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NDS
Kage Densetsu: The Legend of Kage 2 -
New Import, Rstk Soon
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NCS Game Synopsis
«©NCSX»
Ninja shenanigans resume this Spring when Taito
revives The Legend of Kage for a new
generation of gamers. Players control a bare-chested
ninja named Kage who jumps across obstacles, swings
across ceilings, and throws stars at fiends to
dispatch them. Kage attacks with conventional blows
but he can call upon special flaming attacks to get
out of hairy situations.
A second
playable ninja named Chihiro is armed with a spear
with a hook at the end. Chihiro's secondary weapon
is a chain of sorts which she throws out. She's just
as versatile as Kage in terms of mobility and attack
skills. The game utilizes both NDS screens for an
vertical aspect gaming experience where enemy ninjas
attack from above and from the sides. Interaction
sequences take place on the top screen for added
dramatics and to move the story along.
Jan Code:
4988611207239
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NCS Game
Notes
» Four
save-slots are available so that four different
gaming sessions may be saved to the game card.
» At the outset of the game, players may choose to
play as either Kage or Chihiro. Kage's main weapon
is a flaming sword (press A) and his secondary
weapon is an endless supply of shuriken (press Y).
Chihiro seems to move the same and jump just as high
as Kage can.
» The game engine keeps track of the number of
consecutive hits that you can achieve when
surrounded by enemies. Since each ninja opponent is
killed with a single slash or shuriken, it's a
challenging feat to run along and chain together
10-15 consecutive hits against a ninja crowd which
hangs onto trees and runs along the ground. Once the
chain is over and you can't get another hit, you'll
be congratulated with the word "Good!" which appears
on the lower right corner of the screen. We would
have preferred a bonus power-up or something.
» When NCS first started preorders for Kage 2, we
mentioned that the visuals were reminiscent of
Ninja Spirits from Irem. After playing
the game for a few stages, we can state emphatically
that at least one element has been borrowed from
Irem's game. On the third stage, pressing the "A"
button will power-up the hero and split him up into
a triplicate of himself so that every attack is
trebled. This is exactly the same skill that the
hero in Ninja Spirits was able to power-up into.
Unlike Ninja Spirits however, the effect is only
temporary and governed by the little timer on the
lower-left corner of the screen. Other than that
similarity, Kage 2 is basically a modern version of
the original Kage. Much of the action takes place on
the ground but the trees on some levels are thick
and you'll be able to take to the branches and run
across tree tops and shoot stars in eight directions
to dispatch enemy ninja. Retro-players may remember
that the original Kage was all about shooting the
shuriken and leaping from tree to tree.
» The end-level boss for the second stage is an
elderly monk who's afflicted with what looks like a
massive boil on the back of his head. He rushes and
attacks with a rebel yell and blows fire from his
mouth. When the monk loses roughly half of his HP,
he'll transform into a huge monster which shoots out
a blast of flame that covers the entire length of
the screen. When the monk is about to unleash the
mega-blast, simply jump to the top of the rock on
either side of the screen. The blast will pass
beneath Kage/Chihiro's feet and won't do any damage.
After the monk unleashes his immense firepower,
he'll naturally be tired and will breathe heavily
and wheeze. That's your cue to drop down right next
to him and slash away. You should be able to get in
about eight slashes before he recovers.
» At the end of every stage, your score, max combo,
combo bonus, total score, and items collected are
tallied up.
» To perform a ground slide just like Strider, push
down on the d-pad and press the "B" button.
» The boss of the third stage is a young woman who
lobs neatly arranged bombs onto the ground which
explode shortly afterwards. If you try to attack her
directly with slashes, she'll jump into the
background where she'll throw some more bombs onto
the playfield.
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