Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

[@essex_120_union9]

I remember seeing my little brother beating the final boss and completing the whole game on a Snow Day beside a cracking warm fire. We were amazed that he did it with only 1 live left... Good times.

[@Demorrad]

Примерно так у меня тоже было. Я из России. И мы не хотим войны...

[@RAW_GHC02]

I grew up playing Gaiden, Castlevania, Contra and Double Dragon and beating them. Haven't gamed for 30 years and still beat my nephew and his friends at whatever game they are playing. Now I know why! These games were insanely difficult!!!

[@KevinCole-v3k]

Yes they are the only 2 i beat were contra and double dragon way less advantages back then when ya died you didnt save your checkpoint you had to start over from the beginning now that was challenging god i miss the good old days lol

[@ezioauditore5616]

todays games are microtransaction bs, that if we call them games

[@vvmaster2010]

Ninja gaiden 2 is the hardest

[@CarltonAlexander-dp7kw]

Nothing Like The Classics

[@ace_hood1186]

@@vvmaster2010💀💯

[@nexgen.graphics]

With so much deadly enemies, cool music, awesome actions and many levels, can you believe this game is just 265kb?

[@Necroionutwiz]

because it was made in the era of TMNT and also Terminator and TECHMOS golden era .... they put real effort into makeing this as epic as posible also u can check out shadow of a ninja

[@AXharoth]

timer is a bitch in this game ^_^*

[@AXharoth]

also cutscenes need a seizure warning

[@matttipton6009]

@@AXharoth exactly, the timer is the thing that kept me from a no-death run. Act 7...

[@AXharoth]

@@matttipton6009 yeah i can believe that

[@augustoandresdeolmosjerez]

Watching in 2019 Ill never forget this game.

[@helpme6849]

@h Chandra u got me on ur side

[@themanualmindset2868]

2021

[@matttipton6009]

Really liked this game! You took more damage but that giant sword upgrade completely broke the game.

[@damien2233]

I first found out about this game in like 2017. I haven't beatin it yet though

[@armandomiranda2835]

The soundtrack is freacking awesome!! I recall when my middle brother and I play this on weekends when we were 9 and 7 years old! Good times!

[@kadajtribal8532]

I still love the Nintendo Ninja Gaiden series. So many great memories.

[@alexcastillo2396]

La verdad la unica dos piedras dificiles de ninja gaide para mi fueron la zona de hielo las 3 y las zonas electricas donde tienes que saltar de un raile si te equivocas mueres electrocutado es la peor de todas incluso cuando lo juge pensaba que tenia que ser una falla alta del juego es casi inposible y para el colmo te mataba no te restaba vida es lo peor y por eso me rendi asta ay no pude pasar de ay

[@timothypierce5303]

So all it takes to get Ryu to do something is to tell him he's the only one that can do it? "Ryu, my dry cleaning...you're my last hope."

[@Comkill117]

You have to wonder if Irene ever tried that on him just around the house or something. “Ryu, the trash… It’s up to you, you’re the only one who can take it out!” “Ok!” (Next act jingle plays)

[@geoculus5606]

LOL

[@travisberndt8253]

The thing I like about 3 is that he can finally take a damn hit without flying backwards 97 feet, usually off a cliff.

[@wesleythompson7]

Yep 😆😆👏

[@NintendoComplete]

Right? Those f*ing birds...!

[@kylehall5490]

Coupled with the thing I hate about 3, taking more damage from literally every enemy. Even the rank and file knock you down 3 bars

[@sonarabit]

​@@kylehall5490 the reason for this is for some odd reason they decided to make the game harder in America. This includes less lives and harder enemy Hits. I guess it's for if you rented the game you couldn't beat it in a weekend.

[@RigbyIsTheMan]

​@@sonarabit Definitely this, they didn't want them beating the games so fast

[@Wackenrule]

Music is amazing

[@LIONTAMER3D]

All these games had superdope ninja beats

[@Deathlikesensation]

Damn this really pushed the limits of the NES!! Such a step up from other games in that era

[@NintendoComplete]

This is another fantastic edition of the series to round out the original trilogy, though it's often blasted for it's (totally convoluted) story and it's difficulty level. It really isn't that hard, and sure the story is insane, but it plays SOOOO smoothly.

[@danalong1237]

The franchise actually started in 1988 when Ninja Gaiden was released to arcades; it was brought back in the mid-to-late 2000s on the Xbox until Tecmo merged with Koei to become Koei Tecmo Holdings.

[@CryingZombie666]

+Dana Long The new Ninja Gaiden franchise is a total shit, tbh.

[@pranavphx]

This is my favorite from the franchise. I prefer the soundtrack here i think it took neoclassical shred to another level and it fits really well with smoothness of the gameplay. The initial few levels you feel unstoppable because of how fast ryu reacts to your joystick moves. One of the great games of all time imho.

[@pranavphx]

I was able to finish it after a few months of gameplay in my younger days. Its just the right amount of difficulty imho. Just challenging so you don't get bored

[@hellsunicorn]

Honestly, as someone who played the game heavily when I was younger (the NES Ninja Gaiden trilogy coincided with my latter elementary school days and everyone was playing it at the time), I was dumbfounded by the complaints of its difficulty. Of all 3 games, this one was basically the easiest from an overall gameplay standpoint, it was only really difficult if you missed the super-sword power up and tried to take down one of the bosses without it. Likewise, the storyline never struck me as that convoluted, they basically brought in more of a Sci-Fi element to the fantastical setting of the previous games. Foster always struck me as a potential arch-villain due to his actions at the end of the first game, and at the time I was obsessed with completing this game to find out whether or not Irene was actually dead given that it wasn't widely publicized at its release that it took place between the first and second game, hence Lew could not have been dead given that she was in the story afterward. I still consider the second game to be the best of the series, but overall I found the story easy to follow and the game play was always fantastic, even if the first game was ridiculously hard and I did rage quit a few times when first attempting it. Hey, I was 9 years old at the time, cut me some slack. lol

[@Crimsonking2006]

The Ninja Gaiden trilogy on the 8 bit NES is a classic, one of my favorites of all time.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

Top tier ninjaness, every one of them

[@DeepakKamat]

That intense music. Reminds me of my childhood!

[@michaelporter5935]

Knowing now that Ninja Gaiden III comes before Sword of Chaos story wise, this game takes on a new meaning. Irene takes on tough assignments and Ryu helps her get out of the jams. I like their interaction throughout the whole NES trilogy. The gameplay addition of the powerup to increase the sword swing distance is reminiscent of Stryder. I think in this part of the story they wanted to go more "out there" with the idea of Life Force, transmutation, and Bio-Droids. So, this part of the trilogy, to me, transitions into more science fiction. The first Ninja Gaiden sits in the realm of revenge, justice, and love, while Sword of Chaos takes us into darkness vs. light and the transition between the two. All in all, a wonderful series. Thank you, NintendoComplete, for your gameplay throughout the whole series. Well done!

[@srinivasanarayanan8120]

How ninja gaiden iii comes after ii ?

[@riswandirazali9557]

​@@srinivasanarayanan8120 i think he mean for when the game available at his country. Like me i got tmnt 3 first then tmnt 2 and 1. They came in cartridges not only one game. Ninja gaiden also the same when i got it to play the 1st one was 3rd then 2 and 1 😅

[@Gessorio5531]

​@@riswandirazali9557actually he meant that the Story of Ninja Gaiden 3 take place before Ninja Gaiden 2, in the final screen of Ninja Gaiden 3, if you wait 15 minutes, a text will appear saying "To be Continued in Ninja Gaiden 2"

[@Gessorio5531]

​@@srinivasanarayanan8120The Story of Ninja Gaiden 3 take place before Ninja Gaiden 2, in the final screen of Ninja Gaiden 3, if you wait 15 minutes, a text will appear saying "To be Continued in Ninja Gaiden

[@theprowler18]

SPOILER ALERT At the end of NGII, Ryu holds a dying Irene in his hand and pleads with the spirit housed in the Dragon Sword to revive her. In doing so, the sword is completely destroyed and Irene is revived to be with Ryu.

[@PizzaRatJC]

"You're alive?!" "Did you think i would die that easily?" She smugly says after having been thrown OFF OF AN ACTUAL CLIFF... but she has a gun so i won't argue

[@jackcoleman1784]

She has Ada Wong energy.

[@evieraotacon]

All 3 Ninja-Gaiden games... ICONIC still holds strong after 30 plus years. Still have my copies.

[@Shredder-_-]

Those Good old days... I am watching it in 2020

[@SIMPLE732]

When I played this game almost 10-12 years back, the subtitles were in Chinese or Japanese. Thank god I got to know the story. Proud to have completed this difficult game.

[@keithpereira-lq1ry]

The music touches my soul.

[@habibaaali174]

Oh you stolen my words👌

[@a9udn9u]

Back when I first played this game, I was shocked by how good the graphics was

[@ignacywapno9120]

my favorite soundtrack nes game

[@kimdahyun2893]

Damn bruh you made me cry the nostalgia 😭😭😭

[@agreedboarart3188]

This game is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I love how drastically graphics improved at the end of the NES life cycle.

