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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)

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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	comment	Ninja Gaiden, titled Ninja Ryūkenden ("Ninja Dragon Sword Story") in Japanese is an action game series produced by Tecmo (now Koei Tecmo) centering around Ryu Hayabusa, a Ninja from the Dragon Clan, who gets involved with government conspiracies, kicks loads of ass and slaughters legions of supernatural beings along the way.The series dates back to 1988 with two simultaneously developed games under the same title: an arcade version that was a side-scrolling Beat 'em Up in the vein of Double Dragon, and a more popular console version for the Nintendo Entertainment System, a 2D action platformer notable for being one of the earliest action games to feature cinematic sequences between stages. The NES version would spawn two sequels, a Game Boy prequel, a couple of stand-alone versions for other platforms and an OVA set after the events of the NES trilogy before Tecmo discontinued the series after the release of the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy compilation for the Super NES in 1995.However, Ryu's presence in Tecmo's Dead or Alive fighting game series helped keep the series alive within the public's consciousness, leading to a revival in 2004 for the Xbox by DOA developer Team Ninja simply titled Ninja Gaiden. Since then, Ninja Gaiden has become Team Ninja's other major franchise, leading to even further sequels and spinoffs.There was also a set of licensed versions produced by Sega for their consoles in 1992. Rather than being ports of the previous Tecmo versions, Sega produced three different games that were unique to each platform. The Game Gear version had the widest release of these versions, being available in North America, Europe and Japan (where it was released under the Ninja Gaiden banner instead of the usual Ninja Ryūkenden), while the Sega Master System version was available exclusively in Europe. The Mega Drive version, which was a beat-'em-up similar to the arcade game, was never released, but was leaked in the form of a pirated version that was still in an unfinished state. List of games: Ninja Gaiden (Arcade) (1988) Ninja Gaiden (NES) (1988) Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (1990) Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (1991) Ninja Gaiden Shadow (1991) Ninja Gaiden (2004) Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (2008) Ninja Gaiden II (2008) Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012) Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (2014) Other media Worlds of Power novelization Ninja Gaiden OVAThe NES Trilogy (1988-1991)In the first game, Ryu receives a letter from his father Joe Hayabusa (renamed Ken Hayabusa in the original localization), saying that should he not return, Ryu is to journey to America and contact a man named Walter Smith. Believing his father dead, Ryu goes to America to carry out this request. After battling a large man with an axe in a bar, he is subdued by a woman with a tranquilizer gun. He awakens in a prison cell, where the woman (Irene Lew) frees him and gives him a mysterious, grotesque statue. Ryu is puzzled by this, but presses onward. He meets with Smith, who identifies the statue as one of the Demon Statues, a pair of Artifacts of Doom he and Joe discovered and vowed to protect. As Ryu and Smith talk, the statue is stolen by another ninja. Ryu gives chase, and recaptures the statue, but returns to find Smith dying. Ryu vows to carry on his work, protecting the Demon Statues.However, Ryu is captured by the CIA and brought before A. Foster, the head of the agency. Foster reveals that Irene is one of their agents, and that she is tracking down a man known as Jaquio, who seeks to release the powerful demon sealed in the statues. Foster orders Ryu to take out Jaquio; Ryu, remembering his oath to Smith, complies. Air-dropped into the jungles of Brazil, he makes his way to Jaquio's fortress, where he finds Jaquio has Irene at gunpoint. Jaquio reveals he has the second Demon Statue already, and demands Ryu's statue in exchange for Irene's life; Ryu, being new at the whole hero thing, complies. Jaquio's an old hand at villainy, however, and simply absconds with the statues and the girl — but not before sending Ryu hurtling down a trapdoor to the catacombs below.Undaunted, Ryu fights his way to the top of the fortress, where he again encounters Jaquio and Irene... as well as Ryu's father, who, while not dead, is under Jaquio's mind control. Ryu gets the better of Jaquio in battle, and in desperation, Jaquio launches a magic bolt at Ryu, but his father comes to his senses, intercepts the bolt, and dies. The enraged Ryu proceeds to kill Jaquio... but he's too late, for Jaquio has released the demon from the statues!Ryu bravely fights the demon, sealing it once more. After the battle, Foster radios Irene and orders her to assassinate Ryu and take the statues. Irene hesitates, and Ryu takes her radio and tells Foster the next time they meet, it will be as enemies.Quite a bit more elaborate than the Save the Princess plots of the day, isn't it?Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos and Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom both had similarly complex plots, centered around their titular MacGuffins. Due to space considerations, we won't get much more into detail here; however, they offer just as many, if not more, twists and turns as the first game.As for the actual game that takes place between the cutscenes? Ninja Gaiden played a lot like Castlevania — only faster paced and with a more acrobatic protagonist. The games were the very epitome of Nintendo Hard, with enemies coming at you from every direction at once. Gamers didn't seem to mind, however — even those who found the challenge to be too much suffered through it anyway to see the next chapter in Ryu's saga.There was also a Game Boy prequel game called Ninja Gaiden Shadow. Taking place three years prior to the original trilogy, it has Ryu travelling to New York to battle Emperor Garuda, a servant of Jaquio.The Team Ninja series (2004-current)Sometime in 1999, Itagaki and Team Ninja began work on their first "action" title, aside from their on-going Dead or Alive series. Although then-Tecmo wanted a tie-in for this new revival with the NES trilogy, this Xbox version of Ninja Gaiden, released in 2004, involves none of the elements. In an interview, Itagaki mentioned he "prefer not to be influenced by or base it on the original story". While Ryu's still the protagonist, none of the above elements are explicitly mentioned.The story establishes Ryu's a member of the Dragon Ninja Clan, charged with protecting the Dark Dragon Blade, a BFS imbued with some pretty extraordinary powers. After the game's tutorial level, he's informed that the Hayabusa Village has been destroyed. When Ryu investigates, a samurai pledged to the Holy Vigoor Emperor, Doku, kills him with the Dark Dragon Blade.Don't worry, he gets better.Thus, the game embarks Ryu upon a ferocious quest for revenge and the retrieval of the Dark Dragon Blade. The details of the plot are convoluted and don't add up to anything particularly extraordinary, but Ryu slices and dices his way through Vigoorian soldiers, tanks, zombies, ninjas and ghost piranhas.The Xbox version is, as the kids these days say, difficult... really, really difficult... as in "throw-your-controller-at-the-screen-and-scare-the-dog difficult". In contrast to other Hack And Slashers, enemies avert Mook Chivalry and have no compunctions about suffocating the player at every available moment. In fact, beating this game is an achievement. Hell, there was an Updated Re-release called Ninja Gaiden Black which not only fixed gameplay imbalances, placed more enemies and bosses and added in "Combat Missions", it included two new modes: a "super-duper-mega-easy" mode and an "even harder than Harder Than Hard mode"! Unfortunately, it didn't help the "super-duper-mega-easy" mode was quite hard itself, difficult to the point of inducing trauma.The game was critically acclaimed by all, and considered the best 3D Hack and Slash game of its time. A title that it still keeps in the eyes of a lot of people, specially the Black version. Many praised its preserved difficulty from the NES trilogy, but without being unfair, alongside gorgeous visuals and attention to detail in combat and environments by pushing the Xbox beyond its hardware limitations. An