. Ninja Gaiden 2 had better mechanics, graphics, game controls, level design, and more balanced difficulty than the original game.
This was my favorite game, but I was heartbroken at the thought of the magic of the dragon sword being used up to save Irene. As a child I thought "that means his magic weapon is useless". I did love Ashtar's design.
Hallelujah! Thanks man, love your vids. Keep it up! You helped throughout many a game. I used to suck at NES games, but I started looking at this channel.After beating a few games, I can beat most NES games without a walkthrough. I had to come back to this tho, because, well, it’s ninja gaiden…
I'd love to see more videos on the RPGs of the NES! Your Dragon Quest/Warrior I video was very fun, but you have III waiting, with its many secrete, side quests, and genre-defining moments (including the notorious puff-puff!)
19:50 "the malice 4" has to be a localiased version of the japanese word shitennō AKA “the Four Heavenly Kings”. 100% worth your time reading about this if you consume japanese media regularly. legends of localization has an excellent article if anyone seeing this is interested in knowing more.
Both the second and the third game were great and challenging. I personally didn't know any tricks and shortcuts (if there were any to assume), so I had a hard time beating them the hard way lol, always fun to watch you play all these classics I've also grown up with.
I'd love to see a NINJA GAIDEN trilogy remake with an expanded DARK SWORD OF CHAOS with new levels showing us how Robert barely just gets ahead of Ryu so he lean on the wall to look like he's been there all along. 🤭
@@UCanBeatVideoGames: Let's see.... NG1 gave us *Both* a Lunar Eclipse; "The Black Moon Shines" *AND* a sunrise, NG2: DSOC gave us a sunset..... ProtonJon says NG3: ASOD should've given us a Solar Eclipse; "The Black Sun Shines", and he's *Totally* right!!
Out of all the NES games, I spent the most time on this next to SMB. Everything about it is so classic. I had this game memorized as a kid, and this vid is a pleasant blast from the past!
This was awesome! I can't wait for your Ninja Gaiden 3 walkthrough. That game has kicked my ass since I was a kid, and I never cheated to see the end of the story.
I still have my original cartridge remember buying it in 1990 at Toys R Us cost $54 back then.. thanks for the code 31 years later had no idea it existed.
Nice job! I got through ninja gaiden 1 this time last year while RUNNING behind our NES Bike as part of a wellness challenge. I’d honestly be more scared of NG2 while running, I’m not as practiced with this one.
Gosh this brings bk memories so much. I remember buying this game, playing it all night long the first night and beating it the next morning. Nostalgia at it's finest. TY
Great playthrough and break down. One more thing worth mentioning. If you kill any of the forms and die that form is permanently dead, even if you continue. You get sent back but when you get back to the boss rush whatever forms you killed will not show up again. Makes the games much easier to deal with. It works this way for all 3 games. NG3 was the hardest for me due to the limited continues but still has that feature. NG1 was very irritating due to sending you back so far but it also saved what boss forms you killed and had infinite continues, like part 2.
i remember giving u shit for a very slow delivery way early in this journey ur on. U responded, and i havent picked up on it since. Your gonna be 100k sooner then later, and im just proud to be here to see it. Ur work speaks for itself my dude. Awesome dog btw.
I always interpret the NG1 bosses as common enemies as more like the bosses from the first game were just normal mooks for the Chaos Tribe. NG2 had one of the best midi soundtracks, but was certainly the easiest of anything bearing the Ninja Gaiden brand mostly due to shadow clones being OP cheese. All that's left is the ridiculously overtuned NA version of NG3 for the old school trilogy.
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Yes, I always interpreted like that, now Ryu is that powerful that the old bosses are mere enemies. However, I think Ninja Gaiden III is way more easier, that was the first Ninja Gaided that I finished!
@ I thought 3 was by far the hardest as I couldn't get to the end of it like I could the first 2. Limited continues hurt and I found out way later that the US version was harder to hurt game rentals
1:05:13 Maybe she wasn't dead. Maybe she was possessed or something. She said she feels like she'd been sleeping for a long time and has no memory, which is a staple of possession. Maybe she wasn't used by the demon in quite the way you think but she was actually possessed. It would explain how she was there at the end.
