By Chris DeRosa． Author’s comments： A couple quick notes on transformation properties before I break down the levels in this run： - Transformations whether into an animal or back into the ninja give you a second or two of invulnerability． Not sure whether or not the developers intended for that to happen as the dying sound effect plays when you do this and walk into an enemy． I take advantage of this ’glitch’ quite a bit to get through some rough patches． - You’ll rarely see me without the bo or the sword． While the bo gives you the bird transformation the sword allows you to change into a dragon． The bird is small and fast enough to fly through most levels easily． The dragon can move through everything untouched but also has a limited time frame before forcing you to change back and taking away your sword (any weapon you grab in dragon form will be in your possession afterwards)． Even though the sword is slightly stronger than the bo in boss fights the dragon form is too valuable to ignore． In 2 player both ninjas combine into one dragon when either one uses the sword which may come in handy for anyone possibly wanting to try a 2P run． 1-1 - Civilization’s Ruins - I change into the tiger asap to take advantage of the better speed and jumping． Then it’s just transforming back to grab the bo and then changing into the bird for the rest of the level． Gotta grab the sword! 1-2 - Watery Grave - If you turn into the dragon right away you transform back before you b．．．／b
Ninja Crusaders speedrun
Publisher： Taito Release Date： 03／05／1993 ID TFC-BB www．famicomfreak．blogspot．com Retro Gaming Life 2010
