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The Legend of Kage. A brilliant game about saving another princess. You get to play the daring young firm ninja warrior, Kage, the last hope of Princess Kiri. You are treated to a short movie at the beginning of the game that tells you this intriguing story. A woman in a dress is walking alone next to a tree when a ninja flies through the air and grabs her. This four second film was going to be released in theaters, but Taito ran into copyright trouble with the tree.
Getting Princess Kiri away from the evil warlord, Yoshi, won't be easy. Mostly because your sword only has a range of two pixels, and you'll find yourself running into fire breathing monks on purpose just to watch your guy flop on the ground and die.
Kage has a 30 foot vertical leap, and he's only wearing one of Princess Kiri's pink robes. This means that the enemy ninjas on the ground forget where they are and stop attacking you to look up your dress. Use this to your advantage to get their phone numbers and/or hit them with your "Special Star Knives!"
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At first this seems like armless ninjas attacking a man with a ponytail who stole Athena's little dress, but it's actually a deadly battle of tree hopping fun.
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Graphics: 0 |
Since this game is a set in an ancient period, they decided to use
the graphics from the 14th century Atari 35 system. I'm sure everyone agrees
that it helps the historical feeling of the game.
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Fun: 1 |
The only fun I had with this game was when I took it to
this one sushi chef. He screamed, "Legend of Kage! Very bad! Show
this cook job to you!"
Then he chopped it up while he juggled butcher knives and served it over rice. Yeah, it tasted terrible and I could barely chew it, but I didn't tell him. Because he was holding big knives, and I was happy he helped me get
rid of Legend of Kage.
"Gootisusama desita!"
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Ninja Rating: 7 |
While most ninjas are notorious for being silent assassins of the night, it's nice to see
one who's not afraid to climb trees and wear neon dresses. The only thing that could
make this ninja cooler is a big sombrero and a Tonka Truck t-shirt.
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