The Revenge of Shinobi (Genesis) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

[@kojimin]

This soundtrack has lived rent free in my head for like 20 years

[@Sinasi08]

30 years for me 😅😅

[@vicareede]

Same man.

[@irregularhunterj8014]

When it's crunch time at work, the labyrinth music plays in my head and I get shit done in no time.

[@christian9146]

"My lover" is my favorite It's so hypnotic and beautiful

[@PaulMuzik]

20 years ?????? Jesus i'm old.

[@AguilaDeOnix85]

Where else are you going to find a ninja fighting Rambo, a Hulk Terminator, Batman, Spiderman, Godzilla, a night club ninja, and a brain in a vat to save his lady? Nowhere but Shinobi, baby! Love this game!

[@milesr4609]

And kunoichi nuns!

[@Herbao69]

While enjoying the masterpiece soundtrack while surfing the good and old nostalgia from those who were kids back there like myself ❤️🙏😎

[@conradojavier7547]

& the Main Character himself is Sonny Chiba.

[@dafrog491]

Dont forget Bruce Lee

[@vicareede]

Loooool

[@CorpsePilot44]

I must have played this game through about 1000 times when it came out. The real core memory of this game for me was sneaking downstairs on a school night just to hear that familiar soundtrack and my father in the living room playing. Sometimes he would let me sit for 10 minutes and watch before telling me to go back up to bed before mom saw me down there with him. He’s 70 now and still has interest in gaming/game systems when he hears something new is coming out. I’m thankful to still have him with us and have to show him this video I’m sure it’s going to bring a smile to his face.

[@Des_Zee]

My favorite Genesis game of all time. Nothing beats this soundtrack.

[@danalong1237]

Composed by Yuzo Koshiro, who later did the score for Super Adventure Island, ActRaiser, Beyond Oasis and Streets Of Rage. What’s your favorite Yuzo Koshiro score?

[@devingiles6597]

@@danalong1237, my favorite score was the Streets of Rage series.

[@NintendoComplete]

@@danalong1237 ActRaiser!

[@andrewortiz5797]

Actually shinobi 3 had a way better soundtrack and streets of rage

[@АнтонТ-п6г]

@@danalong1237 ,Streets of Rage and Shinobi for sure

[@randomretroplays3123]

As a retro gamer how could you not love REVENGE OF SHINOBI, it's a classic and has its spot in the retro gaming hall of fame. This game rocks 💪😎

[@RetroPanda13]

I think this game really encapsulate the charm of the Genesis. I had it on a 6 to 1 cartridge with Sega Soccer, Columns, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Monaco GP, Streets of Rage and this. Really a great cartridge that really shows all the greatness of the console

[@markdurber]

I got this on one of my Mega Games cartridges (think it is the second one).

[@Soldier0fWisdom]

Six Pack

[@bigdaddyjh2002]

My Six Pack had Sonic 1, Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage, Columns, Super Hang-On, and Golden Axe.

[@symboitesRul3]

Yup, I had a six-pack which had this, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Columns (lamest), Super Hang-On and Sonic… It came with my Genesis

[@Max_Payn3]

@@bigdaddyjh2002 had this same exact cartridge , it came with the Genesis 2nd model , the “slim” one. Great hand me down gift from my pops!

[@SucculentChineseMeal]

This game blew my mind as a young fella...incredible graphs, music and outlandish bosses, so addictive and fun.

[@NintendoComplete]

Sega finished out 1989 with a barrage of amazing new 16-bit titles, but Joe Musashi's first console-exclusive title might just be the very best one of the bunch. It's hard to overstate just what an impact this game made!

[@vgaoct91]

Couldn't have said it better myself! Shame later releases had to make the licensed characters look more like expies - Though Sega managed to acquire the rights for Spider-Man for a while. It's definitely tough, in a rewarding way! And as a further testament you're playing these games legitimately without cheats, are that death in Stage 3 while making use of the Mijin Ninjutsu. Other examples I can think off the top of my head are in the Beauty and the Beast game for SNES, Marvel Land and Wolverine: Adamantium Rage.

[@vgaoct91]

@@jasonmorgan661 No, I didn't - I gave this vid a like.

