Hi, everybody! I'm Dcobra.
And welcome to my let's play of Ninja Gaiden Black!
I actually played the original Ninja Gaiden back on...
the Xbox, and, I dunno, all of a sudden,
I realized that I've never played Ninja Gaiden Black at all.
So, although I'm probably the last person...
to be playing this, I figured why not start now?
And I also figured that it might be...
a fun little social experiment to record myself
...and share my gameplay with everybody.
So, that's all I have to say for now. Um...
Let's go ahead and get started.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Just as I remembered it.
This game still looks great even after all these years.
It's a beautiful day for a stealth kill.
Okay, let's see how much of this I remember.
Really...?
Okay, let's--tsk--let's try it again.
C'mon. There you go.
Wrong button.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seems pretty straightforward.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I dunno, I always get my buttons mixed up when I...
use my Playstation controller on the same day...
that I use my Xbox controller. Don't ask me why.
Perfect.
*Incoherent mumble*
I don't remember this.
Ahh!
Nope!
Sloppy, but I'll take it.
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is embarrassing!
I swear, I'm not as bad at this game...
as you might think.
I'm not saying that I'm great either...
but I'm also not the worst.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
There you go.
Ahh!
Oh, c'mon!
Ahh!
There you go.
 
This place is definitely fami--
Come on!
Can't even get two seconds to enjoy the scenery?
Oh my God.
I'm still sloppy.
And I also gotta remember that I can't move the camera.
All I can do is center it!
That is gonna drive me nuts!
Anyone else? Anyone else?
Oh!
Oookay.
 
 
C'mon.
Uh... This way, right?
And...
Oh.
Yeah, figures.
That figures!
Okay, I keep forgetting I have a guard button!
 
I used to spam that move as a kid because...
I didn't know how to do...
anything else at the time!
But I like to think that I'm older.
Wiser.
Maybe a little bit smarter...
...than I was before.
But I'm still oh-so sloppy.
I'm not happy with my gameplay so far.
I can do better.
Just gotta focus!
Okay, I'll need that later.
Sweet.
Wasn't there something else?
Hidden in the--
Oh! There it is.
Oops, excuse me!
Sorry if anybody heard that. I just burped.
I can't see!
Ahh!
Nope!
'Cause I remembered my guard button this time.
As long as I remember to guard...
they can't mess with me!
Right?
C'mon!
Must be a little patient.
Don't get too greedy with the combos.
There you go.
Ahh!
Uh UH!
 
Nice. If I remember correctly...
that thing not only extends your health bar, but it also...
replenishes your health bar, so...
I think I might save it for right now.
I'm afraid to go in here.
Dammit! I knew it.
C'mon.
I mean, I could use an item, but...
Do I have to right now?
I was kinda hoping to...
save them a little bit.
Ahh! C'mon!
Dammit!
C'mon, C'MON. Where am I go--
Oh, c'mon.
They're not gonna follow me?
Th-They didn't all just respawn, did they?
Or am I resuming from where I just left off?
I have no idea.
I guess I'll know soon enough.
Uh UH!
C'mon, C'MON.
Okay, I gotta be calm. I am panicking!
Dammit!
Okay, that was terrible.
Not even an hour... I'm not even half an hour in...
and already I just... Just...
I just... I don't know.
Oh!
Ooh.
Well, that's dark.
Oh!
Never thought to loot his body.
That sounded wrong....
All right, here we go again.
*incoherent grumble*
Maybe...
second time is the charm? No, probably not.
Not after what just... What I just did.
 
 
 
 
 
Well, we've already seen this, right?
Sorry, I was distracted.
My cat is literally looking at my TV,
I know you guys can't see it, but...
It is so cute.
Okay, I'll focus. I'll focus.
Okay.
Thank you, Ayane.
I get it. I get the picture.
I know what I'm doing.
...most of the time.
Already, I forgot about this part.
I was getting ready to make the jump.
Bye.
Can I reach it?
No?
 
Feel like I wanna go down there.
I knew it. It didn't make its way up to me.
Okay....
I love it when he kicks those chests open.
 
