Playing Ninja Gaiden for the first time

[Anonymous No.8880898]

This is ridiculously good. Keeps me pumped up and hyped nonstop. Very generous health and game over system. Allows me to keep pushing and perfecting. Much prefer this to Castlevania, which I was immensely struggling with.

[Anonymous No.8880932]

>>8880898
Ok, just remember, it's pronounced guy-den, not gay-den.

[Anonymous No.8880943]

>>8880932
hell yeah buddy no worries that's how I pronounce it. The quality and scope of the cutscenes is also astonishing for a NES title.

[Anonymous No.8880950]

this nigga clearly hasn't reached stage 6 lmao

[Anonymous No.8880967]

>>8880950
I'm on 5-2...

[Anonymous No.8880971]

normally they say
ninja
gaaay den

[Anonymous No.8881057]

>>8880967
once you get far enough, prepare for a soul-crushing moment

[Anonymous No.8881106]

I can beat Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania without dying once but Ninja Gaiden 2 is impossible for me

[Anonymous No.8881989]

>>8880950
I was gonna post this after reading OP's "generous game over system" comment.

[Anonymous No.8881995]

>>8881989
It's still a generous game over system in the end considering bosses stay dead

[Anonymous No.8881998]

>>8880898
When you get to NG3, make sure you play the US version.

[Anonymous No.8882471]

>>8880898
I loved this game as a kid, it was probably my favorite. I could never beat it then, because of a difficult jump in stage 6 (you'll know what I mean later). I revisited this game when I had access to emulators and played it a lot until I was good enough to beat it with one life. Good shit. Ninja Gaiden 2 is also very good. NG3 I've never played for more than a couple of minutes, though.

[Anonymous No.8882705]

>>8880898
>scanlines filter
why the fuck do people use these, it's like they've heard that crt tv's have scanlines and just assume it's seeing black lines on the screen, it's so retarded
you don't see the separation betweent he scanlines on a real crt, why would you purposely obstruct your view like this on an emulator?

[Anonymous No.8882708]

>>8882705
Looks great, keep seething you creepy virgin.

[Anonymous No.8882791]

Why play a side story when you can play the proper thing?

[Anonymous No.8882795]

>>8882708
Not him but it doesn't, it's like adding interlacing but 10 times worse.

[Anonymous No.8882858]

>>8880932
it's pronounced ガイデン

[Anonymous No.8882935]

>>8881106
I wonder why. NG2 is a lot easier than first. What kind of roadblock are you running into?

[Anonymous No.8882946]

>>8882791
Why play Title: Subtitle, when you can play Title?

[Anonymous No.8883129]

>>8882935
Stage 7-2

[Anonymous No.8883163]

>>8883129
Is it the bosses, or something on the stage itself?

[Anonymous No.8883171]

What's harder to complete without dying: Contra and Super C or Ninja Gaiden Trilogy? (each game individually obvious, not back-to-back with no deaths)

[Anonymous No.8883181]

>>8883171
Definitely NG3 as it's literally impossible not to die in the final stage due to the time limit.

If you mean deaths you can actually avoid, NG3 would be the easiest though, then Super C and NG1 and 2 would be the hardests.

[Anonymous No.8883319]

>>8880943
>>8880898
>>8880967

[Anonymous No.8883328]

>>8883319
trying too hard

[Anonymous No.8883351]

[Anonymous No.8883394]

TELL ME ABOUT THE BIRDS
WHY DO THEY HATE RYU?

[Anonymous No.8883405]

I am still mad how they messed up the jump and sword hitbox in ng3.
It was already prefect in 1 and 2.
I loved the controls soo much, that I beat 1 and 2 without using magic.

[Anonymous No.8883410]

>>8880943
Somebody likes your screenshot anon.

[Anonymous No.8883505]

>>8881995
They do stay dead but they don't refill your health going in, which can make it much more difficult.

[Anonymous No.8883520]

>>8883410
That's odd. It certainly looks like my screenshot. But I have no idea who this is!

[Anonymous No.8883750]

>>8882705
scanlines stop everything from becoming smooth gelatinous blobs on 1080p monitors (granted not-upscaling 30+ year old games also helps).
literally try playing a SNES game at high resolution without a filter and you'll see how horrific it looks, Donkey Kong Country in particular is an absolute fucking mess without a filter.

[Anonymous No.8883757]

>>8883405
3 feels like an entirely different dev made it, everything from the physics to controls to level design feel like some cheap knockoff of the first 2

[Anonymous No.8884358]

>>8880932
>Ok, just remember, it's pronounced guy-den, not gay-den.

sounds gay either way

[Anonymous No.8884383]

>>8883750
>bawww grafx
Looks fine to me. Try not being 12 and thinking fucking Halo is retro.

[Anonymous No.8884669]

Absolutely based, OP. This is an amazing piece of vidya. Clearing this for the first time is a very intense experience. You won't forget it. Good luck when you get to stage 6, my man!

[Anonymous No.8884791]

[Anonymous No.8885065]

I'm on Stage 6.
This is fucked up.

[Anonymous No.8885123]

Joquito sends me back to 6-1 bros...

