Shadow of the Ninja Reborn - Kaede 1CC (Hard / 80,000+ pts)

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

I really appreciate this type of level design where you're advancing through unique set pieces in rapid succession, like they did in the original Strider and Contra III: The Alien Wars. I hope they keep designing levels like this.

[@user-Incheman]

As someone who remembers playing this game series when I was young, I'm glad that the game turned out as well as I expected. I think I'll buy it and play it soon.😀

[@janreneliengod7884]

yep Natsume is superb comes to sci fi feel also music is awesome since nes days.simple and fun not too hard also not too easy just done it right for all pep to enjoy it.

[@AkiraHDR50]

Series? As in more than one. I only knew of the first one for the NES. What were the others?

[@janreneliengod7884]

@@AkiraHDR50 what he meant is all the natsume games back in the days.

[@karotconcarne3325]

Holy carp, why did I not know this exists! The OG's been one of my all time fave NES games I played over and over as a kid :D

[@mariusamber3237]

S.C.A.T./Action in New York is next in line for this kinda remake, apparently. Looks like Tengo Project (well, old Natsume employees) want to remake as many old Natsume games as it gets, hahah. (I really liked this one too back in the day!)

[@Jackrost01]

They announce it very long ago. I think every game news talk about that. Few month ago demo was release.

[@SkyknightMu]

@@mariusamber3237Abadox was Natsume, yes? One destruction of a demonic planetoid from the inside, if you would.

[@robbyrobot3303]

Power Blade would be a good game to revisit or Shatterhand

[@nerdzone]

@@robbyrobot3303 I would feel not, given how fond they are of arcade design in action platformers. To me Power hand always played more like a console style action platformer.

[@QuisIan]

A game of my childhood about 33 years ago with famicon, awesome work.

[@Piizzachuu]

Incredible remake. Can’t wait to play it!! Awesome gameplay btw!

[@leonkenedy4616]

The team behind this game clearly knows what they are doing. Outstanding!

[@DAEGUKJW]

Shadow of the Ninja Nes Kaede Hair : Long Hair Shadow of the Ninja Reborn Ps4 Kaede Hair : PonyTail ^^

[@miniminionmaker4060]

Shadow of the ninja was one of my favorites, totally gonna check this out

[@Mr.Waffullz]

Tengo Project just doesn't miss!

[@theodorehsu5023]

Natsume needs to officially make them the go-to developer for revitalizing its properties. This kind of work is worthy of the name and trademark.

[@Mr.Waffullz]

@@theodorehsu5023 Natsume had a hand in the SNES version or Power Rangers. I'm positive they can do a better job than the new game releasing soon.

[@theodorehsu5023]

@@Mr.Waffullz The video game after the TV show in 1993, or the movie version in 1995?

[@Mr.Waffullz]

@@theodorehsu5023 both! If you watch a playthrough, you can see some Ninja Warriors dev team sprinkled in there.

[@brunomartins812]

It's interesting to note that, from the few (interesting) runs that are starting to come up, we can see that the strategy for optimising the timer revolves around both the movement options and the appropriate weaponry (some of which should do a lot of damage on mid-bosses and bosses). I'm quite curious to see how the choice of weaponry will influence the optimisation of the timer, as it's almost certain that bosses can be killed very quickly with the right settings. In short, I can't wait to play it.

[@iconoclast575]

Some of the weapons are super powerful, especially the highest ranked swords. They take huge chunks of life out of the bosses.

[@markusbenyamindiredja4174]

Guess i'm not the only one who loves this game so much back in the day. Awesome remake and loves every little details; both the nostalgic & the new added one! Gives me couple goosebumps when seeing the new additional aspects that well befitted into the old ones. Kinda disappointed though to see the General Garuda's Boss Fight that's toned down pretty much. But overall, loves this reborn game! Shadow of Ninja's forever!