I know it's not limited to this game, but those are some perfect stage intro tunes! Dang, the graphics in this one are so amazing! 👏 😍 and these cutscenes are ridiculously long and detailed! I also loved Rob was lefthanded (except in that one scene). I didn't think nes games could look like this, probably because I avoided these b/c hard, but also I was more into the cartoony ones, and this isn't even super late into the nes lifespan. Are you going to do Holy Diver as well, since you're doing the Ninja Gaiden games?
"Yes!" - my answer to the first question. Ninja Gaiden 3 has the issue of "let's make it needlessly harder in America", which was rare but did indeed happen (for example, Mad City became silly in terms of difficulty when it became Bayou Billy). Excellent video as always!
I showed this game to my 11 year old and told her how cool it was when it came out and how great the cut scenes looked. She said shes sorry i had to live like that as a kid
This is my favorite ninja gaiden game. The music and game play is good. Not super hard to beat. I beat part 1 and 2. However part 3 that is a whole another level. Would love to see you do that one.
Castle Grayskull at 41:10 struck me as similar to yet another image: the castle on the title screen of Enter the Gungeon, complete with the winding path leading up to it. I never played Ninja Gaiden II, so this was really striking to me! I'm sure this is the image the Gungeon team was trying to emulate.
Favorite NG. second one beaten. First beaten was arcade. While the music was epic in arcade, this is just an awesome ride of a game, followed closely by 1, and distantly, 3. Fantastic series story.
03:00 Waaaaiiitttt…you mean to tell me I’ve been living this long and there’s a sound test with chibi versions of Ryu and Irene??!!! Oh that’s calls for a definite sub to this channel (already subscribed though 😂).
l`ll never forget the 1st time playing this game as a kid and just having my mind blown. The graphics, the story cut scenes and the unforgettable music. This game was a masterpiece and still is
In which year u played this game for the first time ?
@@parijat95 In 1990 the first week it released. I loved the first game so much, I couldn`t wait for this. I wasn`t a fan of part3 ancient ship of doom, but the first 2 games are some of my all time favorite 8 bit side scrollers
@@bbgothviolator8953 what other sides rollers did u like?
This is definitely the best Ninja Gaiden game!, plus Ashtar is definitely one my favorite characters, I can't wait for the playthrough of Ninja Gaiden 3❤
Love your work bro. Growing up in the 80s and 90s. I connect with your content.
Keep up the AWESOME WORK!!!!
43:50
Nice Windmill Star to the keister of the invincible Kelbeross. I like to think that one survived and became free of Jaquio. Probably because the Kelbeross were always my favorite creatures in this franchise.
ha ha, "You're free little guy! Go and frolic in the wild!"
Ninja Gaiden 3 takes place six months before part 2. So this ending is the ending of Ryu’s time line.
“Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!” Lmao 🤣
Love it
So be good, for goodness sake! Whoa... somebody's coming!
"...modern players that attempt this game will have to deal with all of the challenges that the NES is NO-TOUR-IOUS for."
Ninja gaiden, ghost and goblins, ninja turtles, and battletoads to name a few are games that make soul like games look easy. 😅
I remember getting this, Castlevania 3, and Deja Vu one year for Christmas. Man, that was a good one. Love your content!
Deja Vulcan is a good game. You check UCBVGs vid on that one too
Now that must been a great christmas :D
@@4lds84 I did!
Castlevania 3 is the only one of those I ever beat when I was a kid, though I've never played Deja Vu.
That sounds like a great Christmas
I should note for fellow viewers that the phantom doubles only look right at 60fps, because it flickers at that rate. At TH-cam's default 30fps, they're either solid or invisible. (just like NES sprite flicker made to get around the sprite-per-line limit)
Yeah, I was honestly confused by the video at first but then realized that the framerate was interfering with the game's flicker effect.
Love the video as always. However, again as I do every week until it happens ... GUARDIAN LEGEND :)
That's actually the game I beat immediately before coming across this channel.
love your profile pic lol
Thanks my man ..you actually did Ninja Gaiden 2 ..this was always better than part 1 to me..Love your work and the memories watching your channel brings back
I've always liked the 2nd game of the trilogy the most myself too.
Ninja Gaiden 2 had better mechanics, graphics, game controls, level design, and more balanced difficulty than the original game.
