Damn you Jaquio! ...4 years later...
Game Center CX
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A deadly fight! Ninja Gaiden II
It'll be another hard fight!
Look for the yellow men in Akihabara!
Sometimes you should go to this kind of sweet shop?
There's also "A waste of color"!
Those damn birds!
That takes me back! I said that last time!
A deadly fight! Ninja Gaiden II
Look for the yellow men in Akihabara!
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Good job everybody!
He says that he's a fake!
Look for the yellow men in Akihabara!
Sometimes you should go to this kind of sweet shop?
This one's in Okachimachi!
This looks like Space Invaders!
I just noticed these levers are different!
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This one is gonna be really hard right?
Anyone who touches this game hasn't learned anything...
Hello! I'm Game Center CX's Chief Arino!
Just recently, well, this might be old news but
I just got the New Super Mario Wii game!
No matter what,
I wanna go home soon!
We've only been recording for a few minutes but I want to go home soon!
Today, the game we'll be challenging is..
This game...
Ninja Gaiden II!
The Dark Sword of Chaos!
They made a second one
I had absolutely no idea!
4 years have passed since that deadly battle...
The memories of that deadly battle come rushing back
4 years ago, Arino challenged Ninja Gaiden
A fierce battle against unimaginable difficulty!
This game was a fight against unimaginable odds with an insane number of enemies!
This is hell!
You can't even compare this to Ghosts and Goblins!
Thanks to the support of the former AD Aces, Sasano and Urakawa,
And AP Tojima's
Legendary sun-blocking technique
he was able to defeat the 3 stage final boss, Jaquio!
And he was able to see the emotional ending screen!
Yes! I did it!
Ninja Gaiden CLEAR! (Over 2 days total 19 Hours)
I beat em!
Ya know what I should have done
I should've looked up the hardest games on the net and seen if II was there!
I'd have been surprised, that there was II!
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos - North America Ninja Ryukenden II: Ankoku no Jyashinken - Japan Shadow Warriors 2 - Europe 1990 | Famicom | Tecmo
This is the second installment in this Ninja game masterpiece
which has many fanatical fans all around the world
Just like the last game, this one also features a high level of difficulty
And also, the so-called "Tecmo Theater"
has also gotten an upgrade!
Today's Goal
Clear all 7 Chapters (13 stages) and see the ending screen!
But, will he be able to see the ending screen this time?
Ninja Gaiden II: Challenge START!
The curtain has risen on what's sure to be another historic battle!
First is the prologue!
"Jaquio has been defeated"
"I knew we couldn't count on him"
I played this 4 years ago and they're starting right after the end!
"The time to open the gate of darkness from the old legends..."
"...and at that time the world will be mine!"
"The world will become Ashtar's!"
Ashtar?
So he was his boss? Jaquio...
But his name was JaquiOU!! (King)
CHAPTER 1
Chapter 1 Begins!
SUDDEN ATTACK
It's exactly the same!
The controls are the same as the last game!
You can slice enemies with the sword, and get items!
Oh yeah, if I get the items
the weapons I can throw change
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Use it wisely!
As you pick up items, you will be able to use the powerful Ninja Techniques
However, since using the Ninjitsu uses your Ninja Power
saving your power for important sections is the key to success!
Maybe it's because he remembers the controls but he skillfully makes it through the stage
and then here...
What happened?
Shadow technique?
The red ninja copies Ryu's movements perfectly!
This is how you use it!
He tries to use a simultaneous two-sided attack but
Not that way!
You still fall to your death, huh?
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It's 3 times the attacking
A new ninjitsu power for this game Bunshin no Jutsu (Splitting Technique)
*You can have up to 2 copies at once
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The red ninjas follow behind Ryu, and copy his movements
In other words, using this technique effectively multiplies your attack power!
He tries again, and once more picks up the Splitting Technique power-up
As he proceeds, he makes it to a dead end
He can climb on the wall, and he heads down
Oh, you can go down!
Afterwards, he masterfully defeats the enemies
and as always, he heads inside the door
Isn't it the boss? There he is!
As nostalgic music plays, he's plunged into the boss battle!
Oh no! I fell!
I died already!
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He's got fearsome power!
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CHAPTER 1 BOSS DANDO
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He charges and knocks Ryu off the wall
His fearsome power is his brute force!