[@SuperLegendOfBros]

I think the only difference between Hayate and Kaede I noticed replaying the demo is that Hayate jumps higher or farther than Kaede and Kaede runs faster on the ground. This honestly made Hayate the better choice at least in level 1 but I still picked Kaede more for obvious reasons. It is mostly negible but I think the difference can be felt if you switch between the two.

[@Lord_Muggs]

I was wondering if there was a difference. Also: Call me a prude and/or a killjoy if you want, but put on a REAL battle suit and save the damn gym shorts for the photo shoots and/or unlockable content.

[@Fishman465]

@Lord_Muggs I think it's a nod to how her sprite in the Nes game seemed to have bare legs. Though compared to other video game ninja girls, she's conservative

[@SmileRYO]

@@Lord_Muggs Naw stop being lame.

[@magicjohnson3121]

​@Lord_Muggs there's plenty of triple AAA video games with ugly female characters for you.

[@Cheeseshredder]

the girl has fat legs for some reason

[@coleabraham4350]

Ok this goes directly to my "EPIC and Interesting Stuff" playlist

[@marcoschukerberga1418]

First Cyber Shadow, then Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider and now Shadow of the Ninja Reborn, you just completed the full rebirth of retro style ninja games.

[@aryudsoh]

Don't forget The Messenger.

[@HereticHydra]

If only Ninja Gaiden would come back, either one. 2d or Itagaki version.

[@marcoschukerberga1418]

@@aryudsoh I totally forgot that game, yes you can count that also and the ninja warriors again even if is other genre

[@fiftyfive5459]

great play through!

[@jalexgonzalez76]

Que gusto que el juego haya sido rescatado con el mismo argumento pero con aire mas moderno

[@WooMaster777]

OH, MY GOSH THIS GAME LOOKS GLORIOUS!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@knvs2931]

Oh damn they remade this game! Definitely gonna get it for the switch. Though I hope they have an option to change the music to their 32-bit versions, those OSTs were just top-notch even for their day

[@badacid8685]

Delicious points! 😊

[@hijous]

now this is pleasing to look at. other indie game should take note to make pixelated not too jarring to look at. and the game is smooth af. I might buy it

[@kabiebebe2332]

Natsume issint indie studio thou

[@SmileyTrilobite]

Tengo Project is a small team inside the larger Natsume Atari. Their sprites in this and Pocky & Rocky Reshrined are so artful!

[@hijous]

@@kabiebebe2332 I didn't say the game is indie. I said other indie game. read it slowly

[@Zalure]

This is how you modernize an NES classic. The gameplay, visuals, music, and character designs all look amazing! There is just one big flaw with this remake... It's bullsh*t difficult. Even the OG NES game was easier than this. There is also a lack of QoL features too such as saving between levels or offering an Easy Mode. Pocky & Rocky Reshrined was absurdly difficult but you can unlock an Easy Mode that allows you to experience the story mode without the intense pressure the game puts on you. I can't even get past the first stage and as someone who grew up with platformers and played my share of difficult ones I know I don't suck at them. Finally Kaede, her new look in this remake? Chun-Li would be proud of those thighs.

[@Raliuga999]

It's really not that hard, is just how NES games used to be, you learn how the enemies appear through the level and you anticipate to kill them the safest way, pretty sure even the first time you played Shadow of the Ninja in NES you got killed in the first level, but with the experience of playing it a lot you learned the patterns what were the best weaposn and where use it, this game have that spirit, you have to play it a lot to get used to the controls an learn how to avoid most of the damage.

[@kardulla]

This is a weirdly minor thing the get caught up on, but I really like the character design here in that she is built thick and strong, she actually looks like a warrior, not a sprinter.

[@MR.GameReview247]

look like an amazing game...thank you for sharing

[@cucabeludo493]

Kaede so THICC !!!

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

Incredible glorious graphics x!

[@ekowa2504]

Love how the developer remake stage 4 in OG NES version (Air Base & Factory) into 2 separated stages with hawk guy become boss for Air Base and newly add Boss (oni-woman), who have telekinetic power, as Boss for Factory

[@arisumego]

this is how a remake should be done. my only qualm with it is not having the original bundled with it

[@aryudsoh]

I pray that they remake Shatterhand one day.

