Shadow of the Ninja (NES) Mike Matei Live

[@PartlyHuman.]

I like to put this on in the background and imagine this is a pirate radio show back in the 90s being broadcast from a shack out in the middle of nowhere and Mike is just talking to the voices in his head when he reads the chat. Good times.

[@mikematei]

I mean thats pretty much my vibe. Good plan

[@rohangagrai106]

manh he just cant keep the demons out of his head, can he.

[@classicmikecade]

The content and conversation never ceases to amaze me.

[@javonjames4573]

Hands down one of my favorite NES games!

[@mingkey8013]

6:16:14 is my favorite part and the silence that comes after it, I found it relaxing.

[@OldSchoolCurt]

Holy crap this stream is long and entertaining!

[@lilypacastsupper8922]

I forgot how good the music was in this game.

[@poiluparadis]

Never change, Mike... and what I mean is, grow old doing what you do.

[@mikematei]

where am i

[@Tactical-92Yankee]

​@@mikematei my step dads, long gone step dad would say in front of me. "Here I is". Multiple times a day not trying to be funny. He was on a biden level of potato brain.

[@TheZeromus99]

Great game choice, good job on choosing unique, quality games Mike.

[@dafrontman3710]

this looks brutal at 7hrs in

[@aaronflament]

More man baby gaming

[@aaronflament]

U the best Mikey

[@Jarrygames86]

​@@brianbabin6333it's really not that deep bro. But damn haha

[@mentallynumb1]

At its finest

[@vinnymac7565]

This guy actually played the best Joker.

[@mikematei]

Thats because I am the real joker. All the people who played the joker were actually me.

[@spain1983carlos]

I love the game, really nostalgic

[@Rubberneck1965]

Mike playing an 8 hour stream of an NES game I dont know much about? Well lets see, its 530pm now, with breaks I can be up til 3am, sooo yeah, I'm in.

[@Raw-guitar]

Can't wait until Mike hits a 100,000 subscribers. We are going to celebrate .

[@MrNexor-cj8gs]

Ever consider beating one of the NES Mega Man games using only the buster as a challenge?

[@mikematei]

i did kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipywqqugYr12fpI

[@uberyoutuber3892]

This game was rereleased on Limited Run and I missed the chance to get it. Thanks for showing it off, Mike!

[@etiennerodrigue8471]

So this is the two streams in one VOD… is it possible to have the time code when it change from first to second stream? Already watched first one on Twitch

[@etiennerodrigue8471]

You have same clothes, same overlay and duration of two streams are not equals to this video so it’s a little bit edited

[@EduardoHernandez-fk2fs]

Dude this really bring back memories. Great game. Gonna watch the whole video 😎🤘

[@Novapoid]

Didn't know this game, it looks pretty badass. Are you interested in the remake, Mike ? It looks like what a GOOD sequel/remake should. Then again, by the end you didn't seem to like it THAT much.

[@mikematei]

What remake

[@Novapoid]

@@mikematei Shadow of the Ninja Reborn, I saw the trailer on YT which coincidentally made your video pop up on my timeline (you know, the algorithm). It's made by the same dudes who remade the other natsume games (Wild Guns Relodead, Ninja Warriors and Pocky and Rocky -the best one imo-). I find it really cool that afaik the development team is comprised of three core members of the original staff. It really shows in the quality: so far all the remakes look like they REALLY cared as opposed to Nintendo putting 3 Mario roms on a Switch cart and calling it a day.

[@exitmusic6100]

Commando NES is a good one if you need to find something at the end of a stream. I believe you enjoyed it for a few moments going through the entire library

[@pepijarak3393]

Super Video man!!!! Yes, the game is super difficult. I love this game, the music and graphite is great!! One of my favorite moments when I won this game too. After that it remains difficult but not too difficult! ❤😉

[@bop8377]

Mike I wish you can do all retro games in crt tv stream format like the Batman one , I’m a big fan of that look .

