For many of us, Ninja Gaiden was the most beautiful gaming experience we could possibly dream of back then. But man it was hard! In fact it's among the toughest NES games ever made, and why not, one of the hardest games ever to be conceived by human brain. All facts aside, Ninja Gaiden revolutionized an entire industry, by being the first game EVER to have cutscenes and a solid backstory(which most of the NES games back in the day missed). Done some research and found out that the total amount of time spent watching cutscenes(if you watched them) was roughly 24 minutes. 24 minutes of cutscenes for a NES game??? Keep in mind that technology was in the earlier stages back then, and we're lucky if we got a tiny page of text once in a while to present the storyline.

But beyond this, NG is even more, it's a fantastic game with a very very alert pace that kept you moving on and on, taking it slowly would just bring you unnecessary trouble. This is that type of game you can REALLY prove how badass and how skilled you are at playing video games, because there was always an opportunity to latch walls and bang the living hell out of the enemies with style. And if style wasn't your cup of tea, you could prove your mastery by trying to beat the later stages(which were as hard as ****, especially Act 5 and 6). Ninja Gaiden took a simple concept to a whole new level of coolness. This game was just cool, everybody talked about it at school, through phone and stuff. I think what it makes it most fun and addictive ( yes it is addictive) is the pacing. It keeps you in motion, and if you take it slowly, as I said before, you'll get in deep trouble. Like, this was side-scrolling at its finest, it's not like in Castlevania where you could take it a bit slowly(don't get me wrong Castlevania is an awesome game). In NG you were moving fast, acting fast, killing fast and jumping high. No matter how strong you are, how good are your wall-climbing skills, how many ninja outfits you have, no matter how high you jump and no matter how many jutsus you know you CAN'T BE a true ninja until you don't beat this game.

P.S I had just beat this game today, and it was an amazing feeling that no other game gave me up to date.

Next time I'll be reviewing Castlevania, and have a nice day, and sorry for this big article.

He's so badass.