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The Last Ninja
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General Points
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The first point to make is about weapon selection. For the majority of the game
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it is relatively unimportant which weapon you use; sword or nunchukas will deal
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with all but the last levels quite easily, The best way to tackle most opponents
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is probably to lunge at their mid-section as they approach, and then rapidly jab
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at their heads; this keeps them at a distance, and weakens them considerably
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before they have a chance to strike you. The staff is particularly good at this
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distance fighting.To make fighting somewhat easier, fight very close to the edge
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of the screen, then should you run into difficulties - such as a fast opponent
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managing to rush up and start hitting you - you can run out of the room, Using
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this tactic you can erode an opponent's energy by running in, hitting him at
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distance, then running out again. Where necessary I have included instructions
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for jumping water and swamp, at various points in the game, However, you should
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try to avoid having to jump these, or at least keep the crossings to a minimum,
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as there is always the risk of a slight miss-alignment or joystick error
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resulting in death. Save the suriken for especially tough opponents, such as
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same found in the dungeons and lower levels, as you only have a few.
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Wilderness
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Pick up the sword first, having passed the man immediately below the start, then
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double back, and head for the bog, then the key, then the nunchukas. Now get the
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smoke bomb, cross the swamp. get the apple and shuriken, and then head for the
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dragon. To pass this beast, use the smoke bombs; stand just where the rocks
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which form the cave start, facing the dragon and wait for the dragon to emerge
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fully (i.e. stop moving). Now throw a bomb - if you have got the range right the
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dragon will slump to the ground and you may run past, It may take a few throws
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to get this right, but they give you quite a few bombs to try with, (NB Do not
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re-enter this room once you have passed the dragon - he incinerates you almost
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instantly.) WATER - cross with two long jumps, standing on the upper side of the
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path for an E to W crossing, and the lower side of the path for W to E. SWAMP -
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cross it with five long jumps, starting from the bit of wood on the first screen
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going W to E (you don't need to go E to W.)
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Wastelands
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Collect the claw from the lion's paw, and head for the sheer wall: you can only
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climb it by having no weapon ready and the claw held. Make your way along the
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narrow cliff path, remembering to pick up the apple on the way, and now descend
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the other sheer wall.. This is done by again having no weapon ready and holding
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the claw, but this time you must walk backwards towards the cliff, being careful
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to choose your descent so that you avoid the missing brick - failure to do so is
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fatal. Now cross the water, get the glove and then get the Ninja Magic (from
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when you get the Magic try to be fairly quick, as it doesn't last indefinitely}.
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Now go back across the water, cross the swamp, get the staff and run past the
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fire-lions. If the magic wears off (you stop glowing) before you get to the
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lions, do not try to pass them! This may be the end of the game, however, as I
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know of no reliable route back across the swamp E to W. WATER - W to E: Two
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medium jumps followed by a long jump, starting from the bottom edge of the path.
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E to W: From the middle of the path(i.e. where you landed going W to to E) make
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one long jump and two medium. SWAMP: W to E: From the middle of the path make a
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long, medium, long {to change screens) then short, long.
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Palace Gardens
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Head for the amulet first, crossing the water to get there. Now return, heading
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for the apple, which is hidden among some rushes on the room indicated. Now get
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the rose, remembering to hold the glove before you do so. Now head for the
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Buddha, somersaulting (long jump) over the small stream just before you get
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there, and give him the amulet. Before doing this, however set your weapon used
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to nothing, as you would for the Buddha or fountain normally. WATER - W to E;
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Two longs (screen changes), followed by short, medium, long, starting from the
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bottom of the path right at the edge of the water. E to W: Short, long, short,
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any (to change screen), medium, long. Start just above the blob of water on the
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path and remember that this is not a fail-safe crossing.
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Dungeons
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Remember to collect the rope and apple on the way and use the rope to escape the
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ladder. To kill skeletons use one blow from any weapon - but make sure you do,
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as they are lethal once they start to hit you.
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Lower Palace
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Collect the apple, and use the key to pass through the door of the apple room to
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enter the palace proper. To pass the statue, you must be using nothing and have
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no weapon readied (i.e., be holding nothing at all). Then pass as close as
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possible to the statue very slowly, until he throws his swords. You may now pass
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him, and go and collect the Ninja Magic from the urn in the room indicated.
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Using this you can cross the poisonous carpet and end the level.
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Palace + Inner Sanctum
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Collect the bottle of sleeping potion and head for the shogun. Open the door
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into the dog room by touching the furthest vase in the receding room while
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holding the rose. To pass the dog, hold the sleeping potion but no weapon, and
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fire gas at him as if you were using the gas bombs. If you miss him, run quickly
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out of the room and try again. Once past the dog, you must pass the giant
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archer; this is achieved by touching the brown spots on the floor in the archer
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room, just after you enter. This gives you ninja magic, and enables you to pass
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the archer unscathed. Your next task is to kill the shogun. This can only be
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achieved by attacking him with the sword, probably most effectively with quick
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jabs to the head. You can expect to lose at least one life fighting the shogun,
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but don't worry. If you keep hitting him with the sword he'll die eventually.
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You will now be teleported to the scroll room, and must somersault into the
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middle of the area in front of the scrolls, as the surrounding strip is fatal to
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touch. Now walk forward slightly and pick up the scrolls.
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