[@mrzatherton10]

Mike, where do you stream?

[@HighFalutinTootin]

Hey Mike..maybe do a co-op of this game with Erin.

[@gavinbeacom3251]

@Amit Ranaware No time

[@ordinaryretrogamer6944]

​@@gavinbeacom3251 muh kids

[@holdingpattern245]

They probably wanted a name that would remind people of movies like Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, American Ninja, etc. but everything else was taken. Or maybe they were thinking that the enemies of the ninja are living in fear, and that fear is like a huge shadow that the ninja is casting over them.

[@andrecondesso8057]

Top class Nes gaming ❤ hard as f***.it should'nt be allowed Mike to play this for that long

[@BuzzLightyear-lq7hi]

8 Hours! Wow, great stamina

[@Rizky-Gumilar]

Mike are you gonna Livestream TOTK on launch day?

[@possumgrits825]

This game is ruff. Never finished it and I've finished a lot of tough games.

[@Greshgore]

I'm sure someone at some point pointed this out to him, but as a power nerd myself, HU-MON, is not something Gowron says, or if he has not frequently, it's most often a Ferengi pronunciation.

[@dn1179]

Which is harder Shadow of the Ninja or Shatterhand ?

[@scottpiwinski7610]

Had this game back in the day loved it too short though

[@diddy1847]

That boss theme at the 6:56 hr mark is quite boss…..pardon the pun

[@mentallynumb1]

Mike love your content.

[@udechile2497]

WTF. That bird boss was a total joke when you had the sword.

[@Mumraw_]

I understand editing the James & Mike Mondays videos was a lot of work editing them, but is it possible for you both to meet up once a month or couple months to stream together on twitch? I think people miss you two interacting with one another and fans feeling like they miss hanging out with two old friends.

[@mikematei]

We did over 300 episodes of that. I still do videos with James from time to time. I plan to do lets plays with him here and there but not on a schedule. I did Cinemassacre for 15 plus years. Its great, but its not my goal to do that for the rest my my life. I have made my own thing over on twitch and I will be mainly doing that. I understand and appreciate that fans want more of that, but I need to do what I want as well. And I like doing my own streams. That said, I will do some videos with him here and there because thats fun too. Im just not doing it as often as we once did.

[@Mumraw_]

​@@mikematei I can understand that too. Gotta do what makes you happy first and foremost. When you put it that way it makes a lot of sense. Its work in itself just to hang out with friends as an adult these days with family and planning out schedules. Thanks for the reply, Mike. Always look forward to watching you play games on twitch.

[@mikematei]

Just to be clear, I love James and I’m glad to make some lets plays and stuff with him still here and there. I just wanted to build my own thing.

[@Mumraw_]

@@mikematei Totally get that. You explained it well. What you've built has been awesome and fun entertainment. Look forward to any content you or both of you put out whenever that may be.

[@petpen4537]

So what you're saying is you have an 8-way heavy fucking stick but you want it in a heavy ass thing with a special plug? I hear you.

[@NikkiTrip]

This game kicks ass! I'd almost say it's better than Ninja Gaiden, but I like both about the same these days, I think.

[@AntLeonardi01]

Mike is gonna be 80 years old playing NES romhacks in the basement, answering questions about AVGN, isn’t he?

[@mikematei]

Im already pretty old so it would be almost no different.

[@fishingmule3266]

I’m pretty sure that weapon is a scythe on a rope. I think I saw some martial artist dude on KZbin using one once.

[@fantasticdavidson1179]

And u always get cold fries McDonald’s sucks too

[@Boose1234]

A remake just came out last month called Shadow of the Ninja Reborn. You should definitely give it a try.

[@Verbalaesthet]

That game looks pretty cool. I see it for the first time.

[@ZMAN_420]

Great Game Mike! It's always the late 80s or early 90s

[@realgoose5471]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAULIE

[@mentallynumb1]

Manbaby's Gaming is best gaming.

