I want to say we borrowed this one from a neighbor kid, whoooped our butts so hard we were glad to give it back... lol... we would stick to our property of relentless soul torture games gifted by family they just bought random games off box art......hahahaha.... Funny story on family.... we had a distant relative we would go do cookouts with, I Fk you not out of the blue the father/man of the home accused me and my brother of stealing his sons video games!? Whhaa?? Guess what game of any.... shaq fu..... even as a preteen my brother and i were laughing aloud on that one.... that game was so bad it isnt worth stealing!!!! But still had to be searched...embarrasing as all hell.... of course no game cartridges found.... ??? Dude had issues!!!
I remember being a kid and seeing these cutscenes and thinking how incredible and cinematic the game felt. And the fact that you got to play an awesome action game between them was icing on the cake to me 😂
The cut scenes were cool cause they lasted all of a minute and it was almost like a bonus for completing the level. Now they just throw these 10 long minute cut scenes all over the game, and it's annoying and breaks up the game play. For me, excessive cut scenes are what ruined modern gaming.
I received Ninja Gaiden as a birthday present as a kid. It mesmerized me and I view it as a masterpiece. You have to learn how to navigate this game inch by inch or you will die, often. It is like the first Castlevania or Super Ghouls N Ghosts in that way, but it is so rewarding when you finally finish it. The opening cinematic and the cut scenes are incredible. I also would venture to say that it has one of the best soundtracks in any video game ever. I still think of this game, its atmosphere, music, sounds, bosses and graphics over 30 years later. What a rare gem it is.
@@NintendoComplete Another thing is I think it has the best controls and hit detection of any NES game I’ve played. Tecmo was good at that e.g. Tecmo Super Bowl.
@rjcupid Thanks! I agree, the controls are really good. They take a little getting used to, but they're so consistent and reliable once you get the feel of them.
@@NintendoComplete They definitely take some getting used to. To me the feel of the controls is similar to Batman and Vice Project Doom. Have a good one!
I know how that is too and as you said when you older you can really beat it cuz you how to get there and beat it hard at young but easy when your older gaining experience to know how to beat bosses and final level then your final cinematic ending scene when Ryu finally meets lrene Lew watching the sun coming up
@@Errordemn6kids today wouldnt know bout this game, they probably keep dying and getting hit by enemies they have a hard time getting through this game
For me it was a creepy, emotional roller coaster. I was probably about 8 by the time I got the game. And it kinda freaked me out. Something about the music.
What can I say about this game that hasn't been previously said. It has been 35 years since it was first released in Japan. Although the other two games in the trilogy have all the refinements, the first one remains my favorite.
18:31 So the cut scenes between levels were revolutionary but this one in particular towers above the rest for me. The way the game abruptly cuts to it, then has ominous music build and crescendo with Ryu in the foreground and the Jaquio's demented castle in the background as a cold wind blows - just epic. No dialogue, no melodrama, just everything you need to know described with a few measures of music and one striking image. It's the kind of thing that you'd think would happen right before the last level but it occurs at just over the halfway point, showing just how involved Ninja Gaiden's story was compared to everything else at the time.
Absolutely nailed it! Your Ninja Gaiden playthrough is a true masterpiece. The way you navigated through those intense levels and conquered every challenge was incredibly impressive. Your skill and dedication to showcasing this classic game's essence shine brightly. Can't wait for more content like this - keep up the fantastic work!
I am sure a lot of controllers were broken after a loss to one of the final bosses. I will never forget the look on my older brother’s face when that happened to him for the first time.
Go ninja, go ninja, go! Ninja Gaiden Trilogy for NES was a fun time, but boy, does the difficulty ramp up towards the end. That final boss rush does require some practice and patience.
Oh shit, that's where a fresh fade and an eyebrow knick come in handy! They give people special powers, like being able to rock the NES pad like a vandal.
This is the greatest Nes game ever created. The graphics, sound, and gameplay were bleeding edge for the Nes. I bought it on a whim for my Nes in 1989 with lawn mowing money because ninjas were cool. This game only confirms that.
What could I possibly say about this game that hasn't already been said before? The cutscenes really push the NES to its limits and it's still impressive to this day just how animated they are; it's almost like you're watching a movie. The soundtrack is equally amazing and has so much variation; it can be action packed, it can be somber or envoke a sense of danger. My favorite track has always been Stage 4-2 (Unbreakable Determination). Lastly, it's easy to pick up and play. Yes, the game is hard. The respawning enemies can be incredibly frustrating to deal with in the later levels. But with unlimited continues and enough perseverance, you *_WILL_* beat this game. Plus, it's very satisfying to beat a level that gave you so much trouble.
