Ninja Gaiden Black Shadow
忍者龍剣伝GB 摩天楼決戦 · Ninja Ryūkenden GB: Matenrō Kessen
RyuHayabusa reworks Ninja Gaiden Shadow to play more like its NES relatives, with a more faithful script, gentler damage rules and Super Game Boy colours.
What's new
Ninja Gaiden Black Shadow pulls the Game Boy game back towards its roots in Shadow of the Ninja and the NES Ninja Gaiden trilogy, and towards the Japanese release.
- Story: the cutscene text is translated again from the Japanese script, fixing continuity slips such as the contradictory timeframe, and stages are now called acts as in the NES games.
- Gameplay: you start with six lives instead of three and three uses of the fire ninpo instead of one, and the invincibility after a hit lasts about one and a half seconds.
- Extras: the hidden debug menu with level select opens with A+B+Start on the title screen.
- Super Game Boy: a custom border and colour palette.
Playing it
Version 1.0 came out on 30 December 2024. It is best on a real Super Game Boy or an emulator with SGB support such as mGBA or BGB. The patch is applied to your own copy of the game, following the instructions on the hack's page.