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2013 NintendoAge Weekly Contest Summer Tournament: Round 2 - Ninja Gaiden 2 Contest ends Sunday, 7/21/13 at 10 PM NA time

Jul 15, 2013 at 12:17:50 AM
guillavoie (125)
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Originally posted by: dra600n

Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: gutsman004

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Everyone make note that point racking/pressing IS allowed since there is a timer in this game.



This will be very interesting.
Too bad this isn't a low score contest. Now, that would be interesting!

 

I think this would be a horrible game for a low score contest. You'll either have relatively high scores (around 700 - 900k toward the end of the game, or very, very low scores in the first few levels).
 

Haha, low score contest always comes with the 'furthest in the game takes precedence' rule Adam.


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Jul 15, 2013 at 12:18:57 AM
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I actually think lowest score/furthest might work best here, IMO. It's still the extra lives one needs to worry about.

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Jul 15, 2013 at 1:12:52 AM
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Okay, after playing the game for a little bit, I'm gonna change the Tier 2 & 3 rules for how many lives you can use. For both tiers, you can only use 3 lives total. After you die for the third time, you must stop playing and take a picture of your score. Is everyone okay with this? I will update the rules tomorrow once I have access to a phone again. It's hard to do it on my phone

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Jul 15, 2013 at 1:14:36 AM
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^EDIT: I wasnt paying attention to what I was typing Once I have access to a computer, I will make the changes to the rules.

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Jul 15, 2013 at 1:16:33 AM
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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Okay, after playing the game for a little bit, I'm gonna change the Tier 2 & 3 rules for how many lives you can use. For both tiers, you can only use 3 lives total. After you die for the third time, you must stop playing and take a picture of your score. Is everyone okay with this? I will update the rules tomorrow once I have access to a phone again. It's hard to do it on my phone



I have absolutely NO problem with that. But with the extra lives, we will be relying heavily on the honor system. Shouldn't be a problem though. I believe I can get through the game on 3 lives. On that note, I am going to bed.

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Edited: 07/15/2013 at 01:16 AM by Logo1285

Jul 15, 2013 at 1:28:50 AM
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Updated: July 16, 2013 @ 12:07 am.

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Jul 15, 2013 at 1:42:45 AM
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When I got home, I was glad to see I advanced, but wow, this round's rules look pretty convoluted to say the least. Since I've always been a fan of NGII but not overly great at it anyway, all I'm going to do this week is what I usually do: push myself to my limits and try to do better than I ever did before. I'm just going to focus on getting as far as I can in this game and not so much on points. Whatever happens will happen, even if I get eliminated, but I'm just going to sit back and try to enjoy the game this week


Edited: 07/15/2013 at 01:45 AM by EgasKrad

Jul 15, 2013 at 5:24:21 AM
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I could do this on my copy of NG Trilogy on my SNES but it seems that I'll have to emulate again...

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Jul 15, 2013 at 5:26:57 AM
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Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

I could do this on my copy of NG Trilogy on my SNES but it seems that I'll have to emulate again...



There is a pal version of ninja gaiden 2 (shadow warriors 2) btw.

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Jul 15, 2013 at 7:08:59 AM
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I say just for the sake of it not becoming a problem,make all tiers 1 life only. Plus the tier 2 and 3 guys showed this past contest that they can hang with the tier 1ers,so I say the rules should be uniform.


Edited: 07/15/2013 at 07:11 AM by gutsman004

Jul 15, 2013 at 7:19:33 AM
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Originally posted by: dev(2)

Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

I could do this on my copy of NG Trilogy on my SNES but it seems that I'll have to emulate again...



There is a pal version of ninja gaiden 2 (shadow warriors 2) btw.

I know, but without having it, playing it won't be easy...


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Jul 15, 2013 at 7:51:52 AM
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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Okay, after playing the game for a little bit, I'm gonna change the Tier 2 & 3 rules for how many lives you can use. For both tiers, you can only use 3 lives total. After you die for the third time, you must stop playing and take a picture of your score. Is everyone okay with this? I will update the rules tomorrow once I have access to a phone again. It's hard to do it on my phone

I think that's fair. Here's the official Twin Galaxies rules on it:

TGTS Settings [3 Lives to Start, 5 Lives Maximum]

Special Rules: Your scoring attempts ends when either you die for a 5th time, or you manage to land the final blow on the Final Boss of 7-5, thus beating the game. NO CODES ALLOWED!