[@NintendoComplete]

@@jasonmorgan661 Me? Why would I? Lol

[@admiren]

Didn’t make more games Sagar

[@admiren]

I think say goes dead I think Saegers dead

[@biancaarmstrong5097]

The into of the game with the Ninja blocking the stars is awesome 👌

[@Bloodreign1]

That ninja is modeled after Sonny Chiba too.

[@MrZillas]

I think, its Sho Kosugi

[@Bloodreign1]

@@MrZillas Sonny Chiba from one of his many movies. I mean look at all the rest of the IPS's this game ripped off on it's first revision, Spiderman, Batman, Terminator, Rambo, Godzilla amongst them.

[@ncapone87]

@@johngriswold4303 sadly Sonny Chiba died of COVID-19

[@ShadowAngel606]

@@Bloodreign1 Spider-Man wasn't really a rip-off, Sega had the license for it back then, hence why he was never changed until 1994 when the license expired.

[@agagqbq]

this game was super impressive for being made in 89. the graphics, level design, gameplay design and bosses were all really well made 16:30 this level had a double "Life" package you could pick up(was in a suicide spot) which means you could pick them up, die which would restart the level and keep farming lives forever lol. i found out as an 8 something year old the bonus lives you could stack went up to 99 i never finished the game because i always got lost in the final level which seems like a maze even now and there was no saving your progress for the next session

[@Ben77788]

Back in the day, this was like one of the best games you could get. Excellent graphics, great gameplay, and a killer soundtrack.

[@hitchet]

36:58 damn, those retro visuals with authentic synthwave music is so pure. *love it!*

[@frog9304]

It's not Synthwave. Synthwave is modern slop that sounds like what an 11 year old thinks the 80's were like.

[@PartyUpLive]

The Chinatown track is still one of my favorites from Yuzo Koshiro. Loved the level too because I use to go to Chinatown here in Chicago, IL.

[@simontan714]

R i p to the actor of the game start cover, Sonny Chiba

[@joaoalcantara6676]

Perfect soundtrack, perfect gameplay, perfect graphics. This game was made with such care and it shows, and it will for decades to come. Probably the best Genesis game ever.

[@HouseMusicNinja]

This game right here was what put on the path of the Shinobi for life. I'm currently 33 years old, but man this game is always special for me. Good gameplay!

[@Herbao69]

Me too man, 38 here and when I started playing again on a Xbox one emulator I almost cried. ❤️

[@PeteTheRock2002]

It may be 30 years old (and I turned 36 on Friday) but hearing Terrible Beat is a classic Boss Theme I can still get behind.

[@Herbao69]

38 here and this nostalgia is gold ❤️

[@gnggng.]

1 more year and you'll be 40...

[@SwaghettiYoloneses]

​@@gnggng.All approaching that age now

[@toddlindsay8846]

It does has a Terrible Beat.

[@tylerball6101]

It is a classic

[@ultimatesunrise]

i remember playing this at 8 years old and getting absolutely frustrated AF.. haha.. thank you for the amazing throwback memory my friend.

[@mattyb584]

All I remember about this game, which is one of the first games I remember playing, is how hard it seemed to me as a kid. I didn't even know what any of the icons meant and died over and over. Still, great memory.

[@jessemartin1876]

Same

[@johnsmith-hc3ry]

i never got past 10 minues!

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

I had Revenge of Shinobi in early 90s on my Mega Drive. I remember, I played Revenge on Shinobi in our local German department store, people surrounded me and watched me play it through! :D I was also often in the arcades around this time (during the 90s) and had a quite a bunch of of people gathering around me watching me play Mortal Kombat 3, Street Fighter 2/3, Killer Instinct and more. 16bit are the greatest gaming times!

[@MaM5411]

Ahhh the memories as a kid back in the late 80s early 90s... played the hell outta this game!

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

I love how dramatic and foreboding the first level theme is. Really fits with the “Japanese forest at night” setting and is definitely a welcome break from the stereotypical “Asian” music that most video game levels with that setting tend to use.

[@eksine]

this was the golden age of video games and arcades. the final boss was a freak that whipped his hair, never got to the end. I always played it at someone else's house

[@WW2SolitaireBoardGameChannel]

Some jumps are so damn hard!! Thank God for the rewind feature in the sega collection 😅

[@soulrupture]

This game was one of my first games. I played it in '99 when I was only 3 years old. Such good times!

[@mutsuzawa]

Dude... the nostalgia is real.

