The most broken move ever in Ninja Gaiden & why it's almost impossible to use now.

[@JayTB123]

Here is a link to a tutorial on how to get them working via a modded console. Big thanks to Guilty for putting this together - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2K7dXWsZZaenq8&feature=emb_title Edit as of 18/07/2022 Noticed this video has gotten a lot more views lately, thanks for that :) Figured I would post these runs just in case anyone wants to see this move in action, both are the WR high scores for HP1 and HP2 as of this writing. Hurricane Pack 1 Karma Run - kzbin.info/aero/PLLkZiKEkqWjJywiTTcr0SPkW0qStVCC6- Hurricane Pack 2 Karma Run - kzbin.info/aero/PLLkZiKEkqWjI5Sshf3iFg7anywcqUzb4Y

[@JayJayYUP]

Game preservation is important due to companies being clowns like this, and letting older content fade to obscurity.

[@JohEl777]

I'm so glad I held on to my copies of NG, NGB, and NG2 after hearing KT lost the code for them. Hopefully my NG still got a save file with that intercept move.

[@adriane.torres2822]

@@JohEl777 Nahhh, KT Did not "lost" the source code, Thay dont want to pay any royalties to Tomonobu Itagaki

[@kaindmd8827]

@@adriane.torres2822 More like its an xbox exclusive license

[@Toni-ic7ki]

@@adriane.torres2822 Why do you get so many likes when that's just a theory. I could see it, but the official answer is they lost the source code and I honestly buy it because NGB and NG2 were made for Xbox. Ninja Gaiden community is way too entitled/elitist for how long we've been waiting on a new game lol

[@TechniqueSan]

@@Toni-ic7ki No they didn't lose the code. KT would literally rather go bankrupt than to apologize to Itagaki. You have no idea how hard the Japanese hold on to grudges.

[@MyKingdomforAdRevenue]

I never thought about this before but it would have been cool af if they had integrated intercept into NGB by making it exclusive to the True Dragon Sword. Like the Dragon's Eye gives the blade its glowing aura of mystical justguard powers, able to repel any strike. Maybe tighten up the activation window to like 5-8 frames or so. It would feel way more significant than just like 2 extra combos and a damage buff. A true gamechanger that functions as an incredible lategame upgrade that the player feels like they've earned. Like the end of a Metroid game where you're just an unstoppable death ball flying around with the screw attack.

[@c.l.a.u.d.e]

Oh, so this is the famous ninja game about an one-armed wolf deflecting everything.

[@CoolBlackKnight]

I don't know why they couldn't just give it as a accomplishment reward for say, beating the hardest difficulty FIRST. A new game plus(usually new enemies/tactics), same thing - at the END. You've earned it beating both modes beforehand and can thus, "style on enemies/bosses" for fun/shits & giggles when you are in the mood.

[@TheDarknash]

Here I am Approximately 15 years after playing this masterpiece for the first time (and many many many more times) and just today found out this used to exist thanks to youtube's random suggestions

[@RazuX5]

I still don’t get why the Black version or Sigma version didn’t keep that unique future ninja suit as an unlockable. I’ve played nearly all versions of ninja gaiden except for the original version of Xbox that didn’t have DLC included like NG Black.

[@adriane.torres2822]

Indeed, I still think that the Intercept Tech, (And the armlet of tranquility), should have remained as rewards for finishing Black Edition on Master Ninja.

[@Comkill117]

Weirder is it’s apparently still in the game files. Guilty Gaming, I believe is the guy’s name, showed it off and got it working as a mod.

[@Angelo_X_2045]

Wow, TN missed the opportunity to pull a Resident Evil 4 Remake and make Intercept a reward for completing the Hardest difficulty (leave it as broken as it was on release). I feel rewarded and enjoy every time I play Resident Evil 4 Remake casually with the RPD Uniform and Infinite Ammo unlocks. TN should update the Master Collection to do the same.

[@V742]

I've always wondered about the Intercept, as I had the original and Black, but no internet at the time. Cheers for covering this. And damn, the game still looks great in motion

[@Relatise]

he said "...closed for good", lowkey shed a tear lol

[@trontosaurusrex9532]

That Ninja of the future outfit and Plasma Saber weapon skin were so cool.

[@4gottenShadow]

This was such a fantastic video, Joe. Really awesome. Looking forward to more of these in the future!!

[@brightsuperstition]

Posting here after the announcement of the Sigma collection for PC. I wish the collection actually included every version of the games, including this Hurricane Pack expansion, as I've always wanted to try out this Intercept system myself for years. Unfortunately, it doesn't, and all we're left with is Sigma 1, Sigma 2 and Razor's Edge.

[@Abon666]

If they ever rerelease Ninja Gaiden Black it would be neat if the intercept was an unlikable you could only get by beating master ninja as a sort of fun, post-game bonus.

