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@@Siska0Robert I remember back in the day when i started watching "Jamesnintendonerd" on youtube, and he was in the top ten most subscribers list. The is the real OG that's for sure.
I loved this game as a kid. Can't believe nobody mentioned it, the nunchuck/stick attack can actually block ninja stars. If you play it with a turbo controller it's super fun to block all the stars, I think that's the way to play it. Also the jumping felt super awesome like in an anime. Also doing a melee on somebody mid air was like in those martial arts movies where two jump attacking eachother and one falls safely to their feet while the other crashes to the ground dead.
Many of the old greats burnt out and just do twitch streams thanks to youtube becoming much more unfriendly to small time creators. I get it, It's easier to just stream all the time and makes about as much money, but it feels like a waste of talent. Others transitioned to doing the type of garbage one might find if they accidentally clicked on the trending tab. Lookin' at you JonTron. >__>
*_Legendary Nintoaster_* *Level 254* _Nostalgic Console_ "It's a Nintoaster- and yes, it works." Crafted by the mighty action game master long ago, this legendary piece of toast cooking technology has transformed into an NES.
4:52 Kenshiro never skipped a leg day also, the melee attack's range is actually bigger than it looks, and it even parries shurikens and sword attacks (but not fireballs and grenades)
"I guess back to summer again?" "Winter changed into Spring. Spring changed into Summer. Summer changed back into Winter. And Winter gave Spring and Summer a miss and went straight into Autumn." - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"The legend of kage" is literally the second NES game I ever owned after Super Mario Brothers. Me and my brothers used to sit there for hours playing that game. Kage's legend is embedded in my memory and it holds a special place in my childhood ❤ but I can't lie I agree it is terrible but there's just something so addicting about it 😭
Kikikaikai became what we know as the "Pocky and Rocky" series that was on the SNES. In fact, the Touhou series drew very heavily from the game, especially for it's main heroine Reimu.
Definitely. I've enjoyed the last few episodes. At one point it was starting to feel like the videos were becoming more about setting up a silly skit that had questionable relevance to the game being reviewed,* but in the last few videos it feels like he's gone back to basics, giving us angry commentary about the game. Less is more. *That's not to say a skit is necessarily a bad thing, but the majority of them just wrecked the flow and general tone of the video. Like you've got this angry dude ranting about a game that's either bad or frustratingly hard, and then all of a sudden he's off on some wacky misadventure.
The sequel to this game, Legend of Kage 2, introduces a new character out of nowhere. Apparently, the new character is a kunoichi out of the same village as Kage, which is Iga. But during the playthrough of this new character, you'll come across a shocking secret that not even I can comprehend.
When I was a Kid I didn't own a 100 Nes games, My collection was 5 games. And believe me Between Deadly Tower and Legend of Kage. Kage was the best thing in the world
When I was a kid, I had all of three NES games. One was Mario Bros., because the console came with it, one was Mario 3, and one was a top-down action RPG called The Magic of Scheherazade.
I feel like James is coming up with progressively weirder ways to say "What were they thinking!?" in this episode it sounds like he's in a David Lynch film
@@Ryaurezh That's Dr McNinja. The astronaut is also a ninja, and he fought Dracula over Ben Franklin's life on his evil moon base (complete with moon death ray) and then surfed Robo-Dracula's body back to Earth after learning to jump real high from Bruce Lee. I did not made up a single thing in that sentence.
@@jan7751-o4w what should the plot be? "A descendant of an ancient ninja clan must team up with his scientist buddy to rescue a modern day princess from aliens, who established a base of operations on the moon."
No joke I attribute a lot of James success to his verbal intelligence, he is amazing with words and his reaction to the ending screen in this ep is perfect
@@RDVD look my man. Im not one for comment argument but I promise you it's not. Ill dive in a little since this is something that's bothered me for that last couple years of AVGN. Cliche I know, but I have been watching Cinemassacre for a very long time. I was 13 in 2007 and this series was pretty much the most popular one on youtube. I'm just trying to say I've watched literally every episode of the Nerd. The statement "this felt like one of the older episodes" is completely false because it doesn't. I'll just throw out a random example from "season 2" watch the atari 5200 video side by side then come back to me. I'm NOT a cinemassacre hater since I still watch it. But I guarantee that even James knows these ain't it. Sorry for poor grammar.
