Ninja Gaiden Black [Archive]

Nino

August 29th, 2006, 12:37

It must've been ages ago since I last played this on my original Xbox since my skills are so dusted it's not even funny anymore. I use to play the normal Ninja Gaiden on my Xbox, I picked up Ninja Gaiden Black yesterday (27 euros) and I started playing it again, this time on my 360. It runs smooth as hell. There were some issues with the smoothness of the FMVs but all that is fixed apperantly.

http://www.xboxgazette.com/img/ninja_gaiden_black_08.jpg
http://www.xboxgazette.com/img/ninja_gaiden_black_07.jpg
http://www.xboxgazette.com/img/ninja_gaiden_black_06.jpg

The graphics are about as good as some X360 titles, still good enough to no be annoyed by them. It supports HDTV in 480P. I recommend you check this title out ASAP if you haven't because you're missing out.

Rival24

August 29th, 2006, 12:41

I stopped playing just after the first level :P It was too difficult to be fun.

Nino

August 29th, 2006, 12:45

Haha n00b :D. I was halfway through before I sold my Xbox and I will finish it now. The Black edition has a new and easier skill level I think so you can safely pick it up.

TRIGGER M4N

August 29th, 2006, 13:01

I had this game, I couldn't put it down. It is still the BEST 3D platformer/action game created, ever!

This game is NOT FOR : NOOBS, novices, intermediate's, pro's or master's. You have to be a L337 to even complete the 1st level.
I played the older version, not the Black edition.

Rival24

August 29th, 2006, 13:12

Haha n00b :D. I was halfway through before I sold my Xbox and I will finish it now. The Black edition has a new and easier skill level I think so you can safely pick it up.

It has nothing to do with being a noob or not. I just dislike the fact of doing parts over and over again in this sort of 'action adventure' style of game.

TRIGGER M4N

August 29th, 2006, 13:14

It has nothing to do with being a noob or not. I just dislike the fact of doing parts over and over again in this sort of 'action adventure' style of game.

I think the reason you did it over and over again is because you're a noob and couldn't do it the 1st time. Trust, NO-ONE did this game without dying atleast 100 times. (No joke.)

Nino

August 29th, 2006, 13:16

Rival24

August 29th, 2006, 13:18

Who's Rival? And wtf is this?
This game is pretty hard but it's not that hard that you have to play each level 'over and over again'
Cutting your hand off isn't that hard either, what's your point?

Nino

August 29th, 2006, 13:22

The point is that you refuse to play this game because you say it's too hard. I admit that it's hard but it's not too hard to enjoy, unless your skills suck and you're a n00b.

Chris

August 29th, 2006, 15:08

n00b-a-lube.

| V |

August 29th, 2006, 15:54

I just recently completed this game on hard after completing it twice before on normal. I <3 it.

TRIGGER M4N

August 29th, 2006, 17:46

Ninja Gaiden 2 FTW!

Nino

August 29th, 2006, 19:24

I'm already in the 4th chapter (Imperial City Infiltration) again, whiney n00bs ftl :P

Zerodisorder

August 29th, 2006, 22:03

So is it only Ninja Gaiden Black that is B/C cause I have the original.

| V |

August 29th, 2006, 22:30

I think its just Black, i would check but i cant be bothered ;)

Zerodisorder

August 29th, 2006, 23:35

Thats crap..

Praetorian

August 31st, 2006, 01:20

Nope, NG works fine you dont have to have black. I loved this game, so glad I finished it. Its hard, but not as hard as people say. I still never finished Halo 2 legendary, that was hard!

gman8966

August 31st, 2006, 07:31

This game is one of my all time favorites, if not my all-time. I have beaten it i think six or seven times. I had the original and beat it three times, sold that. Bought the original again, beat it another two. NG: Black came out, so I borrowed my friends copy and copied it to my xbox. Beat that. Bought the 360, and just bought NG: Black earlier this week for the mission modes alone. Just finished the game up last night in six hours and 31 minutes, I rushed through it but somehow ended up with more golden scarabs then anytime before. This game is definitely worth it for the mission mode alone. I want to fight evil Ryu so bad, getting there!

The_Glovner

August 31st, 2006, 13:58

I loved this game as well, and completed it.

Tip for anyone that wants it, upon reaching the sewers under the imperial city there is one room where which has a large door to your left when you first walk in and if you turn to your right run a little bit up a slight hill on your left will be a door that takes you into another room where if you run up the hill there will be a save point and shop.

