Abnormal Mapping 43: Ninja Gaiden Black

do you know the nunchuck man
the nunchuck man, the nunchuck man
do you know the nunchuck man
who lives on ninja lane


Atop a transmission tower, a lone ninja stands and surveys his
land. Once, he was a brutal man, a member of the Dragon Lineage
who to whom death was second nature and who felt incomplete
without a sword clasped in his hand. But with age, the man sought
destruction no more, and looked to the future to build. One
night, he met Isabelle, who gave him new purpose and – at last –
a twinge of hope. For many long years he served as mayor of a
beautiful town, and was wanting for nothing more and nothing
left. Now, the town is in flames, and Isabelle in ashes. He feels
the heat below boil his blood within, and clasps his sword for
the last time. Once thought long dead, now vengeful blood runs
through the veins of Young Ninja, Ryu Hayabusa…


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Things Discussed: Animals Crossing, M’s farewell
to their Animal Crossing: New Leaf town, what we wanted to be
when we grew up, Ninja Gaiden Black, Buying Mature Games as
Children, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Link to the Past, Buying
an Xbox, Tony Hawk, Bayonetta, Ninja Gaiden II, Devil May Cry,
Resident Evil, Bloodborne, Destiny, Dead or Alive The Movie,
Screened, Beyond the Black Rainbow: The Metal Gear Solid V of
Movies, Maybe?


This Month’s Game Club: Ninja Gaiden Black


Next Month’s Game Club: Final Fantasy IV


Music This Episode
Blown Away by Kevin McLeod
Kapp’n’s Song by Shohei Tsuchiya
Airship by Ryo Koike, Wakana Hara
Moat of Zarkhan by Ryo Koike, Wakana Hara
Busy Earnin’ by Jungle