I'm OCD.
Okay, I remember this.
Oh, camera angle!
No!
Guard, Dcobra. Guard!
Sheesh....
Okay, let's see if we can do this properly.
Nope.
I should probably use my special attacks...
a little bit more. It just occurred to me.
Okay, inside we go. Again.
Oh!
Ooh!
I almost couldn't see there!
What's he trying to do? Hide from me?
Okay.
Anything useful?
Mm.
There we go.
I may have to rely on wall attacks a little more often.
C'mon.
Mm MM.
That's right. He can dodge AND roll.
I need to burn those things into my mind.
It's what happens when you play an RPG the same day...
as Ninja Gaiden Black. You get confused.
Or I get confused.
This time...
This time, I WILL get that key.
Oh!
Don't like fighting ninjas in cramped spaces.
Are they gone?
Good.
Okay.
There we go.
Did not mean to let go of my guard button there.
More?
There we go.
Anything in here?
Hm, all right.
Okay, here we go again.
There we go.
Ahh! Dammit.
No!
Trap door... Trap FREAKING door.
May as well see what's down here anyway.
Ooh.
Hello.
Ooh.
I imagine that bat was gonna hit me if I didn't...
hit it first?
From what I remember.
Thank you!
Can you drop some more blue stuff for me please?
I don't mean the drugs.
Yes!
Oh.
Okay, I remember what that's for.
It's for that statue that we saw.
Okay.
I feel a little more confident now, but...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thanks, Mom.
Oh!
There we go.
I hope to God I don't die, because I know that...
Talisman of Rebirth is gonna be used automatically...
and it'll go to waste.
And I really wanna save it for a Boss
Well, let's see.
Am I going backwards?
My sense of direction is at it again.
All right, here we go.
Ahh!
Completely forgot that's a trick door.
Maybe not the best thing to wall-run on. Or... Yeah.
C'mon.
Perfect.
Okay.
Any more?
Any more? Ah!
C'mon!
It's like they're all waiting in line right behind that wall!
That's it, right? Yes?
Okay, uh...
Let's go this way since I've already been...
through that trap door.
Wrong button again.
Ooh? There's a save point.
Let me use it now before anything unfortunate happens.
Those were just older saves.
I was messing around a little bit before I, uh...
started recording.
Obviously, I didn't mess around enough, because...
I'm very sloppy right now.
Ahh!
C'mon.
Yes, wai--! Aw, it's gone? Come on!
Wait, I just remembered something.
But before I do that...
 
 
 
 
 
Pretty sure I've been doing that unintentionally.
Okay, so actually, what I need to do is go back...
to that room where that statue is because...
it just occurred to me that I...
have the Fangs of the Samurai.
Uh... If I go through this trap door...
...will I get there quicker? To that statue?
Ooh, are there more bats here, so that I could, uh...
...get some more health back?
Perfect.
Anyone else?
You know, I wouldn't hurt bats in real life.
Just making it clear.
Good enough.
Seriously wish I could move my camera.
Y'know, doing more than just centering it.
Oh well, it's okay.
I'll get used to it...
...just like I did befo--!
Oh, no! No-no-no-NO! No! Nope! I'm not doing this again.
I'm not doing t--No! No! No. No.
No.
Okay, deep breaths.
Oh my God, I'm an idiot.
I didn't go to the freakin sta...
I didn't go to the freakin statue. Those guys totally made me forget.
Oh, this is embarrasing. All right, let's try again.
Let's try again....
C'mon.
Okay.
Sorry, it was either you or me.
Well, at the very least, I did get all my health back, so...
...maybe...
...having a bad sense of direction IS worth it sometimes.
Okay, let's drop down here.
Okay, this time, let's go backwards...
...and head back to that statue before I...
...forget about it again.
There you are.
I didn't bypass the statue once. I had to do it twice.
Unbelievable....
I mean, I would've used the phrase 'We're all human', but...
...the fact that I did that TWICE...
...missed the statue twice, I'm not so sure if I wanna say that now.
Okay, I gotta...
...run like hell.
Nope. I do not wanna fight you. Nope!
All right.
I'm actually gonna save again so that if I do die again...
I won't have to...
...go through all that.
Okay.
There's more...! I knew it.
I knew there'd be someone waiting for me here.
Oh, that reminds me! I have projectiles, too!
Geez.
Almost.
 
Guys, personal space!
Gettin' a little too close for comfort!
Oh, look at all the health I lost!
Well, this is bad.
 
And I'm too cheap. I don't wanna use any items right now.
Let's see how I do...
...with the health that I currently have.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Well--
Uh...
Ahh! Nope! Nope!
Ahh!
C'mon.
 
 
I gotta be pee p--Ugh!
I can't even speak! I gotta be patient with this guy.
Gotta be patient!
C'mon, c'mon.
Did I block that?
Or rather, when I did block it...
did I still get damaged?
I'm trying to pay attention to my health bar, but...
I can't!
 
C'mon.
 
 
It broke my guard, but I still can't tell.
I can't pay attention. I'm too focused!
 
C'mon-C'mon-C'mon.
This guy...
This freaking...
Oh my God-Oh my God, *incoherent rambling due to fear*
I am so scared right now!
Ahh!
No! No please!
 
C'mon.
C'MON!
C-C;mon! I almost have this! I almost have THIS!
YES!
I clutched it.
That was unbelievably sloppy, but I still managed somehow.
 
I love "Aria-nay's" outfit here.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Well, that's not good.
Could be worse.
I'll take it.
At least I finished the chapter.
Okay.
 
Uh, before I go protect my people...
Yes. Just as I remembered.
Oh, can I break this?
Okay, no, I can't.
Okay, cool. I'm... I'm actually going.
I'm actually gonna go...to save my people now.
 
Should I be expecting any enemies along the way?
You know what?
I think I'm gonna stop here and take a little break.
Um... But...
I'll hopefully make time to keep playing...
Um...
...either this weekend or the next.
Um, so thanks, everybody, for coming to watch.
And, um... I'll see you guys again soon.
Bye!
