Ninja Gaiden, probably THE single hardest game to ever be produced by Tecmo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Lets start out with the God awful graphics.

This Picture ^ says it all, there is almost no way to tell which platforms are really there, most of them you fall straight through. Yeah good job Tecmo, ever think to fix that? No probably not, they didn't even take the time to make half of their shadows right, jeez if you're going to put shadows in the game, why make them look pathetic? Great job.

Addictiveness? The only reason I want to keep playing it is to come up with reasons to hate it! This game is so difficult, of course you're going to play it again, its super hard, and an actual challenge. Compared to any other NES games, this one is Mama Monster Mecha Death! Yes, if you have the misfortune to play this reckless ridiculousness, yeah you'll play it again, hopefully you can beat the first level.

Well they did something good the story, a well thought out, brilliant story. Also may I note, that this is the first game ever to have any cut scenes? Awesome! For once, a good story from the nes, and its not only of great quality, but it is fairly long as well.

Oh yeah, this game offers a whole lot to do, you know what, here I'll list the activities of Ninja Gaiden. No, I'll 1 up that, I'll make a to do list for the whole game!
TO DO LIST!
1. DIE
2. DIE
3. DIE
4. DIE
5. DIE
This game takes a very long time to beat, because there are no continues... that's right NO CONTINUES! That's one of the main reasons why this game is such a load of doody!

Difficulty.... Now you've done it Gaiden. Here comes the boom buddy, I'll tell you about difficulty HAHA yes I will. There is almost no way to beat the game with no continues. You have to start from square 1 every time you fall off of a cliff, or miss a ledge? Oh yeah thank the poor graphics. Don't even think about forgetting the knock-back feature. Oh yes, every time our little ninja takes a hit, he goes flying backwards, or what ever way a hole or cliff is located, just so you lose!!! And the worst part is that it is nearly impossible to avoid being hit because there are always things flying all over the map!
The controls are fairly easy, however irritating, especially since they don't give you any tutorial or anything about the controls, they don't teach you how to double jump, jump from wall to wall, or climb ladders, the game is hard okay? IT IS HARD!

jlh : Yes, ninja gaiden is great, difficult or not. Thank you for the positive post .

Klutch :
No problem Klutch : ) I find my reviews a little dry and plain, so I enjoyed reading this one. Keep up the good work on your reviews. Are you competing for the new users white badge? The competion is pretty close and I wish you the best of luck if you are competing!

jlh : No I don't have a chance at winning that, I probably never will either. :L But that's okay.

I loved the Ninja Gaiden games, all of them. The original was really cool, but you can't say no to the other games too. They are just as epic, y'know? This game is both fun and a challenge.

Actually, with 8 more days of the month, you can grab that white badge super easily. I think the current leader for that is still in the teens (points). Just by winning a badge one day gets you 5 points, so you could grab it from him.

Anyway, the difficulty is one of the reasons why I love the Ninja Gaiden games. They were really up there in the retro games as far as difficulty. And they were even harder on the Xbox games (insanely). Too bad they decided to dumb down the difficulty in the new Ninja Gaiden 3 for the 360 and PS3