@@newportfed10 dude... i was watching avgn since 2009, and even i felt some oldschool vibe. I think its more of a subjective feelings, i guess. But you’re right though, last episodes of avgn are not that interesting, its like something is absent. Im talking about the time period from 2016 till now
@@newportfed10 well the anger and frustration felt really genuine and that's threw me back and made feel like it was and old episode. For what is worth I wouldn't want the nerd to be stuck in 2008. I celebrate that the nerd keeps on going and I welcome the different approaches that James takes. Some times is not as fun but must times it makes me laugh. Sorry for my grammar too xD
Like he was parodying himself in just the right convincing way. I laughed when he presumed what the viewers might already be doing. Three times. I’ll be honest, I would believe a movie like ninjas on the moon existed with Who Killed Captain Alex level quality.
the jumping actually what made this gameplay really cool and unique, and oddly satisfying! a lot of anime fights are exaggerated and take place in the air.
It is amazing that the AVGN intro song has, after more than 10 years, become a classic itself. It gives me nostalgia and "brings me back to the past". Thank you, guys.
I'll give the NES version of Legend of Kage credit for having an ending with proper grammar and spelling and that's saying a lot during the early years of the NES.
James, I absolutely cannot WAIT to watch your next review! Huge fan of the Angry Video Game Nerd and Taito! Hearing you talking about that you're going to look at Taito Legends 1 & 2 made me super happy, excited and hyped! Taito Legends 1 & 2 were the arcade compilations that got me to retro gaming and seeing you mention them as well as saying you're about to review them raise my fists in the air in happiness and go out "YES!" and I am not ashamed to admit that! These compilations hold a special place in my heart and bring back so many amazing memories and I absolutely CANNOT WAIT to see you review them! It's like two of my retro gaming names working together! I'm absolutely REALLY looking forward to it! ^^
I just bought the AVGN 1&2 video games on Nintendo Switch. Can't tell you enough how grateful I am to watch you all these years james. My all-time favorite youtuber.
The Legend of Kage is also the bgm title of Touhou Project 1 and 2. yea，Zun used to work at Taito in the 1990s.And 博丽霊夢と幻想郷 is adapted from Ki Ki KaiKai （小夜ちゃん）
When I was a kid, one of my friends' mom was a housewife and just played this when she had nothing to do. I watched her beat the whole game without getting hit once, that's how much she played this game lol.
Taito also made Rastan Saga in '87 which is heavily influenced by Conan the Barbarian. I loved sword and sorcery games as a kid and this one was amazing, albeit tough as nails. I used to love playing it at a Safeway grocery store while my mom was buying the groceries.
loved this game as a kid. it was fast paced and the jumping was fun, it also set it apart from other games. little known fact (or maybe mis-remembering), during the title screen, you could control the kage's jumping without putting in any money.
James, please Don't stop doing what you're doing. Future generations deserve to see the video games we grew up playing and you do it better than anyone.
Hey, Nerd, the HDMI thing seems to be putting diagonal lines on the NES footage, just putting that out there. It doesn't get in the way but it's better to know about it so that you don't notice it after several videos with it
I agree that its hard to look at but its not a bug, its a feature. The emulation being used probably has several scanline options, all meant to smear pixels like a crt.
Love the scriptwriting for this episode, and I also love how you brought back the whole abridging bad game endings trope from older years. Solid episode, well done nerd!
I know James has to be negative about everything, thats what the nerd does. But I'm really disapointed about the A Button action, it's real purpose is to parry enemy shurikens (can't parry the fireballs). I remember spaming A all the game lol.
5:49 FYI, The A button melee attack can deflect and erase smaller projectiles, such as most of the enemy's shurikens. You actually deflected some in your gameplay. And the hotdog is a magical scroll (but who cares lol).
If you have turbo in your controls, you can just swing your sword forever and deflect 80% of projectiles. It's very useful. His criticisms are weird for a Famicom / NES enthusiast.
I actually thought this game was really amazing and ahead of it's time. No other game where you could just fly around like the climb trees. The action was fun and fast. Cool power ups. This was always a hidden gem for me.
I played this game in one of those bootleg plug and play consoles when I was a kid and didn't understand any of it. I thought I was bad at it but watching this brought back some memories.
This feels like a massive return to the classic nerd video feel from the swearing down to the anger. And of course its an nes game on the Nin-toaster! Great episode!!
@@PlayerLin Not gonna lie, that game was always one of my guilty pleasures as a kid and I still like it to this day. It's kinda how I got into the anime, though I was way too young to be into it.
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Great
Nice!!
