Have been playing the Japanese version of this since yesterday and have to say that this has really impressed me in the 2 and a half hours or so I've been playing.
First off, the controls are excellent. Think of a more advanced Zelda Phantom Hourglass (i.e. everything controlled using the stylus) and you'll be close. Movement is done by pointing the stylus where you want Ryu to go, attacking enemies is done by slashing horizontally or vertically. Ryu jumps by 'drawing' vertically on him with the stylus and shurikens are thrown by tapping an enemy.
Even more complex manouevers like the Izuna Drop (slash up on an enemy to launch them into the air and then up again once the are airborne) and the Flying Swallow (think that's what it's called - make Ryu jump then slash horizontally across the screen) are easy to pull off and feel very satisfying.
Ninpo is performed by tapping the icon beside your energy bar and tracing an outline of a kanji symbol. Very powerful at the minute and some sites have been saying it's easy to spam this move to make progress easier, which I'm certainly finding to be true at the minute.
Speaking of difficulty, while this definitely isn't a game aimed at the 'expanded audience' or whatever Nintendo call them these days, it's noticeably a lot easier than the console game (or the NES titles). Bosses in particular seem extremely easy and on the couple of occassions that I have died, it's been due to the fact that enemies are thrown at you left, right and centre at times.
So at the minute this is really impressing and as I play more, I will post more impressions. Anyone else playing?
First off, the controls are excellent. Think of a more advanced Zelda Phantom Hourglass (i.e. everything controlled using the stylus) and you'll be close. Movement is done by pointing the stylus where you want Ryu to go, attacking enemies is done by slashing horizontally or vertically. Ryu jumps by 'drawing' vertically on him with the stylus and shurikens are thrown by tapping an enemy.
Even more complex manouevers like the Izuna Drop (slash up on an enemy to launch them into the air and then up again once the are airborne) and the Flying Swallow (think that's what it's called - make Ryu jump then slash horizontally across the screen) are easy to pull off and feel very satisfying.
Ninpo is performed by tapping the icon beside your energy bar and tracing an outline of a kanji symbol. Very powerful at the minute and some sites have been saying it's easy to spam this move to make progress easier, which I'm certainly finding to be true at the minute.
Speaking of difficulty, while this definitely isn't a game aimed at the 'expanded audience' or whatever Nintendo call them these days, it's noticeably a lot easier than the console game (or the NES titles). Bosses in particular seem extremely easy and on the couple of occassions that I have died, it's been due to the fact that enemies are thrown at you left, right and centre at times.
So at the minute this is really impressing and as I play more, I will post more impressions. Anyone else playing?
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