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* [[Anticlimax Boss]]:
** Sort-of with the Dark Disciple, who claimed to have the power of the "Devil Incarnate", but gets punched out anyway. He was piss easy in the original game, but ''Ninja Gaiden Black'' significantly upped the difficulty by [[Nerf|nerfing]] the Flying Swallow (a diving sword strike that would be a [[Game Breaker]] in the original, if it wasn't already [[Nintendo Hard]]).
** Considering that roughly 70% of the game is spent chasing her down, Elizabét in ''Ninja Gaiden II'' isn't much of a challenge. She's arguably easier than Volf. Until ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma
** The [[Final Boss]] in ''Ninja Gaiden 3''. Not that the fight isn't visually impressive, but you spend 50% of it fighting fiends it sends at you, another 30% doing QTEs and 20% actually fighting it (the way you fight the Statue of Liberty in ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2'' more or less). All in all, it is probably the easiest boss of the game.
* [[Ass Pull]]: Obaba's comeback in ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2'' and ''Ninja Gaiden III''. The games don't bother explaining how she is revived when she's supposed to be [[Killed Off for Real]] in ''Dragon Sword''.
* [[Author's Saving Throw]]: To say that fan reception of ''Razor's Edge'' is much more positive than the original version of ''Ninja Gaiden III'' is an [[Understatement]].
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** Liked the [[Goddamn Bats]] in the first Xbox game? In ''Ninja Gaiden II'', meet the giant bats! They are thrice as big, make thrice as much damage, are thrice as tough and are still unblockable. More often than not, players will take damage while trying to kill them.
** The infamous Incendiary Kunai Ninjas from ''Ninja Gaiden II'' are usually this when fighting them in large groups; [[Bullet Hell|take a guess why by looking at their name]]. Strangely, ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2'' kept them as this despite fewer on-screen enemies at a time, but for a different reason: though they use their explosives less often, they turn more resilient to attacks and are much more competent at close combat instead. This turns especially jarring at higher difficulties where their claw attacks deal huge damage.
** Alchemists in ''Ninja Gaiden III'' has a [[Ground Pound]]-like maneuver that, while blockable, breaks guard and is hard to dodge most of the time. Furthermore, they're fast, agile, hurl homing "alchemy projectiles", block and evade often and frequently erect an "alchemy armor" of sorts that requires breaking it first before actual damage can be dealt, which light attacks from Ryu's weapons won't usually do; they also have a grab attack that not only slowly drains [[Hit Points]], but the ki gauge as well. Finally, in ''Razor's Edge'', the timing to perform a "Steel-on-Bone" [[Counter Attack]] is so exceptionally narrow compared to other humanoid enemies in the game that players will often opt out to dismember them instead, allowing an "Obliteration Technique" to finish them off.
* [[8.8]]: IGN's '''3.0''' of Ninja Gaiden 3. It gained quite the backlash already.▼
** Chimera in the later parts of ''Ninja Gaiden III'' are essentially faster, more evasive Incendiary Kunai ninjas, with the only saving grace is they don't have projectiles. Like alchemists, they too block occasionally and might get a bead on escaping out of players' attack combos more often than not. The problem with these Chimera comes if they're dismembered: doing so, and they initiate an unblockable [[Suicide Attack]], homing straight for Ryu, forcing players to prioritize on dismembered Chimera lest they risk a chunk of health getting taken away. Fortunately, it's easy to note if a suicide-Chimera will begin its strike as they start sparking bright colors; additionally, if they don't reach Ryu in time, the suicide-Chimera will wind up exploding and doesn't have the effects of an [[Action Bomb]] would.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: [[Badass|Robert T. Sturgeon]] in ''The Dark Sword of Chaos''. A [[Mysterious Informant]]/[[Mysterious Protector|Protector]] with an agenda of his own, [[Cool Shades]], able to take down demonic horrors with a single gunshot, {{spoiler|who turns out to be a top United States Army operative and such an extremely loyal ally to Ryu that he makes a [[Last Stand]] to guard his back in the very bowels of Hell}}? This is especially notable considering how ''[[Sarcasm Mode|well]]'' Ryu gets along with covert government agencies...▼
▲* [[8.8]]: IGN's '''3.0''' of ''Ninja Gaiden 3
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Elizabét.▼
▲* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: [[Badass|Robert T. Sturgeon]] in ''The Dark Sword of Chaos''. A [[Mysterious Informant]]/[[Mysterious Protector|Protector]] with an agenda of his own, [[Cool Shades]], able to take down demonic horrors with a single gunshot,
▲* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Elizabét, outside of her [[One-Winged Angel]].
* [[Fashion Victim Villain]]: The Regent of the Mask in ''Ninja Gaiden 3''. Having for an outfit a red [[Badass Longcoat]], a [[Cool Mask]], a [[In the Hood|mysterious hood]] and a gold-plated [[Gloved Fist of Doom]], can only make you one. To compliment it, he's armed with a [[Royal Rapier]].
* [[Game Breaker]]: The Unlabo(u)red Flawlessness in ''Ninja Gaiden'', when used by a player skilled enough to stay alive at 15% health, can cut enemies down with shocking speed (most of them at any rate). Then again, given the [[Desperation Attack|strict health requirement]] and the game's difficulty, this isn't as severe as the others listed.
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