History VideoGame / NinjaSenki

Kinuhime [[StuffedInTheFridge was killed]] by a [[BigBad ninja demon]]! [[PlayerCharacter Hayate]] is obsessed with revenge and goes out to defeat the demon. But can revenge bring her back? Most players never find out.

Kinuhime [[StuffedInTheFridge was killed]] by a [[BigBad ninja demon]]! [[PlayerCharacter Hayate]] is obsessed with revenge and sends out to defeat the demon. But can revenge bring her back? Most players never find out.

That is the whole plot of ''Ninja Senki'', an eight-bit freeware platformer game made by the Jonathan Lavigne of the Pixel Tao website, who went on to establish Creator/TributeGames. The game can be downloaded [[http://www.fileplanet.com/217995/210000/fileinfo/Ninja-Senki-Free-Game here]]. It has 16 stages and is absolutely NintendoHard. The player character has five health orbs, which only regenerate once you collect [[EveryTenThousandPoints 1000 points]]: if your health remained undamaged, you receive an [[OneUp additional live]] instead. Falling into [[BottomlessPits various pits]] instantly substracts one from your [[RuleOfThree three lives]]. When all lives run out, you can either quit the game outright or continue from the start of the current stage at the cost of 100 points, subtracted from ones you had at the start of the level. Got that? Then go: [[ArcWords Katakiuchi Begins]]!

* DepthPerplexion: The Monban temples, Aobozu wizards, "regular" Yadokai wizards and [[OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Saru monkeys]] all fire projectiles that pass through any obstacles in the way, while the shurikens get stuck. Many scenes also feature Hannya demon heads, which easily pass through obstacles themselves, and their [[DemonicSpiders blue version]], Aohannya, which fires energy projectiles as well.

That is the whole plot of '''Ninja Senki''', an eight-bit freeware platformer game made by the Jonathan Lavigne of the Pixel Tao website, who went on to establish Creator/TributeGames. The game can be downloaded [[http://www.fileplanet.com/217995/210000/fileinfo/Ninja-Senki-Free-Game here]]. It has 16 stages and is absolutely NintendoHard. The player character has five health orbs, which only regenerate once you collect [[EveryTenThousandPoints 1000 points]]: if your health remained undamaged, you receive an [[OneUp additional live]] instead. Falling into [[BottomlessPits various pits]] instantly substracts one from your [[RuleOfThree three lives]]. When all lives run out, you can either quit the game outright or continue from the start of the current stage at the cost of 100 points, subtracted from ones you had at the start of the level. Got that? Then go: [[ArcWords Katakiuchi Begins]]!

* AirborneMook: Every scene has one. There are Yurei ghosts at Scenes 1 & 2, {{Hitodama}}s (i.e. Purple Flames) at Scenes 3 and 4, the nearly omnipresent demon head Hannya, etc. The one exception are the Scenes 13 and 14, which have no enemies besides other ninjas and so lack airborne enemies.

* AirborneMook: Every scene has one. There are Yurei ghosts at Scenes 1 & 2, Hitodamas (i.e. Purple Flames) at Scenes 3 and 4, the nearly omnipresent demon head Hannya, etc. The one exception are the Scenes 13 and 14, which have no enemies besides other ninjas and so lack airborne enemies.

* EasyModeMockery: The game comes with an FAQ in a txt. file and it includes the “The game is too hard!” complaint. The response is “Remember that you’re playing as a ninja!”

* AIRoulette: The dragon at the end of Scene 8 decides at random between six attack approaches (three platforms, each can be attacked from the left or right).
* AirborneMook: Every scene has one. There are ghosts at Scenes 1 & 2, Purple Flames at Scenes 3 and 4, demon heads at every other scene, etc. The one exception are the Scenes 13 and 14, which have no enemies besides other ninjas and so lack airborne enemies.

* ArtificialBrilliance: The upgraded gun dwarfs in some scenes will not shoot if you’re standing in their dead zone, forcing you to risk it.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The dragon you fight at the end of Sector 8 can only be shot in the head. If you try to shoot at the neck, the shurikens will simply be reflected back at you, forcing you to expose yourself to its fireballs.
* BackgroundBoss: The dragon in the Scene 8, which only occasionally pops out.

