Ninja Gaiden : Dragon Sword (Nintendo DS)

Game Title : Ninja Gaiden, Dragon Sword
Platform : Nintendo DS
Developer : TECMO
Genre : Action - Adventure
Patt's Rating : **** (Four out of Five Stars)


Review :

RYU HAYABUSA IS BAAACKK!!
Ninja Gaiden. A game that has been around since forever! I'm a big fan of Ninja Gaiden games. I remember my first Ninja Gaiden game is from Nintendo Game Boy, when i was 9 years old, and now, it came to Nintendo DS! I'm so excited!! It is a classic 2D adventure game which transformed to 3D in Playstation and now, Tecmo bring 3D Ninja Gaiden to Nintendo DS. The main character of Ninja Gaiden is always Ryu Hayabusa. He was my favorite game character when i was a kid.
Ninja Gaiden came up with all-new ground up game play.
Instead you played it horizontaly (like most DS game played), Ninja Gaiden played verticaly.

The Controls are really simple. Touch to the point where you want the character to be. When you encounter an enemy, simply slash your stylus across the enemy, vertically, horizontally or any directions you want. You can even combine this slashes to preform a tricks and deathblows.

At first, for hardcore Ninja Gaiden player like me, it is very hard to wrap the idea of attacking with stylus, around my head. But with the release of Ninja Gaiden : Dragon Sword, the battle with stylus is incredibly interesting! It felt like this is how Ninja Gaiden suppose to played like from the begining.

Overall, this game offers an interesting game play experience. The graphics are pretty nice too. But as usual, the story line suck. Here's some screenshot from the game. check out the 'Kai' which lets you form a spell, and let preform a deathblow. Awesome.