He restarts at the checkpoint just before the boss
He enters the 2nd Round with full life
He's gonna come at me with a 'crash'
Like that!
As soon as he tackles the wall, he jumps off!
He only has a small window to attack
wha...?
Oh crap!
There he goes again!
I gotta get him in the back!
Jump!
Like this?
Crap!
Stay away!
If he gets hit, he takes a lot of damage! This is a tough battle!
He only has one life bar left!
This is really hard!
Now he doesn't fool around
and simply attacks when his back is turned
Little by little, he inflicts damage!
Is this how ninjas fight?
If he doesn't make a mistake, he should be able to win!
Just what will happen?
All I can do is hurt him a little bit at a time! This sucks!
I got em!
Oh, it's easy!
With only 3 lives, he clears Chapter 1!
This is a good omen!
And just like before, we have a matinee at the Tecmo Theater!
"Who are these guys?"
"Just what I'd expect from the man who defeated Jaquio and his armies single handedly"
"Who's there?"
Then, a mysterious man appears
"If you want to save her, go to the Tower of Lahja"
"Save her...?"
"Irene of course"
"If you want to save Irene, you'd better hurry, Ryu Hayabusa..."
"or should I say, The Ninja Dragon"
Having discovered the heroine from the last game, Irene, has been kidnapped,
CHAPTER 2
Mystery
Chapter 2 Starts!
This is like Challenger!
This train stage brings back memories of Challenger!
But the enemies here are even harder than the ones from Challenger!
They're jumping up everywhere!
Almost fell!
Oh no!
Even while taking damage, he uses the splitting technique effectively
and makes it to the front of the train!
Oh, over there!
When he goes inside...
This is what's inside the train?
Stage 2-2 takes place in a totally different area
and takes place in the snow covered mountains
This stage features a dangerous obstacle
The wind is blowing me!
Oh, now it's not hmmm?
This... the wind changes with the snow or something?
The direction of the wind changes moment to moment!
He runs determinedly through the storm!
Watch out!
Watch out for the enemies' deadly attacks!
You must predict the direction of the wind, and deal with enemies as well!
Oh crap!
What do I do now?
How do I get outta here?
How do I get up there?
He somehow makes it to the other side of the cliff!
You can't relax for even a second here!
Oh no!
Damn wind!
He's lost all 3 lives and it's today's first game over
This wind blows!
He restarts at 2-2
I can't make it with the wind blowing that way!
The wind changes suddenly from calm, to blowing to the east, and west without notice
Having to adjust to the changing winds constantly is what makes this so difficult
Oh crap!
This is just what we've come to expect from Ninja Gaiden!
There are such difficult obstacles even in the early stages!
Not again!!
This ninja is being muddled by the wind, being blown every which way!
He just keeps getting game overs!
Didn't make it!
This wind stuff is too hard! Usually it just blows in one direction!
He reads the wind, and rides it to make the jumps!
Made it up!
He makes it to the middle part of the stage
As he proceeds on, enemy after enemy appear like a wall to keep him from going any further!
They're all coming down from the top!
He cuts down these enemies and presses through!
Another one!
He got me!
This is starting to feel like that "Ninja Gaiden" game
Just as we feared, this game is on par with the last game in the series!
However, he has not yet seen the true horrors yet to come...
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The Gamer's Mecca Akihabara
In the summer of last year (2009), many gamers came to Akihabara for
the DVD release of Game Center CX's 6th box set!
At the event, there was a game "Find the 'Happy (Happi) man!'"
Happi: A traditional Japanese festival coat
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They must find 8 of the GCCX staff members who are waiting somewhere in Akihabara
wearing yellow happi, and get all 8 of their stamps in this stamp rally game!
If they collected more than 4 stamps,
then they received a special Arino New Year's day card in the mail!
And that's not all! If you get all 8 stamps,
you have a chance of winning the very special
Game Center CX stock certificate in a lottery!
After finding out about the event on the mobile GCCX site,
many fans came early in the morning to Akihabara to search for the Happy Men!
Also, since he wasn't selected as one of the 8 "Happy men",
INOKO MAX appeared as a counterfeit "Happy Man"
He said he's a fake!
As a surprise, some of the old staff appear as well..
Good morning!
You look very nice today!
Today??
You mean I don't look like I just woke up today!
Even in the cold, over 650 people took part in the GCCX stamp rally!
It was really fun!
For everyone that came out to the event,
thank you very much for participating!