[@SNEAKYSNAKE777X]

I remember learning about this move when I downloaded the Master ninja tournament dlc from OG xbl marketplace. If that move was included during the actual tournament I could have easily beaten it. Holy crap it was so overpowered. Instant UTs at the drop of a hat.

[@TrickinNinja]

Royal Guard!

[@AmnestiaInc]

I wonder if anyone can bring it to the new NG: Master Collection? As a mod perhaps? Anyways: Thank you for this nostalgic video!

[@MBOmnis]

Heh the Xbox startup intro tickled my nostalgia. Nice.

[@shdwboi07]

Damn this fits my usual playstyle pretty well, kinda sad it never came back.

[@raccoonofmotivation20]

Having been doing some ng black and sigma on master ninja recently, i think they shouldn't have removed this. They wanted to make the game harder but this, just like dante royal guard or sekiro parries, is about using skill to get a reward. It made sense to have it. Even if higher difficulties might be a bit easier with it.

[@bibibibibu1234]

I have a separate Xbox for this. Haven't used it in years though, but this was the only reason I signed up for Xbox Live at the time.

[@theevildarkdragonblade5614]

Would you be willing to sell it?

[@MrNuclearz]

Recently downloaded Ninja Gaiden Black on Xbox One. I had played Sigma many years ago, but my PS3 broke and Sony is retarded and doesn't make their consoles backwards compatible, so I figured I'd play Black. I didn't even know Black wasn't even the original, lol. Crazy.

[@frogradar]

@@DeanH92 2 didn't even work on xbox hardware, calm down.

[@konradfun]

@@DeanH92 the game ran at a sub HD resolution and had framerate problems to boot

[@rohansensei5708]

So we already had Sekiro back then and can't enjoy it on newer versions? Man f*ck this...

[@Eighthousand]

Great intro..classic start up for the Xbox

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Great video. I remember intercept and may still have it on my original Xbox. I still use my OG Xbox occasionally to play NGB mission mode. That console is the only way to add to my 40 million score so I kept it to fuck around with. I put so much time into that game and mode its not worth selling for a few bucks. I never really used that tech but if it was available in black it may have been very useful for that Alma 2 fight on master ninja when I did it without healing. I can see how that would have trivialised the difficulty overall. I was extremely stubborn and usually stuck to a few techniques. I saw alot of top players using inazuna drop and never really practiced or learned it with the DS. Only with the lunar on a few missions. Flying shallow, wall jump attacks and onlanding UT's were the majority of what I used. With scoring I found the game became unbalanced since most of the other moves became near useless and it involved waiting for repeating patterns and spamming UTs. It took alot of patience though. After completing no healing/ninpo on nearly all the missions on MN and doing some farming to hit 40 million I was done, ha ha.

[@gengraded]

"Alma's breathing intensifies" had me cracking up.

[@blytzace]

Bro this is so cool. Wish my old xbox still worked, good old ring of death

[@Tsomomma]

Really like this type of format!

[@souayang7982]

was gunna have a seizer watching this, nice vid tho

[@JayTB123]

Yep the white screen flashes were way over the top in NG04. Really glad they removed them in Black.

[@Prince-Shogun]

I didn't even know this move even existed for years!!! Bruh it would of save me a lot of trouble from spirit form doku!

[@crost_warrior6633]

Imagine how powerful a move must be for you to spam Doku and make fun of him

[@matthewmartinez3907]

It would be gift to the fans and community but that would be too kind and in my experience no one is ever that kind.

[@Ian_Standley]

I’m kinda sad. I was a kid when I first played the NG Black version, but never took advantage of this technique because I never knew how to use it properly. Never understood how privileged I was to have had it. I was hoping to use it on my Series X|S. I hope they bring this back. 😢

[@Ma1q444]

Did they bring it back.

[@Comkill117]

@@Ma1q444Nah, sadly it seems it’s lost. Considering the whole original game is lost I guess it’s not surprising but is super depressing to hear.

[@AllHailMe12431]

There's one downside to the intercept, and that is the constant bright screen flashing. That definitely needs an epilepsy warning.

[@megasoniczxx]

Getting Sekiro flashbacks from all the block spamming in this video lol (or as me and some others like to say, tink tink tink tink tink). On a serious note, I can see why this never came back as it does seem pretty broken in a game like this. A small part of me does wish it had came back though if only because of the fact that it also works on grabs and I think if the requirements for activating it were more strict or the normal block was nerfed a little bit to compensate it could've worked as a natural part of Ryu's moveset.

[@tokyobassist]

Flying Swallow was also extremely broken in the vanilla release.

[@ShadowPuppet3001]

great video, I just wished that Team Ninja make a sandbox mode were we can set the amount of fiends to combat...