If you have the patience you can go between these two rooms killing the bad guys that continually appear in the previous room after going in and out the save room.

It took me a couple of hours but had every weapon upgraded to its full potential which certainly makes life a bit eaiser for the final stretch

Zerodisorder

August 31st, 2006, 15:46

I'll have to start replaying it if NG normal is b/c.

Nino

September 2nd, 2006, 19:15

Wohoo after 12 hours of play or so I'm in Chapter 10 already, never gotten this far the last time I played it. Fsck n00bs whining that it's too hard :P.

Zerodisorder

September 2nd, 2006, 19:35

Well I had it for like 4 months and got about half way through it, and than let my cousin borrow it and he had it beat in 5 days. I was like Holy Shit.

TRIGGER M4N

September 2nd, 2006, 20:23

Rival; you're a n00b, sorry. This game is pretty hard but it's not that hard that you have to play each level 'over and over again'. I just finished the first boss again. I'm playing it on Ninja Dog now until my skills are what they were back when I first played it.

Wohoo after 12 hours of play or so I'm in Chapter 10 already, never gotten this far the last time I played it. Fsck n00bs whining that it's too hard :P.

You're on easy mode, Nino and "he thinks he is superior than everyone at Ninja Gaiden" ftl.

Nino

September 2nd, 2006, 20:29

You're on easy mode, Nino and "he thinks he is superior than everyone at Ninja Gaiden" ftl.

I never said I was superiour. All I wanted to say was that it isn't that hard as some people said in this thread., especially on 'easy' mode it should be playable for most gamers. Still tough as hell in some parts.

TRIGGER M4N

September 2nd, 2006, 20:32

Post deleted after reading what Nino re-wrote.

Chris

September 2nd, 2006, 23:25

I like playing games that are fun. It pisses me off when some of these difficulty levels come out. Of course we want challenging but some of them are a little overboard.

Being so pissed off that I feel like punching holes in walls and throwing my controller isn't exactly what I call 'fun'.

Nino

September 3rd, 2006, 04:58

But think of the satisfaction when you finally do beat that hard part. NGB isn't that hard though, never got frustrating so far. Just make sure you save your game enough, the games' save system is unforgiving and if you die after beating a boss and you forgot to save then you'll be set back to your last save point even if that means you'll have to beat that boss again.

| V |

September 3rd, 2006, 12:56

Heh Ninja Dog, you never would have made it in Ninja Gaiden (non black) ;)

Nino

September 3rd, 2006, 14:32

I'll finish the game on hard after this, I promise. I got pretty far in the non-black Ninja Gaiden before I sold my Xbox.

| V |

September 3rd, 2006, 19:51

I thought you had to complete normal to unlock the hard mode?

Nino

September 3rd, 2006, 19:55

Isn't Master Ninja the one you have to unlock? I can't check it now 'cause I have to go to the movies in an hour and if I boot up NGB I'll be hooked for the rest of the night ;(.

Emily

September 3rd, 2006, 20:13

| V |

September 3rd, 2006, 21:47

I think, but not so sure, you have to finish it on Normal to unlock Hard then Hard unlocks V ery Hard and Very Hard unlocks Master Ninja

EDIT:

Unlockable / How to Unlock

Ninja Dog /Die three times consecutively in Chapter 1., then accept the choices given to you.
Hard / Complete the game on Ninja Dog or Normal difficulty, or have a save file on your hard drive where you completed the original Ninja Gaiden on Xbox.
Very Hard /Complete the game on Hard difficulty, or have a save file with the clear data of the Hurricane Pack 1
Master Ninja /Complete the game on Very Hard.

I guess i was wrong, you just have to complete it to unlock Hard

Nino

September 4th, 2006, 01:51

We both were wrong but I can play it on hard after this so I win \o/ :P.

Rafe

April 21st, 2007, 18:41

I picked up the normal Ninja Gaiden and Murai kicked my ass for like the fifth time in a row. The white and brown ninja's were pretty do-able but this guy is really hard.

nofear360

April 21st, 2007, 19:03

I haven't play Ninja Gaiden which amazes me because I'm a big DMC fan. If I could beat DMC 3 (ranked 17 on IGN's list of 20 hardest games of all time; no NG on the list), then this shouldn't be too hard :). I'll try to find one at a cheap price on eBay :).