I still remember the ending credits music all these years later. Best NES song IMO.
Thanks for the video!
Never played 2 or 3 tbh but ur vids make my weekend lol, still hoping for a clash at demonhead vid
I play using retroachievements so these vids are so helpful tbh lol
I second this.
Second on clash at demonhead. I’d buy some merch for such an effort. Let’s get Tom Guycot on the show.
This was my favorite game, but I was heartbroken at the thought of the magic of the dragon sword being used up to save Irene. As a child I thought "that means his magic weapon is useless".
I did love Ashtar's design.
It's not useless. It's just gone. That's why they had to set Ninja Gaiden III before Ninja Gaiden II.
I love the touch that the "Malice Four" from the first game are all common enemies in the second...
Hallelujah! Thanks man, love your vids. Keep it up! You helped throughout many a game. I used to suck at NES games, but I started looking at this channel.After beating a few games, I can beat most NES games without a walkthrough. I had to come back to this tho, because, well, it’s ninja gaiden…
Such as amazing memories from my childhood. The best game ever from the nes saga and wondeful ost.
I'd love to see more videos on the RPGs of the NES! Your Dragon Quest/Warrior I video was very fun, but you have III waiting, with its many secrete, side quests, and genre-defining moments (including the notorious puff-puff!)
Now this is a good way to start the morning. One of my favorite channels uploads about one of my favorite series. Couldn't be much better👍
19:50 "the malice 4" has to be a localiased version of the japanese word shitennō AKA “the Four Heavenly Kings”. 100% worth your time reading about this if you consume japanese media regularly. legends of localization has an excellent article if anyone seeing this is interested in knowing more.
Dude, thank you so much for making these! So fun to watch late at night in bed. Your videos are so well done.
Just picked this game up a hour ago. Came here immediately! You are awesome brother!
Thumbs up! Another great video! I look forward to these every Saturday. Thank you for taking the time to make these!
I loved this game as a kid. The music is great. Good times.
The opening theme to this game is one of the best intro themes in any NES games EVER. It's right there next to Mega Man 3 and 2 in terms of badassery.
Absolutely!
I love this tutorial. This is my favorite childhood game. Great job!
Beat all 3 Ninja Gaidens as a kid. I loved these games. Thank you so much and I love the humor you brought.
"Tecmo Presents 1990" ... thank you for that, Tecmo!
Best! Ninja Gaiden game! EVER! So wish they'd go back and redo the original trilogy for modern consoles.
Both the second and the third game were great and challenging. I personally didn't know any tricks and shortcuts (if there were any to assume), so I had a hard time beating them the hard way lol, always fun to watch you play all these classics I've also grown up with.
That beginning cinematic and music will forever own a part of me. So epic!! 🤘🏽
I'd love to see a NINJA GAIDEN trilogy remake with an expanded DARK SWORD OF CHAOS with new levels showing us how Robert barely just gets ahead of Ryu so he lean on the wall to look like he's been there all along. 🤭
that would be AWESOME
@@UCanBeatVideoGames: Let's see.... NG1 gave us *Both* a Lunar Eclipse; "The Black Moon Shines" *AND* a sunrise, NG2: DSOC gave us a sunset..... ProtonJon says NG3: ASOD should've given us a Solar Eclipse; "The Black Sun Shines", and he's *Totally* right!!
Out of all the NES games, I spent the most time on this next to SMB. Everything about it is so classic. I had this game memorized as a kid, and this vid is a pleasant blast from the past!
Ninja Gaiden is what got me into speed-running. I have a couple No-death runs.. I also own this game, & I've NEVER beaten it!!!
AWESOME VIDEO!! 👍
This was awesome! I can't wait for your Ninja Gaiden 3 walkthrough. That game has kicked my ass since I was a kid, and I never cheated to see the end of the story.
I had this game as a kid and can vouch that it’s very hard to beat without a game genie or any codes. There was no youtube in the early 90s.
I still have my original cartridge remember buying it in 1990 at Toys R Us cost $54 back then.. thanks for the code 31 years later had no idea it existed.
Nice job!
I got through ninja gaiden 1 this time last year while RUNNING behind our NES Bike as part of a wellness challenge. I’d honestly be more scared of NG2 while running, I’m not as practiced with this one.