[@geekydaddy7163]

Took me 30 years to finally beat the game! (thank you Nintendo to put this game on the Nintendo Switch Online! I coukd fonally beat it with the saving data point whenever we want). It did make my day!!!

[@ninjamaster3453]

The music on this game is amazing. Version 1.0 is the original and best with all the IP ripoffs for characters and bosses before they had to change them.

[@jeffmoen8563]

The bad thing it’s impossible to know what version you get

[@altaiir541]

This game has been on my mind as a recurring memory for over 20 years. I just happened to search "Sega ninja game" and here we are.

[@raiderjacksally]

my childhood!! Took me ages to master double jump!!

[@genaroayala8100]

This game is full badassness. I've tried to play it recently and it seems harder than when I was a kid.

[@solmigamer3080]

same here. and I played in easy

[@Herbao69]

And what about the sea stage 🤬🤬🤣🤣🤣

[@jason.h.zager88]

same!

[@superstimulatedminotaur3681]

Get's significantly easier with practice. I guess that could be said about a lot of games from that era, but memorization is especially key for this one

[@risefm001]

This was the Genesis game that made me want the console so badly...literally just the opening had me freaking out so badly "it looks so real!"

[@ezecskornfan]

I played this game 10 years later after is realease in Sega Genesis, and it still felt epic.

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

i remember watching my mom play this for hours. that intro is still fire

[@jackberry1144]

Thank you for sharing, didn't get pass the first stage back then. This ninja has some serious skills, taking on marvel, DC, skynet... and to think about all the copy right infringement lawsuits... probably the most expensive game in history

[@bluebear57]

I remember the wind blowing the leaves and the parallax scrolling blew me away!

[@PartyUpLive]

Yep. And loved it even more in Shinobi 3.

[@cj72342]

True definition of walkthrough. Made it look easy

[@dorout1]

This game inspired me when I was a little kid. I loved ninjas. Every halloween and in between I'd dress up as one. The greatest time during my childhood was after the Mortal Kombat movie. I used to play Reptiles theme song on repeat and run around the room like a madman. Good times.

[@codyboothe]

This game brings back memories. I was like 10 yrs old and my dad bought me a sega genesis and it came with 3 games and this was one of them. I definitely played the shit of it after school each day.

[@vgaoct91]

Revenge of Shinobi is definitely one of the hardest yet incredible titles for the Genesis! Though the cart I got is pretty much like this, it's the version where Rambo's bald (Though the flamethrower and bandanna make him look like Drake from Aliens) and Batman's replaced by the Devilman expy. However, the expies of Terminator, Spider-Man and Godzilla are unaltered. (Though in Spidey's case, Sega DID get the rights to use him in most of the later releases)

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Pooichi

[@Herbao69]

This was heaven back there. Mega Drive was like have an Arcade in your living room while most people were playing Super Mario on a 8 bit console. Top 5 Gênesis games right here and also brilliant sound tracks ever

[@gerz667]

came to watch this video game after hearing the news about the death of my brother, because I remember when i used to be a kid i used to always watch him play this game on SEGA, so i thought it's a good way to remember him

[@dunndolo]

One of my favorite genesis games of all time. Boss music was so sick and gameplay was phenomenal.

[@BiriBiri925]

26:43 Spiderman turns into Batman. xD

[@ShadowMoon878]

This game is full of cameos. There is a T-800 Terminator, Godzilla, Spider-man, Batman and alot of Rambo clones armed with flamethrowers. The guy dressed as a Ninja at the title screen is none other than Sonny Chiba, the Japanese actor famous for his various Ninja roles in Japanese and American movies back in the 80s and 90s.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Actually Kung fu movies(bizarre cause he IS actually Japanese) but there were ninja movies also which starred an actor named Sho Kosugi. He and his son later did voices in the Tenchu games also.

[@tigerroadperformance]

@@ShadowMoon878 how did they not get copyright infringement? did sega somehow pay for all those cameos? the other cameos seem slightly off but close, where the spiderman is far too accurate. this if my first time ever seeing this much of this game, i wasnt a sega fan back in the day.

[@Bloodreign1]

@@tigerroadperformance Sega would make revisions to the game that would cut out copyright characters, except Spiderman. Sega at the time had the license to Spiderman games, so they put a copyright notice before the title screen, and voila, the rest is history.