Schalkie

April 21st, 2007, 19:29

Nino, where'd you get it? I've been wanting it since I heard about in on xbox, never had one of those though, been searching without results to finding it.

Rafe

April 22nd, 2007, 17:10

Schalkie: take a look at http://www.budgetgaming.nl/games/1/Ninja%20Gaiden/console-all.html ;)

BTW, I tried looking for the Hurricane Packs on the Marketplace but I can't find them. Does anyone know how to download content for original Xbox games on your 360?

Unrealevil

April 23rd, 2007, 05:42

I love this game (well... Ninja Gaiden, not Black). I got this for about six bucks. It's well worth fifty. It's the hardest game I've ever played. Seems like every time I put down the controller, I lose whatever ability to play I had before. But if you go through a good bit of blocking, counter attacking and flying-through-the-air-to-chop-your-enemy's-head-off-attacks, you should be able to get past the easy guys. As for the bosses, you're basically fucked before you even start playing (though with potions, you may last long enough to take out your sword).

When it first came out and my friend had bought it, we beat the game in a day and a night. That was a while ago, so since I bought it for myself, I haven't played much. I just picked it up again and got to the Imperial City. Question though. Does anyone know how to do the wind run? It says x + a... but when I do that, it doesn't do any move, I just do one move or the other (slash or jump).

BruNasty

April 24th, 2007, 13:44

I'm not going to bash anyone by saying they're all n00bz. I think they don't know what type game they're playing

Many people go into this game thinking it's a mindless slasher. Shit, 2 of my roomates didn't even know there was a block button for like two weeks, and when I showed it to them, they couldn't even utlize it. Now they were just casual players of the game and this game does take a level of dedication to learning the combo moves, and especially at the higher levels, YOU MUST MASTER THE COUNTER!! Once you get the timing for the counter down and max out the unlabored flawlessness you are untouchable.

another tip: Once you maxed out the UF and your health drops to less than 25% your damage goes WAY up. and once you drop below 10% (your health will turn BRIGHT red and start flashing, your attacks will bring bosses down in less then 5 mins. Just remember to block and use the "y" button counter attack (it'll lift you into the air and repeated smashing of "y" will give you like a 3-4 hit combo) Sorry if there are a couple of minor mistakes in my info it's been well over 2 years since I played it but there ya go!

Unrealevil

April 26th, 2007, 22:38

Okay, so can someone tell me how to do the wind run before I throw my controller at the television and lose my only good form of entertainment?

charmed699

April 27th, 2007, 00:21

Unrealevil

April 27th, 2007, 01:44

I managed to finish the original Ninja gaiden last summer when my dad got me my 360, I read this one is even harder though right?

I cannnot remember what the wind run was about but maybe give me some more details so I can tryo to help. :)

Actually, Ninja Gaiden Black can be put on an easier setting for those people who fail at the game. XD Little more content also.

Wind run... I'm not too sure how to give you more information. I looked at the controls and at the weapon combos. I see the Y + B fire attack thing, but for X + A, it says Wind Run. When I hit X + A, I either do X's function or A's function, but never anything that seems like a wind run.

BruNasty

April 30th, 2007, 12:19

Man it's been a couple of years since I played this game I believe (although there is a great chance I could be wrong) but the wind run is an arial attack. The buttons need to be pressed at the exact time. It's generally tougher to pull off on bosses but (and my memory has been faded by pot use, and I was high the majority of times I played) it is a jump, that if you do towards an enemy, Ryu jumps on their head lands behind them with the monsters stunned. The only reason I don't spin this game up again is because all my saved data was on my orignal xbox, which is in a thousand pieces after an encounter with a 1/4 stick of dyno and my hurrican pack was on there plus lots of maxed out Ryu saves but maybe I'll load it up again.

Sorry for the lousy spacing and tangent paranthesis, I've been up for 22 hours and am a little delirious

Unrealevil

May 1st, 2007, 07:20

Oh, that! I thought it was a fast run... the title is decieving. 8)7

Thanks a lot, man.

Though I do wonder how your xbox got into that predicament...

BruNasty

May 1st, 2007, 13:00

Though I do wonder how your xbox got into that predicament...

