Ninja Gaiden is a side-scrolling cinematic action-platforming video game. It was released in December 1988 in Japan, in March 1989 in North America, and in August 1991 in Europe. It has been ported to several other platforms, including the PC Engine, the Super NES, and mobile phones. The story follows a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa as he journeys to America to avenge his murdered father.
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Ninja Gaiden is a side-scrolling cinematic action-platforming video game. It was released in December 1988 in Japan, in March 1989 in North America, and in August 1991 in Europe. It has been ported to several other platforms, including the PC Engine, the Super NES, and mobile phones. The story follows a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa as he journeys to America to avenge his murdered father. It received extensive coverage and won several awards from video gaming magazines, while criticism focused on its high and unforgiving difficulty, particularly in the later levels. More than fifteen years after its release, the game continued to receive acclaim from print and online publications, being cited as one of the greatest video games of all time. The game was novelized as part of the Worlds of Power game adaptations written by Seth Godin and Peter Lerangis, and it spawned a soundtrack CD. It is also known as Ninja Ryūkenden in Japan and as Shadow Warriors in Europe, and as Ninja Gaiden in the U.S. and Europe. The original version of the game was published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System; it was later re-released for the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, and the GameCube. It features platforming gameplay similar to Castlevania. Players control Ryu through six ‘Acts’ that comprise 20 levels; they encounter enemies that must be dispatched with Ryu’s katana and other secondary weapons. Ryu’s father Ken was killed in a duel by an unknown assailant; after the duel, Ryu finds a letter written by Ken which tells him to find an archeologist named Walter Smith in America.
Walter tells Ryu of the demon statues he and Ken had found in the Amazon ruins. Using the statues, the Jaquio plans to awaken Jashin and use it to destroy the world. Ryu defeats the evil figure, which releases Ken from its hold from his possession. After defeating the demon, Ken tells him he does not have much longer to live because of JaquIO’s attack. He tells Ryu to leave him in the temple while it collapses, but then a lunar eclipse occurs, causing the demon to transform into a young man. Ryu is then dropped from sight through a trapdoor and into a catacomb. After making it into the temple, Ryu encounters Bloody Malth, whom he defeats. As he is dying, Malth reveals that he was the one who dueled with Ryu’s father, that his father is still alive, and that he will meet him as he presses onward. When he reaches the temple’s chambers, Ryu discovers his father was not killed by an evil figure but was possessed by an inner figure, and Ryu discovers he killed him instead. Ryu then finds Walter who tells him of an evil demon named JashIn, whose power was confined into two statues. Ryu shows Walter the \”Shadow\” demon statue given to him by a mysterious young woman; she hands him a demonic-looking statue before releasing him.
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