Are you gonna do the Harry Potter games?
No! I refuse you’re not my boss!
@@teemofie what?
AVGN has been around so long "he's gonna take you back to the past" now has a different meaning.
This show even predates youtube! And it's one of the oldest still-running series on the platform. Gotta respect the OG.
@@Siska0Robert I remember back in the day when i started watching "Jamesnintendonerd" on youtube, and he was in the top ten most subscribers list. The is the real OG that's for sure.
@@freeassange8864 I forgive you and hope you can be brave enough to be genuine one day.
true
By this point, our generation's past is the one James is taking us back to.
The Sword attack can block ninja stars and melee attacks, so it's really more of a block than a primary attack. The primary being the Shuriken
Was looking for this comment before I said the same. You can't really dodge while you're flying.
I remember just having it continuously swinging to block everything incoming!
Finally someone knew what it was for..
Correct. The whole game you should really be spamming sword attack even while in air.
Thank Youu!
Back in the day, we didn’t have Ghosts of Tsushima, we had the Legend of Kage, and we were thankful.
We didn't have covid either
@@sergiowinter5383 And lefties were called hippies and laughed at. Now they laugh at you.
@@oldguy9051 nope they’re still laughed at
lol I remember liking this game...well the arcade version
How old are you? 10??
The cartoon Nicholas Cage face superimposed on the cartridge single handedly justifies this video's existence.
Bees, why'd it have to be bees?
Mortal Combat's Johny Cage needs the same treatment
No to mention a clip of "I'M A VAMPIRE!"
Ye
Nick Cage is the worst thing ever! Ew!
When I was a kid, I loved this game
And when I was a kid, I loved the music too.
same
I do vaguely remember a character that took a princess then some blue guy took her. Turns out it's this game. Memories were made with this.
yea same
I still ~love~ it, still play it, too! 💞
I loved this game as a kid. Can't believe nobody mentioned it, the nunchuck/stick attack can actually block ninja stars. If you play it with a turbo controller it's super fun to block all the stars, I think that's the way to play it. Also the jumping felt super awesome like in an anime. Also doing a melee on somebody mid air was like in those martial arts movies where two jump attacking eachother and one falls safely to their feet while the other crashes to the ground dead.
I miss turbo controllers.
The Nerd is one of the very few OG RUclipsrs that has always stuck to his roots and known his audience. Much respect for James
Many of the old greats burnt out and just do twitch streams thanks to youtube becoming much more unfriendly to small time creators. I get it, It's easier to just stream all the time and makes about as much money, but it feels like a waste of talent. Others transitioned to doing the type of garbage one might find if they accidentally clicked on the trending tab.
Lookin' at you JonTron. >__>
@@planescaped Jontron became more of a general reviewer than a game reviewer lately. Still quality content.
@Luigi Nastro Which political views? I haven't heard him mention politics once on his videos and watched many
“Tom Honks driving a tonk to the bonk” made me spit out my Shasta, thonks
A man of taste
*shosto
That hit me way too hard for some reason. Took me a solid minute and a half to get my laughing fit in check.
Haha
😅
The Nintoaster, the legendary console.
"It's a nintoaster. And yes, it works." - Video Game Nerd, Angry.
*_Legendary Nintoaster_*
*Level 254*
_Nostalgic Console_
"It's a Nintoaster- and yes, it works."
Crafted by the mighty action game master long ago, this legendary piece of toast cooking technology has transformed into an NES.
Now with crispy HDMI out!
I am legitimately disappointed that “Ninjas on the Moon” isn’t a real movie. I would’ve watched that.
There is Dracula vs The Ninja on the moon tho
@@bartj19 man thought you were kidding until I Googled it. Lol
It's exactly what it looks like.
@@bonecanoe86 so it's incredible?
Maybe Cinemassacer Products will make it into a movie.
4:23 the AVGN really likes full house tournament fighter
I always played as Joey.
I suspect that is one of his corny employees writing that joke over and over.
Jesse is too OP.
Considering he calls every ‘fighting game’ a “tournament fighter” I’m not surprised
@@sitrepproductionsatlanta8538 Any idea where you found the game? Asking for a friend ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
When I was 5, I loved Legend of Kage. Never knew what it was called until I found it again 30 years later. What a throwback.
You need to fckin play Demon Sword. It’s the Ninja Gaiden version of this game. Literally! One of the best on NES so far.
