#NinjaGaiden2 

That "shut up Ashtray" part never fails to make me laugh whenever I replay this.

I remember getting this, Castlevania 3, and Deja Vu one year for Christmas. Man, that was a good one. Love your content!

l`ll never forget the 1st time playing this game as a kid and just having my mind blown. The graphics, the story cut scenes and the unforgettable music. This game was a masterpiece and still is

One of my favorite 8-bit soundtracks ever. That opening title track is SO epic.

My favorite classic Ninja Gaiden game and also the only one I was able to beat LOL good memories

Love your work bro. Growing up in the 80s and 90s. I connect with your content. Keep up the AWESOME WORK!!!!

This is definitely the best Ninja Gaiden game!, plus Ashtar is definitely one my favorite characters, I can't wait for the playthrough of Ninja Gaiden 3❤

These guides are a work of art. Great job guys.

My all time favorite game on the NES. Love all NG2 music. I look forward to your videos when I wind down for the night. Keep them coming. Appreciate you bruhhh. #gameon🕹

"...modern players that attempt this game will have to deal with all of the challenges that the NES is NO-TOUR-IOUS for."

This is by far the BEST episode of anyone covering my favourite game of all time. The way youre talking , tips like the gamepro days, the informative, and thought process as if the player is playing for the first time. really enjoyable video! :)

I used to wreck this game. Run through without dying, no problem. I used to love running through the lightning stage without stopping for a second. My favorite stage.

“Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!” Lmao 🤣 Love it

I'm catching up on these videos, had this game as a kid and couldn't get past level 3. This commentary has me cracking up so much!

Ninja Gaiden 3 takes place six months before part 2. So this ending is the ending of Ryu’s time line.

Love the video as always. However, again as I do every week until it happens ... GUARDIAN LEGEND :)

Lmao Kylo was so cute at the end sleeping. Especially the little dream twitch he had. Prob dreaming of the ninja gaiden castle collapsing

Never played 2 or 3 tbh but ur vids make my weekend lol, still hoping for a clash at demonhead vid

The ninja gaiden series were my first ever exposure to anime. Ish. The style of the art. And NG 2 was my fave cause of the team of ninjas i could have.

"What the....?!" - ryu in practically every cutscene

I had no idea that my NES could weave and present a cinematic story until I brought home this game - it's a rare breed of challenging gameplay married to an excellent production 👍

For my money, this is the best soundtrack on the NES. Every tune is on point and super cool/fun. The song that accompanies the opening cutscene, "Chaosium Sword", may be my favorite NES track, and is one of my favorite pieces of music. (Solstice and Journey to Silius are close)

I should note for fellow viewers that the phantom doubles only look right at 60fps, because it flickers at that rate. At RU-vid's default 30fps, they're either solid or invisible. (just like NES sprite flicker made to get around the sprite-per-line limit)

I'd love to see a NINJA GAIDEN trilogy remake with an expanded DARK SWORD OF CHAOS with new levels showing us how Robert barely just gets ahead of Ryu so he lean on the wall to look like he's been there all along. 🤭

I still have my old Ninja Gaiden book I bought back in junior high which was one of the books in the book set of The Worlds of Power books. Still read it whenever I am flying across the country to pass the time and is just a great story! I highly recommend anyone to find a copy and be sucked in a great "cheesy" read!

For the record, Ninja Gaiden 2 takes place after 3, since the Dragon Sword sacrifices itself to revive Irene. So the chronological order is 1, 3 then 2.

Thanks my man ..you actually did Ninja Gaiden 2 ..this was always better than part 1 to me..Love your work and the memories watching your channel brings back

I beat this game once... I was in the zone. It was so hard to beat level 3 when I was a kid. I wonder how I'd fare today. Yes, NG2 is by far the best.

I'd love to see more videos on the RPGs of the NES! Your Dragon Quest/Warrior I video was very fun, but you have III waiting, with its many secrete, side quests, and genre-defining moments (including the notorious puff-puff!)

Best channel on RU-vid.

Dude, thank you so much for making these! So fun to watch late at night in bed. Your videos are so well done.

I always interpret the NG1 bosses as common enemies as more like the bosses from the first game were just normal mooks for the Chaos Tribe. NG2 had one of the best midi soundtracks, but was certainly the easiest of anything bearing the Ninja Gaiden brand mostly due to shadow clones being OP cheese. All that's left is the ridiculously overtuned NA version of NG3 for the old school trilogy.

