Product Description

Namco's cult arcade hit Ninja Assault makes its debut on PlayStation 2, combining the scenery and mythology of feudal Japan with up-to-the-minute weaponry and pinpoint shooting action. Play as one of two ninjas, Guren and Gunjo, or a new, ferocious female character; to succeed you'll need courage, quick reactions and more than their fair share of sharp-shooting ability as you run up against a succession of heavily armed foes including fellow ninjas, giant mechanical spiders, and vicious end-of-level bosses. Each character has a unique combination of characteristics and attributes, such as rapid fire, constitution, attack power, health and maximum ammo capacity, enabling you to use different strategies depending on the character selected. There are multiple endings, depending upon your character and your performance across all the stages.

Three challenging modes of play--Story, Jujitsu and Arcade--give multiple endings to increase gameplay longevity. Story mode features a specially re-arranged version of the original arcade game with additional characters, cut-scenes and story endings. Jujitsu mode is a series of mini-games set in the Ninja Assault world, in which two players can compete. Arcade mode is a perfect conversion of the original cult game.

In addition to the three ways to play, hidden features add further replay value to the game. For example, if you complete the game in Story mode, you'll find more playable mini-games in Jujitsu mode. If you achieve certain objectives in Jujitsu mode, you'll find extra weapons become available to you in Story mode.

The game features nine huge and action-packed levels to blast your way through, including the royal castle, a dense and dangerous forest, a ghost town, an underground cave network, and finally Sikai-oh's heavily-guarded headquarters. Meanwhile several Boss Stages place a premium on timing, skill, perseverance and accuracy of shooting.

The game is fully compatible with G-Con2 lightguns.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10946 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2002-10-11
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: PlayStation2

Manufacturer's Description
Ninja Assault is a fantasy-based gun game set in the ancient Japanese world of the ninja. Assuming the role of either Gurn or Gunjo, Princess Koto's personal ninjas, you will face a myriad of deadly enemies in your quest to rescue your mistress from the clutches of the evil warlord Shogun Kigai.

Customer Reviews

Unoriginal shooter providing nothing more than the basics
So why only the 3 stars? Because frankly, as gun game goes this is stunningly average. The graphics are adequate but never excel and given the nature of the subject material there is a surprising lack of imagination in the enemies you face. The sound is quite frankly appalling and I prefer to play without it. The music is empty and annoying while the sound effects don't seem connected to the characters making them. Most importantly, the gameplay is nothing new. Your path is set, as with the old virtua cop games and no ability to duck behind cover is provided meaning you must shoot as quickly as possible at all times. There are no time limits and so little sense of urgency.

The game is not a challenge to complete if you want to. As with all gun games, if you want a challenge, stick the difficulty to hard and limit the credits to 1. I won't complain that the game is short, it is the standard 30mins or thereabouts to plough through and personally, I think any longer would make my arms hurt too much. The point of these games is to get as high a score as possible so you can show off to your mates. A number of sub-games are available, similar to those with Time-Crisis 2 and similarly, they don't really add much to the package.

Should you buy this? It really depends how much you like this genre and how often you like getting your gun out. The game is acceptably playable in my opinion but is not as good as either vampire night or timecrisis 2. If you have played Vampire Night and don't like it, don't buy this. If you have played the arcade version and want to play it at home do. It is slightly slower than the arcade version but otherwise seems the same.