The devs INTENTIONALLY left this BRUTAL glitch in Ninja Gaiden (NES) - A Wild Glitch Appears!

There's an infamous glitch in Ninja Gaiden for the NES that changes the way restarting at checkpoints works for the final three boss fights. It's a glitch that makes the game ten times harder than it's supposed to be. What makes it even more brutal in my opinion is the fact that the developers knew about this bug during playtesting, but decided to leave it in the game to increase the difficulty. Here's the Level 6 Glitch that makes Ninja Gaiden so notorious.

Normally when you lose a life in Ninja Gaiden, you'll respawn from the last checkpoint in whatever section of the level you've reached. For the most part, the game's difficulty is manageable, because even though you will lose 9999 lives during a casual playthrough, you can still make slow and steady progress. Even when you get a Game Over, you will simply restart from the beginning of the SECTION of the level you've reached.

So for example, if you make it to the second checkpoint of Level 5-3 then get a game over, you will restart from the first checkpoint of Level 5-3. Not a huge deal.

However, if you lose even a SINGLE LIFE to one of the game's final three bosses, you will be sent all the way back to the start of Level 6-1. So in other words, dying on 6-4 or 6-5 will send you all the way back to the start of level 6-1, which is kind of unfair!

#ninjagaiden #nes #karmajolt

[RogueEffect]

I heard complaints from play testers were met with a succinct reply of "Skill issue."

[goldenlatias]

Those developers came straight from hell

[LWDIII]

“Don’t get hit” a wise SSBM sage from eons ago

[Bloody-Butterfly]

Beating Ninja Gaiden is hard but there are a lot of levels and the difficulty increases gradually so it is very fun to play.

[Drenchy]

This was funny that it was intentional later Lolol. Makes the boss fights more intense and to punish you more for losing

[mhoey]

The knockback was so lame. Even infinite lives with the Game Genie didn't help.

[wordman]

Ninja Gaiden is still easier than Battletoads. Battletoads is a fucking nightmare and virtually impossible to beat.

[lonewolffang]

"It became a feature."
So in other words they said to people get good or else.

[justinleland]

Love all the different glasses Karma keep it awesome!

[davidsurette]

I got so good at the level 6 parts because of this glitch could no damage 6-1 to 6-4 hold a fire ninpo and rock the last boss with it if you do mess up between the last boss forms it will save your spot in the fight so if you make it back from 6-1 you don't start a phase 1

[strateupgamr]

Ok cool and all but why the fuck do you have so many pairs of sunglasses, you gotdamn *MAGIC **_M A N_*

[josh-ch]

How do you cheat in Star Fox for the super Nintendo

[RandomStuffReally]

Near the start next to the p.00 there is a quick 69 with a square?

[AnthonyCurley]

I mean, it goes along with the rest of the game.

[paddyhopper]

Anytime someone tells me.they are a gamer, I ask them if they can beat Ninja Gaiden. They tell me "no", and I confirm for them that they indeed, are not a gamer.

[mistershablagoo]

Ho snap they were straight up like F that leave it in

[peequill]

I would be upset if his name wasn't so fun to say

[thecodecatalyst]

Or die to get the cyclone and two shoot the final boss as we did back in the day

[oxymontana]

This game made me want to smash my NES as a child.😂