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The true fear starts now!
ARINO'S CHALLENGE
A new legend begins!
Arino challenges the super hard game Ninja Gaiden II!
In 2-2 Arino is having a rough time with the shifting winds
and to make matters worse, he's also struggling with the respawning enemies
Fell again!
It's only the 2nd stage but I'm already rattled!
One of this game's most frustrating aspects is every time Ryu takes a hit,
he is thrown backwards!
The enemies continue to rattle Arino with their relentless fierce attacks!
I fell from there?
Somehow he makes progress step by step
and at last...
It's the boss! That was quick!
The boss isn't always in a door!
In the midst of the violent winds
the boss battle begins!
Yikes!
The boss unleashes a cluster of spiders from the high cliff!
Of course if he's hit, he takes damage!
If I could touch them, it'd be easy...
But from here, he can't possibly attack the cowardly boss!
With no other choice, Arino goes for the close quarters assault!
But then just as he readies to attack the boss jumps down to the bottom!
Even if I throw em from up here...
it'd be worthless
Arino chases after the boss and jumps down
and then the boss immediately jumps back up!
I only hit him twice!
I've got no more power left!
Arino is all out of Ninjutsu attacks, and has only inflicted 2 bars of damage!
Arino can't figure out how to attack the boss,
and all he can do get spiders thrown at him!
You really shouldn't have that many spiders living in your clothes!
The spider attacks keep coming!
An unfortunate turn of events leads to
He got me
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The spiders are deadly!
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CHAPTER 2 BOSS SPIDER BARON
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This dangerous enemy attacks by releasing a cluster of spiders everywhere
and moves up or down depending on Ryu's movements!
Here again?
After getting game over,
he starts over at the very beginning of the difficult stage 2-2
He's having a hard time making it back to the boss!
He shot me!
The time it took to once again make it to the Spider Baron
was 20 minutes!
First, he climbs on the wall and attacks with his ninjutsu!
However, he doesn't land many hits
I'm not hitting him at all!
Then he changes his strategy to a close quarters battle but
but after only landing a few hits
the Spider Baron moves back down!
I've gotta hit him as much as I can before he moves!
Every time he moves to attack,
he's taken more hits from the spiders than he's landed
making this an uneven battle
but there's even more to this boss
The wind is still blowing
It's a double threat of fear and spiders!
Even though it's only Stage 2, Arino can't seem to figure out how to beat the boss,
and has been trapped in the spider's web
It's like his arms and legs have been bound by the spider's web!
He knocked me off!
The hard parts are already here!
I haven't even been playing for long!
Before he knows it, he's already spent an hour and a half on Stage 2-2
He heads into the 7th battle!
And then, something occurs to Arino!
I should attack when the wind isn't blowing!
Arino decides that it's best to attack when the wind is calm!
However, since the Spider Baron moves up and down so often,
getting the timing right between the boss's movements and the wind direction is difficult!
Gotta attack when there's no wind...
When there's no wind...
Arino perseveres and carefully reads the wind's movements
Little by little, he inflicts damage on the boss!
Their life is almost evenly matched!
Oh no, I'm just barely going to lose!
Their hit and run battle continues!
\You're just barely going to win!/
And Arino just barely...
Just once more...
I almost had em!
They're too close!
I got em!
I just barely got em!
I only had one life bar left!
I made it!
It was an up-close and personal battle!
With one bar of life remaining, he clears the frustrating Chapter II!
CHAPTER 3
Next is Chapter III
True form
The "Tecmo Theater" sets the scene
"So that's the Tower of Lhaja!"
The towering monument in front of Ryu is
the place where Irene is being held, the Tower of Lahja!
And so we begin this chapter!
And here he encounters yet another new obstacle
This stage is set in a dark forest
The only light is from the instant flashes of lightning
There's a huge hole there!
There are also many ravines scattered about in this stage
Why don't you wait until it's bright out to go through the forest?
Using only the flashing light of the lightning
and imprinting the scenery is the only way he can make it through
Oh crap!
The unforgiving nature of the obstacles is what we've come to expect from Ninja Gaiden
These platforms are too small!
I gotta kill those first!
This section needs precise movements and attacks
and defeating enemies while making consecutive jumps on the narrow platforms
it's still dark
he times his jumps in sync with the lightning
and carefully crosses the ravines
That was close!
