Arcade Beat'em up from the early days.
I'm not sure which Ninja Gaiden I played first, the NES or arcade game. They are very different games and I liked both.
Since it is an arcade game, you'll die a lot. It has a checkpoint system, so you might be doing the same part over and over. For a checkpoint system it's not as bad of some of those arcade shmups. Like most arcade games, it was designed to eat your quarters.
I first played Ninja Gaiden in the arcades and later on the Lynx. I recently picked up the Arcade Archives version of Ninja Gaiden on the Switch. I don't think I ever beat it until now. Arcade Archives has a few different play modes: Japanese, English, Hi Score Mode and Caravan Mode. I beat the English version. I also did a Hi Score Mode run. That and Caravan mode can be fun when looking for an additional challenge. You can change the button layout when not doing one of the challenge modes. I used that since I didn't care for the default button layout.
Since it is one of the early beat'em up games, hitting enemies can be a little tricky. I felt the difficulty was very good for most of the game, then it gets a little frustrating in the final stage. You'll die a lot but that is how those beat'em ups were designed. Surprisingly I didn't have much issues with boss fights. I think that was due to the checkpoint system, you couldn't have boss fights that were that unfair to the player. The last stage changed that, you now have to fight a few bosses from previous stages and the end boss that have one hit kills. With 2 lives you'll be continuing a lot and with the checkpoint system, you will just have figure it out a good strategy for those fights. One of those fights was very annoying, good thing for unlimited continues!! I actually had an easier time with the final boss since I got a sword drop during the fight.
I'm glad that I can finally say I beat the arcade version of Ninja Gaiden!! I'm sure I'll go back to this game someday. I like arcade games and Ninja Gaiden is a nostalgic beat'em up.
I'm not sure which Ninja Gaiden I played first, the NES or arcade game. They are very different games and I liked both.
Since it is an arcade game, you'll die a lot. It has a checkpoint system, so you might be doing the same part over and over. For a checkpoint system it's not as bad of some of those arcade shmups. Like most arcade games, it was designed to eat your quarters.
I first played Ninja Gaiden in the arcades and later on the Lynx. I recently picked up the Arcade Archives version of Ninja Gaiden on the Switch. I don't think I ever beat it until now. Arcade Archives has a few different play modes: Japanese, English, Hi Score Mode and Caravan Mode. I beat the English version. I also did a Hi Score Mode run. That and Caravan mode can be fun when looking for an additional challenge. You can change the button layout when not doing one of the challenge modes. I used that since I didn't care for the default button layout.
Since it is one of the early beat'em up games, hitting enemies can be a little tricky. I felt the difficulty was very good for most of the game, then it gets a little frustrating in the final stage. You'll die a lot but that is how those beat'em ups were designed. Surprisingly I didn't have much issues with boss fights. I think that was due to the checkpoint system, you couldn't have boss fights that were that unfair to the player. The last stage changed that, you now have to fight a few bosses from previous stages and the end boss that have one hit kills. With 2 lives you'll be continuing a lot and with the checkpoint system, you will just have figure it out a good strategy for those fights. One of those fights was very annoying, good thing for unlimited continues!! I actually had an easier time with the final boss since I got a sword drop during the fight.
I'm glad that I can finally say I beat the arcade version of Ninja Gaiden!! I'm sure I'll go back to this game someday. I like arcade games and Ninja Gaiden is a nostalgic beat'em up.