I knew of a number of these but in general this is a great thread that makes me nostalgic for the days when I could actually play this game pretty well lol. > OLIRY is better than Izuna This is one of my chapter 1 staples and even if you had ID / after you upgrade the sword I agree it's still prefer...

Would be curious to know myself - I'm terrible at it.

Though in my case part of the issue is just flat out forgetting to use it. But even when I do remember that it's a thing that exists I'm not great at it.

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I did this on a Mentor NG+ once and it was pretty fun. Didn't finish but got pretty far - Chapter 9 or 10 maybe?

Didn't restrict myself on anything and didn't do ToVs.

Probably got distracted by another game or something. My gaming whims are fickle but since it's all for fun anyway I tend to follow them. So one day I'm totally committed to an NGB run and the next I'm back playing Witcher 3 and then two days later I'm starting a new game of KOTOR that I'll definite...

Nice job man that's a serious run.

Once upon a time I had an MN, Claws only, no item / no ninpo / no UT abuse run done through Chapter 6 and it was awfully fun but some parts were really hard.

These days I'd be happy to even be semi competent on MN, I'm painfully rusty.

Maybe their next project after Nioh? Hope so!

Fortnite with Ninjas, probably, yeah. :laugh2: I guess it depends what we're defining as 'high sales' - would the couple million copies that DMC 5 moved be considered good? If so all the next game probably needs to do is a be a good, polished, feature complete Ninja Gaiden game. This genre might be ...

I would love to see a Ninja Gaiden animation in the vein of Ninja Scroll - probably minus the weird rape-y stuff! But seriously I think Ninja Scroll is a great example of how something like Ninja Gaiden could be adapted to animation. I guess it's potentially problematic due to the inevitable compari...

Something to do with whether it's ng+ or successive play maybe?

Forget how it works but I know I've seen it on the US release.

So I know you can spam lunar UT->OT here but is there any decent non-cheese strategy for someone with mortal reflexes?

Particularly using the sword?

I've warmed up to this game a fair bit over the years but I can't avoid thinking that this last fight is a real mess. Am I missing something?

All white fiend Ryu is my jam. That one you like is good too.

Biometal costumes underrated IMO. Gray Fox Gaiden!

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God, I hated that boss. WTH were they thinking??

"Well this is sort of a mess but it looks cool - we'll just patch this up later.... wait, we're not getting our bonuses?!" *half the dev team quits*

Hell yeah!! Just saw this too.

Been waiting to revisit NG2, this is great news. Hopefully it plays nicely on the regular x1, depending on how 'enhanced' it is on the x1x (seriously MS get your shit together with these console names...) I might be tempted to splurge!

Nice stuff man!

As I have said a billion times, NG2 is a hot mess but the ferocity and intimacy of the combat is yet to be matched as far as my mileage goes. I miss this game a lot. If they don't BC it soon I might have to actually buy a new 360.

"Fighting in Ninja Gaiden II is to die slower than your enemies."

Well said sir! And I have plenty more to say, but another time. Too busy!

Cheers to a good read!

Based on your thoughts thus far I would say you probably won't think it gets much better. The combat itself in this one is, I think, pretty darn good but a lot of the game design does feel like a slog and the bosses are mostly shit, yes. Just curious what difficulty? Sort of a toss up - the easier m...

If there is any need for funding let us know. I have no problem chipping in.

Hoping this happens and the site survives.

How's it going Kazama? Pretty exciting vids so far, just had a chance to watch for a few minutes. Wish I was more active these days but too much going on - all I can say is good luck and I certainly appreciate that people are still putting time into showing so much mastery of this game. It's awesome...

I did a Mentor OLB / no ninpo / no UT run with the Scythe. EXCEPT I used everything on ToVs, nothing held back. Mostly no items but I used them here and there and used quite a bit on that evil Rats brawl in Chapter 11. Overall it was really fun, not THAT hard and opened my eyes to how fun of a combo...

Mentor OLB / limited ninpo / no item / limited UT weapon runs were always a blast for me. Master Ninja weapon runs are awesome but in some cases really not that fun. I had an MN OLB / no ninpo / no item (except for ToVs, where everything goes) Claw run up until ToV 4 but couldn't do that one so lost...

Delimbed mages are cheating bastards. I do my best to straight up kill them... nothing worse than trying to manage a chaotic battle when you've got a delimbed mage lurking around the field...

The TDS / Elizebet and Claws / Alexei bits are pretty effing fantastic. Wish I had the reflexes to counter that well!

The TDS combos with the XX counter at the beginning (vs ninjas) reminds me a bit of how I like to play but he makes it look much nicer, of course.

Man I miss this game...

^I don't think so... you just let go of block and push it again.

I have a hard time doing it because my instincts in NG are SO trained to roll/dash out of a guard break but I don't think it requires very precise frame-based input other than just being quick to react when your guard is broken.

Completed Mentor DCTF. Achieved the achievement for a grand 5G. I used ONE LOTG for TOV9 though, otherwise 3 ninpo slots and quite minimal LB. :facepalm2: Thanks TOV9. Next up will be Tonfa Mentor OLB Ninpo minimum. That will be a fun one! I did an OLB / all ToV Scythe run on Mentor and it was a bl...