Mirai Ninja/Getting Started

Mirai Ninja | Table of Contents | Walkthrough

[edit] Controls

Joystick: Use the 4-way joystick to make Mirai Ninja run left, run right, and crouch. Pushing the joystick in the same direction twice will make Mirai Ninja run faster.
Attack Button: Use this button to make Mirai Ninja throw shurikens at the enemies, or slash them with his sword at close range.
Jump Button: Use this button to make Mirai Ninja jump. The player cannot change the direction he is facing while he is in mid-air.
1 or 2 Player Buttons: Push these buttons to begin a 1 or 2 player game.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Mirai Ninja (未来忍者)

The eponymous protagonist of the game, who was portrayed by Makoto Yokoyama and voiced over by Satoshi Itō in the movie that the game is based on. Armed with an infinite supply of shurikens and a sword that he will only use at close range, he is on a mission to save Princess Saki from the evil master Shikinami Kurosagi. He starts the game with 99 energy points, and loses 12-15 of them each time he gets hit; however, he gains 25-30 of them back each time he clears a stage. If he runs out of energy points, the game will ask if you want to continue by inserting another coin and pushing the start button before a timer runs out - but if you choose to do so, your score will be set back to a value that subtracts the stage's number by 1 and multiplies it by 30000.

[edit] Powerups

There are eight different types of powerups in the game. From left to right, they are: Chishiki (blue), Cocolo (turquoise), Honoh (pink), Ikari (red), Inori (gray), Kudaki (orange), Waza (green) and Chikara (yellow). Their effects will be explained to you in the Walkthrough.