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Ninja Gaiden II The Dark Sword Of Chaos
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If the first Ninja Gaiden proved the NES could tell a story like a movie, The Dark Sword of Chaos proved Tecmo could do it again while handing the player better tools. A year after Ryu Hayabusa's victory over Jaquio, a self-proclaimed Emperor of Darkness named Ashtar has Irene Lew kidnapped and plans to use the Dark Sword of Chaos, a blade said to be made from a demon's bone, to open the Realm of Chaos and unleash its demons on the world. A military officer named Robert brings Ryu the news, and the chase runs across city rooftops, up the Tower of Lahja, through the Maze of Darkness and finally into the Realm of Chaos itself, with cinematic cutscenes carrying the story between acts.
Two additions change how the game plays. Ryu can now climb any wall freely, up or down, instead of clinging and leaping back and forth, which smooths out the vertical sections that tripped players up in the original. The headline feature is the shadow clone: grab the right item and an orange phantom double trails Ryu, attacking every time he does. Up to two can follow him at once, they are immune to damage, and when Ryu stops moving they freeze in place, so skilled players park them in mid-air or beside a boss and let them hit alongside him. Ninja arts like the boomerang-style Windmill Throwing Star, the Fire Wheel and the angled Fire Dragon Balls round out the arsenal.
The challenge is still steep, from relentless ambushes to Ashtar's tribesmen of Chaos, including the wall-charging brute Dando and the spider-summoning Baron Spider, but most players find the balance fairer than the first game's notorious final stretch. The soundtrack is a standout too. This is the only game in the NES trilogy with titled music tracks, and the Act 3-2 theme, The Parasprinter, has become the most remixed piece of music in the entire Ninja Gaiden series.
Many fans name it the high point of the NES trilogy, and the original cartridge shows it exactly as intended: the 1995 Ninja Gaiden Trilogy compilation on the Super NES censored several of its scenes, recoloring Jaquio's blood green among other edits. On an NES, Masato Kato's storytelling and Tecmo's razor-sharp action come through at full strength, and the clone mechanic still feels inventive more than three decades later.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1990
- Publisher
- Tecmo Koei Games
- Genre
- Platformer, Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
- Players
- Single player
About the game
The Ninja Ryu is back to avenge the death of his father, and stop the Evil Ashtar. A year has passed since Ryu last faced his arch enemy, and still the activity down at the bottom of the realm of darkness continues. Ashtar, the evil lord who secretly controls Jaquio, is again on the move, and it is up to Ryu, the "Ninja Dragon" to put a stop to it. Use all of the secrets of the real Ninjitsu, along with the exciting audio and visual special effects and be drawn into the fantasy world of Ninja Gaiden II The Dark Sword Of Chaos.
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