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Ninja Gaiden Black

Overview

Ninja Gaiden Black is a reworked compilation of the original Ninja Gaiden and the two Hurricane Packs. The game features new foes, such as exploding bats and doppelgänger fiends who can imitate Ryu. It contains more costumes than the original, and swaps Ninja Gaiden's unlockable NES games for an arcade version.

One key feature of this version is its two new difficulty settings—the easy Ninja Dog and the very hard Master Ninja. Another feature of Black is its Mission Mode, which comprises 50 combat missions, one of which is adapted from the custom game designed for the Ninja Gaiden Master Tournament World Championship final. The last five missions are based on those in Hurricane Pack 2 and form a linked series known as "Eternal Legend". While most of the improvements made in the Hurricane Packs carried forward through this game, including the camera system tweaks and new boss battles, the Intercept maneuver, introduced in Hurricane Pack 1, was not included in Black, adding to its increased challenge.

Developers
Team Ninja
Publishers
Tecmo
Genre
Action
Alternate Names
  • 닌자 가이덴 블랙KoreaFlag of Korea region

Media

Box - 3D

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Box - Back

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