Enhanced Remake of Ninja Gaiden Black called Ninja Gaiden Sigma for the Sony PlayStation 3 was released in 2007, rounding out the last gameplay additions with a new character (Rachel), new weapons and enemies, while making it look more pretty with the console's high-defintion capabilities. It also removes or simplifies some puzzles that contained too much back-and-forth.In 2008, Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword was released for the Nintendo DS. This Gaiden Game sequel set six months after Ninja Gaiden tells of Ryu and his journey to save his apprentice, Momiji, and find the Dark Dragonstones that can resurrect an ancient Dark Dragon. In the same year, the true sequel Ninja Gaiden II was released for the Microsoft Xbox 360, where another Artifact of Doom the Dragon Lineage were guarding, the Statue of the Archfiend, is stolen. Ryu must travel the world chasing the Four Greater Fiends as they attempt to resurrect the Archfiend itself. Both games retain the difficulty of Ninja Gaiden (Ninja Gaiden II arguably even harder) and the stories are serviceable, yet the latter's almost completely nonsensical, with Everything Trying to Kill You more aptly applied. For example, at one point a giant armadillo with marginal fire Elemental Powers appears with no apparent connection to the villains.Following the release of Ninja Gaiden II, Itagaki stepped down from Team Ninja and left the now merged Tecmo Koei. Current series director and producer Yosuke Hayashi took over and released an Updated Re-release of Ninja Gaiden II on the PS3 as Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. Notably, the game partly resolves the nonsensical nature of the plot in the 360 original, but also throws in new characters (Ayane from the Dead or Alive series and Momiji, plus the return of Rachel) and scenarios, a co-op mission mode, a "Chapter Challenge" mode and a prologue that links Dragon Sword to current continuity (Ninja Gaiden II never makes a mention of Dragon Sword). It also significantly tones down the 360 game's gore and the number of enemies, making them more resilient instead.In February 2012, Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus, an enhanced version of Sigma was released for the Vita, it featured new sets of accesories for both Ryu and Rachel, as well as utilizing the Vita's touch and motion controls.Ninja Gaiden III was released in March 2012 on both PS3 and 360. Contrary to his predecessor, Hayashi wanted to make the game "more accessible", and the game, while not exactly easy, is noticeably more forgiving than the first two games. For the first time in the series, Ninja Gaiden III features Competitive Multiplayer. Set after Ninja Gaiden II, Ryu receives a request from the Japanese government, after terrorists take the British Prime Minister hostage, demanding his appearance. He travels to London and faces the mysterious foes, led by the enigmatic "Regent of the Mask", who places a curse on Ryu's right arm, making him feel the pain and hatred of the people he killed. The story also marks the return of scriptwriter Masato Kato to the series, bringing back the deep narrative seen in the NES trilogy. It effectively ties the modern games into overall continuity. III also has a much more cinematic and dramatic feel compared to its predecessors.Alas, while Ninja Gaiden III was successful commercially, it wasn't as much critically with players criticizing the aforementioned dumbed-down difficulty, excessively streamlined gameplay and a lack of replay value. Many fans of the earlier two titles particularly panned it: its attempt at story unwelcomed, its "cinematic and dramatic feel" was panned as needlessly boring and nonsensical (watch super-ninja Ryu Hayabusa ride around the desert in a jeep!) whereas II at least was entertaining and nonsensical and those who'd enjoyed the fast-paced, unforgiving but fair combat of the previous titles particularly blasted the decision to remove all other weapons and inject poorly-done moral choices in their place.The game had a re-release in late 2012 on the Wii U (January 2013 in Europe) entitled Razor's Edge, with Team Ninja addressing the flaws, such as re-adding back dismemberments, brutal difficulty, fleshed out gameplay, weapon acquisitions and upgrades and additional playable characters (Momiji, Ayane and the first appearance of Kasumi from Dead or Alive). Also, some of the most disliked cutscenes were eliminated. Ports for the PS3 and Xbox 360 were released in April 2013. Both versions include all the downloadable content from the Wii U version already on the disc.Also in 2013, Sigma Plus 2 was released on the Vita, it was widely considered superior to Sigma 2, as it restored all the gore that was cut on the PS3 version.In 2014, a collaboration with Spark Unlimited and Comcept gave birth to a Spin-Off called Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z. The protagonist is Yaiba, one of the many victims of Ryu Hayabusa, who is Back from the Dead to chase the man who killed him. The tone, graphical style and gameplay differ vastly from the main series, though. Also, there are zombies. The game unfortunately received below average scores, with critics deriding it for being vastly inferior to the main series.Due to the poor reception of Yaiba, Team Ninja officially announced in early 2017 that the series was on an indefinite hiatus, and would be brought back "when the time was right". Practically nothing was heard about the series since then, until January 2019 when Team Ninja unexpectedly filed a trademark for Yaiba again, though it is unknown what will become of it.On February 17th, 2021, during a Nintendo Direct it was officially announced that the modern series is getting a collection release titled Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, composed of Sigma 1, Sigma 2 and Razor's Edgenote fans lamented the absence of Black or the original II in the collection, but staff members explained that the source codes of those games were unfortunately lost., with most of its DLC, in one pack; released on June 10th, 2021 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC - which marked the much anticipated debut of the modern trilogy on the latter platform, and the debut of the first two games on a Nintendo platform.Now with a good Character Sheet, thus character tropes go there.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_119dc902	comment	Multi-Mook Melee: The so-called Fiend Challenges in Ninja Gaiden/Sigma and the Tests of Valor in II (but removed in Sigma 2) and Razor's Edge. II/Sigma 2 has infamous stairway fight in Chapter 10/13, where you face a ridiculous number of enemies at the same time and take down a good hundred of them. Hell, in Master Ninja Mode for II, the game is pretty much a 12-hour long Multi-Mook Melee!
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_160cc6f	comment	Cutscene: One of the first games, if not, the first game to incorporate these in between levels to tell a cohesive story.note Technically, the first Captain Tsubasa game came first, but that game wasn't released in North America until 1992, where it was dolled up as "Tecmo Cup Soccer" (referred to on the title screen as "Tecmo Cup Soccer Game").
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_17afe894	comment	Spectacular Spinning: Nearly the entire weapon roster in the latter-day Gaiden games abuse the hell out of this. Of particular note is the Lunar, which Ryu mainly uses by spinning it so fast it literally grinds his enemies' limbs off.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_1c0d4155	comment	Weapons in the modern trilogy use some combination of range, damage, combo potential and the power of the Ultimate Technique. The Dragon Sword is the most balanced but in the first game there are several weapons that mostly play the same way (War Hammer, Dihilabhro and the Unlabored Flawlessness are all heavy blunt weapons, as well as the Dark Dragon Blade in bonus-quests). The sequel has a bit more variety in that regard, since no two weapons play quite the same.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_1cc9f5e5	comment	Playing with Fire: Art of the Inferno, Fire Wheel and Phoenix.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_1eb49c19	type	Stripperiffic
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_1eb49c19	comment	Stripperiffic: Momiji's "Ninja" outfits (her black and red-and-white ones in particular) in Ninja Gaiden II and Razor's Edge, which show a bit of skin on rather interesting parts of her body (namely around her chest, back, and thighs).