[@memoryunlimit6591]

Now give us an intercept mod in ninja gaiden master collection lol

[@StarKratos]

The closest contemporary relative of Intercept is NG3RE's Cicada dodge. While it pales in comparison regarding framedata and resource prices (it requires ninpo), the concept of overwhelming safety leading to massive punishment is kept. Many of us believe that Cicada dodge needs to disappear due to the dangerous road which allowing such disgerard for recovery frames entails, much in the same manner as Intercept. I was unaware of the issues of save file when modding the OG Xbox for the HP Packs, I will have to do some digging. By the way, do not forget to remove the clock capacitor from your Xbox, it's a ticking suicide bomb.

[@JayTB123]

I have heard about that capacitor before but not sure on the actual problem. Is that easy to do?

[@StarKratos]

@@JayTB123 It is certainly easy to do and there are tutorials on KZbin for the whole process. The user MrMario has detailed explanations on his video. Additionally, if disassembling is something you do not wish to do there should be stores in the UK which will do the job; still the removal is fairly easy and *required* , sadly, due to the very poor quality of the capacitor itself, that will eventually lead to leakage of corrosive fluid onto the motherboard, killing the system completely.

[@JayTB123]

@@StarKratos I just looked up a tutorial and it does seem fairly straight forward, I just have to get over my hear of doing anything to my original X-Box. On the video I saw the one looked all right and he just wiggled it back and forth to break it off. Will have to work up the courage to do this soon, been putting it off for ages but it's one of those things I should do soon.

[@user-ns4zm8qe9p]

Ah it’s the Sekiro deflect I see

[@ZombiexNMx]

I am pretty certain I still have both hurricane packs on my original Xbox. I'd have to dig it out and hook it up to check the save files... I don't think I have the Ninja Gaiden game anymore, though I might. It's been so long since I even saw what I have on regular Xbox, but even if I don't I'm sure I can get it used cheap. I've recently gotten back into Ninja Gaiden and was playing the master collection and then started playing the original NG2 on series X since that runs flawlessly now on that.... And I just saw NGB could still be bought digitally on Xbox so I got that and been running through that... But I'm definitely going to try digging it out and see if I can check the save files... If it's there then I'll look to getting the game again if I don't have it... I know I got all the DLC when it came out... I remember doing the tournament modes though I know I probably didn't even get in the top 100 lol but I'm interested in checking it out for that one move as I know even more about the game and how it plays than I did back then... Back then, me and my friend would think a grounded Ninja was a dead Ninja. So we were always jumping and doing the flying swallow and or trying to launch and combo grab in air... Modern gaming has wore me out and just not fun anymore that I've been going back to 360 and ps3 games and ones before...

[@TimmyGonz]

I have a feeling I have one of these versions on my old Xbox

[@arcengal]

Never got to play HP1&2 but honestly, I feel the subconscious need to milk every single delicious karma point from fights via intercepts would have affected my fun running through the game again. :)

[@JayTB123]

Edge! Good to see you're still around man. Funnily enough after doing NGB karma runs for so long I found doing HP1 was a lot more fun. I just wish I still had my HP2 save to go back to.

[@jarcurpapu2214]

Royal Guard on NG

[@konradfun]

I wonder if Sekiro got its inspiration from this move

[@FarnhamTheDrunk1]

very well explained! great stuff!

[@adhdasdfroflxd123]

So, kinda like the timely guard mechanic from Nioh, except way more broken?

[@adz3d]

Don't know if you know this, but if you use a hex editor on Sigma you can edit in the Intercept scroll.

[@Eric-sk1un]

I have purchased one second hand orignal xbox on 2009, I spent quite amount of time on Ninja Gaiden. I could plug RJ45 cable to download the Hurricane Pack DLC, but I did not do that due to I have to move the xbox to other room to get internet connection. Only way to get internet is througt the cable not wireless even microsoft selling wireless internet pack for xbox on the market. So I miss the hurricane pack, missed the equiped intercept skill's Ryu. Ninja Gaiden black has got rid of the intercept skill. Sad!!!

[@bowserlv100]

Eu ia morrer sem saber disso... que existe PARRY NESSE JOGO...?! WTF?!

[@kimjago9881]

how can i get the hurrican pack 1 and 2 now ???? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@vipermoon5363]

so kinda like a quick time event on re4

[@Z-Mikes00]

no wonder it isnt in black lmfao

[@chrisfalcon_vt]

They took this "perfect parry" and nerfed swallow dive. And they say Dark Souls is hard...

[@ShadowScytheReaper]

Ha I as a kid had this move and game never knew how to use the intercept gotta go hook this up now and try it 😂 Btw I spammed regular block snd the jump off the walls slam attack to beat the game lol

[@GamingNightsNeoMasaki]

I miss it so much

[@hayzoshinobiz]

Ninja Gaiden Black,Reliquia, jogo muito loko, eu tenho a trilogia.