I have a similar story, but it took me 20, not 30 years 😅
same here
4:52 Kenshiro never skipped a leg day
also, the melee attack's range is actually bigger than it looks, and it even parries shurikens and sword attacks (but not fireballs and grenades)
Ninjas on the Moon: Does not exist.
Dracula vs the Ninja on the Moon: Does exist!
We need James to look at that movie, my goodness.
@@themojogamer75 excluding its rating is 3,4
No ninjas, but I own a copy of Oversexed Rugsuckers From Mars. I’d highly recommend.
I just finished mutant aliens vs Donald Duck and Chriss Pratt in the Stone Age part 3! great film!
But how can Dracula fight a ninja on the Moon if there are no ninjas on the Moon? Checkmate atheists
"I guess back to summer again?"
"Winter changed into Spring. Spring changed into Summer. Summer changed back into Winter. And Winter gave Spring and Summer a miss and went straight into Autumn." - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Sounds like a normal week in Michigan to me.
All of the yes.
@Alex Wright What About Helltaker In AVGN We Need that!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like your average Icelandic summer.
"The legend of kage" is literally the second NES game I ever owned after Super Mario Brothers. Me and my brothers used to sit there for hours playing that game. Kage's legend is embedded in my memory and it holds a special place in my childhood ❤ but I can't lie I agree it is terrible but there's just something so addicting about it 😭
Kikikaikai became what we know as the "Pocky and Rocky" series that was on the SNES. In fact, the Touhou series drew very heavily from the game, especially for it's main heroine Reimu.
Ah yes, Sayo-chan is Reimu's mom
@@hecatialapislazulli5426 She is only based on sayo-chan.
I knew I've seen something in Pocky and Rocky that felt familiar...
"The Legend of Kage" is the title of one of the final stage themes in Touhou 1 as well
@@UTBanimation Elevator Action
This definitely felt like a classic AVGN episode! 😂👌🏾👌🏾
Hey is verbal ase!
are you kidding me?
Definitely. I've enjoyed the last few episodes. At one point it was starting to feel like the videos were becoming more about setting up a silly skit that had questionable relevance to the game being reviewed,* but in the last few videos it feels like he's gone back to basics, giving us angry commentary about the game. Less is more.
*That's not to say a skit is necessarily a bad thing, but the majority of them just wrecked the flow and general tone of the video. Like you've got this angry dude ranting about a game that's either bad or frustratingly hard, and then all of a sudden he's off on some wacky misadventure.
let me show you how to scratch it
They're all classic episodes... Always have been
"Violence Fight" as opposed to all of those peaceful fights.
.... mostly peaceful, fights.
- CNN, probably.
The sequel "Peaceful Fight" was better. More story driven. The third one, "Tickle Fight" just made me laugh.
@@mockingbird9646 Pillow Fight was just childish.
@@TexasHollowEarth Fiery, but mostly peaceful fights.
Action Fighter
The sequel to this game, Legend of Kage 2, introduces a new character out of nowhere. Apparently, the new character is a kunoichi out of the same village as Kage, which is Iga. But during the playthrough of this new character, you'll come across a shocking secret that not even I can comprehend.
This video feels so much more energetic, like the older videos. It's like he's taking us back to the past.
Agreed!
I have not stopped by the AVGN for a while but I am very happy I did!! Wonderful to hear that intro again
Still holding strong man, if you haven't seen it, I _highly_ reccomend the Megaman games episode.
hi
Good to have you back soldier.
@@doublechindoge7 been watching avgn for years loved the megaman episode as well 📼
@@kleann did Pepsi man change your profile pic?
please review de OUYA. its not that old but it died instantly. it was born outdated.
I still love this game!
Your top comment when it has no likes, RUclips is broken
@@Frogster08 wrong!! He’s got 9 likes now.
Nuclear Ranger look at the age of my comment
@@Frogster08 i was just kinda making a joke. Probably should have made that clear to you, so that’s my bad.
Nuclear Ranger 67 likes
When I was a Kid I didn't own a 100 Nes games, My collection was 5 games. And believe me Between Deadly Tower and Legend of Kage. Kage was the best thing in the world
A friend of mine had it, and if we had to choose between LoK and Fester's Quest, we usually played the former.
It's not even a bad game.
When I was a kid, I had all of three NES games. One was Mario Bros., because the console came with it, one was Mario 3, and one was a top-down action RPG called The Magic of Scheherazade.
@@captain_misaki Those are 3 great games
i had 5 games as well, Super Mario Bros 2 & 3, Fester's Quest, Tetris and something else that i cant recall.