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_1f963842	comment	Bloodier and Gorier: Ninja Gaiden II for the 360 (as if the first wasn't gory enough...). III more or less goes back to the level of the first game by removing dismemberments and decapitations entirely, although thanks to a new graphical engine, High-Pressure Blood will not only stain Ryu's weapon during fights, but also his body and the camera. However, Razor's Edge brings back all the gore that made Ninja Gaiden II (in)famous.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_1fe4ca78	comment	Appropriated Title: The original incarnation of the franchise was known as Ninja Ryūkenden (Ninja Dragon Sword Story) in Japan and Shadow Warriors in Europe. When Team Ninja rebooted the series, they chose to stick with one title worldwide instead of having a different Market-Based Title for each region. This caused a side effect which led to the Japanese versions of the game being easier to distinguish (the older series is known as Ninja Ryūkenden, while the rebooted version is Ninja Gaiden), a privilege not afforded to American fans.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_20860a0e	comment	Punch-Clock Villain: Arguably the Special Forces and Vigoorian Military, though the journals found in Ninja Gaiden II show the Black Spider Ninjas to be something of this, too.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_25b5600	comment	Captain Ersatz: The mook with a hockey mask and a machete (named Jackson) is based on Jason Voorhees.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_26ba32a3	type	Ascended Glitch
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_26ba32a3	comment	Ascended Glitch: While Ryu could always stick to walls, he could only Wall Crawl on select surfaces with ladder-like patterns on them in the original. However, with a little practice, it was easy to jump away from the wall and curl back onto it at a higher spot (which made several areas with difficult platforms, particularly Stage 5-3, much easier). Starting with The Dark Sword Of Chaos, he was able to crawl up any wall.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_27fdc960	type	Trap Door
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_27fdc960	comment	Trap Door: The NES trilogy is loaded with these.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_28104b90	type	Bag of Spilling
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_28104b90	comment	Bag of Spilling: In the modern trilogy, this is averted for Ryu's movelist. The Flying Swallow, Izuna Drop, counter and Guillotine Throw are all unlocked at the start of II, all of which were acquired during the first game. Played straight for the weapons in a strange way: three of them that are found in random places (the Lunar, Dragon's Claw & Tiger's Fang and the Vigoorian Flail) were already acquired in the first game, of which two of them are supposed to be unique…
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae	type	Awesome, but Impractical
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae	comment	Awesome, but Impractical: The Falcon's Talons from Ninja Gaiden II and onwards is generally regarded as having one of the worst Ulimate Techniques to use (the talons themselves are very restrictive to close combat), but it's awesome to see Ryu go berserk on an enemy with claws attached to his hands and feet.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_356b1efb	comment	For the array of awesome weapons that you have stashed in Hammerspace, you'll probably end up being forced to use the Dragon Blade to beat bosses and higher-tier enemies.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_363e9631	comment	Sequential Boss: The NES trilogy, plus the Vigoorian Emperor in the Xbox Ninja Gaiden. Most bosses in III are also like this (which may explain why they have no life-bar).
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_38047858	comment	Squishy Wizard: In the modern games, mages are annoying and potentially very damaging long-distance attacks, but are the weakest human enemies in terms of health. Of course, they're only squishy compared to other ninja mooks, but still. Completely averted in Ninja Gaiden III: Alchemists are among the toughest enemies in the game, especially the white-clad variant.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6	type	Boring, but Practical
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6	comment	Boring, but Practical: For the array of awesome weapons that you have stashed in Hammerspace, you'll probably end up being forced to use the Dragon Blade to beat bosses and higher-tier enemies. To a lesser extent, shurikens do virtually no damage but are very useful to stun small enemies and prevent them from grabbing you or interrupting your charge for an Ultimate Techqniue.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_3a1c2171	type	The Man Behind the Man
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_3a1c2171	comment	The Man Behind the Man: Jacquio —> Ashtar —> Jacquio. Trust us, It Makes Sense in Context.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_3b5fcbb7	comment	Artifact of Doom: The Dragon Ninja clan apparently exists to look after these, keeping the lids on various cans of evil. They aren't too good at it though, considering how everybody but Ryu gets killed. Twice.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_3bb81225	comment	The Tengu brothers in Sigma 2, although it's an odd example since you alternatively fight them alone and together several times throughout the game (see Recurring Boss below).
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_3cd3a0f1	comment	One of the Ancient Greater Fiends, Ishtaros, is a powerful evil goddess. She wears black thigh-high high-heeled boots, some weird leather straps on her arms, and that's pretty much it. One of her arms sports Femme Fatalons, the other one is a tentacle she uses like a whip.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_3f0310d6	comment	Magikarp Power: The Wooden Sword is pathetic until its final upgrade, where it becomes the Unlabored Flawlessness, a potential gamebreaking weapon for those skilled enough to use it.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_40217655	type	Faux Action Girl
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_40217655	comment	Faux Action Girl: Irene, despite being a badass CIA agent, finds herself captured in both the first and second games. Played with both ways in The Ancient Ship of Doom, which begins with Irene apparently murdered by a Ryu clone during the opening credits while spying on a secret lab. However, she later has a Big Damn Heroes moment when she rescues Ryu from the same clone with a machine gun.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_40e2ac3f	type	Flunky Boss
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_40e2ac3f	comment	Flunky Boss: Masakado and Marbus in the first Xbox Ninja Gaiden and Zedonius and Dagra Dai, as well as the second fights against Rasetsu, Genshin and Volf in II. In Black, Sigma and II, every single boss turns into this in higher difficulties.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_41d74667	type	Lag Cancel
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_41d74667	comment	Lag Cancel: You can throw a shuriken to cancel the recovery of normal attacks (but not heavy ones). Razor's Edge also introduces the Cicada Surge, which can be activated any time, including in the middle of a combo, as long as you are on the ground. Both techniques require quick thinking and good reflexes to use effectively.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4292ebbf	type	DoppelgÃ¤nger Attack
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4292ebbf	comment	Doppelgänger Attack: The Kelbeross beasts from the first two NES games, where only one of them was vulnerable but both were very, very deadly. Similarly, Ryu acquired this skill in The Dark Sword of Chaos, where he could generate up to two Shadow Clones that are invulernable, would follow in his footsteps precisely (even stopping in midair if Ryu himself jumped and then stopped moving), and would slash or use Ninja Arts in perfect sync with him. A great deal of boss strategies (and speed runs) centered around proper positioning of these clones while Ryu himself ducked into a safe spot..
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4389e368	type	Actionized Sequel
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4389e368	comment	Actionized Sequel: The original sequel for the modern Ninja Gaiden series on Xbox, Ninja Gaiden II on the 360, heavily toned down the exploration and puzzle elements found in the previous game, the stages became very streamlined, finding a key or two to open a door became almost trivial - if that wasn't streamlining enough, Sigma 2 on PS3 removed any traces of exploration found in the 360 version altogether; by then modern Ninja Gaiden became just like its classic series: full blown action only, all Ryu needs to do to progress through the game is to beat enemies and push foward. Ninja Gaiden III followed on Sigma 2, being exclusively action oriented.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_44f79734	type	Jump Physics
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_44f79734	comment	Jump Physics: Remember, kids — you can change directions and accelerate multiple times while mid-air, and maintain yourself in the air by maiming an enemy!
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	comment	Single-Stroke Battle: The attract cinematic of the arcade version features a battle between the player character and a hockey mask-wearing mook. Never bring brass knuckles to a sword fight...
