Here is a link to a tutorial on how to get them working via a modded console. Big thanks to Guilty for putting this together - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f5eId6WnlZfPmIE.html&feature=emb_title Edit as of 18/07/2022 Noticed this video has gotten a lot more views lately, thanks for that :) Figured I would post these runs just in case anyone wants to see this move in action, both are the WR high scores for HP1 and HP2 as of this writing. Hurricane Pack 1 Karma Run - kzfaq.info/sun/PLLkZiKEkqWjJywiTTcr0SPkW0qStVCC6- Hurricane Pack 2 Karma Run - kzfaq.info/sun/PLLkZiKEkqWjI5Sshf3iFg7anywcqUzb4Y

Oh, so this is the famous ninja game about an one-armed wolf deflecting everything.

Game preservation is important due to companies being clowns like this, and letting older content fade to obscurity.

I don't know why they couldn't just give it as a accomplishment reward for say, beating the hardest difficulty FIRST. A new game plus(usually new enemies/tactics), same thing - at the END. You've earned it beating both modes beforehand and can thus, "style on enemies/bosses" for fun/shits & giggles when you are in the mood.

I still don’t get why the Black version or Sigma version didn’t keep that unique future ninja suit as an unlockable. I’ve played nearly all versions of ninja gaiden except for the original version of Xbox that didn’t have DLC included like NG Black.

I never thought about this before but it would have been cool af if they had integrated intercept into NGB by making it exclusive to the True Dragon Sword. Like the Dragon's Eye gives the blade its glowing aura of mystical justguard powers, able to repel any strike. Maybe tighten up the activation window to like 5-8 frames or so. It would feel way more significant than just like 2 extra combos and a damage buff. A true gamechanger that functions as an incredible lategame upgrade that the player feels like they've earned. Like the end of a Metroid game where you're just an unstoppable death ball flying around with the screw attack.

I've always wondered about the Intercept, as I had the original and Black, but no internet at the time. Cheers for covering this. And damn, the game still looks great in motion

Wow, TN missed the opportunity to pull a Resident Evil 4 Remake and make Intercept a reward for completing the Hardest difficulty (leave it as broken as it was on release). I feel rewarded and enjoy every time I play Resident Evil 4 Remake casually with the RPD Uniform and Infinite Ammo unlocks. TN should update the Master Collection to do the same.

Here I am Approximately 15 years after playing this masterpiece for the first time (and many many many more times) and just today found out this used to exist thanks to youtube's random suggestions

he said "...closed for good", lowkey shed a tear lol

That Ninja of the future outfit and Plasma Saber weapon skin were so cool.

This was such a fantastic video, Joe. Really awesome. Looking forward to more of these in the future!!

Thanks!

So we already had Sekiro back then and can't enjoy it on newer versions? Man f*ck this...

Posting here after the announcement of the Sigma collection for PC. I wish the collection actually included every version of the games, including this Hurricane Pack expansion, as I've always wanted to try out this Intercept system myself for years. Unfortunately, it doesn't, and all we're left with is Sigma 1, Sigma 2 and Razor's Edge.

Royal Guard!

I wonder if anyone can bring it to the new NG: Master Collection? As a mod perhaps? Anyways: Thank you for this nostalgic video!

If they ever rerelease Ninja Gaiden Black it would be neat if the intercept was an unlikable you could only get by beating master ninja as a sort of fun, post-game bonus.

Great intro..classic start up for the Xbox

Heh the Xbox startup intro tickled my nostalgia. Nice.

was gunna have a seizer watching this, nice vid tho

Great video. I remember intercept and may still have it on my original Xbox. I still use my OG Xbox occasionally to play NGB mission mode. That console is the only way to add to my 40 million score so I kept it to fuck around with. I put so much time into that game and mode its not worth selling for a few bucks. I never really used that tech but if it was available in black it may have been very useful for that Alma 2 fight on master ninja when I did it without healing. I can see how that would have trivialised the difficulty overall. I was extremely stubborn and usually stuck to a few techniques. I saw alot of top players using inazuna drop and never really practiced or learned it with the DS. Only with the lunar on a few missions. Flying shallow, wall jump attacks and onlanding UT's were the majority of what I used. With scoring I found the game became unbalanced since most of the other moves became near useless and it involved waiting for repeating patterns and spamming UTs. It took alot of patience though. After completing no healing/ninpo on nearly all the missions on MN and doing some farming to hit 40 million I was done, ha ha.

I remember learning about this move when I downloaded the Master ninja tournament dlc from OG xbl marketplace. If that move was included during the actual tournament I could have easily beaten it. Holy crap it was so overpowered. Instant UTs at the drop of a hat.

"Alma's breathing intensifies" had me cracking up.

Really like this type of format!

Recently downloaded Ninja Gaiden Black on Xbox One. I had played Sigma many years ago, but my PS3 broke and Sony is retarded and doesn't make their consoles backwards compatible, so I figured I'd play Black. I didn't even know Black wasn't even the original, lol. Crazy.

Having been doing some ng black and sigma on master ninja recently, i think they shouldn't have removed this. They wanted to make the game harder but this, just like dante royal guard or sekiro parries, is about using skill to get a reward. It made sense to have it. Even if higher difficulties might be a bit easier with it.

Damn this fits my usual playstyle pretty well, kinda sad it never came back.

I have a separate Xbox for this. Haven't used it in years though, but this was the only reason I signed up for Xbox Live at the time.

Bro this is so cool. Wish my old xbox still worked, good old ring of death

There's one downside to the intercept, and that is the constant bright screen flashing. That definitely needs an epilepsy warning.