29:25 - the toughest boss in all of Ninja Gaiden, if you didn’t have the Jump Circle Slash, you better have a full bar for him. You cannot avoid his thunder at all! Also greatest track in the whole series. Tecmo killed it here.
@@HighPlainsDeath The Jump & Slash power-up. Very convenient for mowing thru the trash mobs that would've died to one or two sword slashes anyway, but way overpowered for boss battles. Pretty much each spin dealt another tick of damage to the boss, effectively turning that powerup into a one-shot against most bosses.
I hadn't heard that since the 1980s but immediately remembered it as soon as it started playing. I used to love that cutscene as a kid just because of the music.
Ninja Gaiden was epic, and it was one of the first games that blew my mind on the NES. It made you feel like you could be a ninja because it took so much skill to beat the game. 😁
Durung the time of it's release in '89 I actually prefered the much different arcade version. Yet today I understand why the NES title is the long lasting classic.
So Ken Hayabusa is himself a PhD in archeology, I hope people get that straight. The man was more than a practicing modern day samurai. Tokyo U.? Or perhaps he studied somewhere in Utah (Maybe UH?) with Dr. Smith. Either way very interesting developments. I'd love some theories.
Ninja GUY-DEN -That guy from the wizard. But really, a classic of classics. I could never beat it legit on a real NES...it took emulation and save stating. But it's a hell of a ride with awesome music and those cut scenes! What the...
"What the!". It's just hilarious how many times Ryu is caught by surprise in this game. On the subject of using save states to play it, all that matters is that you had fun playing it. Although I enjoy it so much, I don't care how many times I had to die to learn the game's pattern in order to finish it.
My absolute favorite game on the NES. I did not have access to it on the 80's at all because the closest rental place at the time only had Ninja Gaiden 2 and eventually 3. I only got around to playing it well into the late 2000's. Although it's the least visually impressive of the NES trilogy, it absolutely has the most responsive controls I've ever experience on pretty much any game ever. So it's always a joy to revisit it.
Use to play this game all the time at my cousin's house as a kid. Finally beat it as a teenager, but this one is more difficult than 2 and 3. Love this game, will always be a classic in my book.
Ninja Gaiden was a game I got for Christmas I absolutely fell in love with! Difficult, hard hitting awesome 8 bit tunes and mini movies! It took me until last year I was 39 to complete this and castlevania 1 wish I would of sat down along time ago and learned every level back in the day!
Man… I was 7 years old when this came out. That opening duel is forever burned in my memory. Me and my best friends at the time spent hours and hours on this game. I haven’t thought of it in a long time. Just popped in my head today along with going over to their house in the summer. 4th of July when I was a kid and seeing my first Jenny McCarthy PB mag. Haha. Simpler times and I had awesome people to grow up with. I miss the late 80s and early 90s bad sometimes. It was a whole different vibe back then. Also, mad props to whoever did this play through. A near flawless run. Shit we could never get past act III. This game took some skill!
Some regulars of this channel might know that the song April by Deep Purple was an inspiration for the dungeon theme in the original legend of Zelda. Go back and listen to the Deep Purple song, and I think that you'll hear the opening cut scene music to Ninja Gaiden as well.
It's shown, at this time, that Ryu has brown eyes. Something people comment about with later games with him having green, green-gold, or blue-green eyes.
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It’s a crying shame that the only time Ninja Gaiden appeared on 16-Bit was the collection cart with the messed up music. A Ninja Gaiden IV was sorely missed.
If you're really good, and hold on to the Jump n Slash until you reach the boss, each boss becomes a joke. And having played this and the other two games in Japanese, I've noticed a couple of things: They clearly changed some of the lines. Foster originally said before Act 4 began, "You're not that dumb. Are you?" and Ryu said "Onare Jaquio!" before he was about to fight him. No idea what Onare means. I also noticed that everytime a character spoke to you telepathically, double hook brackets were used.
Yeah, that rolling slash cuts through them like a hot knife through butter. Onare is the equivalent of yelling something like "come on!" or "bring it!" It's meant to provoke a reaction.