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_486466ee	type	Dual Boss
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_486466ee	comment	Dual Boss: The NES series has some of this but the modern series is fond of pitting you against two to three bosses at once, sometimes with mooks involve! Razor's Edge takes it up to eleven. Curse you, Giants of the Underworld! Also, the "Dragons" pro wrestling duo in the arcade version. The Tengu brothers in Sigma 2, although it's an odd example since you alternatively fight them alone and together several times throughout the game (see Recurring Boss below). The Quetzalcoatl in Ninja Gaiden II In the original trilogy, it's the Kelbeross in the first two games, followed by Great Koganei in the third.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_48f7d7a3	type	Sleeves Are for Wimps
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_48f7d7a3	comment	Sleeves Are for Wimps: Ryu's arms are the only skin he bares in both incarnations.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: The NES series had a fair amount of this as well: each game had at least one cutscene that was just a grand panoramic sweep that generally showed Ryu in the foreground gazing upon his uniformly majestic destination, and many of the backgrounds and stages were more visually detailed and attractive than the player was likely to notice.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4a5bda80	type	Fanservice Pack
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4a5bda80	comment	Fanservice Pack: Dead or Alive: Dimensions' inclusion of Irene's cameo and revealing that Sonia was her alias in Ninja Gaiden II for the Xbox 360, pretty much "upgraded" all of Irene's previously known portrayal in the classic trilogy.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4a932556	type	Compilation Re-release
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4a932556	comment	Compilation Rerelease: The aptly named Ninja Gaiden Trilogy for the Super NES collects all three games together, though unlike similar 16-bit compilations, it does very little to update the games for the stronger platform aside from using a few more colors and slightly redrawing the cutscenes.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4b67d20a	type	Fossil Revival
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4b67d20a	comment	Fossil Revival: LOA's various activities include cloning dinosaurs to sell them as pets, or so says the Regent of the Mask; not sure many people will want a Tyrannosaurus Rex at home.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4c24a9ed	type	Power Copying
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4c24a9ed	comment	Power Copying: Weapons picked from certain bosses will allow Ryu to perform their special attacks.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4fdeca8c	type	Flip-Flop of God
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4fdeca8c	comment	Ninja Gaiden Shadow is said to be set three years before the NES trilogy. Add to the fact Ryu is in his early 20s in the NES games don't match up with the modern trilogy, either.Explanation This is the major reason why Flip-Flop of God is heavy in regards to the post-2004 games being a Prequel to the NES trilogy: Ryu from 20 to 23note 25 as of DOA5 years-old ventured through the trilogy and settled in the Dead or Alive series just as Ryu from 21 to 22 years-old gone through the present series and settled in Dead or Alive series at 23note 25 as of DOA5. The only way to reconcile this is by saying Ryu has done both sagas at around the same time.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_50d71a78	type	Dual Wielding
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_50d71a78	comment	Dual Wielding: A wide assortment available for Ryu, ranging from the Dragon's Fang and Tiger's Claw, Tonfas and the True Dragon Sword and Blade of the Archfiend.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_53c37297	type	Flash Step
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_53c37297	comment	Flash Step: Several Ultimate Techniques emulate this; in the sequel, most Ultimates rely on this to continue the attack. The True Dragon Sword's Ultimate Technique upgrades this into Teleport Spam.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_53f5119f	comment	Clancy in The Ancient Ship of Doom, after doublecrossing his boss.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_5558641	type	Gratuitous Japanese
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_5558641	comment	Gratuitous Japanese: The original Japanese version was titled Ninja Ryūkenden ("Ninja Dragon Sword Story"), so the localization's title almost makes it seem like a Gaiden Game when it isn't at all.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_566f1565	type	10-Minute Retirement
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_566f1565	comment	10-Minute Retirement: While some elements of the OVA became canon for the Dead or Alive series (and by proxy the modern trilogy), the fact Irene retired from being a CIA agent to run an Antique Shop with Ryu didn't stick, at least in the Retool Dead or Alive: Dimensions, where Irene acts as Mission Control for Ryu during his mission. It's unclear if she still is involved with their Antique Shop.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_589e54d3	type	Charged Attack
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_589e54d3	comment	Charged Attack: Hold-type, though a variation. To pull off the devasting Ultimate Techniques in the modern games, you must collect essences by holding down the heavy attack button in the first Xbox Ninja Gaiden. The sequels and remakes allowed the techniques to be performed even if essence isn't collected, but it will kick in much faster if essence is absorbed. Ninja Gaiden III, however, opts out into the collect-type: you can only unleash an Ultimate Technique when Ryu's arm starts to glow red after killing mooks. In the same vein, Ninpo can only be activated if a gauge is filled up. Then Razor's Edge goes back to a mixed-system, even adding a third level of charge.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_5caef4ca	type	Chainsaw Good
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_5caef4ca	comment	Chainsaw Good: Spriggans (zombies in Ninja Gaiden II/Sigma 2) with chainsaws and cannons for arms
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_60a7a630	type	Charge Meter
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_60a7a630	comment	Charge Meter: Ryu glows brighter and more fiercely as the charge of an Ultimate Technique increases (accompanied by an explosion).
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_62259825	type	Nintendo Hard
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_62259825	comment	Nintendo Hard: If there's anything that can be said to be consistent about the series, it's that all of the entries are thumb-breakingly difficult. For the newer series, the guys at Team Ninja know it. You get an achievement for continuing enough times!
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_62cae28a	type	Losing Your Head
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_62cae28a	comment	Losing Your Head: Inverted with the zombies and Spriggans in the first two modern games. They continue their attacks even after being decapitated, although doing so renders them blind and they just swing randomly. The flare fiends in Sigma 2 can also fight headless, and they are not blinded.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_637ef67	type	New Game Plus
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_637ef67	comment	New Game Plus: Used in Ninja Gaiden II. Sigma 2 and Razor's Edge subvert this a bit with Chapter Challenge Mode: once you beat any difficulty, you can redo the chapters individually with all your weapons and Ninpo upgraded (not unlike Devil May Cry), and can choose your character. So while it's not technically this trope, it functions as one, except your life bar's length depends on the chapter you play. The game is also slightly more difficult in this mode.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_67e9f779	type	Teleport Spam
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_67e9f779	comment	Teleport Spam: Some of Ryu's Ultimate Techniques gain this.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_6a1c6dc5	type	Story Difficulty Setting
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_6a1c6dc5	comment	Story Difficulty Setting: "Hero Mode" in 3 and in both Sigma Plus games, where blocking and evading becomes automatic if your health is low, which means the player basically cannot die. Word of God was that this mode was made for those who just wanted to enjoy the story. The Updated Re-release of 3 Razor's Edge keeps Hero Mode but also has a New Game Plus-ish mode that, conversely, removes the cutscenes and Quick Time Events to keep only the gameplay.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_6ac6a56a	type	And Your Reward Is Clothes
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_6ac6a56a	comment	And Your Reward Is Clothes: Beating any of the difficulty levels in the modern games rewards the player with a new costume.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_6b6ac319	type	Painfully Slow Projectile
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_6b6ac319	comment	Painfully Slow Projectile: Played straight in the NES trilogy, thank goodness. The Platform Hell aspect of the game is hard enough as is; it's almost Nightmare Fuel to think of what it would be like had the several enemies who shot at you or threw shuriken at you did so quickly.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_6dc206c9	type	Marathon Level
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_6dc206c9	comment	Marathon Level: Many in the first Xbox game, notably those with long puzzles. In Ninja Gaiden II, nearly every single chapter is this, but Chapters 6, 8 and 11 are the most notable, especially the latter.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_6e9277c	type	Real-Time Weapon Change
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_6e9277c	comment	Real-Time Weapon Change: Deliberately averted in the modern series − asked about it at the time of Ninja Gaiden II, Itagaki said that such a feature would change the game too much and that he prefers player to stick to one weapon during a fight. You can open a quick menu with the d-pad to change weapons, but it pauses the game.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_70d8269d	type	Excuse Plot
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_70d8269d	comment	Excuse Plot: Primarily a trait of Itagaki's games, which can both be summed up as "Big Bad attacks the village, Ryu chases Big Bad to his lair and kicks ass". Both Sigmas and Dragon Sword are a tiny bit more fleshed out. Ninja Gaiden 3, however, is much more plot-driven, going back the tradition of the NES games.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_710e51e0	type	Dressed Like a Dominatrix
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_710e51e0	comment	Dressed Like a Dominatrix: One of the Ancient Greater Fiends, Ishtaros, is a powerful evil goddess. She wears black thigh-high high-heeled boots, some weird leather straps on her arms, and that's pretty much it. One of her arms sports Femme Fatalons, the other one is a tentacle she uses like a whip. Rachel too uses this aesthetic. Her combat suit is made of black leather, and consists of thigh-high boots, gloves of varying length, and a leotard which exposes her cleavage and lower midriff.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_72d43279	type	Blocking Stops All Damage
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_72d43279	comment	Blocking Stops All Damage: One boss explodes. The way to avoid damage is to block it. This leads to a massive arena-wide explosion stopped by a katana.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_74c4296f	type	Gravity Is Purple
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_74c4296f	comment	Gravity Is Purple: The Art of The Piercing Void, one of Ryu's most powerful ninja techniques, allows him to control gravity in order to create a black hole surrounded by purple energy.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_79974fb8	type	Rock Beats Laser
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_79974fb8	comment	Rock Beats Laser: Vigoorian forces, meet Dragon Sword! Dragon Sword, meet Vigoorian forces! Subverted against tanks and a helicopter, which Ryu needs to use specially-tipped arrows to destroy. Note a bow is simply outdated since mooks have access to firearms at that point. What sensible military would use resources to make armor-piercing/explosive arrows for a weapon as outdated as a bow, especially since enemies gain increasingly large caliber guns as the game progresses?
