Ninja Gaiden Hints & Cheats
GameSpot Walkthroughs
- Our walkthrough offers a wealth of strategies, including lists of weapons, ninpo, and items available to you, and a complete walkthrough for the campaign. You'll also find out the location of every golden scarab and how to unlock the classic Ninja Gaiden games.
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Cheat Codes
Keep the Original Blue Ninja Costume
Cheat Effect At the main menu highlight New Game, hold Left Trigger + Right Trigger and press A Original Blue Ninja Costume Classic Ninja Gaiden Codes
Enter these codes at the continue screen in the Classical Ninja Gaiden menu.Cheat Effect X R X Y Y L Skip to Act 7 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 3 B X X A X Y Skip to Act 6 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 3 Y A B X R X Skip to Act 5 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 3 R R B A Y X Skip to Act 4 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 3 L B R Y L Y Skip to Act 3 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 3 A R R Y A L Skip to Act 2 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 3 B Y R L X A Skip to Act 1 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 3 B B X Y A L Skip to Act 7 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 2 Y L R A Y R Skip to Act 6 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 2 R A A B X L Skip to Act 5 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 2 A L X Y Y B Skip to Act 4 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 2 L Y B A R R Skip to Act 3 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 2 X L R B B A Skip to Act 2 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 2 A A B X Y R Skip to Act 1 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 2 R Y R L A X Skip to Act 6 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 1 X A Y X L L Skip to Act 5 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 1 B R A B Y Y Skip to Act 4 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 1 X Y B R L X Skip to Act 3 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 1 A X X R Y A Skip to Act 2 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 1 L X A Y A X Skip to Act 1 in Classical Ninja Gaiden 1 Select the two new costumes via Xbox Live
In order to wear the two new costumes for the new Hurricane Pack do the following:Cheat Effect Hold the White button while selecting the 2nd trial mission Wear the Dead or Alive costume Hold the Black button while selecting the 2nd trial mission Wear the Evil costume
Unlockables
Misc. Unlockables
How to Unlock Unlockable Finish the game once on Normal / Hard Unlock all Music in Sound Test Go to the peristyle passage in the Aquaducts, triangle jump back up to where you got the golden scarab on the top of the broken pillar. Ninja Gaiden 3 Defeat Doku at the end of Chapter 11. This sword will take health away slowly. Kitetsu Purchase the Wooden Sword, then Upgrade the sword to its Maximum Level. Unlabored Flawlessness Down the street from Han's Bar, in a narrow alleyway, you'll have to use the narrow blue-striped area to venture into the back corner to find the item Windmill Throwing Star Complete the game on normal or hard difficulty, then hold L and begin a new game Ninja of the Future outfit Complete the game on normal difficulty. Then, hold the left trigger when starting a new game Plasma Saber Complete the game on normal or hard difficulty. Very Hard difficulty Complete the game on normal or hard difficulty. Movie Gallery Beat the game on the Very Hard difficulty Evil Ryu Beat the game on any difficulty. Play again and visit Muramasa's shop in chapter 13. Dark Dragon Blade Obtain Ninja Gaiden 1, then shoot the clock face in Tairon near Muramasa's shop. Ninja Gaiden 2 Beat the game with Ninja Gaiden 1 in your inventory. Play Ninja Gaiden 1 from the main menu. Beat the game with Ninja Gaiden 2 in your inventory. Play Ninja Gaiden 2 from the main menu. Beat the game with Ninja Gaiden 3 in your inventory. Play Ninja Gaiden 3 from the main menu. Give 40 scarabs to Masamura Armlet of Tranquility Give 50 scarabs to Masamura Ninja Gaiden 1 Give 30 scarabs to Masamura Armlet of Fortune Give 20 scarabs to Masamura Dabilahro Give one scarab to Masamura Life of the Gods Give 10 scarabs to Masamura Sprit of the Devils Give 15 scarabs to Masamura Armlet of Benediction Complete game on very hard mode Plasma Saber Mk. 2 Hurricane Pack Scarab Rewards
Exchanging scarabs for rewards in the Hurricane Pack will give you different items:How to Unlock Unlockable 40 scarabs Jewel of Demon Seal 35 scarabs Armlet of Benediction 30 scarabs Armlet of the Sun 25 scarabs Dabilahro 20 scarabs Armlet of the Moon 15 sacarbs Vigoorian Flail 10 scarabs Armlet of Fortune 5 scarabs Wooden Sword 45 scarabs Armlet of Tranquility 50 scarabs Dark Dragon Blade
Easter Eggs
Kill Rachel
Before fighting Alma in Stage 13, you can see Rachel in the distance. Use your bow, zoom twice and take your shot. You will kill Rachel and then its Game Over ^_^
Secrets
Play Japanese Versions of Classic Ninja Gaiden Games
Put the Text and Subtitles to Japanese from the Options menu, and you can play the Japanese versions of the first 3 classic Ninja Gaiden games "Ninja Ryukenden"
Glitches
Skip to Final Boss on level 16
On level 16, get to the boss, and lose to him. Now, continue, and get to the Dark Dragon Blade. During the cutscene when you get it, press start, and the cutscene where you go to the final boss will play.Breathe Underwater
Approach a large body of water and just as you hit it tap A to run on the water. Keep running until you hit a wall and start sinking slowly. Eventually you will hit the bottom and if you keep running you will be able to breathe underwater.
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