This was my favourite game growing up. And ironically I was good at it. Could finish it quite easily. There are a few hacks here I didn’t know about. Today, playing this game I get absolutely hammered.
The temple seems to be a similar version of the destruction of Dracula's castle from the end of Castlevania 3, having the additional upper-story walkway and terrace, and leaving behind a broken base after it crumbles, the ending similar to the Trevor/Sypha ending, with Ryu/Irene.
For the longest time now, since the series' inception WAY back in 1988, I always wondered. The Ninja Dragon Sword is an ancient weapon that has been past down from generation to generation in the Hayabusa family. But this begs the question; who were Ryu's ancestors? Who were the previous owners of the sword before his time?
Ken/Jô Hayabusa, Ren Hayabusa, Jin Hayabusa, Grandpa Hayabusa (?, and there is one more Hayabusa that got cursed. Jô mentions him in NG3:RE. Apparently the guy died... all this Hayabusa members are from the modern timeline, but there was a time where all the game were connected..
Something I love about Nintendo games like this is the fact that a lot of the enemy designs look like they could fit into most games, not counting the bosses of course. Some of them in this one alone look like they came from Castlevania and Ghosts’n’Goblins!
I first played this game back in November of '89 and finally finished the game in 1991. And later that year, I hear something about the "Internet" and it will change mankind forever. Say Whaaaaaaaaaaattt?!!!
Out of all the years I've played this game back in the 80s, I never knew you could cut off the tail from the statue... when fighting the jaquio, i usually climb the right wall as far up, jump out and let him hit you, and you'll glitch standing on the top right corner... just kneel down and strike when he nears you and strike any attacks
Love cinematic scenes after beating every boss of levels completed this one of my favorite games playing it during my younger years it was hard but i had fun playing it ive beaten it so many times i quit playing it going through the cinema scenes and playing its like a movie from a beginning to happy ending Ninja Gaiden will always be a memorable game to remember growing up playing!!
As a kid watching that scene at 18:31...for the first time made my heart race. I could not wait to tell my school buddies I been further than them lol lol... I'd be walking tall for months lol lol... I was the big dog in that elementary campus lol lol....
Ve dio mucha nostalgia ver este juego... Mi madre me lo compró y me quedaba jugando este increíble juego hasta que lo pude concluir... Gracias por traerme ese bello recuerdo...
I cleared this in 1989, last day of 8th grade. Still think its the best ending of any NES game in my collection. Cheesy and over dramatic, but that's the style of Ninja Gaiden cinema. Loved it.
In 1989, Ninja Gaiden was the epitome of epic storytelling, cutting edge 8-bit graphics, and unrelenting challenge in video games. What a classic.
Blew my 13 year old mind. Took me 3 months to beat this game.
I want to say we borrowed this one from a neighbor kid, whoooped our butts so hard we were glad to give it back... lol... we would stick to our property of relentless soul torture games gifted by family they just bought random games off box art......hahahaha....
Funny story on family.... we had a distant relative we would go do cookouts with, I Fk you not out of the blue the father/man of the home accused me and my brother of stealing his sons video games!? Whhaa?? Guess what game of any.... shaq fu..... even as a preteen my brother and i were laughing aloud on that one.... that game was so bad it isnt worth stealing!!!! But still had to be searched...embarrasing as all hell.... of course no game cartridges found.... ??? Dude had issues!!!
I played in Nintendo Switch Online
@@mininm7675 So you had savestates?
@@soundspark Yes
I remember being a kid and seeing these cutscenes and thinking how incredible and cinematic the game felt. And the fact that you got to play an awesome action game between them was icing on the cake to me 😂
I was -21 yrs/old
Even by today standards, I LOVE the writing and how they were limited to what they can do, but made it such a compelling story and like a movie. ❤
The cut scenes were cool cause they lasted all of a minute and it was almost like a bonus for completing the level. Now they just throw these 10 long minute cut scenes all over the game, and it's annoying and breaks up the game play. For me, excessive cut scenes are what ruined modern gaming.
I love retro graphics and music!
I received Ninja Gaiden as a birthday present as a kid. It mesmerized me and I view it as a masterpiece. You have to learn how to navigate this game inch by inch or you will die, often. It is like the first Castlevania or Super Ghouls N Ghosts in that way, but it is so rewarding when you finally finish it. The opening cinematic and the cut scenes are incredible. I also would venture to say that it has one of the best soundtracks in any video game ever. I still think of this game, its atmosphere, music, sounds, bosses and graphics over 30 years later. What a rare gem it is.
