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Are you the only speed-runner who declares his undying hatred for the game in the author comments so frequently? Cracks me up

Are you the only speed-runner who declares his undying hatred for the game in the author comments so frequently? Cracks me up

Hmmm... doing a quick skim of most of the games there, I appear to be the only one to run games I hate. To be fair, though, I didn't start hating Kid Icarus until after I started the run; Ninja Gaiden was receiving bad vibes well before I decided to tear it apart. And that was before I knew about the birds. My comments were a bit petulant, though; I probably should've waited a week or so to give me some time to cool off.

 

Also, I got to write the "cheesy intro" for Ninja Gaiden, which I'm quite proud of. I think summed up the game quite nicely:

 

Released by Tecmo in March 1989, Ninja Gaiden follows the journey of Ryu Hayabusa who sets out to avenge his father's death. Judging from the fantastic cut scenes, it also involves a woman with a mullet who may or may not be trying to kill him. This game set the precedent for all subsequent ninja games, in that you run around in broad daylight, kill any and all things in your path, and do no less than 30 flips every time you leave the ground. This game is known to be extremely frustrating, mainly due to the difficulty of the platforming and the unfairness of the birds.

 

I never could make sense of the cut scenes. For all it's hype, it's the most convoluted story involving a woman with a mullet I've ever seen.

You should try the 3 Genesis Shinobis instead. All around excellent Ninja games, with quite reasonable frustration levels

Also, I got to write the "cheesy intro" for Ninja Gaiden, which I'm quite proud of.

I figured that was you; very amusing.

 

You should try the 3 Genesis Shinobis instead. All around excellent Ninja games, with quite reasonable frustration levels

I gave him Shinobi 3 (among other games) for Christmas.

Shinobi III's already been done. Otherwise I would've been all over it; that game rules. The other two Ninja Gaidens look way cooler than the first. The second one has those cool shadow ninjas, and the third one just has way cooler levels. The first one was just made to piss you off.