* BullfightBoss: the 3-5 m tall red demon thing, appearing before the true bosses of Scenes 4, 8, 12 and 16. Its only attack is to jump about 3m meters towards you, dealing touch damage if it hits. In the first encounter, it’s possible to simply [[DeadlyDodging let it]] [[GravityIsAHarshMistress fall off]], but it has to be shot in all the others.
* CatchAndReturn: The Kung Fu Master enemies at Scenes 15 and 16 will do this to your shurikens if you try to shoot them in the face, and can hit you right back with them. You need to wait for them to turn their back to you before shooting.

** To an extent, this applies to the Hayate himself. The player never realises this during the game, but he's the only ninja unable to do any melee damage and forced to rely on his shurikens. It also seems he has gone for [[MoreDakka rapid fire]] over accuracy: green ninjas at Sections 3 and 4 have lesser health and rate of fire, yet they're able to fire shurikens diagonally upwards or downwards, something you're incapable of doing.
* CutAndPasteEnvironments: The game is fond of repeating several hazards in a row with minimal changes. In Scene 3, you will have faced the ledge with Green Ninja and two Purple Flames above twice in a row. In Scene 10, the exact same room with a single energy-crapping monkey is repeated 4 times, etc.

* DepthPerplexion: The temples, upgraded dwarf gunners, bamboo hat gunners and [[OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers monkeys]] all fire projectiles that pass through any obstacles in the way. Many scenes also feature flying demon heads, which easily pass through obstacles themselves, and the [[DemonicSpiders blue version]] fires energy projectiles as well.
** Surprisingly subverted in that ghosts of Scenes 1,2,11 & 12 cannot pass through obstacles when you would expect them to, while the more corporeal demon heads can.

* EliteMooks: The Black and Purple ninjas are arguably this to Red ninjas, able to jump up to avoid shurikens and to GoombaStomp, with the latter also having twice the amount of health. Sections 11 and 12 also feature blue demon heads, who take three shurikens to kill instead of two and can shoot energy projectiles themselves.

* FlunkyBoss: The bosses at the end of scenes 6, 10 and 14 are ninja temples that are no different from the first one at Scene 2 power-wise, but are supported by the Black Ninjas constantly dropping in from above.
* GiantMook: Thought it was weird that Red Ninjas continue to turn up in nearly every level in spite of being so weak? Well, say hello to the giant version at least three times larger! In spite of now taking five hits to die (and looking very creepy), they're still not much of a challenge due to their slow speed, however.

* TheGoomba: Red ninjas.
* GoombaStomp: Unlike most other platformers, you can't do that. However, it can be done to you by the Section 4 boss, a red demon miniboss as well as grey and purple ninjas.

** Similarly, Scene 12 is absolutely insane and pure PlatformHell. Its boss is one of the easiest in the game, with one ranged attack that is slow and easily dodged and a melee attack that cannot cover the corners of the room.
* HeavilyArmoredMook: A variation with the humanoid turtles (ninja turtles?) in the Section 4. Their health is nothing unusual (3 shurikens), but they’ll turtle up inside the shell after each hit, and shurikens will simply bounce off it.

* InvisibleBlock: Surprisingly absent in this game. Even though it’s hard, it still attempts to play fair, unlike VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy or VideoGame/SyobonAction.
* KingMook: The boss of the Scene 12 is a giant, dark green version of the demon head enemies you fought earlier, with considerable health and able to fire a four-way spread shot. He is still one of the easiest bosses in the game, however, as his attacks are slow and easily dodged.
* KungFuProofMook: The advanced ranged enemies encountered on some scenes (best described as dwarfs with magic guns) are coated in white field that deflects all shurikens. The field only disappears when they fire their triple shot, forcing you to time your attacks to it.
** There are also Kung-Fu Masters (oh, the irony) who will deflect all your shurikens right back at you unless you shoot them in the back.

* LudicrousGibs: Both the player and the vast majority of the enemies explode into bloody chunks when killed. The only aversion are temples and statues (they collapse into piles of stone instead) and floating Purple Flames (these simply vanish with a puff.) [[FridgeLogic One wonders]] how the ghosts and the plant-things from Sections 3 and 4 are able to bleed so much.