[@rednova2212]

dafaq i just watch.

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

All 3 Shinobi games on the Genesis are amazing. The original Shinobi on the Master System was great for the 8-bit Era. This is one of Sega's best frachises up there with Sonic, Streets of Rage, and Golden Axe series'

[@GoN_5431]

masterpiece! even now i don't feel the graphic is old.

[@Bloodreign1]

Sprites age like fine wine, polygons age like milk.

[@dinohermann1887]

@@Bloodreign1 I'm looking specifically at the PS1, N64 and Saturn, because they aged like cream cheese compared to the NES, SNES and Mega Drive!

[@michaeloffgrid]

@@dinohermann1887 Agreed, but sprites on the PS1 and Saturn look amazing!

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

@@Bloodreign1 Haha, great comment, my thoughts exactly! Sprites > Polygon based games!

[@MoonshineSazerac]

Man these fucking sound effects take me screaming back to a time when I would ditch school for the old Mega Drive games.

[@Patboytv]

I remember when I was still on elementary school how I was looking forward to checkout this game with a friend. Each Friday afternoon during school half time break I could stay at his place and he had an Mega Drive with Shinobi! Most of the time when we got at his place there we like 10 min left to play in order to get back to school.. so I never actually go enough time to really play them. But I enjoyed to briefly look and just wait for next week to take another look:P

[@giuliograndi5199]

Excellent playthrough! I have always been a fan of Nintendo but this game is awesome and one of the best platform ever. The soundtrack is simply outstanding. This is art.

[@benmoore8399]

Remember watching my older brother and his mate play it so much that I was physically sick on te carpet during the water level. Great nostalgia though ✌️

[@rafflesssadiss8182]

29:14 ahhhhhh this beat stuck in my head since childhood. Thanks for the posting the video. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@dafrog491]

The idea of A shirtless Terminator whos skin turns green like Hulk- throwin car parts at you is bad ass. Me bein a Terminator guy, i love that. I noticed his resemblance to Arnold growin up but i didnt realize that it was originally designed to be Terminator. And i respect this game much more now than i did when i was a kid therefore.

[@MajinErick]

Honestly, the soundtrack for this game was and still is top notch!!! I hope they erase that Saturn version and make a new Shinobi 4 for all platforms today.

[@superstimulatedminotaur3681]

I think there was one on 3DS that was supposed to be to be kind of mediocre

[@Markbell73]

I had this game on my Genesis. Have it on my PS4. I think I have it on my Xbox 360 too. I've never beaten the game. This is the first time I've seen the ending in 32 years. Thank you for your expert play.

[@toddlindsay8846]

I have this game on “Sega Genesis Classics” for the PS4 and also on Sega CD five game compilation disc.

[@MrOrcshaman]

The final boss always creeped me out, the twisted and creepy grand master fighting you with his hair while your forced to watch the ceiling slowly coming down on your girlfriend, knowing she will intact die if your not fast enough.

[@taekwondotime]

I never understood why he throws his hair. Never could dodge it either.

[@Bloodreign1]

You get 1 reprieve if you have trouble killing him quickly, a switch in the wall on the left, or right, brings the ceiling in the cell up a bit, giving you a little more time to finish the last boss. Of course that only works once, so if you are too slow, the girl dies.

[@benmoore8399]

They even had the local sun make an appearance at the end. The creators were clearly geniuses and awake before most.

[@happyolucky5354]

This, golden axe, dick tracey, streets of rage, mortal kombat, and this sonic 2 in 1 were my child hood. I was 8 when i got a gamecube, but i still played my sega until it finally died when i was in middleschool (mom got it before i was born) Surprised how well these games hold up compared to a lot of early 2000's releases

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Damn right!

[@zakorkaz]

I remember going to my moms friends house with her and playing this on her sons Sega Saturn CD when I was 8 years old-ish. Finally found it!

[@two_tone]

you get infinite shurikins if you set it to double 00 and then wait for like 30 secs to 1 min and it will make a noise and turn into the infinite symbol

[@whobitmyname]

Level 1 soundtrack takes me back to age 9 with crystal clarity. Also, I personally never went near level 2 wthout the boo-boop jumping turned on. You have my respect.

[@jezzaus2124]

Absolutely iconic intro, though I could barely get to level 3 😄.

