This is a huge improvement and a very welcomed change.Īlong the way he can gain special secondary weapons that utilize Ninja Power to use them. You can once again jump onto some walls, but thankfully they’ve improved Ryu’s move set so he can now freely climb them instead of having to play vertical Frogger and slowly jump back and forth up them. As a ninja, Ryu has his trusty sword with him and can pretty much hack and slash any enemy or monster within striking distance. If you’re new to the franchise you’re in for a treat as you get a compelling story and intense action all in one game. If you missed out on the original, (I highly recommend you play it first) the instruction book of the second game has six pages devoted to filling you in on the plot that has transpired thus far.įor those that have played the first game, expect mostly the same type of gameplay here with some cool enhancements. It turns out he’s actually the bad guy that was pulling the strings of the bad guy from the first game, Jaquio. In fact, even before you see the title screen the story kicks off with one of these extended cinema presentations that introduces us to a new villain named Ashtar. Strip away these fancy buzzwords and what you get is a traditional side-scrolling action game where you play as a ninja named Ryu and every so often (usually after defeating a boss character) you’re treated to an intermission cinema scene that propels the story forward through comic book-like animated panels and dialog text appearing underneath.
If you’re not familiar with series, the original game introduced a new form of storytelling called Cinematic Display, which is part of the Tecmo Theater Series.
Ninja Gaiden II picks up one year after the original’s climactic ending.
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