He gets past the ravine section!
But it's not over
Watch out!
Don't fall!
The intense action doesn't let up!
If he falls here, it's the end of the line!
With only a sliver of health remaining, he makes it to the door
When he steps inside the door, without any rest,
Stage 3-2, The Tower of Lharja starts!
The ferocity of Ashtars' minions has also increased!
And after 4 long years,
he's reunited with THEM
Ah! The birds!
Birds!
That takes me back! I remember sayin that!
Previously on GCCX, these feathered fiends tortured Arino in Ninja Gaiden
and also in Castlevania III, these hard enemies continued to traumatize Arino!
How do I beat those owls?
In this game as well, their hard to read movements
make them a deadly enemy
Crap!
And the birds are not the only things in his way!
Not again!
This section requires nimble jumps, while throwing charging enemies at you
It's a double punch!
Oh crap!
They're really putting a lot of pressure on me!
This section is full of those cheap small fry enemies!
Crap!
There's no end to these fierce attacks!
This is the fearsome part of Ninja Gaiden!
Look out!
Bird!!
Damn birds!
After 30 minutes, he's finally got his chance!
Not again!
Get outta there!
Go go go!!
But the stage still continues!
This again...
Oh no!
I hate those little rolling guys!
His last life
If he loses here, it's back to the beginning of the stage
He never stood a chance
And then, Arino's course of action is
I wonder if I can climb this to the top?
I guess that's not gonna happen!
In Stage 3 as well, Arino has got 'gamers block'
Just thinking about Ninja Gaiden kinda ticks me off a little
As even his own body starts to reject Ninja Gaiden
he continues to stick with it, but the results are always the same
Just get rid of all these enemies!!
Don't they know that we're in a recession now?
Can't they figure that out?
When this game came out 20 years ago, the economy was doing just fine,
and yet somehow, Arino makes it through the 'small fry bubble'!
And at long last
It's the boss!
This enemy doesn't look at all like one from a Ninja game!
The Chapter 3 boss is a very creepy looking boss!
Funky Dynamite has appeared!
But I finally got up here!
He's finally made it to the boss battle!
But just how strong is he...!?
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The retro atmosphere never ends!
Visit this sweets shop someday!
TAMAYOU!
I got a postcard! Hello Arino! Hello!
This time I'd like to introduce to you
is Nakaya Sweets shop in Taito!
Please check it out!
So I guess this time, he's only introduced a sweet shop to me!
He didn't mention anything about games!
Will there be any games there?
Satake Market Tokyo Taikyo District
He searches the shopping district for the shop, and then something catches his eye!
Wow, Tokyo's Famous Shigemori Ningyoyaki
and right under it... What's this Premium Rice Cracker store doing here?
Excuse me
Welcome!
Where's the 'premium rice crackers'? Can you show me them?
They're right here!
Premium... Oh here it is!
They're all 'Premium Rice Crackers'!
This one is premium rice crackers too?
They all are 'premium rice crackers'!
What do you mean by 'premium' anyway?
Our company started back in 1917
and at that time, these were a premium good
Oh rice crackers?
They used lots of eggs and sugar to make these back then
The shop owner is very kind
and lets Arino sample some Rice Crackers
and the taste...
There are some peanuts in there
Oh yeah!
This is a premium taste!
Arino buys the Premium Rice Crackers!!
Now that I notice it, it looks like I'm taking a little stroll!
There are a lotta people doing this these days!
And then, he reaches his goal: The Nakaya Sweets Shop
Is this it?
He immediately starts searching for games and asks inside!
Hello!
Welcome!
hmmm
??
Is this a game?
I don't think this is a game!
If you're looking for games, they're over there...
Arino goes out of the store and heads next door!
and there just in front of the store he sees
What's this?
He finds a very 'retro' game!
Those are some neat prizes!
That eraser...
it looks like it's already been used!
I wonder if I can play this?
He tries to play the game but
Well the cord is right here
Too bad, but it looks like it's broken down!
He once again goes to the owner of the shop to ask about any other games!
Where are the games?
Right inside here!
It looks like they're in the store next door!
And inside...
Oh yeah!
There are three of em!
Are you twins?!
Oh, from there?
The Nakaya Sweets Shop located in the Taitou district
and in the cafe next door...
there are 3 old-fashioned game cabinets!