Oh man, yeah, the soundtrack doesn't get brought up often enough when people are talking about the best NES soundtracks.
@@NintendoComplete It’s incredible. It matches the intense story and sets the atmosphere perfectly. Tecmo made some great games. Great run Alex.
@@NintendoComplete Another thing is I think it has the best controls and hit detection of any NES game I’ve played. Tecmo was good at that e.g. Tecmo Super Bowl.
@rjcupid Thanks! I agree, the controls are really good. They take a little getting used to, but they're so consistent and reliable once you get the feel of them.
@@NintendoComplete They definitely take some getting used to. To me the feel of the controls is similar to Batman and Vice Project Doom. Have a good one!
I couldn’t beat this game until I became an adult. The music & cutscenes are top tier 🤌🏽 still my favorite game on the nes console.
I got to the last level when I was about 10. As an adult I have no idea how I even got that far.
My ninja gaiden life story with this comment
Same!
I know how that is too and as you said when you older you can really beat it cuz you how to get there and beat it hard at young but easy when your older gaining experience to know how to beat bosses and final level then your final cinematic ending scene when Ryu finally meets lrene Lew watching the sun coming up
A game that's punishingly hard but you feel like a champion when you finally get through it. What a gem.
Kids think these souls game were hard.... Try playing this fckn game. No save points, limited life... Shit was hectic
@@Errordemn6the first Ninja Gaiden has no limited life.
@@Errordemn6kids today wouldnt know bout this game, they probably keep dying and getting hit by enemies they have a hard time getting through this game
Me too.. I was like 19 when I finally beat the game.. I was using a nes emulator on my parents computer with a PlayStation controller plugged in🤣🤣
Tecmo's classic sure hits different. I can only imagine how incredible those cutscenes were at the time.
Very, blew my 8 year old mind
We thought it was actual movie
Can’t even begin to explain the mind explosion first time I watched it….after I spent 15 min blowing into the cartridge to get it to play😂
Yeah and the headaches
For me it was a creepy, emotional roller coaster. I was probably about 8 by the time I got the game. And it kinda freaked me out. Something about the music.
What can I say about this game that hasn't been previously said. It has been 35 years since it was first released in Japan. Although the other two games in the trilogy have all the refinements, the first one remains my favorite.
The music in this game is so good!
Especially the Mine Shaft/End credits song. Best song in the game as far as I'm concerned.
Totally agree! That is the main reason I clicked on this video, just to hear it!
Yeah
It sure was, loved this game!
TECMO was waaaaaay ahead of its time with cutscenes in video games.
One of the hardest NES games... Games from the 8bit and 16bit aera were generally harder than today's games. Not always, but very often.
18:31 So the cut scenes between levels were revolutionary but this one in particular towers above the rest for me. The way the game abruptly cuts to it, then has ominous music build and crescendo with Ryu in the foreground and the Jaquio's demented castle in the background as a cold wind blows - just epic. No dialogue, no melodrama, just everything you need to know described with a few measures of music and one striking image. It's the kind of thing that you'd think would happen right before the last level but it occurs at just over the halfway point, showing just how involved Ninja Gaiden's story was compared to everything else at the time.
I especially like how the screen glitches for a fraction of a second as soon as you trigger that cutscene.
Uma obra de arte
I saved this as my screen saver on my phone.. that castle in the background is crazy!
Even though the difficulty is unforgivable, this game is a fan-favorite among NES players.
At least the cutscenes are awesome for the time.
My friends used to comment how hard this game was back in the day. Then they played the remake on XBOX. Now this looks like a walk in the park.
I swear I remember very well when I was young, my love for this game, and I started to finish it without dying once and with absolutely minimal damage
One of the GOATs in video game history 🙂
This, Gauntlet II, Metroid and Super Mario Bros 3 are my all-time favorite NES games.
I remember playing gauntlet 2 in 4 player mode with the friends and brother and everyone would get pissed is you would shoot the food. 😂😂😂
Absolutely nailed it! Your Ninja Gaiden playthrough is a true masterpiece. The way you navigated through those intense levels and conquered every challenge was incredibly impressive. Your skill and dedication to showcasing this classic game's essence shine brightly. Can't wait for more content like this - keep up the fantastic work!
