The Ninja Gaiden series is amongst the most successful released by Tecmo (formerly known as Atlus U.S.A.) and the joy that surrounded the launch of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword for the Nintendo DS proved that we're really talking about a great title. You will become ninja master Ryu Hayabusa and experience a Nintendo DS adventure like never before.

Unlike the previous Tecmo titles, Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword takes full advantage of the stylus, Ryu's combat moves being mapped onto the DS touchscreen, while directional buttons will allow him to run, jump, attack and cast Ninja Magic. Also, Ryu's quite fatal signature moves, like the Izuna Drop or Cicada Slash, can be enabled by finding the right combinations, which only means more fun.

UNLOCKABLES

Completion bonuses
Successfully complete all chapters to unlock the following bonuses:

1. The "Prizes" option. This option allows you to view intermission sequences, letters, and character files that were found during your game session. Most are unlocked during game play by shooting the birds that appear when you use the microphone when a bird sound is heard.

2. The Hard difficulty setting.

Muramasa's prize shop
Successfully complete the game under the Normal difficulty setting.

The Way Of Kunoichi difficulty
Select the Normal or Hard difficulty setting. Survive the fight with Ryu and defeat the dragon Boss to unlock The Way Of Kunoichi difficulty setting when a new game session is started. In this mode you will play as Momiji through the entire game.

Master Ninja difficulty
Successfully complete the game under the Hard (Head Ninja) difficulty setting.

Birthday greeting
Set the system date to your birthday. When the game is started you will hear a special "Happy Birthday" greeting when you tap the option to start the game.

Here is some demo gameplay from the Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword game for the Nintendo DS: