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ISSUE 2 • OCTOBER 2010 • FREE
REVIEWED
PLATFORM COMBAT
最後の忍道
NINJA SPIRIT
PROVING THAT
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Ninja Spirit
In
the late 1980s, tensions were high and the world was on the brink
of war. Two factions glared at each other across a sea of differences as
their ideologies clashed. It seemed that only bloodshed would answer
that ultimate question: Which is cooler, ninjas or pirates?
When Irem decided to release Ninja Spirit it seemed on the face of it
that ninjas had won, but little would they know that the game would
bring world peace. The pro-ninja camp applauded it for showing
how the skill and tricks of ninjas were just awesome. The
pirate supporters pointed out that the main character
was suspiciously dressed in pirate-like clothing and
spent the whole game killing ninjas, thereby proving
pirate superiority. And so both
sides were quelled and the world
was again at peace. For now...
But let’s get on to the story behind the
game. Using the tried and tested method
of rolling dice with words on, such as
‘girlfriend’, ‘brother’, ‘kidnapped’,
‘killed’ etc, they came up with
the truly unique premise of the
main character’s father being killed
by some beastly ninja person and a quest of
noble revenge. It basically boils down to feudal
Japan’s version of going postal.
Luckily, this ninja *cough* pirate
*cough* has a few skills of his
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own, and much like Michael
Douglas in Falling Down, his
arsenal gets more powerful
as you progress. Moonlight
(for that is the girly name of
the ninja in question) has
a veritable smörgåsbord of
weapons to choose from. His
suspiciously pirate-like curvy
sword is his primary short
You start out alone and with no friends. Like the fat kid at school.
range weapon, exploding
bombs are long range but take valuable time to
Hit Me Baby
throw, the chain-sickle is extendible and can be
swung around for maximum damage, and of course
One More Time
the ninja’s favourite - the rapid fire shurikens.
There are 2 modes to choose
While all of these are pretty cool, toys are much
more fun to play with when you have friends round
- which leads us to Ninja Spirit’s main gameplay
‘gimmick.’ You see, the staff at Irem obviously have
a bit of a fetish for what in Konami terms we would call an ‘option’. But not
content with keeping options in shoot ‘em ups such as R-Type, Irem staff
took a leap of logic and decided to
add them to a platformer. And you
know what? The sheer audacity
of this plan paid off, as once you
are used to your two little spirit-
buddies following you around,
playing alone just never feels the
same again. And it was also a boon
for the marketing department, as
suddenly the name of the game
Magical sticks of blue exploding dynamite are great for getting rid of
made sense.
giant zombie ghost samurai or Japanese knotweed in your garden.
from: PC Engine Mode allows
multiple hits before you die
and Arcade mode is for real
men as one hit will kill you
instantly.
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