[@TruthTvLT]

BLOCKING ALMAS PILLARS ARE YOU KIDDING

[@jonathanplooij3666]

thanks for the video

[@sahilmadeka6993]

Sekiro parry is kinda like a more balanced intercept

[@FarnhamTheDrunk1]

sekiro parry is even more broken lol.. u can LITERALLY spam it

[@mariotaz]

Very interesting

[@Nhileishere]

Just like Dante's Royal guard release (believe it's called) i wonder if you ever covered dmc?

[@JayTB123]

I have played tons of DMC over the years but never really made much in the way of videos for it. Got a few rough ideas for this type of video for DMC though in the future.

[@VileVeilt]

@@JayTB123 It just makes no sense why The game got rid of this feature Even if this would probably be broken for High level players But for people getting into the series Or in general new players You've completely taken away video game Technical agency from the player the freedom to play how they want to play Which is bad especially when this game expects you To find out how to play on your own( To be More clear The rose Kunai That's supposed to tutorial you doesn't really help you) Is quite an old game But the fact they took this out of the game Remaster version Makes no sense Like they could have put this on the Hidden area where you find( The xbox logo or the team ninja logo Ps3) And that would have been perfect what do you think?

[@alexcastillo4741]

Good info; a bit long winded tho

[@hayzoshinobiz]

Muito bom o video!👍deixei o Like pra fortalecer o canal💪

[@zakiyezdery]

Off topic question but what did you study at university?

[@InterDimensionalLizard]

Interesting.

[@mariablack6157]

I got tired of it and found it difficult 4 Mission Mastr Ninja do you have Savedata All mission Ps Vita please

[@phoenixwhiler943]

Just finished NGB and never seen these cats. Is it only in hard mode?

[@JayTB123]

They do, cat fiends appear in hard moce and above in story mode.

[@Mr91790]

Wb ninja gaiden black?

[@FamousAaron99]

A very skilled player would just abuse this and break the game, no wonder they got rid of it 😅 plus the flashing would be an eye sore to see

[@Leon-S_kennedy]

What is this i never use this it s patch in ps 4 ?? Remaster

[@JayTB123]

It's only in the Hurricane packs which were released as DLC as the original Xbox for NG04 You can play this now via mods though, look up Guilty Gaming he has a tutorial for it.

[@doncinati7644]

@@JayTB123is it possible with Xbox emulation? If that’s what you mean by mods

[@CoolHandMikeYT]

What about emulation?

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

OG Xbox emulation isn't exactly very good

[@play-xi6ww]

Need beat the in the very hard to unlock?

[@JayTB123]

This move is only in the Hurricane Packs DLC for NG04, you can't use it any other way unfortunately. Check the pinned comment for a way to get it via a modded console.

[@brunobarros9757]

God

[@davidbryanrdz5955]

Intercept technique? Wtf how do i do that?

[@JayTB123]

It's only in the Hurricane Packs so if you're trying to do it in NGB/Sigma it won't work. It is much easier to get a hold of them now though via emulation, highly recommend you check out Guilty Gaming for videos on how to set it up if you're interested.

[@leonelgonzalez9374]

Can you use this awesome skill on ps4 sigma?

[@guibacana]

what if this is in the master collection? would be cool

[@TheeFatGuru]

This video has aged well 😌they’ve released the ninja gaiden master collection on Nintendo switch ✨

[@adriane.torres2822]

Dear Sir, your voice tone is quite simliar to Colin Salmon's voice.

[@miceatah9359]

tbh its good that intercept is gone it turned the game into a joke

[@AxleTrade]

Was this in Sigma? Seems really broken.

[@JayTB123]

No it was only in the Hurricane Packs on the originaly X-Box. You can play them via emulator or mods now though. Check out Guilty Gamings channel for a tutorial on how to set them up.

[@hayzoshinobiz]

Tudo rodando no xbox one x

[@adrinalin275]

Thanks god they delet it in black If they did not the game will be so easy wich will be fucking bad

[@jasonleerook77]

Inazuma drop is the true Godly move dude who are these people talking about games they've only read about or played a game for 5 minutes then write an article with absolutely no real info.

[@JayTB123]

The irony in this comment is absolutely hilarious you have no idea, truly you don't. This made me laugh real good, I seriously hope you're trying to be funny :)

[@SSJasonX]

@@JayTB123 It's a shame this move is now lost forever because they lost the source code😭

[@蒼氓]

居然还有这种设定

[@bayzul7405]

Ryu ain't gonna sugarcoat it

[@play-xi6ww]

I played ninja gaiden 3 and very hard

[@leckey119]

This is one of the most stretched out videos I've ever seen. It's like you're desperately trying to get the word count up for your essay