[@SplashPhantom]

Agreed. I made the same comment on the Hayate run. Shatterhand would be excellent for this Tengo Project treatment.

[@MadGear199X]

What a masterpiece.

[@Ae_franc]

The creators of this video game should release it for Android mobiles, since there are people who do not have PC consoles, PS4 or PS5 or Nintendo Switch or Xbox, and I only have an Android phone.😿

[@ThienNguyen-lk6xd]

Awesome game as I remember it on nes. Hope they would remake shattered hand next

[@MAYOFORCE]

I love her hair twirl glide

[@謝元富-x3s]

like the helicopter😂

[@erysonoliveira2591]

it's very interesting how everything in this remake looks and moves very cartoonishy, and it makes the protagonist kinda cute!

[@kardulla]

Well, I wanted new classic Ninja Gaiden, but damned if this isn't just ad good.

[@zukoulou7464]

Kaede : _ Fighter (man) in Last Blade. _ Woman in Onimusha. (Playstation 2) Shadow : _ The ninja (Final Fantasy VI) _ Fighter in Eternal Champions. _ The Black Hedgehog. Ninja : _ Fighter in Fighters Destiny. (Nintendo 64) _ Fighter in Ninja Warriors (Super Nintendo, PS4, Switch) _ Video game on Playstation.

[@miguelangelsanchezrojas5972]

Does anyone know if this has or will have a physical version?

[@iconoclast575]

It does have a physical version for Switch & Playstation from Strictly Limited Games, at least in America.

[@thefractalcactus]

The wall run at 25:16 is messing me up big time. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[@Shotsoma]

Same here cause I’m lost.

[@thefractalcactus]

​@Shotsoma You have to press the jump button when you make contact with the wall and then press up to wall run, but it seems like you need to do it at the absolute apex of your jump. I've only done it once and I wish I knew how, lol.

[@soapyillusions7]

If you mash A/jump while wall running, you’ll just keep running up the wall. Just mash A once it starts up. It took me a bit to find out.

[@soapyillusions7]

You can technically run forever up the wall like this, makes the turret section where the shells eject way easier as well.

[@thefractalcactus]

​@@soapyillusions7 Oh my god, thank you so much. I would have always struggled at that part.

[@hantubelaung]

You made it look so easy here

[@kamarrawlings6285]

Agreed 😢

[@isacroma7760]

What a beautiful game!

[@OhNoTheFace]

Ah yes, a ninja lady with nothing tucked in :P Beautiful art style

[@duedecimal6622]

omg i remembered the first stage song!!!

[@edwardsolaire5672]

What did they do to my boy Hayate?

[@charlescabbage2933]

he went from cool to weird

[@jameslinbeijing]

best of the best

[@munchiaz8375]

Had to stop watching at stage 1, but ill be sure to finish it when I playthrough it myself.

[@skiddy193]

I really hope they remake Final Mission too.

[@moseslalmuanpuia8988]

Wish they didn't make the bosses so oversized, especially the hawk guy

[@LeeONardo]

The controls let me down in one aspect, the wall climb. It's annoying as I've looked at the manual and practiced in a safe area over and over but other than a fluke I can't do it by command. How do you do it reliably? because when I climb up the character jumps off almost every time when I just want them to stay on the wall to vault over/off the top.

[@thousandyoung]

Charming.

[@góticoesoterico666]

Excelente juego 🤘🏼

[@GothamBeauty]

[@madson-web]

Go show some love to the devs. Fantastic game!

[@Ilvik-uo3kl]

Kaede turned out to be a cute little chubby girl😊😊😊

[@DAEGUKJW]

Wow Finally ^^ Nice Game ^^

[@aik2444]

0:10 I'm curious who is middle boss in intro? - Left, that samurai who can seperate his body like buggy in one piece, i guess - Right, boss who carry eagle as partner and can combine or fusion to (eagle man) if we reduce half of his HP. And of course behind them is the final boss, but who in the middle anyway?

