Ninja Gaiden - Episode II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (Video Game 1990)
"Ninja Ryû Ken-den II: Ankoku no Jashin Ken" (original title)

Director:

Shuichi Sakurazaki

Writers:

Sarah H. (story), Daniel Kahl (translation),

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

altar | bottle | medicine | freight train | technique | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tecmo

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in The Angry Video Game Nerd: Nintendo World Championships (2011)

User Reviews

Ryu is back and its still a difficult path ahead for him.

This is of course the second game of the series. I find it a bit more fun than the first game, but it is still hard to win. I hear that it is easier than the first and third, but I am still having trouble with it. Granted, I am older now and my Nintendo video gaming skills have eroded and the stupid gaming device I am using is a Nintendo/Super Nintendo gaming system that does not have the best controllers so sometime I am dying cause the buttons are not working. I am going through a retro phase, where I have to play a ton of old games...thanks Angry Video Game Nerd! This one has a new menace stalking in the shadows and once again it is up to Ryu to save the day and Irene. However, he also has the assistance of dude with sunglasses this time! The stages and levels progress pretty much as they did before. There are a few different power ups as the best one is this thing where you can have two shadows of Ryu following you and they can inflict damage upon the enemies...even bosses! This is invaluable in a couple of the boss battles as you can hit them easier if you can position things just right. The stages offer a few new twists in the form of environmental obstacles such as wind that pushes you back or forward, total darkness illuminated by only lightening and slippery ice. There may be more, but as of right now cannot quite seem to get passed that ice phase and there is no password so you have to win this game in one sitting which is kind of a pain. From what I hear though, the third one is even harder thanks to a limited number of continues (I shiver at the thought of trying to win any of these games with only a limited number of continues). This game is fun and I like it a bit more than the first, I would like it even more if they had a code or something that would make those annoying eagles not appear!