[@bagusdewantara6208]

Thanks for the upload bro, really bring my childhood happiness back

[@Adamo_92]

This game will never get old for me.

[@Dr.Akakia]

Specially Shinobi 3

[@Adamo_92]

@@Dr.Akakia Also 😉

[@itsserenade]

I always remember this game. I played this when i was still in my kindergarten uniform. But unfortunately i never been able to finish this game as i always lost in those labyrinth doors in stage 8

[@hatenate2070]

Been playin this sense it came out on the Sega six pack back in the dayy 🤺

[@ricktherrien8235]

Thank God no commentary!!

[@PartyUpLive]

That's interesting. I hear from many people that say they enjoy non-commentary streams and play through videos. I remember I started streaming God of War without a mic and many people told me they enjoyed it more that way.

[@justice-r1e]

The last stage is such a hell Almost impossible without a guide!

[@roderickstockdale1678]

I’m from back in the day and believe it or not that’s how I got through over a decade later in the late 2000’s after losing it in 95.

[@TruecrimeWithAlicia]

I absolutely LOVED THIS GAME & Soundtrack back in the day. Omg this brings back so many amazing memories. I love the slow song in the Playlist.

[@WauwautosaTufGuy]

This was one of my favorite games as a kid for my Sega. I hated it at first because I thought it was to hard but as I got older I loved it

[@frenzybar7936]

Ya'll talking about how good is the Music. this game has the best sound effects in a side scroller, that power-up sound!

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

I never really played this game properly until I bought a Sega Megadrive on ebay in about 2008, when I was 33 and I would stay up until 2am playing it in the new flat I had bought. I loved everything about it but the music was one of the best themes. It's years since I played it and listening to it now, brings back some great nostalgia. I still of course have the game and the console somewhere in my cupboard 🤔

[@joshuasteele4498]

The music and the levels were great. The final boss was very anti-climatic, as was the ending. I remember finishing it and thinking “That’s it?!”. I do wish you’d made more use of the magic in this play through. The fire beams and the high jumping were fun to use!

[@Herbao69]

The game ending touch us very deep

[@NavySharkz]

@ 0:58 I remember the year 19XX. That was the year that we made contact with beings from Saturn, Jerry Springer almost became President of the U.S., and Pizza Pockets were declared the healthiest food on the planet. Good times. Excellent playthrough as usual.

[@NintendoComplete]

Tyvm!

[@sammydavidjr]

The music was perfect

[@TheUsualSuspekt]

I have always wanted to beat this game. Last boss gets me everytime.

[@Cerdutex]

I could not beat the final stage, this game has balls. ❤

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

Ah, back in the day...

[@GeeEm1313]

I had forgotten how amazing and time correct the music was.

[@darrenclements6028]

Revenge of Shinobi (The Super Shinobi) is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME and STUNNINGLY AMAZING On the mega drive with ABSOLUTELY STUNNING Graphics and Gameplay 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@santioliva7942]

25 years later it stills bothers me that when you kill the bad guys they explode and dissapear instead of just laying dead

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

Possibly due to technical limitations. The Genesis (and pretty much every other home video game system) could only handle so many sprites on the screen at once. Sometimes they’d cheat by converting sprite based graphics to background tiles and vice versa, but this had its own set of limitations (background images would sometimes have “bounding boxes” around the edges that made them appear jagged and blocky).

[@santioliva7942]

@@leroyvisiongames2294 your are the best! Thanks for that info its very logical , those doubts that one kept since childhood has been answered! Thanks again buddy!

[@antop4597]

@@leroyvisiongames2294 Tell that to robocop vs terminator, people literally turned inside out and exploded in a gush of guts and spray when you so much as shot them in the toe LOL

[@SegaGentleman]

I remember in like 3rd grade, my homie Andrew would let me hold his sega games because i was late to the video game world and only had 2 games. He was this cool asian kid who had all the best games and this was one of them. I didnt know what i had ny hands on at the time. I wonder whatever happened to that kid

[@bussdownPIMP]

He became the shinobi.

[@spectreman2532]

I remember i got the worst ending the first time and i thought to myself, well thats it. The game was tough. Played many years after to get the best ending.

[@Zaxares]

There is actually a trick to make that last battle a lot easier. Do you see that black "gap" in the wall on the left side of the room? If you throw a shuriken/dagger into that hole, it greatly slows down the speed of the descending ceiling, giving you a lot more time to beat the boss.

