Ninja Gaiden 2 NES Full story (cutscenes)

[@diegofernando6913]

11:41 Best cutscene in the trilogy

[@mariovohl7693]

For me its the best intro ever!

[@EdgeOfEntropy17]

If I could only put into words what I feel about this intro, I think everyone in the world would find this the best intro ever as well. This game series literally changed my life as a kid, particularly this intro!

[@shawnconner547]

Same here bro

[@alfredcowans880]

For That Era...These Cutscenes We're Definitely Ahead Of Their Time👌🏾😎💯👍🏾

[@gokinsmen]

16:07 "Somehow, Jaquio returned."

[@FrLi_Marcos]

26 minutes of cutscenes in just a 256 Kilobytes game cartridge. Is amazing, how they get you inside the plot with a few animations and midi music. Today we have games with 60GB+ and 0 plot (and horribly boring).

[@bayzul7405]

7:03 Act V, Going Gets Tough plays 14:54 too, Robert cracks smile - deserved that Ninja Gaiden 3 RE cameo fr

[@BruceLeon83]

Sigh..memories at their best. First and only Ninja Gaiden game played and finished. It was ahead of its time. Btw for most reoccurring phase award, hands down goes to.. Ryu Hayabusa :"What the.."😁

[@GXSCChater]

I love how the first scene meeting with robert, it recreates the scene of part 1 where Irene shoots ryu at the bar, I know everybody is fooled into thinking ryu was going to get knocked out again.

[@mresturk9336]

Yeah, I feel for that one the first time I saw it.

[@jasonbowser1261]

4:43 I love how Ashstar was just mildly annoyed about getting shot in the back.

[@Diggarci]

Too much for 8 bits. This is a masterpiece.

[@TripleO.GTemp74]

Yes sir . 👏 I remember staying up all night doing speed runs 🏃‍♀️

[@Challseus]

I remember being a kid in 4th grade forcing all of my friends to re-enact that intro cutscene with me 😂😂😂 Ah memories, they feed the soul 🙏🏾

[@mresturk9336]

The Jaquio's part in this story always seemed a bit murky to me. The best I can make out of it: - Ashtar sent Jaquio on a fools errand to resurrect the demon of the first game with the true purpose of drawing out a champion of good that would worthy sacrifice to the Sword of Chaos (Ryu in this case). - Jaquio figured this out and played it to his advantage by arranging to have the demon's soul absorbed into his own body after it was inevitably slain. Thus allowing him to be reborn an immortal himself. At which point he could just sit back in hiding, wait to see who came out on top between Ashtar and Ryu, then make his own move. - Things didn't work out for him. He was killed again, his own blood became used in place of Ryu's and his body was used as a sacrificial host for a new, more powerful demon to grow out of. Which Ryu promptly kills and que happy ending sequence...

[@epicenter5126]

I'm still confused, after all these years, as to exact storyline behind Jaquio's return and his relation to Ashtar. Someone please help!

[@gamingmoriagari9331]

I felt so too. That’s a pretty good explanation!

[@jasonbowser1261]

That's the best summary of the villains motivations I've read! I never thought too deeply about it as a kid.

[@Endru85x]

Nice analisys. I always wondered about the relation between Jaquio and Ashtar, the dialogues did not help too much.... Jaquio says something like "the spirit you have defeated before was a pawn". Who exactly he mean? His previous body? Ashtar? Who was supervising all ot this?

[@edmerc92]

Yeah, fun game but the storyline is kind of murky.

[@highlander723]

The part where Robert Dies still makes me tear up...

[@NeonPegasus1979]

+highlander723 When I played this game long ago, I didn't even realized he died, but now I see the blood coming out of his mouth. Yeah, he pretty much died, or was at least gravely wounded.

[@middlewing866]

it had 6 more minutes of cinema than 1 and 3

[@middlewing866]

dude it pissed me off so bad when i first saw ashtar stab irene

[@middlewing866]

first blood ive ever seen in a video game

[@SaebaRyo21]

Yes, and in the end it's unclear whether he has saved or not :(

[@AdolfoC10]

Still have that cartdridge for NES, such an incredible game, a lot of story, just like Golgo 13. Thanks for the video...

[@martinhernandezagundis1041]

Has anyone noticed that Rob smiles when he dies?

[@lowebaa]

Shots fired during the cutscenes. I love it.

[@lowebaa]

@440. When I was little kid. That scene when Robert saves Ryu. It was the best

[@e.y.t1263]

8:37 tecmo are you sure it’s kid friendly?

[@bytemevv-4616]

08:25 XD

[@kengoku3498]

Nope then she slowly go down while Ryu slowly moves forward 😱 Kids friendly 🤣💯

[@HVB_Elements05]

Cutscene 11 always hyped me up when I was younger

[@Mr.Atari2600]

8:24 Oh wtf is going on there!

[@sturdy2179]

Mr. Atari 2600 Avgn reference and I’m just now realizing what he meant by that

[@bagordie8141]

She’s just tying his shoe laces 😅

[@williammcguire130]

1:41 This plays right after clearing the first boss and the "camera move" along with the triumphant mid tempo always struck me as the developers just laying it on the table: "NINJA GAIDEN is BACK, it's still the best action game in the world, and we're just STYLING on Konami and Capcom at this point."

