Shadow of the Ninja (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Natsume&1990 action platforming game for the NES, Shadow of the Ninja. Shadow of the Ninja is among the many fantastic games that Natsume developed for the NES, and like most of their NES games, despite its positive critical reception, it really never saw much popularity. It starts out with a cinematic inteo that vaguely details how in 2029 America has come under the control of some evil emperor that floats in the skies over New York. Apparently dropping a nuke over New York City isn&considered an acceptable option, so what&plan B? Ninjas. Yup. Ninjas. Saving America from a dictator.... What? But no matter how patently absurd the set up is (because, really, how many NES game plots actually made sense?), Shadow of the Ninja nails the game play, and does it with a whole lot of style. It looks and feels a bit like Ninja Gaiden (and its Game Boy sequel was actually licensed by Tecmo and summarily turned into Ninja Gaiden Shadow), but there are some important differences. First of all, it features a simultaneous two-player mode! This type of play is a fair rarity on the NES, but given that Shadow of the Ninja doesn&generally throw many enemies on the screen at once, instances of slowdown and flicker are surprisingly rare. If you play it alone, you get your choice of Hayate (the purple ninja) or Kaede (Hayate&orangey-pink doppelganger) - they play exactly the same as each other. You don&get the full bevy of powers like you would in Ninja Gaiden, but you...