I just checked out that video. You're nuts (in a good way, haha)! Super props!
@@TrevinAdams hahah thank you, Trevin. I appreciate that!
My FAVORITE Ninja Gaiden game!
Gotta be one of the most satisfying game to turnover. Another great classic. Learned a lot from this playthrough to give it another go. Appreciate it
Great video! I love the soundtracks of the Ninja Gaiden series. Especially 2 and 3.
Something about ur vids that transport me to reading 90’s videogame magazines
I finally beat this for the first time today… to think that people can do this in under 10 mins is mind-blowing to me. Thanks for the tips!
Certainly my favorite of the trilogy. Thanks for posting.
Gosh this brings bk memories so much. I remember buying this game, playing it all night long the first night and beating it the next morning. Nostalgia at it's finest.
TY
I'm catching up on these videos, had this game as a kid and couldn't get past level 3. This commentary has me cracking up so much!
15:52 "oh uh, you can be Emperor of Darkness, how does that sound?" LOOOOOOL
Great playthrough and break down. One more thing worth mentioning. If you kill any of the forms and die that form is permanently dead, even if you continue. You get sent back but when you get back to the boss rush whatever forms you killed will not show up again. Makes the games much easier to deal with. It works this way for all 3 games. NG3 was the hardest for me due to the limited continues but still has that feature. NG1 was very irritating due to sending you back so far but it also saved what boss forms you killed and had infinite continues, like part 2.
i remember giving u shit for a very slow delivery way early in this journey ur on. U responded, and i havent picked up on it since. Your gonna be 100k sooner then later, and im just proud to be here to see it. Ur work speaks for itself my dude. Awesome dog btw.
Bro, you are a savage. I’ve been ☠️☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣 this entire episode. Don’t ever change!!!
this is a wonderful thing to wake up to. of the NES trilogy, i had a soft spot for this one in particular.
Jeff Rovin's "How to Win at Nintendo Games" was great, but I've been waiting 30 years for this video.
I wish I could be a living obstacle course for a ninja to jump around. I delight at the thought of him walking on my veins and climbing my bones
I always interpret the NG1 bosses as common enemies as more like the bosses from the first game were just normal mooks for the Chaos Tribe. NG2 had one of the best midi soundtracks, but was certainly the easiest of anything bearing the Ninja Gaiden brand mostly due to shadow clones being OP cheese. All that's left is the ridiculously overtuned NA version of NG3 for the old school trilogy.
Yes, I always interpreted like that, now Ryu is that powerful that the old bosses are mere enemies. However, I think Ninja Gaiden III is way more easier, that was the first Ninja Gaided that I finished!
@ I thought 3 was by far the hardest as I couldn't get to the end of it like I could the first 2. Limited continues hurt and I found out way later that the US version was harder to hurt game rentals
@ 3 was the hardest, by a little over 1. Probably just didn't play it enough because of the difference in control mechanics.
1:05:13 Maybe she wasn't dead. Maybe she was possessed or something. She said she feels like she'd been sleeping for a long time and has no memory, which is a staple of possession. Maybe she wasn't used by the demon in quite the way you think but she was actually possessed. It would explain how she was there at the end.
I know it's not limited to this game, but those are some perfect stage intro tunes!
Dang, the graphics in this one are so amazing! 👏 😍 and these cutscenes are ridiculously long and detailed! I also loved Rob was lefthanded (except in that one scene).
I didn't think nes games could look like this, probably because I avoided these b/c hard, but also I was more into the cartoony ones, and this isn't even super late into the nes lifespan.
Are you going to do Holy Diver as well, since you're doing the Ninja Gaiden games?
Wow! I never realized Robert was left-handed until just now. Very astute observation 😎
Level 3-1 always got me in this game because it was so dark and very hard to see. I got Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 in 1994 at about the same time.
"Yes!" - my answer to the first question. Ninja Gaiden 3 has the issue of "let's make it needlessly harder in America", which was rare but did indeed happen (for example, Mad City became silly in terms of difficulty when it became Bayou Billy).
Excellent video as always!
"for example, Mad City became silly in terms of difficulty when it became Bayou Billy"
As was explained two weeks ago on this channel.
