Ninja Gaiden Shadow Gameboy Gameplay # 1

Описание: Welcome back mortals to another retro game series on my YouTube channel.

Today we're going back to 1991 and I'll be playing Ninja Gaiden Shadow.

This game actually is a prequel that takes place before the original Ninja Gaiden Trilogy infamously made for the original NES console.

This game is a side scroll action platformer game.

Ninja Gaiden Shadow features simplified play mechanics compared to those used in the NES trilogy.

In contrast to the variety of ninja arts and power-ups available in the NES games, Ryu only has a basic sword attack and a Fire Wheel magic attack that can be replenished for up to five uses maximum.

So that means you have to use the fire wheel sparingly and restock it from the power ups that are hidden in the stages.

While Ryu cannot stick to or climb walls like in the NES games, he can hang onto railings and move underneath them like in Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, and use both his sword attack and the Fire Wheel art while hanging onto railings.

Unique to this installment, Ryu is equipped with a grappling hook that allows him to latch onto hard-to-reach railings. Very weird how a ninja would have issues climbing and him needing a grappling hook.

Like in the NES versions, Ryu can find health potions, fire wheel stocks, and extra lives by destroying item containers. But some item containers are harder to make it to, then others. But there are ways to get to these item containers. So use your thinking caps or just watch me do it and take notes for your gameplay.

The plot of this game is...

Set in a retro-futuristic version of 1985, three years before the events of the first NES Ninja Gaiden game , the player controls Ryu Hayabusa, who must save New York City from the forces of Emperor Garuda, a servant of Jaquio.

Garuda's minions include...

-The cyborg named Spider

-Kickboxer Gregory and his manager Jack

-Former military commander Colonel Allen

-The Japanese nobleman Whokisa aka 風鬼斎 Fūkisai, in the Japanese Kanji.

Ninja Gaiden Shadow was originally planned to be a Game Boy adaptation of the NES game Shadow of the Ninja.

The Nagoya division of Natsume, which developed Shadow of the Ninja, also developed Ninja Gaiden Shadow. So does that make sense to you?

Personally in my opinion, this is a solid title and has decently sharp and crisp graphics even for an OG Gameboy console.

But that's enough talk. It's time to get this game started.

In this episode, I start the actual game and I take on Stage 1.

Garuda, you and your diabolical army are going down 👎, by a Destroyer God's wrath.