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This is Part 2 of our complete Ninja Gaiden 2 game guide, featuring Chapter 2: The Castle of the Dragon.
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Chapter 2 - The Castle of the Dragon
- Go through the archway to a few Ninjas in the graveyard. When they're down, go down the stairs and encounter more Ninjas. Defeat them all, there's only two. The staff works well with only a couple enemies to fight in this section.
- A mini-cutscene occurs introducing Ninja Dog enemy. Kill it using the Dragon Sword. You'll need to use fast weapons to take out Ninja Dogs, since they're rather swift and can overwhelm Ryu if you're not careful. Additionally, they shoot incendiary shurikens. Use Flying Swallow (Y while jumping forward) to dart circles around them (and avoid their shurikens), and close in when you're ready.
- Go around the corner after stocking up at the nearby store, to a whole crowd of Ninja Dogs. Beware of their incendiary shurikens, and use the techniques suggested above.
- Find a notebook on a corpse explaining the Reverse Wind technique.
- Find an Herb of Spiritual Life on another corpse in the area.
- Get in the water. At the bottom of the water bed there is a Crystal Skull(3).
- There are archers on the landing on the other side of the water. Use shurikens to hold them off until you can reach land, then annihilate them.
- Proceed up the path and to the left, and then to the right where you'll find a corpse with a scroll explaining the Counter Attack ABILITY (push X or Y when blocking).
- Go up the stairs to start another battle. It's best to cut back so the Melee Ninjas follow you, where you're out of range of the archers. Stay on the flat landing area near the save point for the duration of the battle, since you have more room there. The archers are helpless once you get in close range. You can use the shurikens to hold them off. You can also wall run to close the distance in the passage way.
- Proceed to the next flat open area where there are more Ninjas. You have a lot of room here, so you concentrate on putting together some long, careful combos.
- ACHIEVEMENT: Mastered Counter Attack
- Use counter attack as much as possible during these battles (hold X or Y while blocking).
- Find a scroll on the corpse that explains Ultimate Guidance.
- Go up the stairs and follow the path. Kill the Melee Ninjas first on the ground, then wall jump up to the archers on the towers and eliminate them.
- Find the chest on the right archer-tower with an Herb of Spiritual Life.
- Follow the path and encounter more Ninjas. Take them all out.
- Continue up the path and find more archers up on the towers. Close the distance quickly, use wall run to climb up to them, and eliminate them up on the towers.
- Go up the stairs to continue. Two enemies will meet you on the step, and more will follow down the steps.
- TIP: Stay down on the landing and let them come to you. When in doubt use shurikens to eliminate enemies from a distance.
- Enter the caves and kill the Ninjas that immediately attack you.
- Wall jump up out of the caves, and cue the dramatic music. You will be greeted by a crowd of enemies. Use the corners to hide from the archers, and wear them down with Shurikens.
- Go up the wooden pathway and eliminate the archers first, then double back and kill the melee enemies. If you do not do this, the archers will wear you down from a distance. The staff can be useful during this section, as the enemies are fewer.
- Follow the wooden path up where there is a door and a chest on the right. kill the enemies first with the staff, and then open the chest to find Blue Orbs which refill your health.
- Go inside the door, and follow the path up. There are archers up in the windows, so beware. Around the corner up the steps, find an Herb of Spiritual Life in a chest. Again, the staff is a good weapon for this section.
- More enemies approach, including Ninpo Ninjas. Take out the Ninpo Ninjas first and foremost, then focus on the normal Ninjas. Retreat a bit if you need to, and the enemies will give chase.
- Go up the steps and follow the path. Find a corpse with a scroll explaining the Ultimate Technique. Take the ramp up onto the roof where more enemies wait. The staff is superb at this section.
- Once they're eliminated, drop down into the building through the hole, and encounter a crowd of ninjas.
- Find a save point in this first room, and the Fiend's Bane Bow on the wall in the hallway.
- Puzzle: You'll need to use the BOW to shoot the glowing portal through the gap in the door. find arrows immediately to the right of the door before going through.
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Sub-Boss - Ninja Shadow Rasetsu - Second Encounter
- TIP: Use every Ninpo you have on the boss, as this will drastically reduce his health.
- TIP: Kill one of the surrounding lesser enemies, draw their essence (hold Y), and unleash an Ultimate Technique on the boss. This is the best way to kill this boss. You might also consider using a Ninpo attack specifically on a lesser enemy, and then draw their essence.
