History YMMV / NinjaGaiden

* UnpleasableFanbase: Ninja Gaiden 3 manages to rise complaints of ''both'' TheyChangedItNowItSucks and ItsTheSameNowItSucks for some reason.

** That's the common reaction of fans to the glimpses we had of Ninja Gaiden 3: no decapitations or dismemberments (though they are replaced by a somewhat more brutal mechanics), no shops or upgrades, no healing items, only one type of weapon and one ninpo. And small QuickTimeEvents. Sacrilege!

** That's the common reaction of fans to the glimpses we had of Ninja Gaiden 3: no decapitations or dismemberments (though they are replaced by a somewhat more brutal mechanics), an apparently [[SequelDifficultyDrop toned down difficulty]] (for Normal mode at least), no shops or upgrades, no healing items, only one type of weapon and one ninpo.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Where do we ''begin''?

* ArtisticLicencePhysics: Where do we ''begin''?

* ArtisicLicencePhysics: Where do we ''begin''?

* ArtisicLicensePhysics: Where do we ''begin''?

** The Jellyfish... sure they don't move and are easy to eliminate, but they get in your way. And they just. Never. Stop. Spawning. Of course you can try to swim trough them... [[SMadeOfExplodium at your own risk]].

* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: What many fans think about the modern games, and one of the reasons there is so much skepticism about [=NG3=]. Any game not made by Itagaki can only be a pale imitation. It doesn't help that before leaving Tecmo, Itagaki himself said that he didn't like Sigma, that [=NG2=] was the definitive version of the game and that he was the only one legitimate to continue the series.

* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: What many fans think about the modern games, and one of the reasons there is so much skepticism about [=NG3=]. Any game not made by Itagaki can only be a pale imitation.

* ExcusePlot: Primarily a trait of Itagaki's games, although they are not so much {{Excuse Plot}}s as very loosely explained ones. Hayashi's games (the two Sigma and Dragon Sword) are usually more fleshed out, and the developpers of [=NG3=] insist that they want to avoid this trope.

* GameBreaker: The Unlabo(u)red Flawlessness, when used by a player skilled enough to stay alive at 5% health, cuts enemies down with shocking speed. Most of them at any rate. Then again, given the [[DesperationAttack strict health-lacking requirement]] and the game's difficulty, this isn't as severe as the others listed.
** Arguably, the Izuna Drop. It is fairly easy to execute and will instantly kill any human-sized enemy. In the first game enemies often block and you can only do it with "katana-like" weapons so its use is restricted. However, in the second game you can do it with almost any weapon, the enemies don't guard at all, and by using the Falcon Talons' Flying Swallow you can crush them effortlessly. Sigma 2 nerfed it slightly by making some mooks (almost all of them in Master Ninja) resilient enough to survive it.

* PlayerPunch: What next gen Ninja Gaiden 3 is all about according to the developers: "The enemies don't immediately die. They sort of suffer and wander away, bleeding. This is to try and humanize the enemies, saying they are not just cannon fodder but it's more like a real person you're facing." [[CompleteMonster This troper will enjoy the killing even more!]]

** That's the common reaction of fans to the glimpses we had of Ninja Gaiden 3: no decapitations, an apparently [[SequelDifficultyDrop toned down difficulty]], no shops or upgrades, only one type of weapon and one ninpo.

** The ElevatorActionSequence in Sigma 2, mainly because of CameraScrew issues and also because [[DropTheHammer Rachel's heavy weapon]] isn't very adapted to fight in narrow spaces. Of course, [[ItGotWorse it gets worse]] in higher difficulties where the upgraded flare fiends are DemonicSpiders and deal ''a lot'' of damage.

*** NGII had the [[SarcasmMode brilliant idea]] to introduce [[DemonicSpiders giant bats]]. They are like normal bats except they are thrice bigger, thrice as tough and do thrice as much damage. [[FakeDifficulty But you still can't block them, meaning that avoiding damage is damn near impossible]].

*** NGII had the [[SarcasmMode brilliat idea]] to introduce [[DemonicSpiders giant bats]]. They are like normal bats except they are thrice bigger, thrice as tough and do thrice as much damage. [[FakeDiffuclty And you still can't block them, meaning that avoiding damage is damn near impossible]].

** The ElevatorActionSequence in Sigma 2, mainly because of CameraScrew issues and also because [[DropTheHammer Rachel's heavy weapon]] isn't very adapted to fight in narrow spaces. Of course, [[ItGotWorse it gets worse]] in higher difficulties where the upgraded flare fiends are near-DemonicSpiders and deal ''a lot'' of damage.