Hallelujah! Thanks man, love your vids. Keep it up! You helped throughout many a game. I used to suck at NES games, but I started looking at this channel.After beating a few games, I can beat most NES games without a walkthrough. I had to come back to this tho, because, well, it’s ninja gaiden…

Thank you for covering this awesome game :). Contrary to popular belief, regarding Ninja Gaiden II being the easiest to beat from the NES trilogy, it proved to be the most challenging for me, in terms of a sword only run, as seen below: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gYJDM9JuXw8.html Since the game essentially wants the player to abuse the ninja shadows power-up, without it, Ninja Gaiden II becomes a LOT harder than the other two NES installments. I successfully completed sword only on all three Ninja Gaiden NES games and part II was definitely the hardest, with part III being a close second, due to the unforgiving Timer in Stage 7.

Luckily, i found this game again, it's in pretty bad shape, but it'll work most times all the way through. I came upon a horrible glitch this one time. The Baron Spider boss kept bouncing across a very scrambled screen and I couldn't get out of it....... And this happened around Act 7! I love the sound test cheats, especially the ones with the bars that go with the music. Now hopefully i can find parts I and III again, part III would give me back the Complete In Box value. Nice guide!

43:50 Nice Windmill Star to the keister of the invincible Kelbeross. I like to think that one survived and became free of Jaquio. Probably because the Kelbeross were always my favorite creatures in this franchise.

Best game ever, Thank you for your content. Nostalgia Holiday gaming!!! Also all the "What The?!!" Cut scenes lol

I know it's not limited to this game, but those are some perfect stage intro tunes! Dang, the graphics in this one are so amazing! 👏 😍 and these cutscenes are ridiculously long and detailed! I also loved Rob was lefthanded (except in that one scene). I didn't think nes games could look like this, probably because I avoided these b/c hard, but also I was more into the cartoony ones, and this isn't even super late into the nes lifespan. Are you going to do Holy Diver as well, since you're doing the Ninja Gaiden games?

This was my favorite game, but I was heartbroken at the thought of the magic of the dragon sword being used up to save Irene. As a child I thought "that means his magic weapon is useless". I did love Ashtar's design.

Now this is a good way to start the morning. One of my favorite channels uploads about one of my favorite series. Couldn't be much better👍

Thumbs up! Another great video! I look forward to these every Saturday. Thank you for taking the time to make these!

Nice job! I got through ninja gaiden 1 this time last year while RUNNING behind our NES Bike as part of a wellness challenge. I’d honestly be more scared of NG2 while running, I’m not as practiced with this one.

My first issue of nintendo power was the strategy guide for this game…never did get around to playing it so this was awesome 30 years later. Love it

very good soundtrack and cutscenes

I still remember the ending credits music all these years later. Best NES song IMO. Thanks for the video!

I can just imagine Irene talking with her parents about this adventure. "Oh hey, honey, how was your day?" "Meh, I got kidnapped a couple of times, ran around with the world's fastest intelligence officer, got stabbed with a demon sword, and was dead for a few minutes." "Ahuh, that's nice. Say, are you still dating that ninja?" "(sighs) Yes mom, I'm still dating a ninja." "Just checking, honey. Invite him over for supper sometime. What does he like?" "Anything but shrimp. ...Don't ask."

Easily my favorite of the NES trilogy. I love its dep Lovecraftian vibes (which, BTW, were intentional - the game's director wanted to make something similar in tone and theme to H P Lovecraft, but without using Lovecraft's constantly referenced work).

The opening theme to this game is one of the best intro themes in any NES games EVER. It's right there next to Mega Man 3 and 2 in terms of badassery.

Your either an NES savant or you really put an unbelievable amount of hours in. Everytime I watch a video of yours I'm.. just in awe of your knowledge and skill

19:50 "the malice 4" has to be a localiased version of the japanese word shitennō AKA “the Four Heavenly Kings”. 100% worth your time reading about this if you consume japanese media regularly. legends of localization has an excellent article if anyone seeing this is interested in knowing more.

1:05:13 Maybe she wasn't dead. Maybe she was possessed or something. She said she feels like she'd been sleeping for a long time and has no memory, which is a staple of possession. Maybe she wasn't used by the demon in quite the way you think but she was actually possessed. It would explain how she was there at the end.