Well, it was past it's prime and it stopped playing the only game it could play: halo2. It wouldn't play anymore Dvd's and just like old yeller, I had to put 'er down. I opened it up, removed the hard drive, for space for the explosives, slipped the dyno in. had the fuse run out of the open disc tray lit it and ran like hell! BOOM it was glorious!!!!>:)

Rafe

May 2nd, 2007, 16:48

BTW, I tried looking for the Hurricane Packs on the Marketplace but I can't find them. Does anyone know how to download content for original Xbox games on your 360?
Does anybody know?

Edit: ah nevermind, I finally found out. Choose the Master Ninja Tournament in the game's main menu and select your gamertag. The game will prompt you to download an update and reverts back to the original black/green Xbox dashboard. After downloading and rebooting, get back to the Master Ninja Tournament screens and you can download the content ingame from there :)

SportsJunx

May 2nd, 2007, 19:25

Okay, so can someone tell me how to do the wind run before I throw my controller at the television and lose my only good form of entertainment?

HHAHAHA Hilarious.

This game was f*ckin sweet back in the day. And then the most recent version was pretty decent. I am definately lookin forward to the latest addition. Do you think it will sell for less than 60 bucks?

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nofear360

May 2nd, 2007, 19:31

HHAHAHA Hilarious.

This game was f*ckin sweet back in the day. And then the most recent version was pretty decent. I am definately lookin forward to the latest addition. Do you think it will sell for less than 60 bucks?

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Ninja Gaiden 2 isn't out yet ...

SportsJunx

May 2nd, 2007, 19:43

Ninja Gaiden 2 isn't out yet ...

I meant the first one (the NES version) and then the second (XBOX version)

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Nino

May 2nd, 2007, 19:55

Nino, where'd you get it? I've been wanting it since I heard about in on xbox, never had one of those though, been searching without results to finding it.

I think I bought it at MediaMarkt.

nofear360

May 2nd, 2007, 19:56

What's "the latest addition" then, if Ninja Gaiden is "the most recent version" and the NES version "the game f*cking sweet back in the day"?

I think I bought it at MediaMarkt.
Ahhh MediaMarkt. I always spend like an hour just feasting my eyes on the latest tech there :).

Chris

May 2nd, 2007, 19:59

Ninja Gaiden Sigma?

nofear360

May 2nd, 2007, 20:01

Ninja Gaiden Sigma?
That's the other game I had in my mind. I wasn't sure which one he meant.

Nino

May 2nd, 2007, 20:02

Ahhh MediaMarkt. I always spend like an hour just feasting my eyes on the latest tech there :).

it's not that special anymore when you live 5 minutes away from one of the bigger MM's ;)

Ontopic: I'm almost done with God of War 2 at the moment and with every combo I pull off I want to go back to Ninja Gaiden Black more. Sucks that I dont have a PS3, I want Ninja Gaiden Sigma so bad.

the list

May 3rd, 2007, 00:47

Ontopic: I'm almost done with God of War 2 at the moment and with every combo I pull off I want to go back to Ninja Gaiden Black more. Sucks that I dont have a PS3, I want Ninja Gaiden Sigma so bad.

Which do you prefer? I've just started God of War 2 and its ok but for me Ninja Gaiden is the benchmark and has yet to be beaten. The difficulty was a big part of the fun and the visuals still stand out today.

has anybody else had problems with graphics tearing and poor framerate on God of War 2

BruNasty

May 3rd, 2007, 11:38

Does anybody know?

Edit: ah nevermind, I finally found out. Choose the Master Ninja Tournament in the game's main menu and select your gamertag. The game will prompt you to download an update and reverts back to the original black/green Xbox dashboard. After downloading and rebooting, get back to the Master Ninja Tournament screens and you can download the content ingame from there :)

There is no original Xbox stuff available to download on the MArketplace, it's 360 stuff only.

The only way to download the hurricane packs is through the in-game downloader accessible through the main menu. They should still be available.

nofear360

May 3rd, 2007, 14:28

There is no original Xbox stuff available to download on the MArketplace, it's 360 stuff only.

The only way to download the hurricane packs is through the in-game downloader accessible through the main menu. They should still be available.
Are they free :P?

Rafe

May 3rd, 2007, 15:07

Yep.

