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Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru

仮面の忍者花丸
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PlatformFamicomYear1990
PublisherCapcomDeveloperNow Production
RegionJPLanguageJapanese
TagsAction, Platformer, Birds, Single Player
PlatformFamicom
Year1990
PublisherCapcom
DeveloperNow Production
RegionJP
LanguageJapanese
TagsAction, Platformer, Birds, Single Player

Play as Hanamaru, a masked ninja out to save missing children. This is an action platformer that has you attacking with your hawk and collecting items to use while battling bosses between levels.
 
GoodBad
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Pretty cutscenes
  • Responsive controls
  • Level variety with skateboards and pogo sticks
  • Unique weapon
  • Enemies pop out of nowhere for cheap deaths
  • Awkward button usage for magic
  • One hit kills and reset at start of level
  • No level checkpoints
  • Bad difficulty curve
  • Too many obstacles on each level
  • Boss battles are presented as a boring card game
  • Second level is a snow level
  • Some enemies take a lot of hits to kill
  • Requires level memorization to progress
  • Unnecessary time limit
Good
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Pretty cutscenes
  • Responsive controls
  • Level variety with skateboards and pogo sticks
  • Unique weapon
 
Bad
  • Enemies pop out of nowhere for cheap deaths
  • Awkward button usage for magic
  • One hit kills and reset at start of level
  • No level checkpoints
  • Bad difficulty curve
  • Too many obstacles on each level
  • Boss battles are presented as a boring card game
  • Second level is a snow level
  • Some enemies take a lot of hits to kill
  • Requires level memorization to progress
  • Unnecessary time limit
 
3Good graphics and responsive controls can't help level design that is amateurish and infuriating. The developer throws too many obstacles at you with enemies that pop up out of nowhere and boss battles that are pointless. One hit deaths make this a game that will frustrate and provide little incentive to continue playing. Lacks the polish expected from a Capcom game.

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