Xbox

Ninja Gaiden

Description

When the Vigoor Empire attacks Ryu Hayabusa's village and steals the Dark Dragon Blade, the ninja vows to seek revenge with his Dragon Sword. Gifted with an impressive sets of moves, combining both melee and projectile weapons, you will need to defeat hordes of ninjas and monsters. During your journey, you acquire new moves and abilities such as the Art of the Inferno (fire), Ice Storm and Inazuma (thunder-like). Other moves include running over water, wall-based combos and ultimate techniques. You have to search or shop for special items, armlets, weapons and scrolls that enhance your abilities.

This fast-paced game is known for its hard difficulty (true to the series) and smart enemy AI that hardly relies on patterns. The Live! features allow for participating in the Master Ninja Tournament, a nationwide competition with prizes.

Alternate Titles

• "忍者龙剑传" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)

Part of the Following Groups

• Games with hidden / unlockable full games
• Middleware: CRI
• Ninja Gaiden series
• Theme: Ninjas

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User Reviews

One of the Xbox's best	Sam Vicchrilli (17)
A Fun If Somewhat Overrated Game	MasterMegid (899)
Great game, but has its flaws	Jason Wilkinson (7)

The Press Says

Video Game Talk	Mar 19, 2004		100
Thunderbolt Games	Apr 30, 2004	10 out of 10	100
Gaming Nexus	Apr 12, 2004	A	100
GameSpot	Feb 26, 2004	9.4 out of 10	94
GamingTrend	2004	559 out of 600	93
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Jun 01, 2004	9.3 out of 10	93
Gamers.at	May 14, 2003	91 out of 100	91
Play.tm	Jun 10, 2004	91 out of 100	91
videogamer.com	Nov 11, 2004	9 out of 10	90
DarkZero	May 31, 2004	8.5 out of 10	85

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Trivia

Three Master Ninja Tournaments were held for this game. Participating gamers played through the game and posted their karma score to the leader board. The second and third tournament used a remixed single-player campaign available through two freely downloadable Hurricane Packs.

A custom-made wooden sword signed by the head creator of Ninja Gaiden, Tomonobu Itagaki, "Master Ninja" T-shirts, "Ninja Dog" T-shirts, boxers, games and wrist bands were up for grabs.

The champions of the first two rounds competed live on September 25, 2004 at the Tokyo Game Show. They played the new content first and came from Scotland, Canada, Japan and the United States.