Fantastic playthrough. I've tried several times to beat it and all ends in Jaquio killing me. And as far as I know that Ninja Gaiden III is not the sequel to the second game but sequel to Ninja Gaiden I

"…it'll stay like this … until the next sequeal."

My friend. This is a TRULY OUTSTANDING CHANNEL ! There are alot of playthru/walk-through Channels, But non are as indepth as the videos you have made here. Great memories for an Old-Head like me. & Great for someone seeing These NES games for the first time. So many things in video games got their starts on the NES & MEGA DRIVE.

I'm prety sure that RObert survived this game, changed his name, and became Duke Nukem.

Ah Yes,Elden Ring for NES Serioisly, ¿What's the deal with the final stage?

Thank you very much! 😍

Such as amazing memories from my childhood. The best game ever from the nes saga and wondeful ost.

I'm surprised that bloody sword made it by the censors as well, but it's got nothing on Hitler's head exploding in Bionic Commando. That scene was so infamous that in the North American version of Bionic Commando Rearmed they included a similarly gruesome ending that was enough to get the game an M rating, while the versions released elsewhere without that scene had much milder ratings.

1:04:44 Well, actually (if I remember correctly), Ninja Gaiden III takes place between I and II.

Ninja Gaiden is what got me into speed-running. I have a couple No-death runs.. I also own this game, & I've NEVER beaten it!!! AWESOME VIDEO!! 👍

Best! Ninja Gaiden game! EVER! So wish they'd go back and redo the original trilogy for modern consoles.

🤔 if The Minibosses haven't covered the entire soundtrack for this game, we're past-due 🤘

Just picked this game up a hour ago. Came here immediately! You are awesome brother!

I love this tutorial. This is my favorite childhood game. Great job!

All these tips and tricks and I'll still beef it lol. Another great addition!

I remember completing this game without using a continue. One of the highlights of my nes playing days!

Absolutely awesome as always! You bring us joy with your great channel. Thank you!

I had this game as a kid and can vouch that it’s very hard to beat without a game genie or any codes. There was no youtube in the early 90s.

I beat all 3 of these back int he day all on real nes. No game genie, no cheats, not even a manual for any of them, rented. All 3. I am like Al bundy witrh his 4 touchdowns in a single game. it is my greatest achievement of my life. And gonies 2 aas well which is INSANE.

Seeing the next cutscenes was a great way for players to want to persevere the hard difficulty. This was rare for NES games to tell a story with actual cutscenes like from a comic book. This was the only Ninja Gaiden game I beat as a kid and you are right, even a easy Ninja Gaiden game is quite difficult as I died so many times on the final level and bosses, but it felt so great when I finally beat it.

3:53 without context it looks like NG2 is a bit more "adult themed"...

As much as I love this game, I gotta say the big reveal that Ashtar is just a pawn of the revived Jaquio made absolutely ZERO sense. It still doesn't. The game should go on with Ashtar as the main villain. He was so cool from the beginning. The conclusion to his arc in the game couldn't be more disappointing / anticlimactic.

Both the second and the third game were great and challenging. I personally didn't know any tricks and shortcuts (if there were any to assume), so I had a hard time beating them the hard way lol, always fun to watch you play all these classics I've also grown up with.

"Tecmo Presents 1990" ... thank you for that, Tecmo!

Level 3-1 always got me in this game because it was so dark and very hard to see. I got Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 in 1994 at about the same time.

This was awesome! I can't wait for your Ninja Gaiden 3 walkthrough. That game has kicked my ass since I was a kid, and I never cheated to see the end of the story.

Early '90s, I defeated Ninja Gaiden I & II just renting them and playing with my friend (but it is only because I am Ninja in a side story, don't tell anyone)). But I am certainly no Ninja.

The NES was easily the best console ever made in the world for one reason. How many NES games were classics? about 40 percent of all the NES games were really good and awesome in fact its hard to even think about the bad games because there really were not many at all. When you had a NES collection you knew most were awesome

I still have my original cartridge remember buying it in 1990 at Toys R Us cost $54 back then.. thanks for the code 31 years later had no idea it existed.

Actually UCBVG, Ryu is right as NGIII takes place between 1 and 2, so this is the end of the trilogy in terms of chronological order.

What if I told you Masato Kato was credited under the same name for this game, and it was just mistranslated? Ranmal is actually just a misromanization of Ranmaru.