“Violence Fight” is the game your grandfather thinks you are playing when he asks “are you winning?”
lol
i loved that game as a kid. Was at my local ma and pas store in Calgary,
Violence Fight is so awful
@@Scribblerjohnny
The game is as bad as the name is hilariously awesome.
That sounds pretty accurate! 😆
Rule 1 of violence fight: do NOT talk about violence fight.
Rule #3: Only two violent men to a violent fight
Rule 2 of violence fight: okay sometimes talk about violence fight
Rule 4#: Do not use Taito titles in vain
Rule no. 4: don't let young girls do violence, especially aqua
This man is almost up to his 200 episodes... mad respect.
if he didnty take so much time off when he was making his movie i guess im just sort of sentimental he still does this but for how long wonders.
I realized how old I am when I saw that the Angry Nerd has almost 15 years of existence, and I watched from the beginning!!!
Father diesel?
@@pathogrin No not quite I'm a far relative
@@JessePorkman ah,I see.
He literally caught me googling "Ninjas On the Moon"🤣😂
It needs to be a movie.
I googled the goats from Tennessee...
@@MauricioLJ well, those are certainly real, and hilarious
Go watch The Last: Naruto the Movie
I mean it has ninjas, and they go on the moon soooooooooo
Now that James made us all hyped on Ninjas on the moon, he has to film it himself.
He's trolling by letting you know he's trolling. The 80's version. Great stuff.
Everyone like this comment.^
Thats the secret project hes working on
I couldn't find it :( I was looking forward to watching that terrible movie.
I'm still waiting for a feature length munky cheez.
I feel like James is coming up with progressively weirder ways to say "What were they thinking!?" in this episode it sounds like he's in a David Lynch film
Man avgn just has not changed at all. He really is still perfect when it comes to his videos
"Ninjas can appear directly in front of you"
Yes, that's what Ninjas do.
Not really, they sneak up behind you at night and blend into the dark like Batman.
@@pesciisthebestcharacter5100 Meaning the ones in the game are actually kinda forgiving!
Tell that to Ryu Hayabusa.
Naruto would like to have a word with you
Well I was able to find a “Dracula Vs the Ninja On the Moon”, that’s close 😂
ahahahahaah I saw it too
Same, I was literally googling it as he said it...and I found what you did.
Wait that's a thing
I found a picture of an astronaut surfing on a zombie Dracula, evading ninjas on the moon.
@@Ryaurezh That's Dr McNinja. The astronaut is also a ninja, and he fought Dracula over Ben Franklin's life on his evil moon base (complete with moon death ray) and then surfed Robo-Dracula's body back to Earth after learning to jump real high from Bruce Lee.
I did not made up a single thing in that sentence.
“Tom Honks driving a Tonk in his way to the Bonk” made me laugh more than it should’ve.
so does a lot of jokes on AVGN
Tam hanks
Simpsons..... Tim Honks
@@Crosis2814 That was Family Guy, wasn’t it?
@@BenCol was it, lol, you are right, i just remember the movie trivia bit but cannot remember homer or peter...
Two things in life are certain: Death, and James never played Warpath
What is wrong? Is it not the authentic WWII experience? :O
i think avgn never got interested with modern gaming. maybe he's interested with old school gaming...
not sure if he Played any MYST Games either.
I bet he happily cashed his check that he got for the plug!
"Where are you off to little Jimmy?"
"I'm just heading to my friend's house to play some Violence Fight!"
And I'll have you know I had fun playing Violence Fight with my friends.
That game only came out on arcade. It was trash give it a shot on Mame and see what I mean.
Me - "Okay have fun".
At least the game actually ends eventually. It would be horrible if you could never ever save the princess
and actually don´t repeat....there are variations of the stages
Like the game my hero?
@@joelclements9240 I'm sorry, what?😨
@@setsers1 my hero it was a arcade game from 1985
It never ends
I tried Googling Ninjas on the Moon, and it sadly doesn’t exist
it should. Someone start a kickstarter for it.
i found "dracula vs the ninja on the moon" - it's a bit similar
@@jan7751-o4w what should the plot be? "A descendant of an ancient ninja clan must team up with his scientist buddy to rescue a modern day princess from aliens, who established a base of operations on the moon."
@Eva 01 That's what they want you to think.
This needs to be fixed.
No joke I attribute a lot of James success to his verbal intelligence, he is amazing with words and his reaction to the ending screen in this ep is perfect
" And finally, Frodo threw the ring in Mount Doom thus ending the reign of Sauron.
