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Also known as Ninja 外伝 II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (Stylized title) · Ninja Ryuukenden II: Ankoku no Jashinken · Shadow Warriors II
Developer
Tecmo Koei Games
Publisher
Tecmo Koei Games
Year
1990
Genre
Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Modes
Single player

About this game

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, known in Europe as Shadow Warriors II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, is a 1990 hack and slash platform game developed and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the second installment in the Ninja Gaiden trilogy for the NES and was released in North America and Japan in 1990, and in Europe in 1994. An arcade version was released by Nintendo for their PlayChoice-10 system in 1990.

The Ninja Ryu is back to avenge the death of his father, and stop the Evil Ashtar. A year has passed since Ryu last faced his arch enemy, and still the activity down at the bottom of the realm of darkness continues. Ashtar, the evil lord who secretly controls Jaquio, is again on the move, and it is up to Ryu, the "Ninja Dragon" to put a stop to it. Use all of the secrets of the real Ninjitsu, along with the exciting audio and visual special effects and be drawn into the fantasy world of Ninja Gaiden II The Dark Sword Of Chaos.

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