The problems with NGIII was enemies do double damage and limited continues, meaning game over, start from level 1.
Same with the NA version of Contra: Hard Corps.
Absolutely, this is my favorite one from the trilogy!
i love these videos so much. such great guides to amazing classic games. also yew has a cyute dawggy
"ALLLLRIGHT!!" - I love this part in all your videos
Me too. Although not as much as "What if I told you..."
The hours playing this and the satisfaction of beating the final level.
"That sounds like the breakdown part in the middle of a Boyz II Men song." 🤣🤣🤣!!!! The exact song and part are now stuck in my head.
I showed this game to my 11 year old and told her how cool it was when it came out and how great the cut scenes looked. She said shes sorry i had to live like that as a kid
I love this channel bro, my favorite nes game 🙌🏾🙌🏾💯💯🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Yo i love how u guide us through these tough games !!!! Keep teaching us !!! 😊
This is my favorite ninja gaiden game. The music and game play is good. Not super hard to beat. I beat part 1 and 2. However part 3 that is a whole another level. Would love to see you do that one.
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It always makes my day watching this channel
"Shut up, Ashtray!
You're about to get SMOKED!!"
Damn, that was a good dad joke man.
Nice video! "Shut up, Ashtray - you're about to get smoked" was rather a sick burn, as the young people say.
So much smiling nostalgia!! Love the channel!!
Your channel is kickin' with maximum hype.
Easily my Favorite channel on TH-cam.
Your commentary is soo funny! Chuckled often through the whole video.
Your videos get better every week
If I had a say in the next video my vote would go towards Astyanax , the underrated gem!
1:04:44 Well, actually (if I remember correctly), Ninja Gaiden III takes place between I and II.
🤔 if The Minibosses haven't covered the entire soundtrack for this game, we're past-due 🤘
Castle Grayskull at 41:10 struck me as similar to yet another image: the castle on the title screen of Enter the Gungeon, complete with the winding path leading up to it. I never played Ninja Gaiden II, so this was really striking to me! I'm sure this is the image the Gungeon team was trying to emulate.
Another great video. I forgot how good Ninja Gaiden II is.
Late to watch this one today, but I really enjoy hearing “…but what if I told you…”. I know I’m in for a schooling on how to play some classic NES.
1:03:40 sounds like the breakdown to a boys II men song..that was pure gold..lmao! 🤣🤣🤣
This is the first Ninja Gaiden i ever beat i finally conquered the first one and man was it difficult till i learned to master the spin slash 😁
I appreciate the note that Inferno is more about ice than fire.
Can't wait to watch this tonight when I finish work 👍👍👍
I've always read that bit of Ashtar saying some kind of ritual as cutting between him and Ryu to build tension, and not that Ryu can hear him.
7 people need to lighten up and enjoy the hard work
20:18 - "Based on the giant 'Commodore Lizard'". You created a videogame-related portmanteau of "Komodo Dragon" and "Monitor Lizard". :D
Question is, though, does the Commodore Lizard come with a Monitor Lizard or is that a separate purchase?😁
im glad you noticed that boss characters in part one are now just regular guys to ryu
I got this game when I was in Kindergarten. it blew my small mind. but then the SNES came out... so not long after we were all on Super Mario World
Love the vids. I look forward to the premiers.
“I thought that guy convincingly exploded!” LOL
Favorite NG. second one beaten. First beaten was arcade. While the music was epic in arcade, this is just an awesome ride of a game, followed closely by 1, and distantly, 3.
Fantastic series story.
Great video! I just recently beat this for the first time n just looking to find the right pattern for the end.
Great video once again.
One day I was able to beat Ninja Gaiden 1, 2 and 3 one after another...
... Then I woke up!
Great video.
I love how you make fun of Robert's teleporting skills. LOL thank you brother
Love your videos and love your dog! Keep up the good work!
03:00 Waaaaiiitttt…you mean to tell me I’ve been living this long and there’s a sound test with chibi versions of Ryu and Irene??!!! Oh that’s calls for a definite sub to this channel (already subscribed though 😂).
Great episode, and yes, this is my fav of the series but I love all three. I hope you cover NG 3 at some point!
LMFAO!!! "She really goes down..."
*Irene appears to "go down" ...EXACTLY how you're thinking*