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_7ab81664	type	Kick Them While They Are Down
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_7ab81664	comment	Kick Them While They Are Down: Fiend-Sealer from the Dragon Sword in the Xbox Ninja Gaiden. Notched up in sequels with Oblieration Techniques.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_7b7965dd	type	Boss in Mook Clothing
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_7b7965dd	comment	Boss in Mook Clothing: Good Lord, the Vigoorian Berserkers. They are armed with a Dabilahro, are fairly fast for their build, have a solid guard but are also very resilient, and on top of that have nothing but powerful close range and distance attacks. Of course if you try to use a Flying Swallow, you will be promptly dissuaded to try again. Manage to deal them enough damage? To reward you, they turn red and become even more dangerous. Granted, there is a simple tactics to take them down (let them attack at close range and use a counter) but it doesn't work so well when there are two or three of them (which is, 90% of the time).
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_7d0b5cb5	type	Platform Hell
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_7d0b5cb5	comment	Platform Hell: The NES games. If it wasn't bad enough that Tecmo forced you to use the wall cling ability and jump across tiny platforms over pits, they decided to throw in Goddamned Bats, eagles and even the grunts on full force. Worse, the first two games allow infinite mook respawns.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The NES games were fond of this. In the first, Ryu leaves the statues together too long, releasing the Demon; a year later in The Dark Sword of Chaos, he doesn't pay attention as the pool of blood from Jaquio's corpse reaches the Sword of Chaos, releasing the Demon again.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_82f5ced1	comment	Conservation of Ninjutsu: Ryu, a lone Ninja, will slice his way through veritable armies of mooks.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_84685817	comment	Life Drain: A special ability of Kitetsu, Doku's demonic sword in the first Xbox Ninja Gaiden. You can do it to minor mooks the same way Doku does it to you and regain quite a bit of health. You can even do it to Doku himself. However, the rest of the time you use it, the blade drains your own health. In Sigma, holding the sword doesn't deplete your lifebar, but the effect of this trope is considerably nerfed. The Alchemist mooks in III also have a grapple maneveur like this.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8504e5ff	type	World of Buxom
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8504e5ff	comment	World of Buxom: Only female children are exempt from it.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_87e661e8	comment	Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: The tenth level of the Xbox title, oddly named "the Aquaduct" (sic). Down the Drain: A sizeable chunk of the sequel's third chapter takes place in a sewer.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8b606a51	type	There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8b606a51	comment	There Is No Kill Like Overkill: The combo system allows characters to keep mangling decapitated enemies.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8b6e8d7	type	Anachronic Order
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8b6e8d7	comment	Anachronic Order: Some Continuity Snarl and Flip-Flop of God aside, the series goes like this, from a young 18 years old Ryu to a 23 yearsnote 25 as of DOA5 old Master Ninja: Ninja Gaiden Shadow (Game Boy) —> Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) —> Dragon Sword —> Ninja Gaiden II —> Ninja Gaiden 3 —> Ninja Gaiden (NES) —> The Ancient Ship of Doom —> The Dark Sword of Chaos —> Ninja Ryūkenden OVA —> Dead or Alive series
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8b9c512e	comment	Down the Drain: A sizeable chunk of the sequel's third chapter takes place in a sewer.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8d219876	comment	Air Jousting: Both Ryu and his old man suck at it in the Original Trilogy. And after twenty-plus years.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8d4fcaa5	type	Self-Imposed Challenge
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8d4fcaa5	comment	Self-Imposed Challenge: Karma runs; other popular ones include finishing the game with no upgrades or without using Ninpo and Ultimate Techniques.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_8ee83b3e	comment	Numerical Hard: The difference between Normal and Hard was barely noticeable in the Xbox Ninja Gaiden. There were more, slightly tougher enemies, but that was pretty much it. Like so many other things, Black and Sigma corrected this by replacing basic mooks with new, tougher ones, and turning every boss into a Flunky Boss.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_92f863b6	comment	Revival: NES trilogy -> Modern trilogy. Also counts as a Video Game 3D Leap.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_933576c8	comment	Also used for the girls in Sigma 2: Rachel is the Mighty Glacier, Ayane the Fragile Speedster, while Momiji's a Jack of All Stats.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_94f8be2d	comment	Deadly Lunge: The Flying Swallow and Guillotine Throw techniques can make short work of the standard Mooks. A lot of enemies like to pull these stunts too.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad Jaquio in the first NES game. Ashtar in The Dark Sword of Chaos and the orchestrator of the events of the first. His position gets hijacked when the Demon is revived (twice!) inside Jaquio's body by the Dark Sword of Chaos. Clancy in The Ancient Ship of Doom, after doublecrossing his boss.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9712e10	type	Sword of Plot Advancement
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9712e10	comment	Sword of Plot Advancement: Getting the Eye of the Dragon to upgrade the Dragon Sword to the True Dragon Sword in every game of the modern trilogy.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_99db72ee	type	Immune to Bullets
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_99db72ee	comment	Immune to Bullets: Many higher-level mooks in the modern trilogy are immune to standard shuriken or can block them if you throw them off-the-cuff instead of as part of a combo. In the weapon description of Rachel's sidearm in Sigma 2, it states high-level fiends are immune to her magic-laden ammunition, crafted specifically to give her an edge in fighting them.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9bee1a7f	type	Eldritch Location
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9bee1a7f	comment	Eldritch Location: The Realm of Chaos, the Labyrinth of Shadows, and the eponymous Ancient Ship of Doom
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e	type	Continuity Nod
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e	comment	Continuity Nod: With Dead or Alive: Dimensions, Hayashi has tried fixing some of Itagaki's mess, with Irene making a cameo in particular, as an attempt at settling Ryu's appearance in Dead or Alive as being placed years after his solo adventures. Within the franchise, Sigma 2 gives many throwbacks to previous games, such as the inclusions of Rachel from Ninja Gaiden and Momiji from Dragon Sword, something the original release Ninja Gaiden II for the 360 didn't trouble itself with. Similarly, a number of enemies in II were taken directly from Dragon Sword (the Rasetsu ninjas and the red dragons, among others). In the New York level of Ninja Gaiden II, you can see some scrolling signs reading "Doatec".