** That's the common reaction of fans to the glimpses we had of Ninja Gaiden 3: no decapitations, an apparently [[SequelDifficultyDrop toned down defficulty]], no shops or upgrades, only one type of weapon and one ninpo.

** And that's now the reaction of many fans that discovered there would be [[PressXToNotDie Quick Time Events]], [[BackStab Stealth Kills]] and, worst of all, no mook decapitations in ''Ninja Gaiden 3''. Even though we saw nothing but a short demo and the game doesn't come out until spring 2012, some people have already made it clear that [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they would not accept this betrayal]]!

* RuinedFOREVER: This was the fan reaction to when health regeneration was announced as a feature in ''Ninja Gaiden II'', fearing that all the difficulty of the game would be removed. [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Boy were they wrong.]]

** He was piss easy in the original game, but the rerelease, ''NinjaGaiden Black'' significantly upped the difficulty by {{nerf}}ing the Flying Swallow (A diving sword strike that would be a GameBreaker in the original, if the original wasn't already NintendoHard).

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: For Nintendo fans, the fact that NG3 will hit the WiiU.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: has its own [[AwesomeMusic/NinjaGaiden page]].
* CrossesTheLineTwice: NG2 (Xbox) is so ridiculously gory that it practically skips the offensive, and goes straight to hilarious.

** In the first game, especially in the highest difficulties, a good portion of the non-human enemies are DemonicSpiders, really. The black "laser eye" fiends or the cat fiends are just ''hellish'' to fight in groups.
** The second Xbox game has literal DemonicSpiders, as the boss on the first level, and as a [[DegradedBoss common enemy]] later on.
** The birds in the NES games. Oh god, the birds.

* FakeDifficulty: The {{Camera Screw}}s were bad enough in the first Xbox game, but the second added some extremely cheap mooks,always in hordes, who have grabs that are way too fast to anticipate, or ones who constantly spam explosive projectiles, mostly from off-screen. Mentor and Master Ninja Modes often takes this straight into BulletHell.

* MightyGlacier[=/=]StoneWall: The purple zombies of the first Xbox game. They carry enormous bayonet guns, their attacks are pretty damaging, but they are so slow you have to be really careless to get killed. And they just ''never'' go down. It takes three full Ultimate Techniques of the [[GameBreaker low health Unlaboured Flawlessness]] to make them bite the dust − meaning they have more health than some ''bosses''.

* RuinedForever: This was the fan reaction to when health regeneration was announced as a feature in Ninja Gaiden II, fearing that all the difficulty of the game would be removed. [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Boy were they wrong.]]
** And that's now the reaction of many fans that discovered there would be [[QuickTimeEvent QTEs]], [[BackStab Stealth Kills]] and, worst of all, no mook decapitations in Ninja Gaiden 3. Even though we saw nothing but a short demo and the game doesn't come out until spring 2012, some people have already made it clear that [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they would not accept this betrayal !]]
* ThatOneBoss: Just about every single f-ing one of them. Especially in the XBox/360 games.
** Murai deserves a special mention for being the first boss in the game and being so [[{{WakeUpCallBoss}}god damn hard]].

** The ElevatorActionSequence in Sigma 2, mainly because of CameraScrew issues and also because [[DropTheHammer Rachel's heavy weapon]] isn't very adapted to fight in narrow spaces. Of course, ItGetsWorse in higher difficulties where the upgraded flare fiends are near-{{Demonic Spider}}s and deal ''a lot'' of damage.

* {{MightyGlacier}}/{{StoneWall}}: The purple zombies of the first Xbox game. They carry enormous bayonet guns, their attacks are pretty damaging, but they are so slow you have to be really careless to get killed. And they just ''never'' go down. It takes three full Ultimate Techniques of the [[GameBreaker low health Unlaboured Flawlessness]] to make them bite the dust − meaning they have more health than some ''bosses''.
* NightmareFuel: About the only thing anybody knows about the original arcade machine is the circular saw from the continue screen.
* PlayerPunch: What next gen Ninja Gaiden 3 is all about according to the developpers: "The enemies don't immediately die. They sort of suffer and wander away, bleeding. This is to try and humanize the enemies, saying they are not just cannon fodder but it's more like a real person you're facing." [[CompleteMonster This troper will enjoy the killing even more!]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: has its own [[CrowningMusic/NinjaGaiden page]].

** The ElevatorActionSequence in Sigma 2, mainly because of CameraScrew issues and also because [[DropTheHammer Rachel's heavy weapon]] isn't very adapted to fight in narrow spaces. Of course, ItGetsWorse in higher difficulties where the upgraded flare fiends are near-{{Demonic Spider}}s and deal ''a lot'' of damage.