Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance - The Kaiju Arcade Mode [S Rank, Full Combo, No Damage]

"This is the mastery of a Shinobi."

The S rank hunt begins to draw to a close, with 3 stages left, and The Kaiju being the first to attract my attention to.

This one was not easy. An incredible amount of environmental hazards and spikes made it feel like I was playing Celeste at times instead, trying to take it slow with the glider and slow down to a snail's pace if I had to wait for my shield to recharge. I restarted more times due to touching a spike than I did getting hit by an enemy.

Speaking of enemies, the second encounter in the updraft wind room was scary, with 5 Snipers in one wave. Best strategy I found was to wait at the top when they spawn, kill the first two with kunai, wait for the remaining three to shoot their shots, then descend to either side and hit them, while then mopping up the Elite Electrician after with a Bomb ninpo.

The boss... Can you even call it a boss? All it did was put a Cannon Punch shield up and summon one singular enemy. High combo meant I could chew through its HP bar easily, and even got the chance to execute for a few more bonus points on the final tally.

The Desert and The Assault remain. I've actually already S-Ranked the former, but I haven't managed to score a full no-damage run on that one yet, so I will need to come back to it. The Assault is the only one remaining for the all S-Ranks achievement so I'll likely tackle that one next and then come back to The Desert.

I skipped over the Elite Squad encounters and getting all of the medals as they're not a strict requirement for S ranks in Arcade mode, although I'll definitely revisit in future and try for a "perfect" run of doing all Elites, all medals and full combo.

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance by SEGA and LizardCube.
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