[@Maestro47]

I played this game as a kid almost 25+ years ago. The version I had was Japanese and I didn't understand what they were talking about then. But I still thought in my little child brain that it was a masterpiece story for a NES game.

[@jayebrown9470]

Hits all the right notes with mild to 'just-right' flair; unlike modern gaming, classics told great storylines without long drawn-out narration.

[@Peter_1986]

Also, you can actually skip the cutscenes in these games if you aren't interested in them. I have never understood why some games insist on having forced unskippable cutscenes.

[@travisberndt8253]

"I don't think this clip has nearly enough commercial breaks" said no one ever.

[@ItachiDrak]

Toda mi infancia recordada en un instante¡¡¡ Que hermosos momentos de niñez¡¡¡

[@anbaro1974]

x2

[@juanpablolaranajera5033]

x3

[@JeshuRex]

x4 y hasta la fecha los sigo jugando

[@DroneR00]

30:16 OH GOD YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE *SHREDDING OF MEAT* AS FOSTER'S TORN TO PIECES! FUCK, this trilogy is so good!

[@VJ87G]

Foster is such an power hungry jackass.

[@kanishkasingh6809]

@@VJ87G *Was

[@digitalworms]

Man the nes was such a awesome console to grow up with! Same with sega genesis and snes

[@miamimagicians]

The NES had such great trilogies

[@diegomelendez9918]

The intro of this game built a great suspicion of what was awaiting....

[@abrahamtrejo92]

De los mejores juegos de mi infancia, me encanta la música, buena historia buenos controles del juego

[@rooklink]

Este y misión imposible.

[@tiagopedro7068]

Que nostalgia, lembro da minha infância, o melhor jogo de todos !

[@powercoder]

Those cutscenes are out of this world!

[@matttipton6009]

I beat this with one death, did not know you could abuse the fire wheels through the spikes. I would die from the clock running out in act 7. Great game!!!

[@wilfridoelicersuerogonzale6674]

Fine bless for you in jesus name. Gamer

[@maksj8783]

спасибо, за возможность еще раз ощутить те эмоции из далеких 90-х

[@RandyBandana]

I'm 45 now but I beat 1 & 2 as a kid...idk if I could've beat this one...the levels in 3 looked REALLY tough 😮 definitely couldn't now 😅

[@mvoproject]

This fantastic game with a fantastic Music is just like a Shinobi III on the Mega Drive! One of my fav retro-games from 90s!

[@djezio258]

"Fortunately, mankind is never foolish enough to wipe itself out to achieve some ambition." Respect🔥🔥

[@Canadas_Very_Own]

This is quite possibly the best looking game on the NES.

[@reesebeatz1773]

No way

[@NucleaRaptor]

I'd say only Batman: Revenge of the Joker and TMNT3 can surpass it on a technical level.

[@sonarabit]

​@@NucleaRaptorbatman revenge of the joker is an amazing looking game.

[@junaidsmil2]

My favourite game of all time

[@novayu666]

memories! it's all coming back to me!

[@twitchybarber]

Best one in the trilogy if you turn on infinite continues. Love how it flips you off at 50:41

[@aretnap3653]

43:46... Timer Death?!?... That's *TheONLY* Thing That Has Killed That 8-Bit-NINJA!

[@gemini-mg6sc]

Yep. The last level didn’t give you with enough time. I always die around here too before starting again to get to the final boss.

[@carltonalexander946]

Ryu Was Always In A Battle. From The Arcade Series To Nes Sega And NEC Turbografx 16.

[@highwind8124]

7:29 - You were really comfortable with the lava's hit box there.

[@ryuten9]

Me trajiste muy gratos recuerdos de mí niñez. Muchas gracias y muy bien jugado.

[@ulahHeidi97]

Ninja Gaiden triology NES my best love kicking evil in the butt with Ryu

[@glennwelsh9784]

I remember playing this at a friend's house. We probably weren't very good at it because I recall playing the sand level and the rising lava level over and over again.

[@djafarphd1515]

thank you dude 2019 stil love it

[@trendmassacre8423]

I almost threw a Kegger after beating this game. I was so damn excited!

[@KinnereyB]

The platforming in the 3rd one got out of hand for me 😂 Great playthrough. You are a true Ninja 🥷

[@syedwasi1989]

This is a emotion what a gameplay specially at 30:26

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Fantastic game. Great stuff all around. And I agree, Act 7's time limit is ridiculously short but I only just learned this week that the fire wheel attack makes you completely invulnerable to stage hazards like spikes and electricity barriers. So that's how you cheese it out, I suppose. XD

[@vainitauh]

I just find it hilarious that in all 3 games after the 1st level, Ryu, the NINJA gets sneak attacked and not the other way around.