Out of those 3 games, the one that catches his eye is
This one looks really "Invader-y"
Oh yes, it's an 'Invader Game' but
the maker is different!
The game maker is different?
Cosmic Monsters II 100 Yen | Universal
In the age when Space Invader games were king,
this is one the many games that tried to imitate it!
And the screen is an old fashioned vacuum tube screen!
It's a very rare thing that you don't see very often anymore!
Arino starts playing immediately!
Arino is doing well and beating lots of enemies but
Whoa, the levers are different! I just noticed!
Arino is puzzled by the unique control style of this game!
And that's not all!
The UFO hasn't come out at all!
The bonus UFO doesn't come out!
Or so he thought...
It'll come out soon!
How do you know what part I'm playing?
The shopkeeper says the UFO will come out!
He keeps playing but the UFO does not appear!
When is the UFO coming out?
Fast! Oh I got it! The UFO never came out!
He just finished Stage 1! And then
I brought you your coffee!
AD Watanabe Yuuko
Thanks
His coffee is ready! And that's not all!
This is their famous roll cake
I thought we could have some together...
Watch it!!
What're ya doing?
This is like a comedy episode with a fat person!
And then finally... the long awaited moment...
There it is!
The UFO appears!
But...
I missed!
There it is again!
It's coming down!
It split!
The UFO appears many times until it splits into a row of aliens!
There are more enemies!
If you don't hit the UFO
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If you don't shoot the UFO, it goes back to base, returns and explodes in a row of 30 point enemies
it makes a little row of enemies right?
They're very little enemies
They go back home and there's more enemies!
That's in 'II'
That wasn't in 'I'
The game developed new features!
And after that finally
There it is! There it is again!
He destroyed the UFO!
Ah they got me!
Now there's more! Ah, Game over!
Did you knew that I was killed and got a game over right?
When that happens
you're supposed to say "You were so close!" or something like that
Well then here you go~!
I don't want the crap part!!
Arino enjoyed the delicious roll cake along with the nostalgic retro games
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If you're having this much trouble, winning is nothing more than a fevered dream!
ARINO'S CHALLENGE
Arino has finally made it through that brutal area to the Chapter III boss!
I made it to the boss!
That boss doesn't fit in anywhere in a ninja game!
This boss has completely ignored the fact that he's supposed to be in a ninja game!
He starts the boss battle with Funky Dynamite!
This boss floats through the air while shooting bullets at Ryu
Paying close attention to his moments, he attacks from the raised platform!
And the he immediately drops to the ground and blindly fires bombs into the sky!
And then returns to floating in the sky
I figured it out!
It looks like Arino's got an idea!
Right here!
Oh crap!
You gotta get the shadow in the right place and then slice away at 'em right?
But it's game over
Even though he figured out how to beat him
He starts over at the beginning of the stage
I gotta wait awhile to try it out!
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What does 'Funky' mean?
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CHAPTER 3 BOSS FUNKY DYNAMITE
His scatter bomb attack is highly damaging!
He once again goes back and forth through this dangerous path
and when he finally makes it back to the boss,
about 30 minutes have passed!
Before the fight, he reviews and refines his battle strategy
Jump on the high platform, jump off the platform,
leave the shadow in the air,
slice with the katana, and win!
This strategy requires Arino to perfectly place the Red Ninja in the air
and attack Funky Dynamite remotely with the shadow
That is of course, if everything goes according to plan
First he gets the red ninjas into place! But it's easier said than done!
This proves to be pretty difficult!
Am I hitting him?
And then the battle starts to go in his favor!
They fly at each other without holding anything back
I got him stuck in a pattern! He's stuck! He's stuck right??
It was just my imagination!
Without trapping him in a pattern, he's thrown back to the start!
I gotta do it again...
You should go from outside the building and climb up that way!
He heads through the inside of the tower where countless enemies await him
Since starting Stage 3-2 he's already spent an hour and forty-five minutes trying to beat it!
He finally makes it to Round 3!
I'll try using the ninjutsu
Arino continuously attacks with his ninjutsu attack!
Thanks to the power of his ninjutsu,
he's taken down the boss' life in a flash!
Cut cut cut cut cut cut It's not hitting em!
\Get em get em!/
I got em!
I got 'em!
I think that was a bit much
the 'get em! get em!'
CHAPTER III CLEAR
He magnificently 'got' Chapter III!
I got 'em!
And in the next movie, Irene makes her debut!