[@Denjired]

Mike compiled two streams of this game. Luckily, I was there when he finally beat it. I guess as far as ninja games on the NES go, this places in a solid second place behind the Ninja Gaiden trilogy. It appears at least to be vastly better than Wrath Of The Black Manta and The Last Ninja. I think the weirdest choice is that you have to take down the "armor" of the boss first before actually dealing any damage. As I am sure Mike experienced in the game especially with the last boss, it appears that you do not damage him and makes you wonder whether you are even hitting him. That's not really a good game design choice. You can have the armor but at least do something indicating that you are damaging the armor of the boss so that you won't be second-guessing yourself whether you are doing it right. I need to check that stream again but wasn't Journey To Silius another game that didn't show you how many lives you had or even continues and you had to keep track yourself how many lives/rests/continues you still had?

[@mikematei]

What are your thoughts on the zelda game

[@Denjired]

@@mikematei Just like when I watched my nephew and brother play Breath Of The Wild on their Switch, your stream of Tears Of The Kingdom did not do anything to make me particularly interested in this game. I guess weapons breaking, a gazillion shrines with hardly any enemies instead of long dungeons, cooking, taking pictures and now doing Minecraft is not what I personally want when playing a Zelda game. Currently playing the HD remake of Skyward Sword on the Switch. Despite the dungeons being rather short so far, that game feels more like a Zelda game to me and I have more fun with that. Maybe some day I will borrow BotW from my brother and test it out but for now I am happy with Skyward Sword and making my first splash into the world of Zelda 1 hacks.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

I keep thinking 'surely he's gonna run out of NES games to play that Ive not heard of" then heres shadow of the ninja

[@ZurgeWaagh]

Fun game you playing. Bowser is the good guy Mike

[@Zarealdark]

Fun game. I started it on NSO.

[@TheVgrey]

So Mike which Klingon you were channeling in that nerd ep always makes me laugh

[@HighFalutinTootin]

Hey Mike..was this Shadow ninja game released after the SNES debut? I don't remember but i might've rented it before, anyway it looks like a good nes game, i remember a game called ninja crusaders or something like that

[@lordcolinb]

8 hours of awesome

[@lilypacastsupper8922]

I've never even played SotN single player, I feel like the real draw is the co-op.

[@fantasticdavidson1179]

The karate kid turned into birdman attorney at law

[@pswadedgafboi7813]

Smellovision would take porn to a whole new level (and cooking shows too)

[@jamesandalotofgames9211]

Green and purple. Real inventive

[@trackmastersdj]

I was waiting a long time for you to play this one Mike. Thanks. Maybe you can play Road Rash 2, Earthworm Jim, or Ecco The Dolphin on Genesis next??

[@corrado]

holy shit, almost 8 hours?

[@scottpiwinski7610]

Mighty Funny I beat this game back in the day and I never had issues with this game

[@Dakota_B_]

The way you pronounce his name is Myke Mat-taaay.

[@smillman437]

This game looks fkn awesome

[@florianklink2961]

While I'm watching this I'm eating an extra large pizza from Smileys. Gotta be careful not to puke!

[@Spare69Fox2]

You did it! Cool.

[@panicfarm9874]

Mike,You said to put game to play on your KZbin, so… On the Gameboy Advance - Garfield the search for Pooky. Please play this absolutely cherished game, I’m definitely sure you’d love it…

[@Lietuvis0000]

untouchable on amiga ... You have to try . I wana see your reaction about "sound track" :D

[@NinjaContravaniaManX]

LOL, this looks and sounds a lot like Ninja Gaiden Shadow on Game Boy!

[@NinjaContravaniaManX]

"Ninja Gaiden Shadow was originally planned to be a Game Boy adaptation of the NES game Shadow of the Ninja. The Nagoya division of Natsume, which developed Shadow of the Ninja, also developed Ninja Gaiden Shadow. " - Wiki.