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9edbda07	type	Elite Mooks
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9edbda07	comment	Elite Mooks: The Underworld versions of the Incendiary Shuriken ninja deal much more damage than their normal counterparts who were already cheap enemies, but they also feature a quasi-suicidal attack where they stab you in the chest with one of their claws and then detonate an Incendiary Shuriken attached to their impaled-arm to deal massive damage.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9f4a47f2	type	Competitive Balance
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9f4a47f2	comment	Competitive Balance: Weapons in the modern trilogy use some combination of range, damage, combo potential and the power of the Ultimate Technique. The Dragon Sword is the most balanced but in the first game there are several weapons that mostly play the same way (War Hammer, Dihilabhro and the Unlabored Flawlessness are all heavy blunt weapons, as well as the Dark Dragon Blade in bonus-quests). The sequel has a bit more variety in that regard, since no two weapons play quite the same. Also used for the girls in Sigma 2: Rachel is the Mighty Glacier, Ayane the Fragile Speedster, while Momiji's a Jack of All Stats.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9f50dbe6	type	Infinite Supplies
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_9f50dbe6	comment	Infinite Supplies: Ryu has an endless supply of standard shuriken. Enemies with small arms have to periodically reload (most evident with the MSAT), but they never run out of magazines. In Sigma 2, he also has an infinite amount of arrows. In the first game and II, there's a limit, but there will always be a body bristling with arrows nearby when you need it.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a01e89da	type	Essence Drop
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a01e89da	comment	Essence Drop: In the modern games, yellow essence is the currency, blue refills health and red restores Ninpo. In fact, this trope is a requirement to perform Ultimate Techniques in the first game. Ninja Gaiden III removed it completely for a better Gameplay and Story Integration.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a121abc7	type	Respawning Enemies
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a121abc7	comment	Respawning Enemies: Averted beginning with Ninja Gaiden II: once you've wiped out a wave of enemies, it's for good.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a426ae28	type	Multiple-Choice Past
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a426ae28	comment	Multiple-Choice Past: It all comes down to Tecmo Koei simply establishing an official timeline without producers stating their own versions. Until then, it's not entirely clear which game represents Ryu's first true adventure: the arcade game, the NES trilogy or the modern series.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a43a691b	type	Finishing Move
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a43a691b	comment	Finishing Move: Obliteration Techniques, Fiend Sealer and variants
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Some of the characters, bosses, and even mooks get this in the sequels and Updated Rereleases.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a6cda066	type	Rule of Three
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a6cda066	comment	Rule of Three: In the NES trilogy, each game requires Ryu to fight three bosses in succession in the final stage.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a796d2a6	type	Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_a796d2a6	comment	Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Averted in the modern games. Gun-toting enemies are very competent at aiming and can be a real hindrance. The only exceptions are the basic hooded mooks of Ninja Gaiden III, who consistently shoot over your head, even when you're kunai-climbing a wall and you are not meters from them.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_abcb9af1	type	Eaten Alive
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_abcb9af1	comment	Eaten Alive: At the start of one of the boss battles, Rachel gets devoured whole and alive by a fiend right in front of Ryu.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_ac693192	type	Money Is Experience Points
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_ac693192	comment	Money Is Experience Points: In many of the 3D games, yellow essence can be used to upgrade weapons as well as buying items.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_ad1db87c	comment	What the...?!: In the NES trilogy, this is Ryu's version of an Oh, Crap! Moment. He tends to draw these like a moth to a flame.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_afc52a86	type	Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_afc52a86	comment	Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Spriggans are a more literal example: giant, armored zombies with a chainsaw in one arm and a cannon in the other.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69	type	Convection, Schmonvection
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69	comment	Convection, Schmonvection: In Ninja Gaiden II, Ryu can run on lava and swim in it, although it starts to hurt later. Possibly justified since he can set himself on fire every time he uses fire-based Ninpo (and other elemental Ninpo). Back in The Dark Sword of Chaos and The Ancient Ship of Doom, Ryu can easily cross a firepit or the caldera of an active volcano and won't suffer injuries unless he falls into the flames or lava.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_b0ad6a1e	type	Wrestler in All of Us
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_b0ad6a1e	comment	Wrestler in All of Us: Guillotine Throw and Izuna Drop. Ayane in Sigma 2 has a scissors lock in place of the Guillotine Throw.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_b1117cc6	type	Elaborate Equals Effective
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_b1117cc6	comment	Elaborate Equals Effective: Used for every weapon in the modern trilogy, except for katanas. In a variation, the True Dragon Sword and Blade of the Archfiend replaces a maxed-upgraded Dragon's Claw and Tiger's Fang in II/Sigma 2, since it's the strongest weapon in the game.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_b2280b66	type	Retcon
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_b2280b66	comment	Irene became a walking Retcon herself when "Sonia" was confirmed to be another one of her codenames she uses on the field Dead or Alive. Now it seems Ryu actually knew Irene before the NES series in the 360 version of Ninja Gaiden II, while in the first NES game he certainly doesn't find "Sea Swallow" familiar to a certain Sonia he met earlier. Irene's appearance of course was always that of a blond buxomed babe with pale skin instead of a brunette with modest body proportions; maybe she was wearing a disguise in the NES series?
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_b7e1dcc8	type	Empathic Weapon
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_b7e1dcc8	comment	Empathic Weapon: The Dragon Sword
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_bc0f0e23	type	Boss Bonanza
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_bc0f0e23	comment	Boss Bonanza: One major source of the trilogy's notoriously brutal difficulty. At the end of the first game, you had to fight three bosses in a row, and you would lose all your subweapon energy after each boss, forcing you to go on with just your base sword! Death at the end hands of any of the three would result in being sent back to the start of the entire ACT (the bosses were stage 6-4, and a death during one of them sent you clear back to 6-1!). This made learning boss mechanics through trial and error extremely difficult due to the long amount of time it took to get back to them after a defeat. At least the defeated bosses stayed dead when you got back to them, or many people would have given up entirely. This glitch was discovered in playtesting, but left in on purpose.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_bec0417c	type	Happily Married
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_bec0417c	comment	Ryu and Irene's marital status. The first Dead or Alive states they're Happily Married and Irene dutifully runs their Antique Shop while Ryu is away fighting in the tournament. In the next Dead or Alive tournament, their marriage became a mysterious subject: Ryu still is an Antique Shop owner, but Irene isn't mentioned in his bio anymore; in fact, it was doubtful that Irene ever existed from the second tournament onwards. When Dead or Alive: Dimensions was released, it recaps the first four tournaments and brought her back into the fray, but the marriage remains a mystery and suddenly Irene's a CIA agent again. The recap of Dimensions just goes as far as to imply they're romantically involved.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_c185022a	comment	"Instant Death" Radius: The modern trilogy have the Gleaming Blade move and its Ultimate Technique versions, which eat mooks for breakfast.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Fully upgrading the Wooden Sword turns it into a new weapon called Unlabored Flawlessness, which takes the form of a wooden boat oar in reference to the famous story of Miyamoto Musashi using a boat oar in a sword duel.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_c7f294da	comment	Large and in Charge: In the Arcade, NES trilogy and modern games, the bosses literally loom over Ryu Hayabusa. But just like Kenshiro, the Doomguy, Samus Aran and the Belmont Clan, size means jack shit to our resident superninja, as he can and will carve a path through his enemies.