Ninja Master's (W) / Ninja Master's: Haou Ninpou Chou (J)
System: Neo Geo
Publisher: SNK
Release date: 1996-06-28
Version | Date | Author | Description |
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1.00 | 2017-09-03 | The Golden Horse | Initial release. |
[Source] Ninja Master's ~Haou Ninpou Chou~ / SNK, ADK Pony Canyon / Scitron PCCB-00209 Mar 21, 1996 ADK Ontama City Connection CDGM-10017 Dec 28, 2013 [Generator] MAME 0.164, modded by Valley Bell One of only two fighting games in ADK's catalogue that are not "World Heroes" games, "Ninja Master's" (yes, there's a greengrocer's apostrophe in the title) is ADK's version of SNK's "Samurai Shodown", with the innovation of every character being able to draw or sheathe their weapon whenever they want--including during combos! It also shows that ADK can put their feet down and do something serious when a game calls for it. The music is largely atmospheric but exceptionally well-written, matching the dark mood of the game as Japanese warriors wielding blood-drawing weapons try to stop historical figure Oda Nobunaga, here brainwashed by a demon, from taking over the world. There is less use of FM in favor of recordings from other synths and samples of traditional Japanese instruments, adding to the grim and feudal atmosphere of the game. All in all, I recommend this one. (Special thanks to Valley Bell for updating vgm_sro so I could properly compress track 23, which, due to an oddity with one sample, crashed vgm_sro when I tried to use it!)
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