[@Guapogiboy]

I remember always putting 00 for the number of shurikens and wait till it shrinks and turn into the infinite sign

[@ShanobiBanobi]

This was one of my favorite childhood games and I see it’s a lot like Contra

[@phillipdymanski7436]

Sorry I just became 40 on the eleventh this month, but I miss this game so much. I remember spending hours on the Sega Genesis, not alone with the game gear Shinobi franchise, whatever... This video showed me three things... 1. What console? 2. What graphic differences between then and now (cell phone). 3. Whoever got to see that bad ending?!?!... no offense, but Zeed always did kill me before I could finally rescue Joe Musahshi's wife, ONCE. Shinobi video games still live on in some people's lives... (now who's Pink, Yellow, Blue and Green?) You all try to have a good day/night. : )

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Once? What’d you mean by the colors?

[@oscarmontano1126]

Fighting the last boss while he’s laughing trying to keep your girlfriends alive was my first ever anxiety attack

[@ChrisDanceMusic]

The furthest i rember seeing this too was against the Dinosaur/Godzilla as thats as far as my brother got. I always had to use infite shurikens. 1st time ive seen the ending

[@apenton71]

I vaguely recall being able to jump into the machine with the brain in the jar and giving it a few hits with the sword

[@kenstar1981]

Kids will NEVER know how dope video games were to us 80s and 90s babies!!

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

1989 saw 3 generations of gaming at once with the Genesis coming out, the original NES, and the Atari 2600 still going. Great times 👍

[@davidelpenho]

28:23. That’s as far as I went. And I played it for years almost every day. It wqs really long and one couldn’t save, like every game today, you had always to play from the beginning. Crazy to think that there was almost a third of the game to finish… my lives only last up until that point

[@StarryDynamo88]

I still have this somewhere from back when along with shadow dancer ,

[@CastleBlackWatches]

26:28 I totally forgot Spider-Man was a boss lmao

[@lexwoii3139]

Me too lol

[@GreenyFool]

Spider-Man/Batman, Godzilla, Terminator, a brain in a jar. They don't make em like they used to

[@toddlindsay8846]

@@GreenyFoolbrain in a jar. You mean Krang, right?

[@thehumbleone1983]

Shinobi one of the best Mega Drive / Genesis game 🕹👍

[@AceKite00]

I remember playing this when I was 3 years old. There was this ninja guy who blocked something with a sword and there was a boss that changed colors the more you hit it. Glad to see my memory was on the money. 😂

[@Lupo32]

I had this on Sega smash pack . Never finished it cuz I got lost on the Level with the rotating brick walls

[@AR-rb8jr]

You mean the 6 pak ? It had 6 games on the cartridge

[@cathallynch1]

That's the last level!

[@Lupo32]

@@AR-rb8jr The pc version has Sonic spinball Revenge of shinobi Vectorman 1 Shining force 1 Flicky Phantasy star Columns Golden axe or altered beast.

[@Knh55-u5l]

Loved playing this on the mega drive yrs ago great fun

[@mohammadiiism]

Damn .... 20 years ago ... Childhood was Paradise 😞😞♥️♥️♥️😎😎

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

20 years? More like 33 years.

[@TheKiller92272]

Some sound effects were in streets of rage in this game

[@LeslieLVivasS]

i Loved this game... Thanks a lot!

[@funktrain77]

I used to play this game... a lot. Well played. Easter eggs and protips if anyone hasn't mentioned them yet (I didn't see these in the comments): For unlimited shurikens go to options and put the starting shurikens to zero and wait just a bit, it will change to the symbol for infinity and make a noise as well if I remember right. Also when fighting the end boss you can shoot the black boxes midway up each side of the fighting area and each time you do that will momentarily pause the descent of the ceiling coming down to crush our beloved bride to be. There is also a level where one of the 1ups is actually a 2up, and you can farm it for extra lives as long as you want. If I remember right it's a hidden box triggered by a shuriken that you can grab and then you fall to your death. I think it's on the factory level if I remember right and the box is actually in a drop off. You'll die getting it, but like I said it's actually a 2up. That makes using the 4th ninja magic where you explode and lose a life not seem like such a bad option anymore. Especially when you can do it repeatedly :p I enjoyed this trip down memory lane, thank you.