Thank you very much! 😊
I am sure a lot of controllers were broken after a loss to one of the final bosses. I will never forget the look on my older brother’s face when that happened to him for the first time.
Even 20 years after this came out I was still destroying controllers
I wonder what was the thought process of the devs on sending you back to the beginning of the act. What jerk thought that would be a good idea?
I punched holes through doors.
@@Steelflight773I think it was a bug.
@@NintendoComplete First time hearing it is a bug. That makes sense.
Go ninja, go ninja, go! Ninja Gaiden Trilogy for NES was a fun time, but boy, does the difficulty ramp up towards the end. That final boss rush does require some practice and patience.
Oh shit, that's where a fresh fade and an eyebrow knick come in handy! They give people special powers, like being able to rock the NES pad like a vandal.
Ah my childhood! I remember getting this game for the NES back then and could not get past stage 5-3, that one jump plus the flying ninjas ughhh lol.
I used to play this everyday after school I ❤️ this game
Thanks for reminding me how ludicrously overpowered that spinning jump move was... 😂
The NES Ninja Gaiden trilogy could easily be adapted into a movie trilogy or a mini-series with 3 seasons. I hope its gonna happen someday.
This is the greatest Nes game ever created. The graphics, sound, and gameplay were bleeding edge for the Nes. I bought it on a whim for my Nes in 1989 with lawn mowing money because ninjas were cool. This game only confirms that.
The soundtrack of this game is one of the most amazing of not only in the 8-Bit era, but of all time!
What could I possibly say about this game that hasn't already been said before? The cutscenes really push the NES to its limits and it's still impressive to this day just how animated they are; it's almost like you're watching a movie. The soundtrack is equally amazing and has so much variation; it can be action packed, it can be somber or envoke a sense of danger. My favorite track has always been Stage 4-2 (Unbreakable Determination). Lastly, it's easy to pick up and play. Yes, the game is hard. The respawning enemies can be incredibly frustrating to deal with in the later levels. But with unlimited continues and enough perseverance, you *_WILL_* beat this game. Plus, it's very satisfying to beat a level that gave you so much trouble.
29:25 - the toughest boss in all of Ninja Gaiden, if you didn’t have the Jump Circle Slash, you better have a full bar for him. You cannot avoid his thunder at all! Also greatest track in the whole series. Tecmo killed it here.
That first boss was a fast finish!!! Never knew that move existed
What move was that?! How is he beating the bosses with one move?! Incredible! 🧐
@@HighPlainsDeath The Jump & Slash power-up. Very convenient for mowing thru the trash mobs that would've died to one or two sword slashes anyway, but way overpowered for boss battles. Pretty much each spin dealt another tick of damage to the boss, effectively turning that powerup into a one-shot against most bosses.
12:48 ...song is still great to this day. I come back to listen to it from time to time
I hadn't heard that since the 1980s but immediately remembered it as soon as it started playing. I used to love that cutscene as a kid just because of the music.
@@ahorsewithnoname773 same. Was always my favorite
Ninja Gaiden was epic, and it was one of the first games that blew my mind on the NES. It made you feel like you could be a ninja because it took so much skill to beat the game. 😁
Durung the time of it's release in '89 I actually prefered the much different arcade version. Yet today I understand why the NES title is the long lasting classic.
So Ken Hayabusa is himself a PhD in archeology, I hope people get that straight. The man was more than a practicing modern day samurai. Tokyo U.? Or perhaps he studied somewhere in Utah (Maybe UH?) with Dr. Smith. Either way very interesting developments. I'd love some theories.
Left my NES on for a week straight once to beat this once in 9th grade. Definitely worth the electric bill
Ninja GUY-DEN -That guy from the wizard. But really, a classic of classics. I could never beat it legit on a real NES...it took emulation and save stating. But it's a hell of a ride with awesome music and those cut scenes! What the...
"What the!". It's just hilarious how many times Ryu is caught by surprise in this game.
On the subject of using save states to play it, all that matters is that you had fun playing it. Although I enjoy it so much, I don't care how many times I had to die to learn the game's pattern in order to finish it.
Being a ninja/shinobi himself, he's always getting ambushed and caught by surprise. First the girl, then the three men.
My absolute favorite game on the NES. I did not have access to it on the 80's at all because the closest rental place at the time only had Ninja Gaiden 2 and eventually 3.