However
"You've done well to come this far, Dragon Ninja!"
"Wha!?"
Where'd that come from?
"Take this!" "Uguuu"
"Hahaha, what's wrong, Dragon Ninja?
Is this the man who defeated Jaquio?"
"Damn you...are you Ashtar?"
"Die, Dragon Ninja!"
Don't!
He got shot!
The person who saved Ryu was
that mysterious character that appeared before!
"How did you get in here, you sewer rat?"
Was that his name?
"Hand over the Sword of Chaos and surrender!
We've got this tower completely surrounded!"
By who?
"If you want the sword so badly, then you'll have to come get it...
in the Maze of Darkness!"
"Ryu.....!!!!"
"Irene!!!!"
Oh he took Irene with him!
CHAPTER 4
Magic Sword
Irene's really dancing there!
Wasn't the tower surrounded?
I still gotta go?
Irene is once again taken away by Ashtar
and Chapter 4 starts!
What was that?
This stage takes place in a sea of fire with spouting liquid hot magma
Oh no!
Got me again!
Nope, I died!
Enemies are waiting just where Arino wants to jump!
Too far!
These traps are almost cliche for the Ninja Gaiden games
Oh no!
I was going too fast!
Arino holds back his impatience, and cautiously makes it through the obstacles
And then...
Am I supposed to jump on those poles?
And here it appears again! Another section requiring quick jumps across small platforms!
Look out!
What awaits below is a blindingly hot sea of fire!
And to make matters worse, there is rising and exploding magma blocking your way!
Oh crap!
If he's hit by the magma, he falls straight into the sea of fire
Oh no!!
Wha? I can't get up! Oh I got up!
He skillfully makes it through!
Up here?
Boss? It's not the Boss!!
His hopes went unfulfilled, and he instead starts Stage 4-2
What's this place?
The water is washing me away!
He goes from a sea of fire to an underground river
Because he's being washed away by the water, it's difficult to control!
It's 'cause of the water!
As he fights against the currents of the water
he somehow makes it through!
And then
The water changes directions
It washes me down??
The flow of the water changes directions as it flows out of the drainage pipe
But Arino calmly and skillfully rides the wall and lets the water bring him down
That wasn't enough!
Arino tries to jump across the cliff by jumping off of the wall but
Still not enough!
And here Arino gets stuck again
or so you thought!
...just drop down...
He makes it through easily!
What's this spot? Oh no!!
The underground rapids obstacles continue!
Oh he's getting a shower!
I bet that old guy is peeing in the water
And once again, that troublesome enemy rears it's head!
How do I get up there?
What's that bird doing here?
No matter where Arino Hayabusa tries to go,
his old nemesis, the bird, appears to get in his way!
Why??
If his sword swing timing is off by even a second,
he's knocked back by the damage, and falls to his death!
Just by being there, the birds
are constantly fowling up his play style!
Hayabusa's really dying
at a really good tempo!
Arino has to re-pysch himself!
After getting many game overs,
He somehow makes it through this area!
But in the middle of the stage,
the enemies' attacks become even more ferocious!
I hate that guy!
Take it slow, Arino!
Arino approaches with new resolve to face these enemies,
but the fierce attacks of these countless enemies continues!
Even after killing the annoying old man
this time he's chased by the reappearing bird on the narrow platforms
and it's THE END
Arino was making progress step by step until now
but this section has him totally stuck
I don't think that this stage and I get along very well...
He's losing his confidence after not making any progress
This isn't like him at all, but at this depressing development,
he starts whining!
Up until now, he's used 80 lives at this point,
and at long last, he makes it to the end of the stage!
but once again, HE shows up!
Bird!!
Birds!!!
Damn birds...
It's been 4 years...
Arino is a 37 year old chief,
but his battle with his old nemesis
will never end
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Kibe's Game Boy collection is starting to run out!
A Waste of Color
A Waste of Color!
Let's do this!
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In this segment we look for Game Boy games that wouldn't be a waste to remake in color
OK!
So I'm finally running out of games!
You can't gimme anymore?
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Kibe has chosen 18 games from his own collection to have Arino play!
I don't know if I should say this but
that plastic bag you brought it in looks really lame!
Arino
Yeah?
Well, that's because I'm running out of games!
Outta the ones you brought, one of em looks interesting
Kizuchi da Kuizu da! Gen-san da!
