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Ninja Gaiden Black (Prima Official Game Guide)

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My comments:-

Use of matte paper that produce dull color quality. The glossy type used by Prima for its other game guides are much more punchy.

Poor image quality - sometimes can't even figure out what the pictures are illustrating. This is especially so when the guide is trying to show you the combo moves of the various weapons.

The book could be vastly improved with more information - such as by providing convenient lists of special items (ie. golden scarabs and weapons) and the locations/quests to obtain them. The section on the special fighting techniques also does not cover all of the weapons. The illustrations for the specific weapons are also rather skimpy.

Most of the time, the tips for the Boss fights are too brief and don't work for me. I found tips from free guides available on the internet to be more thorough and effective for tackling the nasty bosses.

Buy the Prima game guide for Ninja Gaiden Black if you just want a basic walkthrough with pictures. I bought the book but still need to supplement from the internet with information that are not in (or those that cannot be easily found) the book.

This is good for just a general guide. It provides little information on the boss fights in the game and little on tips on how to beat them. I used this and a Free game FAQ walkthrough while playing (and am still playing by the way), and the walkthrough had loads of information on item locations and how to defeat Bosses and other enemies as well. I don't regret buying this guide as it has had some benefits, but unless you have money to burn, I would get a free walkthrough and use that.

I can't help but agree with most of the reviews on this page; this guide is nearly useless. The Prima (the leader in half-assing every guide they've ever gotten their hands on) guide "walks" us through a game where chest locations are off and inaccurate, enemies don't appear in the right spots, the data on the Fiend Challenges is basically: "kill the guys that um... you know, attack... uh yeah." There's misspellings in a few cases and grammatical errors. Also keep in mind: their boss strategies aren't crucial to your survival, I bearly used 'em. The only slightly useful piece of this guide is the Golden Scarabs. One note on that, once you find the 50th GO BACK AND TURN THEM IN. I made the mistake of not trudging back to town due to being anxious about beating the game. In summery: don't buy this unless you really need feel you need a very small amount of visual support. You're better off on your own.

unless you are a complete newbie at ninja gaiden, this guide is worthless. full of empty space and pictures with very little information. the worst offense? "ALL ITEM LOCATIONS" in huge print on the cover. But, as i discovered, this guide doesn't show item locations for level other than normal!! The guide has pretty much no discussion of strategy for weapons, even omitting strats for some weapons ( like kitetsu ) because they are "secret". terribly uninformed and underresearched, this guide is a greivious offense to an amazing game.

great guide for a SUPERB GAME!

download it from XBOX live today!! (or find a disc copy)

better yet, get Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2!!!

can't stress how AWESOME the Sigma games are... gaming perfection!

5 stars!

This game guide from Prima is nothing more than a glorified map. There are no strategies at all, and only very basic (sometimes inaccurate) strategies for the bosses. An example of the innacuracies would be their advice to defeat Lesser Alma. The guide tells you to use Flying Swallow. Unfortunately, Ninja Gaiden Black was retooled to be more challenging, and just about every boss has been tweaked so that the Flying Swallow move is MUCH LESS EFFECTIVE than in the original game.

There is no breakdown of the general foes you come across (various types ninja, fiends, soldiers, etc.) or their strengths and weaknesses.

For instance, how do you effectively combat the black ninjas? The guide says, "Slice them to ribbons!" Gee...that's great advice. How about some tactics to help me "slice them to ribbons"?

If you just want a map to tell you where to go, then get this book. If you are looking for a real guide with combat strategies to help you become proficient at the game, search the internet. There are free online tutorials that are 20x more helpful and accurate than this "guide".

im very happy to have this book thanks and the timing was perfect