[@RetroArcadeGuy]

I'm hearing Castlevania, Contra and.... Megaman music...?

[@fantasticdavidson1179]

Captain hawk is like captain America mixed with hawkeye

[@Greshgore]

Having never seen Mike's very first stream the comments about the prolapsed anus with mashed potatoes, and I know this is a cliche, literally just made me spit out my drink and some of it went up my nose luckily it was just water but still that's one way to wake yourself up.

[@drewsenthused6079]

How do you feel about Anna Maria Alberghetti?

[@Spawn3X5]

Uh sword of hope Also i need a timestamp for food talk

[@TiwazGoudsnor]

1st boss is blast processing hhhhardddd

[@リンゴ酢-b8g]

an 8-hour long upload?!

[@mikematei]

yeah

[@archmagesalamar1377]

Hey Mike will you finish Demons Souls on stream? It seemed like you really enjoyed it.

[@kiki_yagelovskaya]

4:59:00 The Splinter-game must be made. Everything else would be ratist. 😋

[@joshuasexton3976]

Beetle juice and freak zoid is awesthe good show is man

[@Enraged-Gecko]

Sphincter clinching action!

[@jason-sp8nb]

Any kind ninja game I like it 😀

[@BillCosbone]

Was Mike trolling when he said you should just have everything? I’m not so sure…

[@gillt6748]

can you start over. I missed the beginning.

[@ProdriveGT]

Mike, where's the mario review :D?

[@mikematei]

I talked about it on stream more than once you will have to watch my streams

[@videogametommy1630]

Mike you should play, Earth Defense Force 5

[@joshuasexton3976]

I do

[@DurcaDurcaMan]

Wild vulvas

[@UndercoverPirate69]

I would totally finish this in one minute with bombs 🤣🤣🤣🤣 /joke

[@jimmystancliff2843]

Mike do you still talk to james? And are you still friends?

[@mikematei]

Yeah i helped out on recent avgn gameplay. And we shot a lets play i need to edit it.

[@jimmystancliff2843]

@@mikematei f*** yeah I missed you guys playing together all the gameplays it did together they're f****** hilarious maybe you guys should do another one maybe I know you're both are busy I know I know I know I understand I understand you guys made me f****** laugh my f****** ass off awesome thank you for answering thank you very much for answering appreciate it taking time out to answer you know dinglehopper

[@BoozyBeggar]

I'm gonna be "that guy" again, but the only reason humans in Star Trek aren't immortal is because genetic manipulation and engineering is banned, due to Khan and his predecessors. It was really just a means of the writer/s getting rid of the immortality problem, which would inevitably lead to "Why have kids if I'm gonna live forever anyway? Why visit the stars with such reckless disregard? We can take our time, plan extremely thoroughly for years before visiting even a single unexplored system."

[@troyfowler4109]

More videos keep it up

[@ChristianAVS]

u gotta taste Culver's

[@lordcolinb]

🎮🕹🏆

[@lordcolinb]

🤺🤺🤺🤺

[@lordcolinb]

🤷🏻‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🚶‍♂️🏃🏼‍♂️

[@fantasticdavidson1179]

Have u ever played ninja giden on Wii U it’s pretty boring but super bloody

[@fantasticdavidson1179]

I just beat blood lines castlevania before that I beat super 4 and super four was a better game it had better controls better music it made more sense with the time period blood lines is a good game but super 4 felt more like a castlevania game

[@fantasticdavidson1179]

Burger King sucks

[@wolverine3149]

Home of the oval shaped chicken sandwich AND the whopper? I think not

[@HorseTeethModano]

Hey Mike, what?

[@NCade02]

Mike matei

[@fantasticdavidson1179]

I like Taco Bell are taco jhons

[@fantasticdavidson1179]

Talk about some cheap bill shit game looks hard