Ninja 5-O was a recreation boy superior recreation from 2003 that was re-released by Konami. It didn’t promote very effectively in 2003, so why do it? It’s superior! Sure, the sport was, and nonetheless is a good motion platformer that may be robust as nails, but extraordinarily enjoyable to play. You play a ninja cop(additionally the tile of the Japanese Model which has been launched with the NA model on this bundle) who grapples and slides by way of ranges killing unhealthy guys and rescuing hostages. There are six missions in whole, solely the primary three can be found in straightforward mode. In every mission, you could have three levels after which a boss stage. The bosses are bizarre, like a dude who transforms into a hearth dragon and a brief dude driving an enormous frog.

Ninja 5-O is straightforward to manage. B is leap, A is melee, y is ranged. Down and B is slide. Up and B unfurls a grappling hook you can swig with. ZL is a really useful rewind button(new to this model), which you’ll see within the forthcoming video. It actually doesn’t make issues any simpler. Rewind simply permits you to appropriate errors that might imply recreation over, similar to capturing a hostage. There are orange lightning bolts that enhance your stage, making your vary highly effective, as much as stage 3. One hit and its again to stage one. The blue meter is activated with B+Y. If it isn’t full, you get momentary invulnerability. If full, you’ll be able to kill all of the enemies of display(or do huge harm to a boss). And now the Ninja 5-O video:

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Essential disclaimer: I owned at one time the GBA Ninja 5-O… really I nonetheless do!

I’m exhibiting the cartridge as proof I bear in mind the GBA recreation. Ninja 5-O was nice then, and is nice now. Nonetheless, this won’t a get a Should Play. Whereas it’s enjoyable and difficult, some features of stage design and the problem itself really feel dated, like I used to be enjoying an NES recreation. The rewind button helps, however typically issues really feel unfair and/or unpolished. That’s positively what the unique builders had been going for, however it could flip some off. Nonetheless, Ninja-5-O will get a Really useful with an eight back-end rating. You can not go improper right here, and for those who’re in search of an old-school motion platformer, you’ll discover no higher instance.

Total: Ninja 5-O is a wonderful old-school motion platformer that was nice on the GBA, and is usually nonetheless nice now.

Verdict: Really useful

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P.S. For extra ninja motion, attempt Ninja Saviors!

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