[@kokeba]

I've always loved this transformation 28:10

[@burner918]

Sigh. The memories. The music for this game is still amazing.

[@chrisjumao-as1223]

This is like we are watching a Movie.An Action Movie❤️☺️

[@jakebello7988]

Voice samples in an NES game?! Color me impressed!

[@LIONTAMER3D]

The fast, accurate collision detection game play, jammin sound track, long stages, cut scenes with voice samples & absolutely no memory to work with; no "graphics card" no "sound card" lol 8 freggin bits!

[@ElephantMariotheRHDNhater3293]

One of the best sounding and looking NES games that also is one of the hardest. Pretty limit pushing if you ask me

[@deviantstudio]

did you notice how sprites are good in this game compared to first 2 games? amazing art work. also stage 1 music deserves dedicated place in the hall of fame

[@ParadeTheGospel]

Who else is watching in 2021? I wish they would put the second and third game out on the Switch. This one was my favorite of the three. What's your favorite?

[@fontemagia]

i already finished this game when i'm in elementary school, i dont have any issue with timer at last stage, honestly from this trilogy, the 2nd is the hardest one to beat in my opinion.

[@EarGuru101]

that 8 bit sound used to sound like charm, just because the musician put the soul into it.

[@omt4293]

Great game. Didn’t realize this until much later that this is actually a prequel to Ninja GaiDen 2. All three were great games. Although one thing about this one I always wondered about as compared to the first two. The first two had villains that were legitimately terrifying….just by the names they sounded tough and difficult….Jaquio and Ashtar. Those sound like villain names! And they lived up to it. But here….the final boss is Clancy. CLANCY!!! You go from fighting Jaquio and Ashtar to fighting CLANCY!!😂😆 Ryu was probably thinking oh I’m fighting Clancy now! Yay! Woo-hoo! Clancy!!!😆😆 sounds like fighting potato chips from ALDI! Jaquio…..Ashtar…..all the way to….. CLANCY!!😜🤪

[@wilmarmurillo7474]

Removió mi infancia 😪😪 grandes recuerdos y esa banda sonora imposible de olvidar 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿🔥🔥🔥

[@MH-ko9wc]

This may be my favorite game in the Trilogy. It's levels are just as hard, if not harder than the other two games, and they pulled it off without having to rely on the respawning enemies gimmick. It just feels more polished to me than the other games.

[@mikedski9698]

Ryu Hayabusa's Ninja Quest Is Coming To An End In Ninja Gaiden 3 The Ancient Ship Of Doom, The Final Installment In The Ninja Gaiden Trilogy For Your Nintendo Entertainment System From Tecmo!

[@mrshmuga9]

Act 1 - 2:20 Act 2 - 5:03 Act 3 - 9:53 Act 4 - 16:18 Act 5 - 22:04 Act 6 - 30:26 Act 7 - 37:52

[@xGodofAcidx]

The story really jumped the shark.. first one was pretty cool.. Ruins, demon statues, side story of Ryu's father, I could get into it. Second one started to get a bit weird.. and then by the end, we end up on a dimensional warship..

[@trinerd]

Ya, agreed, first one was great, second one wasn't as good, for the third one I just couldn't really get into it at all.

[@mecburnablasta6811]

So if castle rock Fortress(which is a dumb name) was built over the ruins of the castle in the first game, doesn’t that mean the castle on the first game was a space ship?

[@edwardsolaire5672]

I believe Ninja Gaiden 2 was the most cool. The first one is very rare, and the levels aren't that good designed, nor the items that change everytime you enter a new stage. Weird design. Ninja Gaiden 3, by the other hand, seems like they try to get a connection to the OVA, losing the charm in the process. In my opinion, Ninja Gaiden 2's story is simple but effective, the perfect sequel.

[@carltonalexander946]

Ninja Gaiden Was One Of The First That Went Beyond Regular Stuff And Shinobi. To Well Shinobi First Then Ninja Gaiden. With The Crazy 🤪 Off The Wall Stuff

[@Robbayernm]

This is the best Ninja Gaiden. My favourite part is in 22:12 and the Act 5

[@VJ87G]

Clancy and that warship vaporized while Castle Rock Fortress, along with Foster's body in such pieces, crumble down by the shockwave of the explosion.

[@artstechnology7809]

Ninja gaiden i want my childhood 😢😢😢

[@alejandrovillegas177]

When I first bought it I already beaten the previous two. So I ended this in my first try. I was so frustrated on how easy it seemed that I exchanged the game... later on I never ade it pass the jungle scene... What the heck!!! love this saga.

