I enjoyed Kunoichi (Nightshade) a great deal, but strangely enough the game becomes ridiculously annoying going from the easiest mode to the normal mode. They eliminated her convenient one button jump-homing attack move once you play in the higher settings.
Now that I fondly remember Kunoichi, I guess I did enjoy it more than the other Ninja games this generation since it' s the only one I' ve finished, lol.. But Ryu' s arsenal of moves in Ninja Gaiden are pretty tough to match and edges him out over the others.
Kunoichi' s music in general was pleasing. Nothing memorable, no individual tracks stood out like one or two in Shinobi, but all in all I thought Kunoichi' s music went well with the game' s atmosphere.
I liked Kunoichi alot more than Shinobi, despite being a very repetitive game.
I also liked that Kunoichi didn' t really have any *real* puzzles to solve, it just had a bunch of tricky jumping areas in the game which I tend to like alot in platformers anyway!
Ninja Gaiden, despite having annoying puzzles and the worst music out of the bunch, was indeed a very well polished game and Ryu himself just came fully loaded! I' m a sucker for characters with nice movesets and Ryu just owned in that department.
< Message edited by Terry Bogard -- 6/4/2004 3:32:20 AM >