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Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (1991)

Koei Tecmo Games, Tecmo

Main Game of Ninja Ryuukenden III: Yomi no Hakobune

Arcade · Family Computer · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii · Wii U

3.55 from 143 ratings

396 members have it in their collection · 7 playing now · 100 backlogged · 66 wish listed

How long? Main story 3h · 100% 4h (from 4 logged playthroughs)

Thrilling new cinema screen! Follow the story of Ryu's epic adventure through Tecmo's movie-like Cinema Screen Animation. As you complete each level, a new part of the story unfolds. Exciting new powers and weapons! Over the years Ninja Ryu's fighting skills have improved to include fantastic new powers and weapons. Action-packed Ninja adventure! Can you get Ryu through his most … Read more
Thrilling new cinema screen! Follow the story of Ryu's epic adventure through Tecmo's movie-like Cinema Screen Animation. As you complete each level, a new part of the story unfolds. Exciting new powers and weapons! Over the years Ninja Ryu's fighting skills have improved to include fantastic new powers and weapons. Action-packed Ninja adventure! Can you get Ryu through his most challenging adventure as he battles the hideous ancient forces of darkness to save mankind? The Ultimate Ninja Challenge! Read less
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Details

Developers
Koei Tecmo Games, Tecmo
Publishers
Koei Tecmo Games, Playtronic, Tecmo
Genres
Adventure, Arcade, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Platform
Themes
Action
Franchises
Ninja Gaiden
Series
Ninja Gaiden

Release dates

  • Jun 21, 1991 (Japan) Family Computer
  • Aug 15, 1991 (North_America) Nintendo Entertainment System
  • 1991 (Worldwide) Arcade
  • Oct 1996 (Brazil) Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Feb 18, 2008 (North_America) Wii
  • Nov 28, 2013 (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
  • Jan 23, 2014 (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
  • Nov 26, 2015 (Europe) Wii U
  • Feb 18, 2016 (North_America) Wii U
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Rating distribution

5 stars
20
4 stars
57
3 stars
51
2 stars
12
1 star
3
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scoopings

Status scoopings Nov 10, 2024

I actually enjoyed this more than the first 2 NES Ninja Gaidens, but uh it was only worth playing 2 acts of it. Haven't really clicked with this series. Clunky turning around, tho the jumping and attacking felt smoother and I liked how many powerups I was getting in early game. Plus the fact I could at least play for …

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I actually enjoyed this more than the first 2 NES Ninja Gaidens, but uh it was only worth playing 2 acts of it. Haven't really clicked with this series. Clunky turning around, tho the jumping and attacking felt smoother and I liked how many powerups I was getting in early game. Plus the fact I could at least play for 10 minutes without abusing savestates unlike the other Ninja Gaidens haha. Oh and the Look is quite lame for 91.

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Chovus

Status Chovus Mar 25, 2019

Played SNES trilogy version. This game is much better than its predecessors, mostly because of tighter controls and fewer respawning enemies. While the overall combat is somewhat easier, the platforming is more difficult and extensive. I had a problem in stage 6 where my time limit ran out and I had no backup save states to deal with it. Had …

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Played SNES trilogy version. This game is much better than its predecessors, mostly because of tighter controls and fewer respawning enemies. While the overall combat is somewhat easier, the platforming is more difficult and extensive. I had a problem in stage 6 where my time limit ran out and I had no backup save states to deal with it. Had to use a continue and thankfully did not have to redo very much. The hardest bosses near the end were not as ridiculously difficult as the first 2 games, though the final boss still used similar mechanics and was quite easy.

8.0/10

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Begbie

Status Begbie Jan 26, 2017

i was able to beat Ninja Gaiden 3, which is the easiest of the three games for the nes, the game is as hard as i thought but on the other hand really fair, the game is much longer than i thought. The strongest parts of the game are the boss battles, which can be very tense. Next stage in …

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i was able to beat Ninja Gaiden 3, which is the easiest of the three games for the nes, the game is as hard as i thought but on the other hand really fair, the game is much longer than i thought. The strongest parts of the game are the boss battles, which can be very tense. Next stage in my walktrough in the wrong way is Ninja Gaiden 2, which, from what i heard, is much harder.

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