"The spirit released after our battle flowed into my body." The spirit of the Demon.

I had this one first before I played the first and third ones. And I absolutely hated Act 3 when I was younger but it did teach me how to remember where everything was when the screen went to black. Used that same muscle memory on Mega Man 3 later on. Who says video games do not teach you anything?

This is my favorite ninja gaiden game. The music and game play is good. Not super hard to beat. I beat part 1 and 2. However part 3 that is a whole another level. Would love to see you do that one.

Guns are not threats to screw with, but one of the problems with them is it can be real tempting to over rely on them. What is one to do when one over relies on Guns then encounters a situation where they just can't cut it? Food for thought, Irene...? ;)

If I had a say in the next video my vote would go towards Astyanax , the underrated gem!

This was my first Ninja Gaiden experience in game. The Nintendo Power Comic/Guide hooked me.

I love this channel bro, my favorite nes game 🙌🏾🙌🏾💯💯🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

this is a wonderful thing to wake up to. of the NES trilogy, i had a soft spot for this one in particular.

As someone who's played this game dozens of times as a kid, first of all, AWESOME video, and I love your hints on it. However, I think I have a little more accurate insight on the story of the game. I know the cutscenes are hard to interpret, not being actual anime cutscenes, but I think I picked up on a few things. Firstly, when Ashtar taunts Ryu in the Maze of Darkness, I think it's implied that Ashtar is dragging Irene through the maze just ahead of Ryu until he gets him where he needs him to be. Jaquio set up Ashtar as a puppet as part of this elaborate "contingency plan" in case he was defeated at the temple in South America (and while we're at it, I have no idea what business a Japanese demon's body has being buried in Brazil). So Ashtar is just gloating from just barely around every corner in the so-called "Maze"... not using magic or whatever. Secondly, when you defeat Ashtar, he DOES die right in front of you. He does use teleportation, but he's using it on the Sword of Chaos to send it to Jaquio, since Ashtar knows his role in the story is done at this point. Third, in Act 6, when we check on Robert and Irene, they are struggling to keep up with Ryu, and it is Irene who is huffing and out of breath, not Robert. Fourth, the demon Jashin is the "spirit released after the battle" that Jaquio is referring to in Act 7. He just needed the Sword of Chaos fully powered up to awaken it within him and become the ultimate evil. On that note, the prophecy Ashtar was speaking in Act 5 ("To the one who releases darkness with *the immortal blood* , he shall receive the power of the Almighty Evil") refers to Jaquio, who resurrected at the end of NG1 (effectively now being immortal). Ashtar and Jaquio pretty much were counting on this outcome. Lastly, I only learned this myself later in life, but Ninja Gaiden 3 takes place six months after NG1 but also six months BEFORE NG2. So... you know... she already "died" once, which should have meant that Ryu has already gone through "losing her" once already, so... yeah. I blame that on NG3 being a case of sequelitis for the franchise. :)

I love the touch that the "Malice Four" from the first game are all common enemies in the second...

I have no interest in the game really, but the layout of this video is like a good movie. I love the intros to these games that you have written. Keep killing it buddy. This is amazing stuff.

IM stuck at Baron spider🏴‍☠️ but thanks for this I CAN na be. IT stuck

20:18 - "Based on the giant 'Commodore Lizard'". You created a videogame-related portmanteau of "Komodo Dragon" and "Monitor Lizard". :D

Great playthrough and break down. One more thing worth mentioning. If you kill any of the forms and die that form is permanently dead, even if you continue. You get sent back but when you get back to the boss rush whatever forms you killed will not show up again. Makes the games much easier to deal with. It works this way for all 3 games. NG3 was the hardest for me due to the limited continues but still has that feature. NG1 was very irritating due to sending you back so far but it also saved what boss forms you killed and had infinite continues, like part 2.

I always sing your theme song from Mario paint when it plays on your videos. Ruff ruff ruff ruff meow

The hours playing this and the satisfaction of beating the final level.

Great video! I love the soundtracks of the Ninja Gaiden series. Especially 2 and 3.

This was the first (and only) game in the trilogy I ever played as a kid. I got it for a Christmas present one year. I loved it but I couldn't beat that Baron Spider boss without losing a lot of lives - the next stage always gave me a game over so that was as far as I ever got. The biggest thing I like about this game over the original is that you can climb up and down on all walls instead of just certain ones like the original.