I only got around to playing it well into the late 2000's. Although it's the least visually impressive of the NES trilogy, it absolutely has the most responsive controls I've ever experience on pretty much any game ever.
So it's always a joy to revisit it.
'Come and fight, young Hayab..." explodes
Lmao, fr
I can relate
The music on stage 4-2, to this day still gets me excited inside
Use to play this game all the time at my cousin's house as a kid. Finally beat it as a teenager, but this one is more difficult than 2 and 3. Love this game, will always be a classic in my book.
This was The Very first Game my MOM bought me on Nintendo....
Brings tears to my EYES
Those old school game soundtracks were awesome!! The really added to the whole immersion aspect that modern games fall short of
Memory lane. This was a solid 10/10 back in the day.
Ninja Gaiden was a game I got for Christmas I absolutely fell in love with! Difficult, hard hitting awesome 8 bit tunes and mini movies! It took me until last year I was 39 to complete this and castlevania 1 wish I would of sat down along time ago and learned every level back in the day!
One of my favorite games, the whole trilogy is great. Thanks guys for the beautiful walkthrough.
One of my favs when I was young, great soundtrack too
Brought back a ton of memories. My first real job 3 years out of high school, my first car, playing this game on my Nintendo after work.🙂
Played it like a ninja!!!❤️🔥👊
Wow !!! By watching this game I was playing with you ❤ I have great memories about this game , thanks for uploading
We beat this in college. We thought we had it until that last boss with the statues...what a disaster, but we finally got it.
Man… I was 7 years old when this came out. That opening duel is forever burned in my memory. Me and my best friends at the time spent hours and hours on this game. I haven’t thought of it in a long time. Just popped in my head today along with going over to their house in the summer. 4th of July when I was a kid and seeing my first Jenny McCarthy PB mag. Haha. Simpler times and I had awesome people to grow up with. I miss the late 80s and early 90s bad sometimes. It was a whole different vibe back then. Also, mad props to whoever did this play through. A near flawless run. Shit we could never get past act III. This game took some skill!
Childhood memories I used to play this game when I was about 11 years old thanks for the video
The joy this game brings me is beyond anything new gaming systems can provide. So many awesome memories.
Some regulars of this channel might know that the song April by Deep Purple was an inspiration for the dungeon theme in the original legend of Zelda. Go back and listen to the Deep Purple song, and I think that you'll hear the opening cut scene music to Ninja Gaiden as well.
One of my favorite NES games to play. 🫳🫴✨️
It's shown, at this time, that Ryu has brown eyes. Something people comment about with later games with him having green, green-gold, or blue-green eyes.
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Te refieres a Ninja Gaiden Shadow también?
The soundtrack alone is classic..!
My favorite childhood game! Soundtrack, cutscene, gameplay... nothing else came close
It’s a crying shame that the only time Ninja Gaiden appeared on 16-Bit was the collection cart with the messed up music. A Ninja Gaiden IV was sorely missed.
Hudson ported it to the PC Engine, too, and it was better than the SNES version. Different music, though. Unfortunately.
That was awesome! I am looking forward to more of your game playthroughs!
I USED TO PLAY THIS GAME A LOT!!👍👍👍👍👍
" Tragic Fate " my favorite melody in this game
I'm grateful that we share the same life time ,you have done an excellent job. A few slashes wasted, still, you're the better ninja.
The music at 12:48.
I could never get it out of my head.
Dude your videos have been making me in a better mood I had a rough two weeks . I'm watching these helped thank you and God bless you.
If you're really good, and hold on to the Jump n Slash until you reach the boss, each boss becomes a joke. And having played this and the other two games in Japanese, I've noticed a couple of things: They clearly changed some of the lines. Foster originally said before Act 4 began, "You're not that dumb. Are you?" and Ryu said "Onare Jaquio!" before he was about to fight him. No idea what Onare means. I also noticed that everytime a character spoke to you telepathically, double hook brackets were used.
Yeah, that rolling slash cuts through them like a hot knife through butter. Onare is the equivalent of yelling something like "come on!" or "bring it!" It's meant to provoke a reaction.
If I'm not mistaken, Ryu was originally named Ken; which the 3D installments seem to retain.
@@Dorian_Scott Actually, it was Ken who was originally named Joe. Ryu was always Ryu in the Japanese version.
@@Dorian_ScottKen was Ryu's dad.
@@NintendoComplete _Right..._ It's been a while since I last played this game lol.
