The Legend of Kage 2: That's pronounced "Kah-gehy"
Depending on your knowledge of classic gaming, you may or may not remember the The Legend of Kage on NES, even if you were a child of that era. The game, however, carved for itself a devoted-though-niche following that was somewhat revitalized once the game hit the Wii Virtual Console last year. The game was a competitor of the original Ninja Gaiden; it was an action game starring a Ninja that demanded quick reflexes and demanded a plethora of memorization. It also wasn't very good. But hey, ne
Trucos The Legend of Kage 2 Juego de plataformas en 2D para Nintendo DS, en este juego encarnaras a un ninja, y deberás de correr los mayores peligros. Tus oponentes no tendrán compasión, utilizaran sus mejores habilidades e intentaran destruirte. Una de las pequeñas desventajas de este juego es el diseño, ya que no es de lo mejorcito. Trucos para desbloquear apartados extras en juego. · Modo DifÃcil: Debes finalizar el juego. · Jefe extra: Debes finalizar el juego.
THE LEGEND OF KAGE 2 OUT TOMORROW Posted by: Necropolis in DS, tags: Nintendo DS, Square Enix, The Legend Of Kage 2 London (13th November 2008) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that THE LEGEND OF KAGE™ 2 will be available across Europe and all PAL territories tomorrow, exclusively for the Nintendo DS™ handheld system. The hit arcade game is back! THE LEGEND OF KAGE 2’s nerve shredding b
“The Legend of Kage†- the original is remembered as a bad port of a great arcade game, which was pretty much the norm back in ’85. Who would have thought that game was going to ever see a sequel, much less a sequel 23 years later. Even by today’s lenient standards, releasing a sequel 23 years after the original is quite far from the norm, in fact, “Legend of Kage 2†might stand alone at the top of that category. Many things about the games industry have changed over the last two decades, but o
Arcade, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, ZX Spectrum, Virtual Console
Release date
JPN 1985 (Arcade) JPN 1986 (consoles) NA 1987 (consoles)
Genre(s)
Action
Mode(s)
Single player
Rating(s)
CERO: A
The Legend of Kage (å½±ã®ä¼èª¬; Kage no Densetsu) is a 1985 arcade game by Taito and was released for several contemporary home computer systems the year after. The NES version was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan on December 19, 2006, and in the United States on February 19, 2007. The arcade version also appears on the PS2 game, Taito Legends 2. A 3D remake of the arcade game is included in Taito Legends Power Up for PSP.
The object is for a ninja named Kage (pronounced "KAH-geh") to rescue Princess Kiri from mystical villains. Kage must fight his way through the forest, along the secret passageway, up the fortress wall and through the castle, rescuing her two times (three in the NES version) in order to win the game. Each time she is rescued, the seasons change. The player is armed with swords and star knives. Grabbing a crystal ball causes Kage's clothes to change to the next level in colour and thereby attain certain powers (red: normal, green: bigger shuriken, orange: bigger shuriken and faster speed). If Kage is hit while in green or orange clothes, he does not die but revert to his normal red clothes. Grabbing a scroll causes Kage to stand still and meditate for several seconds while approaching enemies drop to the ground dead (note that although the scrolls appear in the arcade version, the crystal balls do not). The enemies are:
Red and blue Shinobis, or evil ninja, using swords and star knives. The red shinobis also use bombs.
Yohbohs, or magic monks, including a red Yohboh who has cast a spell on the forest to keep Kage from escaping.
Genboh, the fire-using villain, the leader in the summer stage and can split himself in two.
Yuki (Yukinosuke Kiri), an evil ninja, the leader in the autumn stage who uses two swords simultaneously to deflect Kage's knives.
Yoshi (Yohshirou Yukigusa), the evil samurai warlord and leader in the winter stage whose magic confuses Kage, leaving him vulnerable.
Trivia
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Taito released a pseudo-sequel called Demon Sword in 1989.
Recently, an official sequel was announced and released in Japan on March of 2008 for the Nintendo DS, promptly named The Legend of Kage 2.
In the Manga version of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Bo-Bobo, Don Patch, and Jelly Jiggler use a move called "Legend of Kage Jump" during their fight with Kanemaru. Bo-Bobo even says, "Hey you, give me back my princess".
A laserdisc game was made by Taito in 1984 called Ninja Hayate has a similar premise to this game and has a protagonist (named Hayate) that looks very similar to Kage in The Legend of Kage. The game would be later released by Wolfteam in 1992 as Revenge of the Ninja for the Sega CD.
A Legend of Kage wallpaper is unlockable in Arkanoid DS, which also features wallpapers and levels from several other Taito games.
