Sam Gittins reports:
"The bosses themselves are quite impressive, some are more inventive than others and the overall difficulty ranges from subdued to stylus snapping..."
From the very beginning the Ninja Gaiden series has been an excellent example of it's genre, from the original arcade game to the well regarded NES trilogy and the superlative spectacular three dimensional outings; each instalment has brought something new to the ever expanding universe.
And now it's the turn of the DS with the release of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, which takes the series to new heights thanks to it's sublime stylus sliding, sword, slashing control method. Set a mere six months after the Dark Dragon Blade incident this instalment fills in a lot of the blanks from the time between the first and second incarnations that were presented in the third dimension.
For the most part the main plot revolves around the Black Spider clan, Fiends and the ominously powerful Dark Dragonstones; much of the lore enveloping the Ninja Gaiden universe is expanded in this outing so I won't go into too much detail but as storylines go it's interesting enough, even more so if your a fan of the series.
The game begins with Ryu sparring with his new student Momiji who you get to control at the beginning of the game which is basically the training level and predictably she gets captured at the end and so it's once again up to Ryu Hayabusa to save the day!''
