I love this game so fucking much. It's easily in my top 5 NES games of all time, but I can't get past Malth to save my life. How do you go about fighting him, pro gamers of /vr/? I don't want any hand holding, just like a hint or something. Also NES Ninja Gaiden trilogy thread.

>>11789803 (OP)
mash b as fast as you can

no boss in ng requires any finesse until the ending. get into his face and hit the attack button a lot

Malth is great. I think it took me three tries to figure it out.
>dps race
>stand there and spam B
He can even hit you like two times and it's okay because Ryu is a motherfuckin' ninja.

There's a purity to it. Like Doom or Touhou Project.

I'm enjoying learning the game a lot and I'm trying to go from zero to 1CC, but my big early wall is always 3-2 right before the boss (with the leopards that run up from behind and then the eagle and soldier on the cliff below)

Biggest challenge to adjust to has been enemy respawn behavior. Respawns are so aggressive and sometimes even slightly moving to the left or right will cause a new instance of the enemy to appear. Nothing insurmountable but it does make learning the levels tricky

>>11789959
3-2 is definitely a bitch until you memorize it. Once you know it inside and out from doing it over and over it'll feel great to bend it over. You're either moving forward or you stop. Don't move back if you can help it. That's how respawns fuck you over super hard, by moving back. Best to always keep on the move, tho. There's like three places in the whole game you need to pause to avoid hitting a flying enemy as you cross a gap. There are a few four leggers you'll want to turn around to slash as they come up on you, but you'll figure out the best timing for them through trial and error. NG is unironically best played organically. That is, without save states.

Woot another NG thread.

I still can't beat NG3 USA version. HOLY SMOKES it's brutal. Not something you can beat casually.

I don't use savestates or cheats btw.

>>11790172
One day I will own the full trilogy on NES and it will be glorious.

>>11789803 (OP)
Here’s the thing no one wants to admit about the phrase “of all time” — when you’re talking about NES games? They’re all “of all time.” The console hasn’t had a proper new release in literal decades. The timeline’s locked in. There are no surprise contenders waiting in the wings. No underground NES gems about to drop and shake up the rankings. Every game on that system is part of a finished canon. You’re not making a bold statement by calling something the best “of all time” — you’re just declaring personal taste in a museum that closed in the ‘90s.

And yet people keep hurling that phrase like it means something revelatory. It’s not insightful, it’s just overplayed. “Top 5 NES games of all time”? Who's still compiling that list in 2025 like it hasn’t already been recycled a thousand times with minor reshuffles? Just say Ninja Gaiden rips. Say it hits your soul, that the Malth fight haunts your dreams and you respect the pain. That’s real. That’s better than dragging out that tired old crown and waving it around like it’s still shiny.

*Marth

>>11790187
You do know new NES games are being produced to this day, right? Because it sounds like you don't.

>>11789803 (OP)
Boring movie game

>>11790187
Or, you could read "of all time" as "of the whole lifespan of the system". Plus like >>11790280 said, it still gets games. Granted, they're not officially sanctioned by Nintendo (which if that's the case then all those unlicensed games don't count), but there's still games being made and released for it, sometimes even physically. A game called Alwa's Awakening got a physical release on NES in 2022 for example.

>>11789803 (OP)

Malth is brain dead easy... You just kill him before he kills you. You can't dodge his attacks, so just hit him.

>>11789803 (OP)
6-2 is where the game starts.

>>11790187
Shut up. Ninja Gaiden is a top 5 nes game

>>11789803 (OP)
Like others said you pretty much just mash B, there's not really a lot of strategy involved. You can also kill yourself before you reach him so you start with full health.

>>11790280
>>11790441
>proper new release
Also, you can't declare any of them to be the anything "of all time" if they're still being made.

>11791335
So there is no pleasing you?

>>11789959
>3-2 wall
Run to the ledge and stop. This will spawn the cheetah and the guy below. Jump and let the cheetah pass under you, and it will fall into the pit. Then wait half a second for the guy to reach his ledge and turn in the other direction. When you jump over, you can either slice the bird before you fall, or drop short of it and turn around to slice it on the rebound. Keep practicing!

>>11789803 (OP)
>but I can't get past Malth to save my life.

just play the pc engine remake. several of the enemies and bosses are toned down

>>11789803 (OP)
What are the top 5 NES games of SOME time? eh? eh? EHHHH?????

OF YOU TIME BEFORE ALL DIE!!!!!!

>>11794865
Personal list would probably be

>Gimmick
>Zelda 2
>Akumajou Densetsu
>Mighty Final Fight
>Shatterhand

>>11789803 (OP)
t. Famibot

>>11789803 (OP)
get there with the fire wave power up, you can get him to like half health with zero risk and then you'll have enough life to bring him to zero

>>11790187
where was this pasted from?

>>11789818
Yeah this is basically what I did. Farthest I got was 6-2 but stopped playing and I don't remember if I got past that.