It's the pachinko game!
That's right! Originally, it was an action game
Is that a fact?
First Period Kizuchi da Kuizu da! Gen-san da!
It said "Let's Go!"
It's Mr. Q's hideout!
Isn't that the bad guy?
Can he ride on those?
Save me Gen!
It switched to a picture real fast!
You have to answer the questions I ask! The first type of questions are about..."BODY"
There aren't many types of questions are there?
The Body!
Large intestine Stomach Small intestine
Food you eat goes through the mouth, and after that, it goes through...
It's the 'stomach' isn't it? What do I do here?
Oh, this is a lot like the other Gen-san games!
How many bones are there in the human body?
About 206 isn't it?
300KMH 300,000KMH 30MH
How fast does an impulse travel through your nervous system?
It's about 300 KMH isn't it?
The number on the left is gradually...
Look, the robot is looking pale!
80%! You know a lot about the body!
Yeah I do!
Kizuchi da Kuizu da! Gen-san da! (Wooden Hammer! Quiz! Gen-san!) 1992 | Irem
Gen goes through the world map stages
and answers the quiz questions in order to save the heroine in this game!
This game also has elements of an RPG like buying things at the store!
Second Period Dodge Boy
This is Dodge Boy!
Dodge Boy~
This is a gym, right?
Yes
Mmm? The character on the label and the one here are completely different!
It looks like he's coming right at me!
Death match?
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In Death Match players play until all players are taken out of the game.
There are 3 courts you can choose from!
Wow, I'm gonna pick the beach!
He's passing it!
He grabbed it!
Where am I?
I caught it!
This is really hard to see!
In this game, until the ball gets close, you can't see yourself
Oh no!
I went over the line!
They're really anal about this!
Where am I?
But I still caught it!
So that's the kind of game this is
This is Dodge Boy
This is dodge boy huh?
It's dodge boy
Dodge Boy 1991 | Tonkin House
Depending on the court you select, the players' movements change,
and you can use button commands to do 'miracle shots'!
Although it's a simple game, it incorporates a lot of video game elements!
Third Period Seaside Volleyball
Same company?
Tokin House
This one's also from Tokin House!
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Just like Dodge Boy, this game was made by Tonkin House
What the hell is 'Tonkin' House anyway?
It's part of Tokyo Publishing House
Let's go with Brazil
The Japanese have big foreheads!
Weren't the graphics on the Game Boy a little better than this?
That's what you always say about these games!
What happened?
That last one was ok!
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Receive - Toss - Attack Jump - Block
Which one is attack?
He spiked it
First I think you should jump, and then attack
It's coming again
Who's that?
It's the referee!
Why'd that happen?
What kinda referee sits under a parasol?
I just wanna get a point!
I wanna show off a cool move at least once!
Pass it... and jump...
Block!
Oh, now I can serve it
Now I can serve it, that's all I did!
-Those are the rules...
Seaside Volleyball 1989 | Tonkin House
There are Men's and Women's Leagues featured in this game
In the women's league, the ball's speed is kept at a slow speed
There is also a two player mode, where you can play co-op or tournament modes!
Homeroom Which game do you want in color?
Gen-san's quiz and...
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Which game wouldn't be a waste of color?
This one was good!
Tonkin House's two games
In Seaside Volleyball,
I want that referee that showed up in the middle
to be remade like in "Dead or Alive" with the jiggling!
If you're going to remake Seaside Volleyball in color,
Game companies, how about something like this?
Still stuck in Bird Hell after 4 years! Hahah...You've made no progress!
ARINO'S CHALLENGE
In Chapter 4, Arino continues to gnash his teeth in bird hell!
He's at the last part of the stage
He finally calms down and defeats the bird!
What awaits him here is an up and down battle with charging enemies!
They keep coming!
Die!
OH NO!!
Arino, get through this part!
Oh no I'm gonna die!
Not from here again!
Once again he's at the small-rapid jumping platform section
And after 20 minutes, he's back at the same spot
How will he do this time?
He recklessly runs through the raging rapids!
And at long last
I got in!
Doesn't this look like the last boss? Ah! I'm gonna fall!
Isn't this gonna catch me and make me fall?
Which one is the enemy?
It's the red thing in the middle right?
Arino deducts that the boss is the red creepy thing in the middle spitting out water
and he starts the battle!
But...
It's a hand!