So it's basically the same, just 3 lives instead of 5, which I'm perfectly cool with.

Thanks for looking into this Kev!




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Jul 15, 2013 at 9:26:12 AM
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Originally posted by: Logo1285

I actually think lowest score/furthest might work best here, IMO. It's still the extra lives one needs to worry about.

I just find point racking to be tedious in general even if the game has a timer. Standing in one place and killing enemies that reappear nonstop isn't much fun IMO, especially in a game as cheap as this where one bad jump can ruin your entire run. As long as I can make it to the last stage, I should be able to put up a decent score by playing normally, although I don't know if it would be enough to qualify for the next round.



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Jul 15, 2013 at 9:33:14 AM
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Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: dra600n

Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: gutsman004

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Everyone make note that point racking/pressing IS allowed since there is a timer in this game.



This will be very interesting.
Too bad this isn't a low score contest. Now, that would be interesting!

 

I think this would be a horrible game for a low score contest. You'll either have relatively high scores (around 700 - 900k toward the end of the game, or very, very low scores in the first few levels).
 

Haha, low score contest always comes with the 'furthest in the game takes precedence' rule Adam.
 

True, but I still think this game would be highly obnoxious to make it a low score competition. At least with it being a high score, people don't have to worry about not having to avoid enemies in an already challenging game.

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Jul 15, 2013 at 10:14:31 AM
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You guys should have to play with one hand.

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Jul 15, 2013 at 10:27:43 AM
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Originally posted by: RetroDave

You guys should have to play with one hand.

If I got my way, we would be playing Baseball. I've been practicing on this game for the past two weeks since I figured if it didn't win the voting for the first round, it would probably win in the second. After an entire morning of playing, it's already getting on my nerves.



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Jul 15, 2013 at 11:41:13 AM
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Originally posted by: RetroDave

You guys should have to play with one hand.

Only if I can rig up rockband kick pedals for the A and B buttons


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Jul 15, 2013 at 11:44:02 AM
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Originally posted by: gutsman004

I say just for the sake of it not becoming a problem,make all tiers 1 life only. Plus the tier 2 and 3 guys showed this past contest that they can hang with the tier 1ers,so I say the rules should be uniform.


You might want to make an exception for Shane though and let him have the extra lives. I hear he's pretty bad at NGII.....

Also I'd love to try this as a low score as well as some others have mentioned.

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Jul 15, 2013 at 12:00:06 PM
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Originally posted by: dra600n

Originally posted by: RetroDave

You guys should have to play with one hand.

Only if I can rig up rockband kick pedals for the A and B buttons
 

That's how the guy from Def Leppard plays Ninja Gaiden 2.

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Jul 15, 2013 at 12:03:06 PM
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Originally posted by: RetroDave

Originally posted by: dra600n

Originally posted by: RetroDave

You guys should have to play with one hand.

Only if I can rig up rockband kick pedals for the A and B buttons
 

That's how the guy from Def Leppard plays Ninja Gaiden 2.

bahahahaha

Oh man.... just imagine if he were actually a good drummer before the accident!


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Jul 15, 2013 at 12:05:28 PM
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So what did we decide on? Tiers 2 and 3 dying three times and then taking the picture of their score? If that's the case, I should have a score up sometime today.

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Jul 15, 2013 at 12:32:08 PM
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Logo, from the looks of it, that is correct

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Jul 15, 2013 at 12:39:32 PM
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If this game was any more frustrating it would make Ghandi want to kick a puppy in the balls. I've got a score to post later, but I died on the boss from NG1 when I accidentally let the clock run out because I thought it reset before the boss fight.

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Jul 15, 2013 at 12:57:24 PM
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Originally posted by: Logo1285

So what did we decide on? Tiers 2 and 3 dying three times and then taking the picture of their score? If that's the case, I should have a score up sometime today.





I think bimmy said that you can only use half a life. Yep,half a life. Good luck everybody! Oh yeah...you also have to play every run while listening to this....




Jul 15, 2013 at 1:04:55 PM
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If I happen to make it to round 3, Tier 3 better pray Kevin doesn't choose Bubble Bobble. Muahahahahaha.

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