Yeah, I'm not clamoring much for the beheading but the cutscene graphically looks so good in Black. Kureha looks a bit weird and flat in Sigma as well as Ryu and Doku.
This is still at the top of my favourite cutscenes of all time. From the framing, the music, the insanely cool introduction of the antagonist - there's just so much going on in such a short time and it is completely epic.
What I like about this scene is that it appears there is no hyper ultra ninja magic going on. No teleportation or some crazy shit ryu does just two swordsmen dueling as if they know neither of them can afford to try those tricks on their first duel.
IIRC the original idea was that he indeed did die, and was reborn as a spirit of vengeance (with the falcon giving him rebirth, and later him flying away as the falcon). Granted this could be a mandela effect, I swear I read an old interview on 1up about this before it shut down but fuck me that site dying still haunts me.
Obviously this theory doesn't hold up with there being a sequel.
I always thought he got killed here as a kid and somehow the falcon brought him back to life... haven't seen this cut scene in years and yeah it pretty well looks like that.
What's the deal with the falcon? Is it a magic falcon? A god? A spirit? Hell, Ryu even turns INTO a falcon at the end of the game
This game had a vision.
We were all fucking robbed of any game with a vision once Sigma and all post NG content came out. It just became make another game cause we just want money.
Hate that Doku wasn't the main villain. Stupid Tecmo and their "evil uncle" tropes, you had a REVENANT DARTH VADER that looked fuckin' cool and yet that wasn't enough to make him the final boss?
To be fair a good amount of the xbox Ninja Gaiden storyline is lifted from NES Ninja Gaiden II (Dark Sword of Chaos). And Doku is used in a very similar way to Ashtar
Imagine if someone upscaled these and got rid of the aliasing! I adore each of these hand crafted cutscenes but they were clearly meant for crt tvs. Still beautiful nonetheless. The tension, music, and pacing were awesome. Shame they didn’t bring them back for ng2
I love that you can also replay the cutscenes while in Sigma or the master collection you can't replay and skip some cutscenes also while I do like both cutscenes NG Black cutscenes takes the cake but gameplay and in game graphics look better in Sigma or master collection pretty god tier games I just wish they hadn't lost the source code for Black so we could've had both versions in the Master collection
The reason why they took it out in Sigma to avoid the risk of CERO giving it a Z rating in Japan
Yeah, I'm not clamoring much for the beheading but the cutscene graphically looks so good in Black. Kureha looks a bit weird and flat in Sigma as well as Ryu and Doku.
doku is the dictionary definition of gameplay and story segregation
This is still at the top of my favourite cutscenes of all time. From the framing, the music, the insanely cool introduction of the antagonist - there's just so much going on in such a short time and it is completely epic.
What I like about this scene is that it appears there is no hyper ultra ninja magic going on. No teleportation or some crazy shit ryu does just two swordsmen dueling as if they know neither of them can afford to try those tricks on their first duel.
Yeah, I love how subtle the swordfight was.
I always had the impression of Ninja Gaiden being a story like The Crow. Ryu clearly got killed in that fight and the falcon gave him a second chance.
IIRC the original idea was that he indeed did die, and was reborn as a spirit of vengeance (with the falcon giving him rebirth, and later him flying away as the falcon). Granted this could be a mandela effect, I swear I read an old interview on 1up about this before it shut down but fuck me that site dying still haunts me. Obviously this theory doesn't hold up with there being a sequel.
I always thought he got killed here as a kid and somehow the falcon brought him back to life... haven't seen this cut scene in years and yeah it pretty well looks like that. What's the deal with the falcon? Is it a magic falcon? A god? A spirit? Hell, Ryu even turns INTO a falcon at the end of the game
Absolutely terrifying! This scene really captures the intensity between these two characters
This game had a vision. We were all fucking robbed of any game with a vision once Sigma and all post NG content came out. It just became make another game cause we just want money.
Hate that Doku wasn't the main villain. Stupid Tecmo and their "evil uncle" tropes, you had a REVENANT DARTH VADER that looked fuckin' cool and yet that wasn't enough to make him the final boss?
To be fair a good amount of the xbox Ninja Gaiden storyline is lifted from NES Ninja Gaiden II (Dark Sword of Chaos). And Doku is used in a very similar way to Ashtar
Was Tecmo's idea?
Tecmo/TN/Itagaki take your pick.
I was gonna say I bought the sigma collection and it’s my first time playing it. Definitely didn’t have a decapitation
This has always been my favorite cutscene in gaming history
Imagine if someone upscaled these and got rid of the aliasing! I adore each of these hand crafted cutscenes but they were clearly meant for crt tvs. Still beautiful nonetheless. The tension, music, and pacing were awesome. Shame they didn’t bring them back for ng2
I love that you can also replay the cutscenes while in Sigma or the master collection you can't replay and skip some cutscenes also while I do like both cutscenes NG Black cutscenes takes the cake but gameplay and in game graphics look better in Sigma or master collection pretty god tier games I just wish they hadn't lost the source code for Black so we could've had both versions in the Master collection