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_ca3d2067	comment	Mook Debut Cutscene: Generally averted in the modern trilogy, with a few exceptions like the MSATs, the zombies and the flare fiends in Ninja Gaiden/Sigma, or the Van Gelfs in II/Sigma 2. In both cases, the "rank" of the enemy introduced will actually change depending on the difficulty: a purple (immature) Van Gelf will come out of the hole in Accolyte, a green one (winged) in Warrior and a golden one (the strongest type) in Mentor.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_cc4d190a	comment	Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Both incarnations of the franchise involve Ryu eventually fighting giant demons.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_cf496044	comment	Smoke Out: Smoke bombs are used by both Ryu and enemy ninjas in the modern trilogy.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_d0c5fb3	comment	Impossibly Cool Weapon: Plenty, such as the Vigoorian Flail, but in Real Life it would be more dangerous for the user than the target. It probably wouldn't swing as easily as a nunchaku, either. Then there's the Plasma Saber MK II. Most projectiles are also this, such as the Incendiary Kunai, the Fuuma Shuriken, the Gatling Spear Gun and Howling Cannon.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_d34590cf	comment	Spin Attack: Ryu's movelist with the Dragon's Claw/Tiger's Fang consists of some hard cuts and a lot of spinning. Certain weapons also have access to a 360 degree input that usually turns out to be a spin attack.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_d62dd556	comment	Ashtar in The Dark Sword of Chaos and the orchestrator of the events of the first. His position gets hijacked when the Demon is revived (twice!) inside Jaquio's body by the Dark Sword of Chaos.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_d635e82c	comment	Highly-Visible Ninja: How did the CIA and Jacquio's troops find Ryu so quickly after he came to America? Maybe it's because he's the only person in modern New York who runs around in broad daylight dressed like a Ninja.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: Although this series falls for the Faux Action Girl a little bit too often, Ayane, Momiji and Rachel in Sigma 2 definitely play the role straight. Irene should count: those times when she isn't already captured or dead she can definitely hold her own. She even pulls her own Big Damn Heroes in The Ancient Ship of Doom when she rescues Ryu from death with the help of a submachinegun.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_db39ccfd	comment	Battle Couple: Ryu the badass One-Man Army Ninja and Irene/Sonia the Girl With Guns then later Mission Control; still together in the Dead or Alive series.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_dbc2a48f	comment	Game-Over Man: The arcade game is infamous for it's continue screen of Ryu strapped to a table with a buzzsaw lowering down onto him.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_ddc15c81	comment	Precision-Guided Boomerang: The Windmill Shuriken in the two Xbox games.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_de70f5a4	comment	Continuity Cameo: Ayane from Dead or Alive shows up in the modern trilogy. Inverted with Irene, who makes a cameo in Dead or Alive: Dimensions as Ryu's CIA contact during the story mode. The cameo doubles as confirming Sonia from Ninja Gaiden II as Irene's alias. Kasumi gets a faceless cameo in Sigma 2. Hayate is name-dropped in III and certain characters in Dragon Sword appear on-screen in the same game.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_df1793de	type	Updated Re-release
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_df1793de	comment	Updated Re-release: Every modern game had at least one. For the Xbox Ninja Gaiden, there's Black, Sigma (PS3) and Sigma Plus (Play Station Vita). For Ninja Gaiden II (Xbox 360) there is Sigma 2 (PS3) and Sigma 2 Plus (Vita) Sigma 2's case is a bit special though. Due to an exclusivity contract with Microsoft, II could not be ported onto the PS3. The only way to do it after Itagaki left was to add, remove and change so many things that Sigma 2 would be considered an independent game rather than a mere port. It worked: although the levels, combat system and enemies are pretty much the same, the playing experience is quite different. For Ninja Gaiden 3 (PS3/360) there is Razor's Edge (Wii U, and then to PS3/360). Ninja Gaiden Trilogy for the SNES can technically be counted as one for the NES series, though it winds up as a subversion. It uses the same 8-bit graphics, but in a couple levels in The Ancient Ship of Doom that had amazing 8-bit multiple parallax scrolling backgrounds, became single static scrolling backwards. It was actually a downgrade.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_df582b0b	comment	Continuity Snarl: Ryu's appearance in Dead or Alive, since the first installment made clear in his character bio that the current Ryu is, canonically, the one who already has ventured through all his solo games, reinforced by stating he's a Curio Shop owner, something that would only happen after the end of the NES trilogy with Ryu married to Irene and everything else, namely from the OVA. Itagaki then envisioned the new Ninja Gaiden series for the Xbox and kind of made continuity unstable, such as having Ryu wear his "Black Falcon" outfit as the default outfit from Dead or Alive 4 and onward, while making no mention of Irene or his shop in-game. As of Dead or Alive: Dimensions, things seemed to have been fixed, thanks to a couple of cameos here and there.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_e4884264	type	No Sidepaths, No Exploration, No Freedom
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_e4884264	comment	No Sidepaths, No Exploration, No Freedom: Averted in the first Xbox Ninja Gaiden, as you can still explore a bit of Tairon or find a few secret paths, as well as stroll in previously visited areas; this is helped by the fact that 90% of the game takes place inside or near the city. Played straight with the sequels, being much more linear, especially III, where there are no items to pick up, so any semblance of exploration has totally vanished. Razor's Edge re-adds scarabs and secret areas, though.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_e4e86215	type	Fake Difficulty
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_e4e86215	comment	Fake Difficulty: The camera issues were bad enough in the first Xbox game, but the second added some extremely cheap mooks, always in hordes, who have grabs that are way too fast to anticipate, or ones who constantly spam explosive projectiles, mostly from off-screen. Mentor and Master Ninja Modes often takes this straight into Bullet Hell.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_e5421161	type	Expy
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: The Vigoor soldiers looks tad bit too much like the Protect Gears from the Kerberos Saga.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_e913fe74	type	Epic Flail
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_e913fe74	comment	Epic Flail: Nunchaku, Vigorian Flail and Kusari-Gama. The latter two crosses with Sinister Scythe.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_e9f517e1	type	Artistic License â€“ Geography
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_e9f517e1	comment	Artistic License – Geography: The arcade game ending involves Ryu in a small boat heading back to Japan. Both Tokyo Tower and Mt. Fuji are together in the same skyline in the shot.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_ea46254a	comment	Jiggle Physics: Itagaki is very fond of this in his games. Sigma 2 gives us the ability to control this with the Sixaxis controller.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_eb81c601	comment	Irene should count: those times when she isn't already captured or dead she can definitely hold her own. She even pulls her own Big Damn Heroes in The Ancient Ship of Doom when she rescues Ryu from death with the help of a submachinegun.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_ed98f038	comment	Wall Crawl: The Kunai Climb allows Ryu to climb walls made of wood, brick, stone, ice or even metal. Those kunais mst be pretty damn sharp.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_f05444a4	comment	Once per Episode: In the modern series, the first three games has the Hayabusa Village attacked at the beginning − by Doku in the first and the Black Spider Clan in Dragon Sword and II.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_f22f395f	comment	Keep It Foreign: The series' international title of Ninja Gaiden was chosen because Tecmo thought Ninja Ryūkenden was hard to pronounce for Westerners. Interestingly, evidence seems to suggest that Ninja Gaiden was actually the original title (since the original arcade game was developed as a parody of American ninja films and their misunderstanding of Japanese culture), with Ninja Ryūkenden being something Tecmo came up later due to the original title being too nonsensical for Japanese players.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_f363694e	comment	Mercy Mode: Ninja Dog in the first Xbox Ninja Gaiden, Hero Mode in III
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_fb9e2ffd	comment	Team Pet: The Kelbeross are a villainous example, being Jaquio's pet dogs (well, they were before he mutated them into gargantuan monstrosities). This only gets described in the manual, though, leading people who didn't read it to consider them a Giant Space Flea from Nowhere.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_ff16efbf	comment	Heroes Want Redheads: Irene was a redhead in the original trilogy. As Sonia, her hair (supposedly bleached) is blonde.