By the way, Frodo was a Hobbit from the shire "
... and the nephew of Bilbo. Bilbo was a hobbit from the Shire who found the One Ring.
"This happened in a fantasy world. "
2020's the worst year
"THE NINTOASTER'S BEEN FIXED"
2020 best year
I don't think that's the same nintoaster I seen someone else make them with hdmi out
@@gregjarvis1232 I can confirm it's the same one.
Seeing the return of the Nintoaster made me genuinely happy
Who wouldn’t be happy for the Nintoaster to Return?
Haven’t seen Nintoaster since 12 days of Christmas in 2014.
yea that thing rules
Legend of Kage 2 on the DS is actually a really fun, overlooked game.
The best game library
ill check it out
i never knew it came out 😅
Hmmmm def ordering it now!!!
YES YES YES YES ... *_YES!!!_*
I'll take your word for it!
i remember playing this as a kid and not being able to find the name of it for so many years. really tough game.
Sometimes we like the games that hate us
That game kinda makes me nostalgic, since that was the only game I had besides Mario back then. Now I know the name XD
lol just googled ninja's on the moon and found "Dracula vs the Ninja on the Moon" now i need to watch it. thanks AVGN
I come back to AVGN after a two year hiatus and am greeted with a Nintoaster.
It's an old AVGN thing, lol.
"It's a Nintoaster."
Now with hdmi
Liam Friel and yes, it works
@@eggdog2953 yooo im also called dylan. epic!
@@hotsauwz lol that was funny
"At least the game doesn't glitch out and freeze halfwa-" and then the video stops to buffer.
This really felt like one of the older Nerd episodes, I love it
It just didn't tho.
@@newportfed10 it did tho
@@RDVD look my man. Im not one for comment argument but I promise you it's not. Ill dive in a little since this is something that's bothered me for that last couple years of AVGN. Cliche I know, but I have been watching Cinemassacre for a very long time. I was 13 in 2007 and this series was pretty much the most popular one on youtube. I'm just trying to say I've watched literally every episode of the Nerd. The statement "this felt like one of the older episodes" is completely false because it doesn't. I'll just throw out a random example from "season 2" watch the atari 5200 video side by side then come back to me. I'm NOT a cinemassacre hater since I still watch it. But I guarantee that even James knows these ain't it. Sorry for poor grammar.
@@newportfed10 dude... i was watching avgn since 2009, and even i felt some oldschool vibe. I think its more of a subjective feelings, i guess. But you’re right though, last episodes of avgn are not that interesting, its like something is absent. Im talking about the time period from 2016 till now
@@newportfed10 well the anger and frustration felt really genuine and that's threw me back and made feel like it was and old episode. For what is worth I wouldn't want the nerd to be stuck in 2008. I celebrate that the nerd keeps on going and I welcome the different approaches that James takes. Some times is not as fun but must times it makes me laugh. Sorry for my grammar too xD
Actually, The Legend of Kage 2 of DS is a legendary hidden gem
Agreed. I have that one.
Same
Ironically or unironically?
I was just about to comment this. XD
Man, Kage 2 is fantastic
😎
This episode feels like a mini love letter to the AVGN series as a whole.
Like he was parodying himself in just the right convincing way. I laughed when he presumed what the viewers might already be doing. Three times. I’ll be honest, I would believe a movie like ninjas on the moon existed with Who Killed Captain Alex level quality.
I did google ninja's on the moon...I am used to him referencing things I haven't heard of so I thought it was a real movie
This episode right here is proof that the "Unhinged Nerd" from before is still around! Great work!
the jumping actually what made this gameplay really cool and unique, and oddly satisfying! a lot of anime fights are exaggerated and take place in the air.
It is amazing that the AVGN intro song has, after more than 10 years, become a classic itself. It gives me nostalgia and "brings me back to the past".
Thank you, guys.
I'll give the NES version of Legend of Kage credit for having an ending with proper grammar and spelling and that's saying a lot during the early years of the NES.
@3:14 this part has me crying every time I watch this video. Classic Nerd line 🤣🤣💀⚰️🪦
From his Ninja Gaiden episode!😅
Violence Fight sounds like lyrics to a satirical South Park anime song.
Let's fighting loooooove!
@@GooseGumlizzard KICK ASSU!
