The Last Ninja is an action adventure where after two hundred years of the Fujiwara Clan ruling many of the townspeople and farmers have left the town and travelled up to the Togakure Mountains to start their lives over as the Mystic Shadow Warriors.
Eventually you’ll become one of the most feared warriors because you have mastered the art of weaponry and mind control. These two skills ensure victory after you’ve gone through all the years of training that made you what you are.
The Last Ninja definitely has a lot of exploration with the added features of puzzle solving and action filled combat.
The Last Ninja is an action adventure where after two hundred years of the Fujiwara Clan ruling many of the townspeople and farmers have left the town and travelled up to the Togakure Mountains to start their lives over as the Mystic Shadow Warriors.
Eventually you’ll become one of the most feared warriors because you have mastered the art of weaponry and mind control. These two skills ensure victory after you’ve gone through all the years of training that made you what you are.
The Last Ninja definitely has a lot of exploration with the added features of puzzle solving and action filled combat. Throughout the game you will discover that your main goal is to travel to the palace of Shogun Kunitoki and combat against him. With
the defeat of your enemy you will then retrieve the sacred scrolls.
The level of difficult increases the further along in the game you get. The henchmen become smarter and faster making them harder to defeat giving you an extra challenge to further along in the game. They will not only be becoming harder, they will be learning your techniques.
On your screen you will have a display of your energy supply and the entire inventory that has been collected. There is the health on your screen as well which has been displayed on the bottom. You will see the map of the world in an isometric perspective, which will allow you to move in eight different directions. When you are moving you will generally face the direction you are going.
When you are encountered with obstacles you will be required to jump over them by doing a somersault. Some of the obstacles can range from traps on the ground to very fatal features done to the terrain itself. Throughout the game you will find landmarks such as shrines where you will need to kneel in front of to determine what you are expected to collect next. Most of these shrines have been hidden quite well, so you are going to have to look for them.
During the attack mode you will be able to do numerous combinations while attacking your opponent. You will also have the use of several weapons such as the sword, nunchaku, staff, shuriken, and even smoke bombs. Each will come in handy throughout the game so it is wise to get control of all the weapons while you can.
The graphical appeal that has been placed in for the game is similar to various arcade games with a little more detail. A lot of the game does look like an arcade format. When you first start off playing you will be amazed on how the graphics are so well done, but they don’t change too much throughout the game.
The Last Ninja is a great action adventure game that has become a very popular game over the years. You will find yourself getting very addicted to this game when you start playing it. With there being a great story behind this game, the only thing you can expect is a great game. The Last Ninja definitely lives up to its plot and is a phenomenal game to play. If you like action adventure that is full of action packed sequences, you will love The Last Ninja.
Originally released for the Commodore 64 by System 3 in 1987, Activision bring you the epic saga of The Last Ninja.