The boss is gonna crush me with his hands!
What do I do about that hand?
The bosses scaled hands move from left to right
Arino times his jumps and heads in!
Wha?
What happened?
You can get hit by his head!
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If you fall, you'll go straight to hell!
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CHAPTER 4 BOSS NAGA SOTUVA
Just like Arino predicted, the boss' weak point is the face in the center
but, the moving claws will prevent you from attacking!
After getting a game over, he must get through this difficult stage again!
It's a long way back!!
But after making it to the boss once before,
Arino's feeling more optimistic
He gets through the rough stage,
and is ready for the rematch
He's not throwing them
He wants to attack with Ninjitsu but
since he can't get a good foothold, he can't control Ryu very well
and because of the fast flowing waters
even getting back to a safe position is a trial!
Not there!
Somehow he inflicts some damage using multiple ninjutsu attacks!
Oh no!!
That was close!!
It's like attacking from a tightrope!
Even if he's brushed by claw's attacks, he'll fall to his death!
And then...
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One shot takes 10P
His ninjutsu power runs out!
So when the hand comes out, get on top of the waterfall and beat him like that right?
Now your only option is to cut it apart with your katana!
Oh crap!
And then for some unknown reason, something starts beeping!
What happened??
Truly the unthinkable has happened! Time over!
This is intense
This cruel battle requires speed as well
But, if Arino worries about the time,
then Arino can't concentrate on the boss battle!
He takes precious time and even though he makes it to the boss
he can't control Ryu well, and falls to his death time after time
Crap!
It's been like this for awhile
but the numbers of the score on top
have been getting really blurry
I guess my eyes are gettin' tired!
Just in Chapter 4, he's played for 2 and a half hours
It's no wonder he'd start to feel exhausted!
But even if he's killed time after time
he has no choice but to keep fighting!
This battle is about persevering and sticking to it!
Because that's how he won 4 years ago!
What the heck was that?
Do or die Arino Hayabusa!
Sometime surely, his chance will come!
And that time finally came at the 11th battle!
I wanna do it this time!
Attacking from the platform and using ninjutsu
he slowly shaves away the boss's health!
The boss only have 5 bars of life left!
It's his best chance!
Just one more step and he'll have control of the battle!
How will the battle end?
Come out hand!!
Look out!
Oh no!!!
He's too strong!!
He reduced the boss's life to two bars but
regretfully he lost!
My fingers hurt!
They really hurt!
My fingers got all red and swollen!
But at long last, we've seen the light at the end of this battle!
When the moving claws have left an opening,
he uses ninjutsu from the platforms!
Look out!
All he needs to do is keep this up!
Fingers hurt!!
He's surpasses his own limits, and attacks with all his might!
I'm scared!
I'm out!!
He's out of ninjutsu power!
No matter! Then deliver the final blow with your own katana!!
I did it! I did it!! Stop already!
I did it!!! I finally did it!
My finger hurts! It's all wrinkled!
Congratulations! It's your mark of victory!
At the last moment he went face to face with death
magnificently attacked with his katana
and ended the fierce battle!
After suffering over this stage, he's finally cleared the extremely difficult Chapter 4!
He only has a moment to enjoy his victory, before the next movie reveals the story
"Listen, Dragon Ninja!" "That voice, Ashtar!?"
He's huge!
"If you value the girl's life, then come out and face me!"
Don't do it Ryu! You'll be killed!!
"Unless you are too much of a coward to face me! Ha ha ha!"
"Damn you Ashtar!!"
"I'm coming Irene!"
Then Chapter 5 Starts!
CHAPTER 5
The Wicked Demon
I wonder if this is the last Chapter
Arino's deadly battle will continue...
TO BE CONTINUED!!!
The next episode: Ninja Gaiden II The Final Chapter!
The enemy difficulty is even higher!
And the hardest environmental obstacles await!
This is definitely Ninja Gaiden!
The ultimate difficulty! The challenge enters the 2nd day!
And when Arino is in his moment of need
Those old war buddies come to assist in an emergency battle strategy!
A climax that even surpasses the original!
and an unbelievable final form!
Just how will it all end!?
A new legend
will be born!
One lucky viewer will get this signed handy fan!
Be sure to look forward to the thrilling conclusion!
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The deceased soldier king has an announcement!
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4 YEARS AND ARINO IS STILL BAD WITH BIRDS
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