Ninja Gaiden Shadow (Game Boy) - Playthrough
5In this video, I'm doing a playthrough of a game that started on the NES and then there's a game on a handheld, which I planned to do this for a long time. That game is: Ninja Gaiden Shadow for the Game Boy. This game was developed by Natsume and published by Tecmo, it was released in 1991. Ninja Gaiden Shadow was also known as: Shadow Warriors, which came out a year later in Europe and Australia. It is a prequel of the NES Ninja Gaiden trilogy. The plot of Ninja Gaiden Shadow goes like this: Set three years before the events of the first Ninja Gaiden (NES), the player controls Ryu Hayabusa, who must save New York City from the forces of Emperor Garuda, a servant of Jaquio. Garuda's minions include the cyborg "Spider", kickboxer Gregory and his manager Jack, former military commander Colonel Allen, and the Japanese nobleman Whokisai. Ninja Gaiden Shadow features simplified play mechanics compared to those used in the NES trilogy. In contrast to the variety of ninja arts and power-ups available in the NES games, Ryu only has a basic sword attack and a Fire Wheel attack that can be replenished for up to five uses. While Ryu cannot stick to or climb walls like in the NES games, he can hang onto railings and move underneath them like in Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, and use both his sword attack and the Fire Wheel art while hanging onto railings. Unique to this installment, is Ryu being equipped with a grappling hook that allows him to latch onto hard-to-reach railings. Like in the NES versions, Ryu can find health potions, fire wheel stocks, and extra lives by destroying item containers. The game is divided in 5 stages. Each stages has sub-screens, and the main objective is to go from left to right till the end of the screen, destroying the enemies in the way. Among the enemies Ryu will find humans, cyborgs and machines. At the end of each stage a boss fight awaits Ryu. The development of Ninja Gaiden Shadow was originally planned to be a Game Boy adaptation of the NES game Shadow of the Ninja. The Nagoya division of Natsume, which developed Shadow of the Ninja, also developed Ninja Gaiden Shadow. Overall, Ninja Gaiden Shadow on the Game Boy is a great game. Although the game is short, but I had still a lot of fun playing this. If you want to try this game out? Then I highly recommend to give this a try, if you're a hardcore Ninja Gaiden fan. I hope you enjoy this playthrough of Ninja Gaiden Shadow for the Game Boy and thanks for watching!
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