[Anonymous No.8885149]

>>8885065
>>8885123
LOL RIP
I beat it for the first time three days ago, so here's some advice:
1. Bosses stay dead. There are three of them.
2. Your health will only refill for each boss if it's the FIRST time you're fighting them. In other words, don't go in if you have shit-all health. Stay along the bottom of the final area and get the hourglass item to freeze enemies and save on health.
3. Learn to down-slash in the air for rapid hits.
4. Sub-weapons will be available for the first boss you fight each time, but not the next.
5. Bosses are weak to spin-dash. You can fuck them up with this. Get it at the start of 6-3 and use the down-slash in the air to slash candles for more magic (i.e. don't waste magic).

1st boss strat: Attack the weak spot. Climb the wall to the top. Jump over boss. Repeat.
2nd boss strat: Stay at the bottom and get used to the patterns. When confident, jump on platform and slash very top of boss (higher than you'd think), then get down quickly. Repeat.
3rd boss strat: Hit head. Hit tail. Hit body. I'm shit at this one, so I just spin-dashed him - but if you're good with down-slashes in the air, he can be beaten "properly".

That's about all I got. Good luck.
OH - It's better to get hit by Jaquio's projectiles than himself. Remember that.

[Anonymous No.8885187]

Well that was nothing short of a transcendental experience.
>>8885149
Hope this helps others, I think I beat it while you were typing this all up. The THREE bosses and getting sent back to 6-1 each time was almost, ALMOST soul-crushing. Jaquio's boss fight was honestly really enjoyable. Figuring out the patterns and tricks to the fireballs and getting little hits in was fun. FUCK the statue demon's pink balls though - 3 dmg per hit is just fucking CRUEL. It feels pretty random and I think I just had a good run on my victory attempt. All in all I got sent back twice for each boss.
All in all fucking incredible game, nervous to check out the rest.

[Anonymous No.8885376]

beat the game twice but ive never touched the second game

[Anonymous No.8885512]

>>8885376
Op here, playing 2 now, Jesus Christ it might even be better than 1.

[Anonymous No.8885615]

2's ACT intro shots are so goddamn stylish

[Anonymous No.8885771]

>>8885512
2 is my personal favorite. It's less harsh than 1, but just as challenging. I recommend learning this technique at your earliest convenience.

[Anonymous No.8885772]

>>8885615
No, they're just more anime, you fucking weeb.

[Anonymous No.8885794]

>>8885772
Lol what a loser

[Anonymous No.8885806]

>>8885794
I know.

The truth of the matter is if you're into retro gaming at all, you'd also better be into anime. These things ARE mutually exclusive. A given retro game's legitimacy is wholly dependent on how anime it is. Actually, the LESS anime it is, the more uncomfortable I am because god forbid the world doesn't revolve around anime.

[Anonymous No.8886462]

>>8883405
They didn't mess it up. Its just a different playing game than the first two. III is a lot floatier cause you're doing a lot more combat in the air.

[Anonymous No.8887262]

>>8880932
Remember, it's Joe Buyden. Not Bee-den.

[Anonymous No.8887285]

>>8885771
Isn't there multiple points you have to do this to proceed anyways or am I misremembering

[Anonymous No.8887323]

>>8880898
Ok, thanks for your faggot thread. You're a piece of shit and i hope you never beat the game, I sincerely hope you get raped. Waste of a fucking thred.

[Anonymous No.8887383]

>>8880898
its good until the final boss.
then its retarded horseshit which makes the whole game 0/10 for trying to pull such a fag move.

[Anonymous No.8887676]

>>8887383
niggers...
>>8887262
NIGGERS....

this game is 11/10
making you redo 6-1 and 6-2 is part of the "die, learn, get better" mentality
eventually you can get to the final boss without being hit until you get there
now i can beat the game in under 30 minutes
im not even a speedrunner, i just perfected it from practice my own stupid way.

[Anonymous No.8887761]

>>8880898
Mega Drive kino

[Anonymous No.8888118]

>>8880898
Still can't defeat Jaquio. I play to the second stage of Jaquio boss a few times a year. Great game, great soundtrack, great storyline. Overall KINO.

Watch an ARCUS tutorial if you want to be any good at it.

[Anonymous No.8888383]

>>8887323
What could this retard be seething about

[Anonymous No.8888420]

>>8888383
Seeing people enjoy things is untolerable I guess

[Anonymous No.8888487]

>>8887676
>making you redo 6-1 and 6-2 is part of the "die, learn, get better" mentality
Clearly Jaquio's fight doesn't follow this philosophy since his forms die after you beat them just once and you won't have to redo them no matter how many times you die.

[Anonymous No.8888578]

>>8880971
AAAAAAASSSSSS!!!

[Anonymous No.8888628]

>>8887285
There may be a pillar or two in 7-1 and 7-2 that you need to use this on, but I'm almost sure that you can finish the game without using it. The reason I brought it up is that this is something you cannot do in NG1, and it's likely you might find yourself in a position with no other option but to use this or die, and it's not readily apparent that you can do this in game.

[Anonymous No.8888678]

>>8888628
> The reason I brought it up is that this is something you cannot do in NG1

You can do this in NG1. It's just harder. It's probably why they made it into a proper mechanic in 2, because people were already doing that anyways.

[Anonymous No.8888894]

Ninja Homosexualden lmao