- Blocking is your friend in this fight.
- Use the Staff, run to a wall, run up the wall, and use the Phantom Moon attack (Y while jumping) to wear down the boss's health. Don't run in circles. If you need to run, run to a wall.
- Blip.tv: Ninja Gaiden II Walkthrough - Chapter 2 - Sub-Boss Fight (Time: 2:41)
- After the mini-boss is down, go through the door to the right around the corner and find a chest with Red Essence.
- Go to the left, under the steps, and find another chest with a Grains of Spiritual Life.
- Go up the steps, and fight the enemies that appear there. The staff works well here, since the enemies are usually in pairs.
- Go up the steps. There are archers in the distance. Use shurikens to wear them down until you can close the distance.
- Go around the corner and save at the save point.
- Find the nearby scroll explaining the Technique of Unrivaled Soaring.
- Smash through the wall to the right up the steps. Once you go through the door, there will be archers on the ledge across the room hitting you. Use your newfound BOW at this section to eliminate the archers.
- TIP: A useful technique with the BOW is to jump, and then tap B twice, which will fire two arrows during the jump. Jumping also auto-aims the BOW at the nearest enemy you are facing.
- PUZZLE: Right at the landing, the statues are missing two yin-yang symbols, and you have to find them.
- You have to do Unrivaled Soaring to the right, over to where the archers are. break through the wall on the new landing area, and fight the enemies there. Use the Dragon Sword, as the Lunar Staff is a bit slow in a crowd such as this.
- Ninpo Ninjas appear. Eliminate them as soon as possible, using Flying Swallow to get in the first hit.
- This whole "back stage" area is interconnected. Go around the corner, and find a chest with an HERB OF SPIRITUAL HEALTH. There is also a Crystal Skull(4) in the area. Don't forget to also collect both yin-yang symbols while you're back there.
- Go back and activate the statue. You'll need to then shoot the glowing portal to the left of the giant statue in the middle of the room with the BOW. This lowers a platform, and lets you go in the statues mouth. once you do so, save your game at the save point.
- Exit the area up onto the roof, where there are many Ninpo Ninjas. Draw essence from downed enemies (Y, hold), using the staff, and unleash Ultimate Techniques.
- Once they're all eliminated, follow the roof up, and go through a hole in the building back down into the building. There are archers in the new room. Use the BOW (remember to jump/shoot) to take them out.
- Go inside and follow the path to the right, where there is a group of Ninjas. Eliminate them. Then find a chest with a Lives of a Thousand Gods. Use it, which will increase your maximum health.
- Go up the steps to the next level. You'll encounter another group of ninjas. Take them down.
- TIP: If you've upgraded the Dragon Sword to level 2 at this point, the Izuna Drop technique will come in very handy for dealing with crowds of Ninjas.
- Once they're gone, follow the path around the corner, and open the door in the middle of the area. Watch the cutscene. Some bad people are stealing the demon statue from the Hayabusa family.
Boss Fight - Genshin
- He has the ability to break your guard after a few hits, so don't rely too heavily on guard.
- NOTE: Genshin is impervious to Ninpo attacks, use the sword only.
- NOTE: Genshin is also impervious to Flying Swallow, so stick to ground combos, such as Tiger Roar (X X Y) and Fang of the Wolf (X X Y Y).
- Immediately start dodging, left-to-right, while he tries to attack you with his combos.
- The main idea here is to use Reverse Wind (LT + L, a.k.a. "dodge") non stop, until he has finished his combo, at which point you'll have a short window of opportunity to hit him before he starts up again. If you are too far away from him after he's finished his combo, chances are you'll move in to attack and he'll start attacking again and hit you.
- The battle can last a while, so be patient, stay relatively close to him at all times, and just hit him with little 3-4 hit combos right after he has finished his own. It will probably take a few tries to get the timing down.
- BEWARE OF: His attack where he jumps in the air spinning and slashing you repeatedly, it takes a lot of health.
- BEWARE OF: His Ultimate Technique, which you can easily dodge but will take a lot of health if it connects.
- DO NOT USE: Ninpo, Flying Swallow (Y while jumping forward)
- Achievement: Finished Chapter 2
- Blip.tv: Ninja Gaiden II Walkthrough - Chapter 2 - Boss Fight (Time: 4:38)
