This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2070: Sp00ky's SNES The Ninja Warriors Again in 32:21.68

I've always been impressed by the diversity of attacks in this, compared to other games of the same genre. The run is downright sexy, showing off most of the arsenal, and it does so with the style of a Hongkong Kung-Fu movie. I'm not sure how well the performance will stand up to scrutiny, in terms of optimization. The final battle in particular seems to have a few seconds of theoretical improvement if the AI could be manipulated into cooperating a little better- it might just take a few hundred extra rerecords to squeeze all the frames out of it, or it might not. Notwithstanding, this is definitely going to be one of my favorite runs. PS: I updated the script just now to make it look moar good.

this game is awesome thanks for making the tas also... this game is awesome

Thanks for the feedback. It was one of my favorite SNES games back when I was younger so I have always wanted to see it TASed, and finding the old Dromiceius topic convinced me to do it myself. Admittedly I think the game is just a tiny bit too long, but hopefully you guys won't start to get bored near the end.

Is this the sequel to Ninja Warriors?

It's actually a remake of the Arcade Ninja Warriors game which explains the aesthetic values and the high quality music.

Splendid! Hard to belive that this is your first run with such quality! I like this game, and I like the TAS - I'll vote YES.

It's actually a remake of the Arcade Ninja Warriors game which explains the aesthetic values and the high quality music.

Ummm, have you played the arcade Ninja Warriors? silverjazz is right, this is a sequel. It's really a very similar situation to Kiki Kaikai and Pocky and Rocky, Natsume and SNES connection and 80s vs 90s and all. I like the composer too. He doesn't have very much talent or anything, but he accomplishes what he means to do, which is really more than most video game composers can say.

It's actually a remake of the Arcade Ninja Warriors game which explains the aesthetic values and the high quality music.

Ummm, have you played the arcade Ninja Warriors? silverjazz is right, this is a sequel.

Believe it or not it really is a remake. Note that the storyline is exactly the same as the arcade version (just expanded), as well as the main nemesis (he's been changed from a fat white guy to a fat green guy but its the same villian.) It does follow the patterns of beat-em up sequals (see: Streets of Rage and Streets of Rage 2) but the original developers intended it as a remake even though it isn't much like one overall. Edit: I don't have proof though so think of it what you will. I've just always been under the impression it is a remake because that is what it was listed as in the gaming magazines at the time of it's release.

There are a lot of random sidescrolling brawlers on this site and very little to set them apart. The animation on this game is pretty good, but I had a hard time staying interested for even the first half. Meh.

Yes FTW

Lots of chaotic action, smart enemy grouping, and low blows. Good stuff, yes vote. Would it have been faster to backflip at the beginning of the seventh stage? And is it just me, or did you pass through a laser when you were comboing at the beginning of the seventh stage.

Backflipping at the beginning of stage 7 would have given me an undesirable result from the first enemy I meet overall losing me time (he would have punched instead of doing his crouch kick). Between me having to dodge that and the time it takes for the first backflip I would have lost 4-5 frames versus just walking over there. The laser is dodged because the sword ender to the default combo has invinciblity. To clarify the following attacks have an invincible period: Sword slash (ender to default combo) Up throw Left/Right throw Lifting an item Throwing an item Blaster ender Blaster Stage 7 has the most theoretical improvement. Better enemy placement/AI manipulation could potentially save some time here without losing any entertainment value.

I liked it. It had army men, mutants, robots, bad-ass biker dudes, cyborgs, midget Vega, a pimp with a white suit and purple hat, and best of all, ninjas with boobies! I am a little confused with your movements sometimes though. In the first couple of levels, you simply walk to the right when there aren't any enemies and the screen scrolls, but in level 5 (the one right after the pimp), you backflip to move to the right. Is there one that's faster than the other, or does it not matter? Also, I didn't bother to check, but is there a 2 player co-op mode? Anyway, yes vote (assuming of course that there is no 2 player option).

Backflipping is faster than walking, but it requires you to turn left (takes 2 frames) swing your weapon so you can block (takes 11-12 frames) and then flip, which means you don't see a net gain until the 3rd backflip. If anything could get in your way on the 3rd backflip (an enemy) and you need to waste time manipulating it to not attack you when falling from the flip, then walking to that enemy will overall be faster. The earlier levels are rather short, making it so only 2 backflips will get you to your destination (slower than walking) or so the third backflip usually meets an enemy who will hit you the moment you fall. I do find ways to sneak backflips in on occasion though (level 1 has a section where I manage it but then have to wait for my blaster to recharge anyway pretty much negating the minor gain). There are a couple of occasions where better manipulation would give me an opportunity to backflip but I was unsuccessful in getting the final result I wanted despite several rerecords. Also backflipping can sometimes put you past enemies, which I often don't want if keeping them grouped is a faster option. Unfortunately the game doesn't have a 2 player option (I'm sure it would look far cooler than single player)

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Well, obviously, I didn't like most of the crotch hitting. I mean, look at today's fighting games where lots of other women are ... kicking that place out of anger and frustration a lot. The least that you could have done is add more variety to your attacks, rather than smack the nuts of the guy standing in your way the whole time. If only the enemies just disappeared into oblivion, like what would happen with Battletoads' enemies. Now you wonder why most fighting game don't make good choices for TASes.

While watching this run it struck me that it had a couple of similarities to this old Power Rangers game I have for SNES. Turns out a fair few programmers worked on both games. Though the game looks like it's good fun, as a TAS, it's pretty bland. It kind of lacks speed in that regard; while I'm sure stuff is being manipulated into dying fast and cooperating, it might as well have been played by a skilled human player, speedwise. That's what it looks like to my untrained eye, anyway. I must admit that I skipped to the end after the second level. A meh, but A for effort :)

For a run of its length, I found it to be surprisingly entertaining. Yes vote.

In my opinion beat em ups don't make for good tas or speed runs but I was still fairly entertained by this. However even though I think this game is one of the best beat em up's ever made I still was skipping ahead every once in awhile. Great job though sp00ky, for me it's pretty much as entertaining as it gets for a beat em up. Also I never knew those sword girls existed cause i've only played the american version, but they seem to be one of the more diverce normal enemies (saw them doing flips to dodge and blocking) sucks that they took them out of the american version. Other than that the only changes I noticed was green blood or poison on the tip of her kunai's, and that boss 2 turns black instead of invisible.

He actually does turn invisible but the encode made him appear that way. Thanks to everyone for the comments.