LET'S VIOLENCE FIGHTING LOVE
James, I absolutely cannot WAIT to watch your next review! Huge fan of the Angry Video Game Nerd and Taito! Hearing you talking about that you're going to look at Taito Legends 1 & 2 made me super happy, excited and hyped! Taito Legends 1 & 2 were the arcade compilations that got me to retro gaming and seeing you mention them as well as saying you're about to review them raise my fists in the air in happiness and go out "YES!" and I am not ashamed to admit that! These compilations hold a special place in my heart and bring back so many amazing memories and I absolutely CANNOT WAIT to see you review them! It's like two of my retro gaming names working together! I'm absolutely REALLY looking forward to it! ^^
Taito Legends 1 & 2 are both really great games.
I just bought the AVGN 1&2 video games on Nintendo Switch. Can't tell you enough how grateful I am to watch you all these years james. My all-time favorite youtuber.
Are they available physically, or only digitally?
@@neypaz8054 Digital as far as I know.
@@jimmy33music Ouch... oh well, thanks for the answer
The Legend of Kage is also the bgm title of Touhou Project 1 and 2.
yea，Zun used to work at Taito in the 1990s.And 博丽霊夢と幻想郷 is adapted from Ki Ki KaiKai （小夜ちゃん）
funny magical people were related to this?
Didn't expect to get touhou-hijacked in an AVGN video.
When I was a kid, one of my friends' mom was a housewife and just played this when she had nothing to do. I watched her beat the whole game without getting hit once, that's how much she played this game lol.
Sounds like a bad housewife
@@TheDmaize oof
@@TheDmaize how so? She only played it when she had nothing to do.
@@juanpedro5579 exactllyyyyyy
That poor lady deserved a better game.
Taito also made Rastan Saga in '87 which is heavily influenced by Conan the Barbarian. I loved sword and sorcery games as a kid and this one was amazing, albeit tough as nails. I used to love playing it at a Safeway grocery store while my mom was buying the groceries.
Laughed so hard at "K-Keeeeen?"
, 😂😂😂
Keeeeem-star
Same so funny
Odd that history forgot the actual Kage sequel, "Demon Sword" also for the NES.
Demon sword was sweet
Oh
Not
loved this game as a kid. it was fast paced and the jumping was fun, it also set it apart from other games. little known fact (or maybe mis-remembering), during the title screen, you could control the kage's jumping without putting in any money.
You remember correctly! I distinctly remember doing it
"What were they thinking!?" total count: 61
Really? 61? I would have probably guessed around 100 episodes, or at least half.
I think we need more AVGN stats. :-)
AVGN: *Bites the controller in a fit of rage*
ME: I KNEW I WASNT THE ONLY ONE
Oh, bro. I was on a steady diet of sega and nintendo controllers and wires from age 8-13
James, please Don't stop doing what you're doing. Future generations deserve to see the video games we grew up playing and you do it better than anyone.
Such a great episode, felt like one of the older ones.
Alot of his recent ones hes been putting out have been reminding me of the classics like he never fell off just simple to the point avgn CLASSIC
Exactly. This is what i like. I couldn’t stand the cinematic ones like with gilbert gottfried.
Love that the bread is called “Schmidt”
It was Italian bread, too.
Mamamia bread
Should rename the show to "Piece of Schmidt games"
I was just a smalllll townnnnn giiiiirl...
Fun fact: in French, the verb "caguer" /ka.ɡe/ means to defecate.
The same in Spanish... The word is “cagar”
Same in portuguese "cagar"
@@Nolroa not the way I was expecting to improve my Spanish today
@@Griff01 Un melhoramento de mierda jajajajajaj
In Danish it means cake
The nerd's anger in this one reminded me of his earlier episodes. Ah, gotta love the blast from the past. ❤
Hey, Nerd, the HDMI thing seems to be putting diagonal lines on the NES footage, just putting that out there. It doesn't get in the way but it's better to know about it so that you don't notice it after several videos with it
This... Please turn them off.
I agree that its hard to look at but its not a bug, its a feature. The emulation being used probably has several scanline options, all meant to smear pixels like a crt.
@@_LennonM false. It's not emulation, or scanlines, it's a problem with the signal from a bad HDMI mod
I didn’t realize those lines weren’t just part of the game. I remember lines on NES games. Been a lot of years since I had a working NES though.
I say go back to the retro avs. That's what I use and it's awesome
looks like Kage's blade with no reach, is more effective then Dr. Jekyll's cane with lots of reach
for sure but you gotta pound that button quick
"But I'm not sayin' 'Blanka,' 'cause Blanka sounds like 'blanket,' man."