[@iconoclast575]

That's the stage 4 boss.

[@aik2444]

@@iconoclast575 oh right sorry i didn't realize

[@ekowa2504]

New Boss, as they divide Stage 4 in OG NES version into 2 separated stages .. surely she does not exist before in the OG version.

[@aik2444]

​@@ekowa2504yea little bit confused, I played NES too and wondering that boss doesn't exist in original.

[@andyseabrookfitness8693]

this looks awsome. like metal slug but with ninja

[@jason4443]

Is there a chance for a co-op playthrough?

[@stevenlisten]

Nice 👍

[@Raliuga999]

51:13 Nice hams Kaede.

[@TVs_Brent]

I'm sure someone has asked already but have you ever done a playthrough of God Hand?

[@antagonisstic]

So this game is a mix of Contra and Ninja Gaiden on the Nes back in the 80s. Though only Ninja Gaiden 1 can be beat. Looks like a cool game.

[@CrudeBuster]

have you never heard of Kage: Shadow of the Ninja on NES?

[@antagonisstic]

@@CrudeBuster No

[@CrudeBuster]

@@antagonisstic well go check it out. it's very classical natsume produce.

[@charlescabbage2933]

Natsuke produced the most advance graphics and Sound for NES games.... i think only Konami can rival that with their games back in the day

[@lengoc2123]

Very good

[@nguyenhuyduc9151]

Great game. Im broken so i will wait when it sale off. Lol

[@cold_stone22]

Wow. Super fast!!

[@KarnovJr]

This game is nearly impossible on normal mode. Cant imagine what the hard mode is like . Idk how you didn't die once here. Stage 4 and on is a nightmare. This whole game could be an AVGN episode.

[@faisalflah5928]

is the opening intro exclusive for some consoles or version? I bought the eng version on steam and it doesnt have that opening intro!!!

[@iconoclast575]

You have to let it sit at the title screen for a minute. I didn't realize there was a full intro until after I played through the game a few times lol.

[@haodieu1999]

Damm kunoichi 😳

[@arjaycanivel622]

What platform played this console

[@dealt]

What's that flashing yellow bit that sometimes appears on your hp bar?

[@iconoclast575]

That arrow indicates how much damage you can take before you lose your weapon powerup.

[@Fishman465]

Was that hidden 40:20 yellow item infinite use in Stage 5 that you found but didn't take?

[@iconoclast575]

The sword? Yeah, it has infinite uses. It doesn't give any bonus points at the end of the stage though, and I try to hold on to the most valuable items.

[@Fishman465]

@@iconoclast575 I figured that was the reason you skipped it after thinking some

[@gabagoolovahere5869]

I would attempt this game if you could save after completing each level 😢

[@WertylevoSuave]

Pese al que el objetivo era sacar un buen puntaje, te castigaron bastante 😅 Igual así, excelente video 👌

[@大杉一人]

えらくムッチリしてるくノ一だな〜。

[@Kamawan0]

Did they fix the input lag that was present in the demo?

[@iconoclast575]

I didn't try the demo, but it feels fine on PC for me. Being able to run it at 240fps probably helps.

[@Kamawan0]

@@iconoclast575 Hahah, yeah that'll probably fix any input issues I would assume! lol

[@AegisArthas]

Game does look beautiful, but the excess of items ruins the difficulty, this considering the level design and enemy placements are very similar to the first game, if you really enjoyed the original game you'd know what I mean, not to mention the skill x reward in the original had a lot to do with avoiding being hit as not to lose the attack range from your weapon, which you also had to strategically choose between the sword and sickle which was specially crucial during a 2 player game, all this is gone in favor of having both weapons at the same time to spam with them. Like also there was no need to change the giant tank boss battle patterns at stage 2 that much, I mean go back and take a look at the same boss battle in the NES game, the need to follow the patterns to beat it turned it into an adrenaline pumped fight, now in this new game you just stand there spamming to beat the boss and that's kinda boring, or more like really. I still bought it cause nostalgia tho, but if you want an actual challenge the original game is the one to go for.