[@angeltzepesh1]

All the assassins creed and stuff really made us worse players. I remember beating most of the games back then.

[@internationalchannel4life270]

I guess this is where the tradition of,"This isn't my final form " began lol.

[@AlEgArT-nw3ys]

Gracias por traerne tan maravillosos recuerdos de mi infancia... Muchas gracias

[@RahulFulswaR]

Thanks yaar purani yade taza kar di, All the time this game was my fav..... ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@adamking6645]

Isn't it weird how the subtitle is "The Ancient Ship of Doom" yet you never find out what this "ship of doom" actually IS until near the end of the game?

[@vanishingstar_0026]

It's different from series

[@vicareede]

hmm.. but its still interesting. i love how clancy the antagonist is slowly cradle us to the main story.. the Ancient Ship of Doom

[@Tallywhack98]

Loved this game as a kid

[@adamtobiasz8793]

I am #1 in Montreal in 1991 to finish this game on NES when it came out.

[@krutoyinfo]

When we had beaten the last boss, there were fireworks someone fired (in our honour we suspected)

[@RyanEX2000]

I loved all of the Ninja Gaiden's on the SNES. never got into the PS versions because I didn't like the way they reworked the story into Dead or Alive. NG3 gets a lot of hate I think because they went more for the sci-fi aspect instead of sticking with the fantasy/occultish themes of the first 2. And yes 3 was definetly easier than the first 2, mostly I think because of the introduction of the dragon sword weapon which dramatically increased your reach.

[@Love-Sensibility]

Totally~! I don't like that Dead Or Alive are in the same universe as Ninja Gaiden. It'll always be different worlds to me~

[@LivingSensible]

Of all 3 games , this one was the hardest one to beat , great game 👍👍👍

[@butterboy5621]

41:12 holy crap! How much closer can you get to dying??

[@justinerickson282]

Greatest games ever made were the Ninja Gaiden games by Team Ninja

[@alessandrothando5396]

Época maravilhosa joguei muito esse game mais nunca conssegui virar ele top dos 8 bits

[@boyfriendsoft33]

30:27 THE PART EPIC OF THE GAME IS THE SONG OF THE ACT 6

[@Blue2knight]

Não me lembro bem, parece que posicionando o direcional para cima e apertado botão de pause faz com que ele recupere toda energia⚡

[@frankdukesdukes7120]

Childhood memories since i played this game in 2oo3 or 2004 i think so

[@LlorDrei]

In the beginning, it is seen that Irene has green eyes, which is canon for her remake in the future games. However, while it is shown that Ryu has brown eyes in this series, a close-up of his bio-noid clone at 14:53, and 52:53, shows the clone has green, or, blueish-green eyes, which Ryu is known for having in the future games. Is it possible that the Ryu in the future Ninja Gaiden games is a new bio-noid clone, possibly formed from Ryu teleporting back to earth from the super-dimensional hyperspace energy of the ship, the energy giving life to another clone Foster possibly had in his base, as well as Ryu's Dragon Clan genes and mind, allowing him to be able to wield the Dragon Sword?

[@AlastorShadow0]

I've never played a ninja gaiden on nes, but I think I might want to. They look tough though.

[@bardtherony]

If I didn't see someone else do it on here, I would had said no you can't run the last level without taking a death 100% But they used the Invinciblity the whole way. Beat it with like 5 seconds left. But the last couple of months I've been watching your vids while trying to relax, and its been a joy to watch.

[@flashbacks7892]

Can't beat the 8-bit nes sounds, long live Apple ][e, 8-bit, 16-bit era.

[@GarthTheDestroyer]

"Castle Rock Fortress?" So, Seinfeld was behind the Biohazard project all along!

[@krishnahansdah6022]

Simply awesome 😊 if I get bored I play it even now

[@Frosty19870]

ninja gaiden 3 is by far the hardest of the trilogy 🎮📺 this dude is very good i havent make it thru this one yet!

[@LuanDang7]

The most horrible thing about the SNES remake is they changed several tracks (3-2, waterfall stage and the first subspace stage) from evoking a sense of urgency and grim determination to something that sounds triumphant but out of place and comedic.

[@w20h]

Also they changed bosses fights themes from NG2

[@hoangtranviet2476]

yeah also 4-2 and 7-3 stage. and I think the SNES had worse graphic and sound banks somehow

[@vickyanuragi3253]

My old time favourite game

[@FroggyOnStreet]

Thank you for the video, now I finally understand the story of this part 3 in English version. I did complete the game, in Japanese version about 2.5 decades ago, henceforth I could only guess the outline of the story via the Chinese characters. Have a good day!