-AVGN
Episode 87 - Ninja Gaiden (Jun. 14th, 2011)
Man, that was so long ago I still had hopes for the future back then.
Love the scriptwriting for this episode, and I also love how you brought back the whole abridging bad game endings trope from older years. Solid episode, well done nerd!
They aren’t bad games dude
I know James has to be negative about everything, thats what the nerd does.
But I'm really disapointed about the A Button action, it's real purpose is to parry enemy shurikens (can't parry the fireballs). I remember spaming A all the game lol.
This is important
There's a decent chance he really didn't know about it while playing.
I mean he didn’t even show the wild alien level in Ecco what do you expect lol
I seriously doubt he even plays the games anymore.
@@nathansossai He says he always lines actually playing the game without faking it even if there are faster methods.
PSA: "Kage" when spoken means "take a dump" in portuguese.
Also in spanish.
A lenda do Cagão.
@@blaze45ful in spanish is "cagué" not "kage".i.
@@stemen1162 I know, but it sound the same way.
@@stemen1162 No, "take a dump" es imperativo, y el imperativo en español es "cague", no "cagué", bobo.
5:49 FYI, The A button melee attack can deflect and erase smaller projectiles, such as most of the enemy's shurikens. You actually deflected some in your gameplay. And the hotdog is a magical scroll (but who cares lol).
He also never realized that the cane in Jakyll & Hyde works on enemy projectiles.
If you have turbo in your controls, you can just swing your sword forever and deflect 80% of projectiles. It's very useful. His criticisms are weird for a Famicom / NES enthusiast.
My favorite mispronunciation of Guile is still to this day Gwee-Lay.
DUDE I loved the Tatio Arcade Compilations. The Darius Games were my jam.
I have “Taito Legends 1 & 2” for the PS2. The are compilation of Taito’s arcade games.
Anyone else remember a fun little game called "Demon Sword" on NES? I think it was kind of a spin-off or spiritual successor to Legend of Kage. . . 🤔
6:31
I love when bosses are ridiculously easy. Makes for fantastic comedy.
The sword swing was to deflect incoming ninja stars.
8:47 when he bit the controller I felt that
"Ningenitals" that made me laugh to hard more than a decade later and his jokes are still crispy.
You laughed until you were hard?
Fits.
I actually thought this game was really amazing and ahead of it's time.
No other game where you could just fly around like the climb trees. The action was fun and fast. Cool power ups.
This was always a hidden gem for me.
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I loved this game!
"The guy from fist of the north star"
He's probably only familiar with the game and doesn't know it's a show
AVGN is the only game review I ever watch because he shows emotion in his videos, even if that emotion is just pure anger
I played this game in one of those bootleg plug and play consoles when I was a kid and didn't understand any of it. I thought I was bad at it but watching this brought back some memories.
I swear Warpath is turning into the new Raid with this over-advertising
Tom Honks driving a tonk on his way to the bonk. xDDDD
Glad the Nintoaster is fixed.
Kind of fixed. Too bad there is diagonal line interference like every other pixel.
@@bmwolgas lol fr?
@@bmwolgas could be from the capture card through the new hdmi slot.
I might be missing something here. Which episode did it get broken? Anybody know?
@@CKru8789 He mentioned on Twitter.
When I saw the Nintoaster, I said to myself, "Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time."
I'm happy to see it fixed. Actually, it'd be cool to have one of those myself, in box, lolz
“Like actor Tom honks, driving a tonk on his way to the bonk”
This looks like an early version of Demon Sword, a game that if I'm not looking back with rose-tinted glasses, was actually pretty great.
I just went on lunch break thanks James
Yas
Same
Me too!
This feels like a massive return to the classic nerd video feel from the swearing down to the anger. And of course its an nes game on the Nin-toaster! Great episode!!
2:16 How many NES games are in that bag and how long will it take to review all of them?
@@zyzzy-ko4ww i hope he does them all hahaha
“Dude from Fist of The North Star”
As a fan of the series that line hurt me a little.
Not everyone is a man of culture as us anime fans are.
You mean "Keenshyro?"
If this a Jojo reference?
I'm sure that line was targeted the silly NES game, not the Anime or the character himself. :P
@@PlayerLin Not gonna lie, that game was always one of my guilty pleasures as a kid and I still like it to this day. It's kinda how I got into the anime, though I was way too young to be into it.