[@agungdecaprio8925]

What the genre that's game? neo geo?!

[@2emo2function]

You played volgar the viking 2?

[@iconoclast575]

Not yet!

[@sebastianq3155]

How do you do the spinning move to glide?

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

Look left with your whole body as fast as you can

[@soapyillusions7]

Just mash down and A in the air, mashing A extends the jump for a couple more seconds.

[@hugoferreira7279]

Muito bom

[@davidweng-tn5fn]

《赤影戰士》的重製版，難度增加及新增一個關卡和新頭目。🎮

[@JuN0]

GYATT

[@samuelnugraha9935]

Sometimes me comparing this game with megaman zero 1,2,3,4 and interestingly it same.

[@FrameRunnerX]

Only thing I don’t like are the main characters running animation, it looks kinda goofy.

[@АлексейИшкуатов]

Игра супер❤

[@fabriciofenryir397]

Nin nin

[@sergiotavo]

ojalá algún día alguien se anime a hacer el remake de Power Blade 1 y 2 o uno solo

[@loveappleboy]

3:25 boss must dash faster

[@haomaru05samurai24]

Super Game ii

[@vothuong5495]

I dont like these new music (remake), the old still hit more harder

[@StarRain6]

Too bad theres no RUMBLE, really lessens immersiaon.

[@rancidiot]

The bgm goes harder than actual game

[@soulhammer]

I watched a couple of reviews from people I generally trust and was hyped about this. Natsume/Tengo's other remakes have been fantastic and this looked amazing. Unfortunately, I just finished my playthrough on PS5 and the game left a giant sour taste in my mouth. It controlled like absolute rubbish thanks to a bizarre input lag issue that honestly should not exist. I know some people also reported this for the demo but there it is present in the final version. I opted for console on this release and didn't think it would still be there but it was apparently not fixed. The fundamentals of the game are fantastic and level design is strong. Where I felt it completely falls flat on its face was the lag and how bare bones the game actually is. There's strange design choices in things like no auto fire binding which makes the spinning hover move dreadful to execute. On PC as far as I know you can map around it but why there's no option to just streamline this is beyond me. There's little clunky things like climbing from ledges needing the up input instead of a face button which I also hated. You /can/ obviously play around this and you will get used to it but I just think it's not needed. Leaderboards are great but no practice, no level select and no QoL features are again a let down. This was an issue with pocky and rocky re-shrined and it just doesn't feel like the team want's to put in the effort to add anything of the sort. Shame really. I want to love the game but as is, I won't be spending nearly as much time with it as their other releases. Great playthrough, by the way!

[@byg4299]

As far as I understand, the "input lag" is intentional, as movement in the game is designed to be more deliberate and committal.

[@soapyillusions7]

It was rough at first… don’t get me wrong. But honestly the more I replayed it, the more I enjoyed it. The hover (pressing down and mashing A) and the wall run (mash A here too) are extremely helpful and make those hard jumps way easier. Once you know what to bring or keep on a certain part for a few instances, the game actually becomes addicting.

[@soapyillusions7]

Also Kaede has a bit of a weird jump, try playing Hayate if you are feeling it’s unresponsive.

[@さかね利彦]

ローラシア… ドラクエのまね やっていいんですか

[@MrWashu12]

Jumping trying to keep plenty of health items having good weapons but treated like ammo dying having to start back at the opening level not fun these choices just my thought's ai and challenge always comes out better.

[@vinyladict8264]

Terrible control

[@Mikewood-qq6hq]

What platform?

[@lordfyita2096]

One can't just get over how ridiculous this characters look. My God what did they do to this gem?. There are some games that are better off dead to always be remembered fondly than, be brought back to life to a wrong era to make the ridicule with a change for the worst in the art-style. The worst part is when they rub in your face what the main character should look and then mock it with a sudden change, no, it's even worst when it's repeated over and over again.