Nino

May 3rd, 2007, 15:37

Which do you prefer? I've just started God of War 2 and its ok but for me Ninja Gaiden is the benchmark and has yet to be beaten. The difficulty was a big part of the fun and the visuals still stand out today.

has anybody else had problems with graphics tearing and poor framerate on God of War 2

I think I prefer God of War in terms of story and presentation but both are equally awesome in terms of combat. It's hard to decide the ultimate favorite but I think I prefer GoW2 over Ninja Gaiden. And yeas, screen tearing gets pretty horrible at times. But enough about GoW2, I've already started a seperate thread about its awesomeness :P.

nofear360

May 3rd, 2007, 15:38

Yep.
Thanks ;).

BruNasty

May 4th, 2007, 13:43

Yea, I loved the Master Ninja Tourney. It added a whole new level of gameplay. Instead of fighting through for survival, you have to play for Karma and there are a fixed number of enemies so if you don't get the best combos you're screwed.
The hurricane pack two was a bitch. That fourth stage I would say is kinda hard, everything else is *relatively easy.

nofear360

May 4th, 2007, 19:16

I just got it on eBay for 9 EUR :). Can't wait to try it out.

nofear360

May 13th, 2007, 05:43

BruNasty

May 13th, 2007, 08:22

I'm 5 or so hours into the game and I'm happy to say I'm impressed BUT not as impressed as by DMC 3. I like the moves and wall running but there's not many weapons to use at the moment. Sending those ninjas to hell is getting pretty old ... I'm not sure what made DMC 3 better ... probably all the different styles, cool weapons, or the fact that the story was interesting. In NG, the story is pretty much non-existing. Anyway, NG is still a badass game if not for the weapons, it definitely is for the difficulty. Those green ninjas sure know how to kick my ass. They don't kill me right away but they do take away a pretty large chunk of my health with each encounter.

The combat is slightly different in DMC, you can combo between your blade weapon, firearm, back to blade etc. for NG, you have to go through an interface, select new weapon...

As for tips, Try to get as much of that Karma stuff that drops down and kill people with your charged attacks, when they die from special "charged" attacks they often drop larger ammounts or health bonuses.

Level up your weapons as quiclky as possible. and one thing I don't like about NG Black is that they took out the karma harvesting, where tehere was a room of bats that consistently respawned and after like 4-5 hours killing them., you could level up all your weapons and the maximum weapon: the Unlabored Flawlesness... god I love that weapon, it's kinda slow, but fuck it packs a punch!

nofear360

May 13th, 2007, 16:08

The combat is slightly different in DMC, you can combo between your blade weapon, firearm, back to blade etc. for NG, you have to go through an interface, select new weapon...

As for tips, Try to get as much of that Karma stuff that drops down and kill people with your charged attacks, when they die from special "charged" attacks they often drop larger ammounts or health bonuses.

Level up your weapons as quiclky as possible. and one thing I don't like about NG Black is that they took out the karma harvesting, where tehere was a room of bats that consistently respawned and after like 4-5 hours killing them., you could level up all your weapons and the maximum weapon: the Unlabored Flawlesness... god I love that weapon, it's kinda slow, but fuck it packs a punch!
Shit, I ran into those bats long time ago. Are they in any other levels than Chapter 1? Even if they were and I got myself a lot of karma, I still wouldn't be able to buy the best weapon in the game straight away, right?

Rafe

May 13th, 2007, 22:49

GameFAQs to the rescue: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox/file/561532/31819

nofear360

May 14th, 2007, 05:19

GameFAQs to the rescue: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox/file/561532/31819
Wow! Thanks for that. I'll look into it for sure.

BruNasty

May 14th, 2007, 07:21

Shit, I ran into those bats long time ago. Are they in any other levels than Chapter 1? Even if they were and I got myself a lot of karma, I still wouldn't be able to buy the best weapon in the game straight away, right?

A bunch, Right after the train, before you jump into the sewar, I think after you fight the giant dino, there are usually save points nearby. I think that with NG BLack, they did away with the harvesting but, if you do your charged attack on them they can drop upwards of 1000 points each batch, so kill two of them, Charge your attack, collect those two orbs and then unleash on the rest in an uber-combo

mkm

May 29th, 2007, 10:38

I stopped playing just after the first level :P It was too difficult to be fun.

u must button mash, button mashers dont get past chapter 1, AT ALL. i know, i've tried.

and u can still harvest in black, and even easier.
in chapter 10, the aquaduct, you can harvest the bugs in the room, just leave one or two alive, leave the room and go back in. when you've got 99999 essence after you upgraded everything, leave the place. on hard mode its harder since they block alot.