* PlatformBattle: The battle against the dragon at the end of Section 8. Also, the enemies are not at all shy about attacking you while you're moving between platforms.
* RedShirt: The red ninjas at the beginning die from a single shuriken shot. The only thing they can do during their brief lifespans is run back forth ad infinitum. They only have a chance when the designers place them as to interfere with your jumping and send you tumbling backwards.
* SpamAttack: If you have full or nearly-full health, it's often much easier to defeat the temple bosses by spamming as many shurikens as possible and ignoring the Black Ninjas.

* SequentialBoss: The final boss has two stages: one where he runs and jumps around while throwing shurikens and another where he teleports, sends several shots down the floor then repeats the process.

* SpreadShot: Advanced dwarf shooters at some scenes fire a triple spread shot horisontally, while flying red demons at Scenes 7 & 8 fire three lightnings downwards when they pop up. Finally, the boss of the Scene 12 fires a slow-moving quadruple shot at you.

* TeleportSpam: The final boss loves this trope in his second stage.
* TempleOfDoom: Scenes 11 and 12 appear to be set in a surprisingly cheerful version of this. There is funky music playing and the décor is purple and azure blue. It might have been a rather nice place if it wasn’t for the manacles on the walls, spikes and all the ghosts and demon heads around.

* TheGoomba: See Red Shirt above. The toads in Scenes 3,4 and 10 also count once you get used to their jumping.

* UnusualWeaponMounting: The monkeys in Scenes 9 and 10 will shoot energy projectiles at you from their behinds. They're quite a threat too, due to the projectiles' sheer speed and elaborate arcs.
* WrongGenreSavvy: When first encountering Purple Flame in Scene 3, players often assume it to be invulnerable, when 3 shurikens will still dispatch it.

That is the whole plot of Ninja Senki, an eight-bit freeware platformer game made by the Jonathan Lavigne of the Pixel Tao website. The game can be downloaded [[http://www.fileplanet.com/217995/210000/fileinfo/Ninja-Senki-Free-Game here]]. It has 16 stages and is absolutely NintendoHard. The player character has five health orbs, which only regenerate once you collect [[EveryTenThousandPoints 1000 points]]: if your health remained undamaged, you receive an [[OneUp additional live]] instead. Falling into [[BottomlessPits various pits]] instantly substracts one from your [[RuleOfThree three lives]]. When all lives run out, you can either quit the game outright or continue from the start of the current stage at the cost of 100 points, subtracted from ones you had at the start of the level. Got that? Then go: [[ArcWords Katakiuchi Begins]]!

* SpikesofDoom: Many scenes feature them on the floors and ceilings. Hitting them is always an insta-kill, which is especially helpful when in Scene 6 the spikes are put horizontally on the edges of platforms you have to jump on.

* YourHeadAsplode: When you finally kill the dragon boss, its head explodes into gibs followed by its neck, segment by segment.

* MalevolentArchitecture: Pops up in every level. From gaps and ledges requiring pixel-perfect jumps to get through to blocks disappearing from underneath your feet (and this is just the first level)
* MercyInvincibility: Surprisingly present in the game. However, this often more than offset by the [[Knockback]] you receive upon getting hit.

* EliteMooks: The Black and Purple ninjas are arguably this to Red ninjas, able to jump up to avoid shurikens and to [[GoombaStomp]], with the latter also having twice the amount of health. Sections 11 and 12 also feature blue demon heads, who take three shurikens to kill instead of two and can shoot energy projectiles themselves.

This game provides examples of the following tropes:
TempleOfDoom: Sections 11 and 12 appear to be set in a surprisingly cheerful version of this. There is funky music playing and the décor is purple and azure blue. It might have been a rather nice place if it wasn’t for the manacles on the walls, spikes and all the ghosts and demon heads around.

* AIRoulette: Dragon at the end of Scene 8 decides at random between six attack approaches (three platforms, each can be attacked from the left or right).

* AmbidextrousSprite: Present and accounted for. It’s all the part of the retro charm … even though the game was released in 2011.