Ah it’s the Sekiro deflect I see

Imagine how powerful a move must be for you to spam Doku and make fun of him

The closest contemporary relative of Intercept is NG3RE's Cicada dodge. While it pales in comparison regarding framedata and resource prices (it requires ninpo), the concept of overwhelming safety leading to massive punishment is kept. Many of us believe that Cicada dodge needs to disappear due to the dangerous road which allowing such disgerard for recovery frames entails, much in the same manner as Intercept. I was unaware of the issues of save file when modding the OG Xbox for the HP Packs, I will have to do some digging. By the way, do not forget to remove the clock capacitor from your Xbox, it's a ticking suicide bomb.

I’m kinda sad. I was a kid when I first played the NG Black version, but never took advantage of this technique because I never knew how to use it properly. Never understood how privileged I was to have had it. I was hoping to use it on my Series X|S. I hope they bring this back. 😢

great video, I just wished that Team Ninja make a sandbox mode were we can set the amount of fiends to combat...

I didn't even know this move even existed for years!!! Bruh it would of save me a lot of trouble from spirit form doku!

It would be gift to the fans and community but that would be too kind and in my experience no one is ever that kind.

I am pretty certain I still have both hurricane packs on my original Xbox. I'd have to dig it out and hook it up to check the save files... I don't think I have the Ninja Gaiden game anymore, though I might. It's been so long since I even saw what I have on regular Xbox, but even if I don't I'm sure I can get it used cheap. I've recently gotten back into Ninja Gaiden and was playing the master collection and then started playing the original NG2 on series X since that runs flawlessly now on that.... And I just saw NGB could still be bought digitally on Xbox so I got that and been running through that... But I'm definitely going to try digging it out and see if I can check the save files... If it's there then I'll look to getting the game again if I don't have it... I know I got all the DLC when it came out... I remember doing the tournament modes though I know I probably didn't even get in the top 100 lol but I'm interested in checking it out for that one move as I know even more about the game and how it plays than I did back then... Back then, me and my friend would think a grounded Ninja was a dead Ninja. So we were always jumping and doing the flying swallow and or trying to launch and combo grab in air... Modern gaming has wore me out and just not fun anymore that I've been going back to 360 and ps3 games and ones before...

I have a feeling I have one of these versions on my old Xbox

Don't know if you know this, but if you use a hex editor on Sigma you can edit in the Intercept scroll.

Now give us an intercept mod in ninja gaiden master collection lol

I wonder if Sekiro got its inspiration from this move

Getting Sekiro flashbacks from all the block spamming in this video lol (or as me and some others like to say, tink tink tink tink tink). On a serious note, I can see why this never came back as it does seem pretty broken in a game like this. A small part of me does wish it had came back though if only because of the fact that it also works on grabs and I think if the requirements for activating it were more strict or the normal block was nerfed a little bit to compensate it could've worked as a natural part of Ryu's moveset.

how can i get the hurrican pack 1 and 2 now ???? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

very well explained! great stuff!

So, kinda like the timely guard mechanic from Nioh, except way more broken?

I have purchased one second hand orignal xbox on 2009, I spent quite amount of time on Ninja Gaiden. I could plug RJ45 cable to download the Hurricane Pack DLC, but I did not do that due to I have to move the xbox to other room to get internet connection. Only way to get internet is througt the cable not wireless even microsoft selling wireless internet pack for xbox on the market. So I miss the hurricane pack, missed the equiped intercept skill's Ryu. Ninja Gaiden black has got rid of the intercept skill. Sad!!!

Royal Guard on NG

Ha I as a kid had this move and game never knew how to use the intercept gotta go hook this up now and try it 😂 Btw I spammed regular block snd the jump off the walls slam attack to beat the game lol

Never got to play HP1&2 but honestly, I feel the subconscious need to milk every single delicious karma point from fights via intercepts would have affected my fun running through the game again. :)

Ninja Gaiden Black,Reliquia, jogo muito loko, eu tenho a trilogia.

I miss it so much

so kinda like a quick time event on re4

no wonder it isnt in black lmfao

Eu ia morrer sem saber disso... que existe PARRY NESSE JOGO...?! WTF?!

thanks for the video

Off topic question but what did you study at university?

BLOCKING ALMAS PILLARS ARE YOU KIDDING

Very interesting

Good info; a bit long winded tho

Muito bom o video!👍deixei o Like pra fortalecer o canal💪

Sekiro parry is kinda like a more balanced intercept

Just like Dante's Royal guard release (believe it's called) i wonder if you ever covered dmc?

I got tired of it and found it difficult 4 Mission Mastr Ninja do you have Savedata All mission Ps Vita please

Interesting.

Just finished NGB and never seen these cats. Is it only in hard mode?

Wb ninja gaiden black?

What is this i never use this it s patch in ps 4 ?? Remaster

This video has aged well 😌they’ve released the ninja gaiden master collection on Nintendo switch ✨

Tudo rodando no xbox one x

What about emulation?

Need beat the in the very hard to unlock?

Intercept technique? Wtf how do i do that?

Dear Sir, your voice tone is quite simliar to Colin Salmon's voice.

Was this in Sigma? Seems really broken.

居然还有这种设定

Ryu ain't gonna sugarcoat it

what if this is in the master collection? would be cool

God

Can you use this awesome skill on ps4 sigma?

Thanks god they delet it in black If they did not the game will be so easy wich will be fucking bad

Inazuma drop is the true Godly move dude who are these people talking about games they've only read about or played a game for 5 minutes then write an article with absolutely no real info.

tbh its good that intercept is gone it turned the game into a joke

I played ninja gaiden 3 and very hard

This is one of the most stretched out videos I've ever seen. It's like you're desperately trying to get the word count up for your essay