I have a vivid memory from my childhood of being deeply impressed by the music, especially the BGM 'The Amazing Ryu
As far as old school games, Ninja Gaiden and Sword of Vermillion have the best soundtracks. Amazing stuff!
This was my favourite game growing up. And ironically I was good at it. Could finish it quite easily. There are a few hacks here I didn’t know about. Today, playing this game I get absolutely hammered.
The temple seems to be a similar version of the destruction of Dracula's castle from the end of Castlevania 3, having the additional upper-story walkway and terrace, and leaving behind a broken base after it crumbles, the ending similar to the Trevor/Sypha ending, with Ryu/Irene.
For the longest time now, since the series' inception WAY back in 1988, I always wondered. The Ninja Dragon Sword is an ancient weapon that has been past down from generation to generation in the Hayabusa family. But this begs the question; who were Ryu's ancestors? Who were the previous owners of the sword before his time?
Ken/Jô Hayabusa, Ren Hayabusa, Jin Hayabusa, Grandpa Hayabusa (?, and there is one more Hayabusa that got cursed. Jô mentions him in NG3:RE. Apparently the guy died... all this Hayabusa members are from the modern timeline, but there was a time where all the game were connected..
Something I love about Nintendo games like this is the fact that a lot of the enemy designs look like they could fit into most games, not counting the bosses of course. Some of them in this one alone look like they came from Castlevania and Ghosts’n’Goblins!
I first played this game back in November of '89 and finally finished the game in 1991. And later that year, I hear something about the "Internet" and it will change mankind forever. Say Whaaaaaaaaaaattt?!!!
My dad bought this for me...🎉 I was 6 and still remember it like yesterday
Out of all the years I've played this game back in the 80s, I never knew you could cut off the tail from the statue... when fighting the jaquio, i usually climb the right wall as far up, jump out and let him hit you, and you'll glitch standing on the top right corner... just kneel down and strike when he nears you and strike any attacks
Kids today will not appreciate the cinematic goodness we had with Ninja Gaiden games back in early 90s.
One of the greatest games on NES. Frustratingly hard, but great!
Classic series 😊😊
Love cinematic scenes after beating every boss of levels completed this one of my favorite games playing it during my younger years it was hard but i had fun playing it ive beaten it so many times i quit playing it going through the cinema scenes and playing its like a movie from a beginning to happy ending Ninja Gaiden will always be a memorable game to remember growing up playing!!
As a kid watching that scene at 18:31...for the first time made my heart race. I could not wait to tell my school buddies I been further than them lol lol... I'd be walking tall for months lol lol... I was the big dog in that elementary campus lol lol....
Ve dio mucha nostalgia ver este juego... Mi madre me lo compró y me quedaba jugando este increíble juego hasta que lo pude concluir... Gracias por traerme ese bello recuerdo...
Wow ! You took me back . One of my first favorite games!
12:49 This made me so sad when I was 9-years-old. 😔
I cleared this in 1989, last day of 8th grade. Still think its the best ending of any NES game in my collection. Cheesy and over dramatic, but that's the style of Ninja Gaiden cinema. Loved it.
Oi, watch it with the cheesy comment. Your not talking about religion here, this is NES, much more serious..
One of the best games ever
Watching this was amazing; I had no idea you could kill Malth so quickly, that was some incredible skill!!
Thanks! :)
Man this the first game I can remember with cut scenes! I wanted to keep playing up see what happens next!
This game truly is an epic masterpiece. Difficult as all hell, but it's a great experience nonetheless. The music is phenomenal.
My jaw dropped on the first stage boss fight - "what?! the circular slicing thingie would just evaporate his health like THAT?!"
Holy crap, knowing the spinning jump attack was so OP would have saved me a lot of time as a kid.
Such difficult bosses "burrrrrrrrr."
As a super fan I enjoyed this. My personal record is all the Ninja Gaiden 1,2,&3 back to back in under 47 mins. The 1st by far is the hardest.
18:53 thats where the best music starts
Great soundtrack
I like how it sounds like enemies just straight up explode when you hit them.
My dad got this game for me and my brother for Christmas took me long time to finally beat the game great times 😢😢😢😢
Impressive. I could never hang on to the spin attack until the boss fights...
😢 miss my childhood
This game had one of the most rockin vg tracks of all NES
Also greasing machine gun Mike on a narrow platform without using a special attack at 33:36 and not falling. Well done