* GoombaStomp: Unlike most other platformers, you can't do that. However, it can be done to you by the Section 4 boss, red demon miniboss as well as grey and purple ninjas.

** There are also Kung Fu Masters (oh, the irony) who will deflect all your shurikens right back at you unless you shoot them in the back.

* AirborneMook: Every section has one. There are ghosts at Sections 1 & 2, Purple Flames at Sections 3 and 4, demon heads at sections 5 & 6, etc.
* ArtificialBrilliance: Some of the upgraded gun dwarfs in Section 5 and 6 will not shoot if you’re standing in their dead zone, forcing you to risk it.
* BackgroundBoss: The dragon in the Section 8, which only occasionally pops out.
* BullfightBoss: the 3-5 m tall red demon thing, appearing before the true bosses of Section 4 and Section 8. Its only attack is to jump about 3m meters towards you, dealing touch damage if it hits. In the first encounter, it’s possible to simply [[DeadlyDodging let it]] [[GravityIsAHarshMistress fall off]], but it has to be shot in the second one.
* CollisionDamage: Virtually every enemy deals it in this game. The only exception are the bamboo-hatted shooters at level 8: they're the only enemy utterly defenseless up close.

* DamageSpongeBoss: Do not expect any of the bosses to die quickly just because they kill you in five increasingly-hard-to-avoid attacks. Just don't.
* DepthPerplexion: The temples, upgraded dwarf gunners and bamboo hat gunners all fire projectiles that pass through all obstacles. Sections 5 & 6 also feature flying demon heads, which cannot shoot, but easily pass through obstacles themselves.
** Surprisingly subverted in that ghosts of Sections 1 & 2 cannot pass through obstacles when you would expect them to, while the more corporeal demon heads can.

* FlunkyBoss: The temple at the end of Section 06. It is no different from the temple in Section 2 power-wise, but it is far more difficult due to the constant stream of the Grey ninjas jumping from the hole in the ceiling.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Subverted. While Hayate probably carries a bit more shurikens than he realistically should be able to, it is not actually infinite and players can run out under certain circumstances.
* HeavilyArmoredMook: A variation with the humanoid turtles (ninja turtles?) in the Section 4. Their health is nothing unusual (3 shurikens), but they’ll turtle up inside the shell after each hit, and shurikens will simply bounce off it.
* InvisibleBlock: Surprisingly absent in this game. Even though it’s hard, it still attempts to play fair, unlike VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy or VideoGame/SyobonAction.

* KungFuProofMook: The advanced anged enemies of Sector 5 and 6 (best described as dwarfs with magic guns) are coated in white field that deflects all shurikens. The field only disappears when they fire their triple shot, forcing you to time your attacks to it.

* SpikesofDoom: Sections 5 and 6 feature plenty of them on the floors and ceilings. Hitting them is always an insta-kill, which is especially helpful when in Section 6 the spikes are put horizontally on the edges of platforms you have to jump on.
* SpreadShot: Advanced dwarf shooters at levels 5 and 6 fire a triple spread shot horisontally, while flying red demons at Sections 7 & 8 fire three lightnings downwards when they pop up.

* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: Section 5 has one easily accessible section full of coins right at the start, and plenty of coins strewn around the level in general. Of course, the next level is downright sadistic.
* TemporaryPlatform: A few appear in Sections 1 & 2, and yes, you're forced to double-jump between them. At least they have the courtesy to reappear after a few seconds.
* TheGoomba: See Red Shirt above. The toads in Sections 3 and 4 also count once you get used to their jumping.

* UndergroundLevel: Sections 5 and 6.
* WrongGenreSavvy: When first encountering Purple Flame in Section 03, players often assume it to be invulnerable, when 3 shurikens will still dispatch it.

* GoddamnedBats: Where do we start?
* GoombaStomp: Can be done to you by the Section 4 boss, red demon miniboss as well as grey and purple ninjas.
* KungFuProofMook: The radvanced anged enemies of Sector 5 and 6 (best described as dwarfs with magic guns) are coated in white field that deflects all shurikens. The field only disappears when they fire their triple shot, forcing you to time your attacks to it.

* TemporaryPlatform: A few appear in Sections 1 & 2, and yes, you're forced to double-jump between them.