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Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Comic-Book Fantasy Casting / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Competitive Balance / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Compilation Re-release / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Console Cameo / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Continuing is Painful / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Creator's Culture Carryover / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Creepy Centipedes / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Critical Annoyance / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Cruelty Is the Only Option / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Cue the Sun / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Cutscene Incompetence / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Cutscene Power to the Max / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Cycle of Hurting / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Dead Man Writing / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Deadly Lunge / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Defeat Equals Explosion / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Degraded Boss / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Demon Slaying / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Denial of Diagonal Attack / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Depleted Phlebotinum Shells / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Desecrating the Dead / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Designated Love Interest / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Desperation Attack / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Diagonal Cut / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Difficulty Spike / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Don't Think, Feel / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	DoppelgÃ¤nger Attack / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	DoppelgÃ¤nger Spin / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Double Jump / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Down the Drain / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Dracolich / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Dragons Are Demonic / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Dragons Are Divine / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Dramatic High Perching / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Dressed Like a Dominatrix / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Dual Boss / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Dueling Dubs / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Dynamic Loading / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Early-Bird Boss / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Early Game Hell / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Easy-Mode Mockery / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Electric Slide / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Elite Four / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Epic Flail / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Epileptic Flashing Lights / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Essence Drop / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Event-Obscuring Camera / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Everything Fades / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Evil Is Visceral / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Exposition Fairy / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Eyedscreen / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Eyepatch of Power / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Fanservice Pack / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Fantastic Fighting Style / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Fan Wank / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Fast-Roping / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Feathered Fiend / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Field of Blades / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Fighter, Mage, Thief / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Final Boss Preview / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Fire, Ice, Lightning / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Flash Step / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Fuuma Shuriken / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Gaiden Game / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Game Within a Game / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Giant Space Flea from Nowhere / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Girls with Guns / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Go-Go Enslavement / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	God of Fire / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Grappling-Hook Pistol / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Gratuitous Japanese / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Gravity Is Purple / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Grenade Launcher / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Guilt-Based Gaming / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Gunship Rescue / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Gusty Glade / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Hard Levels, Easy Bosses / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Harder Than Hard / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Heart Container / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Hell-Bent for Leather / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Hellgate / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Hero of Another Story / int_b55b8015
HideyukiHori	seeAlso	Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	High-Altitude Battle / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	High-Pressure Blood / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Highly-Visible Ninja / int_b55b8015
HiroakiHirata	seeAlso	Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)
HiromiTsuru	seeAlso	Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Hitbox Dissonance / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Homage / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Hopeless Boss Fight / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Hostage for MacGuffin / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Human-Demon Hybrid / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Hunter of His Own Kind / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Hunter of Monsters / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	I Let You Win / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	I'm Melting! / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Immune to Bullets / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Indy Escape / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Infinite 1-Ups / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	"Instant Death" Radius / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Interquel / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Invulnerable Attack / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	It's Easy, So It Sucks! / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Japanese Ranguage / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Japanese Video Games / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Jiggle Physics / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Just a Kid / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Justified Title / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kaizo Trap / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kamehame Hadoken / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Katanas Are Just Better / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kill the Cutie / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	King Mook / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Knockback / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kung-Fu Wizard / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kung-Shui / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Launcher Move / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Le Parkour / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Ledge Bats / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Level 1 Music Represents / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Level Grinding / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Levels Take Flight / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Life Meter / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Living Statue / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Load-Bearing Boss / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Lost Technology / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	MacGuffin Delivery Service / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Magic Versus Science / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Magical Gesture / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Male Might, Female Finesse / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Marathon Level / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Martial Arts Staff / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Mercy Mode / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Me's a Crowd / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Miko / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Minor Major Character / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Mirror Boss / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Mission-Pack Sequel / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Money Is Experience Points / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Mook Chivalry / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Morale Mechanic / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Most Definitely Not a Villain / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Moveset Clone / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Multi-Melee Master / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Multi-Mook Melee / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Mutually Exclusive Power-Ups / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Mysterious Watcher / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Naginatas Are Feminine / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Named Weapons / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Ninja Fiction / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden	seeAlso	Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	No Cutscene Inventory Inertia / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	No-Damage Run / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	No Sidepaths, No Exploration, No Freedom / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Non-Linear Sequel / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Obstructive Foreground / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Oddly Shaped Sword / int_e7973bf5
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	One-Time Dungeon / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Onee-sama / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Only Idiots May Pass / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Orbiting Particle Shield / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Our Ancestors Are Superheroes / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Oxygen Meter / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Pac-Man Fever / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Painfully Slow Projectile / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Paint the Town Red / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Password Save / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Permanent Placeholder / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Play the Game, Skip the Story / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Power Crystal / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Pre-Final Boss / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Precision-Guided Boomerang / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Press X to Not Die / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Pretty in Mink / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Psycho Electro / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Psycho Pink / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Public Domain Artifact / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Purple Is Powerful / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Razor Wind / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Recurring Boss / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Recycled Title / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Reformulated Game / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Regenerating Health / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Respawning Enemies / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Resting Recovery / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Retro Upgrade / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Revenge / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Reverse Grip / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Rise to the Challenge / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Road Runner PC / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Rock Beats Laser / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Rocket-Tag Gameplay / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Samurai Shinobi / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Save the Princess / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Saved by Canon / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Saw Blades of Death / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Self-Imposed Challenge / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Sequel Difficulty Drop / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Sequel Difficulty Spike / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Shifting Sand Land / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Sinister Scythe / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Sleeves Are for Wimps / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Slow Laser / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Smiting Evil Feels Good / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Smoke Out / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Snap to the Side / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Something about a Rose / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Sound Test / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Spam Attack / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Spider Limbs / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Spin Attack / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Spinning Piledriver / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Spy Catsuit / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Stationary Boss / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Sticky Bomb / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Stock Ninja Weaponry / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Stock Scream / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Story Difficulty Setting / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Story to Gameplay Ratio / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Stress-Relieving Gameplay / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Strong and Skilled / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Student and Master Team / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Stupid Sexy Flanders / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Stupid Surrender / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Stylish Action / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Super Not-Drowning Skills / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Super Title 64 Advance / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Surprisingly Creepy Moment / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Suspicious Video-Game Generosity / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Swipe Your Blade Off / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Sword and Fist / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Sword Lines / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Symbol Drawing Interface / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Tactical Suicide Boss / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Tamer and Chaster / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Telephone Polearm / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	The Emperor / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	The Musketeer / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	The Phoenix / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	The Ruins I Caused / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	The Straight and Arrow Path / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	The Very Definitely Final Dungeon / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	The War Sequence / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Theme Music Power-Up / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Three-Point Landing / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Title In / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	To Hell and Back / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Total Eclipse of the Plot / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Tough Spikes and Studs / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Transplant / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Trap Door / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Trick Arrow / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Turns Red / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Unexpected Gameplay Change / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Unnecessary Combat Roll / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Untranslated Title / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Unwinnable Training Simulation / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Updated Re-release / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Urban Fantasy / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Video Game 3D Leap / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Video Game Long-Runners / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Video Game Remake / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Video Games of 2005â€“2009 / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Viewer Name Confusion / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Viewer Pronunciation Confusion / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Villain Killer / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Villain Opening Scene / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Walk on Water / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Walking Wasteland / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Wall Crawl / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Wall Jump / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Wall of Weapons / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Watching Troy Burn / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Whip of Dominance / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	White and Red and Eerie All Over / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	With My Dying Breath I Summon You / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Wolverine Claws / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Womb Level / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Wooden Katanas Are Even Better / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Working Title / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Wrecked Weapon / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	You Are Already Dead / int_b55b8015
Metroid	seeAlso	Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)
NinjaGaiden	sameAs	Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)
Sleepover At Fluttershys (Web Video)	seeAlso	Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Cutscene / int_b55b8015
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)	hasFeature	Faux Action Girl / int_b55b8015
ninjagaiden	sameAs	Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)

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