From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > I didn't have any trouble with the demo of the original, and I have   
   > been playing Black on and off for about a year now.  It is hard, that's   
   > no lie, but it is not more difficult than the original games, or   
   > countless other games I can think of like Shadow Dancer.   
      
   I don't know man....Shadow Dancer, to me, is pretty easy...in fact, I   
   like playing that one on maximum difficulty. One nice thing about it,   
   the AI isn't cheap.   
      
   > You just have   
   > to play it and really mean what you do, button mashing will_not_work in   
   > Ninja Gaiden Black.  That is what I love about it, too many games   
   > reward player laziness today, mashing two buttons and sending enemies   
   > flying everywhere.  NGB is roughly as difficult as Berserk on the   
   > Dreamcast is, and that's not anything like Contra on the NES, SNES and   
   > Genesis, or the Castlevania games.   
      
   Oh man, Berserk. Man, that is a tough one. If they'd of just cut out the   
   levels where he didn't have, or couldn't use his sword, it would have   
   been infinitely better.   
      
   > Also, from what I have heard, Black   
   > is actualy easier than the original, especially since it gives you the   
   > 'Ninja Dog' difficulty option if you really suck it up.   
   >   
      
   You just have die three times on the first level(and it's not hard), and   
   other than a few slight perks, the AI is *exactly* the same, but Ryu now   
     is more powerful and gets more health items(from what I could tell).   
   Still, that couldn't save this one for me...I'll stick to playing Ninja   
   Gaiden via MAME and leave this frustration *WAY* behind...;)   
      
   Bel   
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