[@RetroCollector]

It’s like s 8 bit anime short.

[@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302]

Robert TS: "Who the heck?!" Just look at how big and menacing Jacquio looks when he appears in front of Irene and Robert.

[@danielarteta2476]

"Old Jungle Rat" Rob F

[@NucleaRaptor]

o7

[@Mrs.Deanna_Ember]

This game is a work of art 👏 It's like a noir comic type of story telling, which is impressive for the nes.

[@8AFM4]

What the......!

[@manolochapa8569]

Gran leyenda y juegazo increíble

[@かわいい白猫-k9e]

2021 still memories for me

[@kattphud]

8:00 Ashtar stabbing the girl in the back 7 years before Sephiroth.

[@Winchester067]

I can't think of a better soundtrack for a game, Zelda II is amazing but this is a close second

[@rodolforuiz7656]

Grandísimo clásico 👍

[@genzkie2082]

Its stupid that they made ashtar from the king of darkness to a weak little peanut boss.

[@JIF882]

So, how did Irene not die by being stabbed by Ashtar's sword?

[@civilwildman]

Probably a minor wound. That and Robert promptly patched her up between cutscenes.

[@NucleaRaptor]

She doesn't die instantly, but I'm pretty sure she bleeds out by the end, and Ryu sacifices his Dragon Sword to bring her back.

[@ItalNico]

She just got the tip. 😉😇

[@Alamandorious]

Yeah, some of the lines were janky, but a few tweaks here and there and you'd have game that would make an excellent movie.

[@MikePatterson8831]

I gotta wonder how much of the jank was from early japanese to english translations? The rest of it I assume is just because of how they needed to make each cutscene cool, informative of the story, and have it all feel snappy and quick between levels. Gotta keep that dialogue line length short to fit on the screen and not have the player scrolling through endless dialogue! Like a "narrative-essentialism" kind of writing style?

[@JeffreyDavisChristianAuthor]

Look at all the blood in this game . . . years before Nintendo made such a stink about Mortal Kombat.

[@mresturk9336]

Funny thing is the SNES remake censored the Jaquio's blood to green (as well as removing his chest pentagram) and yet got away with using an old version of Ninja Gaiden 1's script the translated scripts in which both Ryu and Jaquio say some minor swear words (damn and hell).

[@SaebaRyo21]

Thanks a lot for uploading !!

[@miamimagicians]

This story is AMAZING, back in 1989 there was nothing more incredible! I'd say this game was a huge influence on games and movies. Also not that many Japanese anime where popular this is very rare

[@SaebaRyo21]

I absolutely agree with u and I am very fortunate because I have played such an Awesome and Badass game (y).

[@highlander723]

Sanchit Malik It was the first game to have "cut scenes"

[@JakeWagemann]

I never realized just how many cutscenes were in this game. shit makes me want to buy an NES and relive my youth.

[@SaebaRyo21]

And this is the only game in which the characterization is ideal. No words are enough to describe. Gameplay, Cutscenes, Soundtracks and Characters, all are incredible !!

[@aggelosn.6846]

Incredible

[@jaleelkante2796]

Music is very catchy

[@CT-gc1ck]

".... There."

[@rayburris1662]

What the...?

[@ryanbeat5828]

It’s a crime you didn’t include the end credits 👮🏻‍♂️🚓

[@ronyesamuraifantasma6072]

Ryu is the Best!

[@devilish21885]

Irene got it seven years before aerith did.

[@paulsmith9192]

Ryu and Irene never married? Needs a true sequel

[@Sanchez59rus]

" . . . . ! ? "

[@elty69]

The JACQUIO!!!!

[@magpatocx]

Sequel of original Ninja Gaiden

[@zukoulou7464]

Ninja Gaiden 2 Nes is NEVER released on Europe !

[@patsommers7777]

You euros missed out

[@TheZmusicGroup]

​​@@patsommers7777 it was released in Europe under the name "Shadow Warriors II" but it's a rather rare cartridge.

[@edmerc92]

4:10 - So a really evil dude pulls out his long sword, points it at Ryu and says "Take that!" and Ryu just stands there and takes it? In the first game they had him fall down a trap door,. This time . . . they got a little lazy. (Also, if the US Army knows that the fate of the world is riding on this, couldn't they give Rob some backup, instead of sending him on a really dangerous solo mission with just a pistol?) Still a fun game though. And the beginning is badass.

[@paulquantumblues3599]

I beat both 1 and 2. I never played 3, by that point I stopped playing video games. I have to say that as good as this one was, it wasn't nearly as good as the first one. It was almost as if it were the same game, only lesser. Still, thanks for posting this.

[@Florence_Nitrogale]

0:00 A friend invited me for dinner with this link - i'll be sharpening my teeth b4 i go 😎 8:20 ouch !

[@Florence_Nitrogale]

Finally we know the Duke Nukem's first name : Robert 😉

[@Wesker0o0o0]

@9:00

[@bytemevv-4616]

08:25 08:37 XD

[@xexyz0xexyl]

I loved this game so long ago as well as the first one. Cutscenes are great but some think they're bad including supposedly Spielberg. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutscene#Criticism But it's a stupid complaint since one can simply skip over the cutscenes if they don't like them just like speed runners do. The cutscenes are what made this series so good to actually play and enjoy. They enhance the story.