I finally no-deathed NES Ninja Gaiden 2

[mbd30]

It's something that I've been trying to do for awhile, after being able to beat the first one without dying. So many enemies and so many ways of getting knocked into a pit. It will be some time before I want to play this again.

 

The shadow clones are a big help on the boss fights. The game would be that much tougher without them.

 

 

 

 

[Austin]

Congrats! Pits are more dangerous in this game than the others because of the knockback (it's the largest of the three). There are a lot of chances to make a mistake and find yourself losing a life or two by accident.

[mbd30]

Congrats! Pits are more dangerous in this game than the others because of the knockback (it's the largest of the three). There are a lot of chances to make a mistake and find yourself losing a life or two by accident.

 

I'd say that the first Ninja Gaiden doesn't get dangerous for a good player until late in the game... act 5 or 6. Ninja Gaiden 2 gets tougher earlier with the knockback, at least by act 3-2, and doesn't let up much until the end. It's not too difficult to beat the game without continuing, but to do it with no deaths is hard. I forced myself to restart after every stupid death until I could do it.

 

Now I'm gonna try to no-death the third game. The best I've done is beat it with one death because of the timer on the final act.

[Austin]

Come to think of it, I don't even know if I've ever finished the third without dying. It's not a goal I generally try aiming for, usually a 1CC is good enough and I'll naturally get a no-death through subsequent plays. I will have to try it sometime.