It’s a flashback level to the early life of Dosan, the tattoo artist for Larry Ninja, which sets the stage for the events that transpire in Mark of the Ninja. Then it is off to the races, to take revenge on a corporation called Hessian, run by a ruthless Eastern European plutocrat named Count Karajan.ĭosan’s Tale is the DLC I never experienced during my first go with the game. After gathering up his equipment, Larry Ninja is able to defeat these attackers and rescue his sensei, Azai, as well as several other members of the clan. A heavily armed force is attacking the dojo of the Hisomu ninja clan. Our unnamed ninja protagonist–y’know what, let’s refer to him as Larry Ninja from this point forward–is resting after receiving an extensive irezumi tattoo, but is suddenly awakened by a female ninja named Ora. Mark of the Ninja: Remastered‘s story remains the same, so I’ll touch on it only briefly. I believe this new version also features high-resolution art and improved sound, but it kind of looked, felt, and sounded like the same game to me. Oh, and there’s also some developer commentary nodes to discover as you play, of which I read every single entry as I find the behind-the-scenes stuff really interesting, especially when the devs are talking about limitations or coming up with unique solutions to problems. Evidently, there was a bit of “Special Edition” DLC released for the game way back in the day that added a flashback level and new play style, but I didn’t even know that existed, and Mark of the Ninja: Remastered comes with that included. What makes this version remastered? I’m not exactly sure. Honestly, I had no idea this was even a thing that was happening one day, I was skimming through my list of “ready to install” on the Xbox One, as I’m wont to do, and I saw a new icon there for it. Crawl past the stationary vertical laser above, and jump back up.I loved Mark of the Ninja, back when I played it in late 2012, and I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting the game via the recently released Mark of the Ninja: Remastered, which, thanks to Klei, was given out for free to owners of the original title. ![]() ![]() Get up to the top level and move across until standing over a ceiling that can be dropped to and crawled across. This scroll is found during the "Intercept Karajan before he gets away" objective, on the top left of the two-tiered room full of lasers and cannons. Push the box to the left onto the pressure plate that disables the other laser, then grab the scroll. Push the box onto the retractable floor, then stand on the pressure plate to open the floor back up and drop the box to the bottom.Ĭlimb down through the hole, and onto the far right ceiling, and all the way to the right to hit the switch and disable one of the lasers on the bottom. The newly opened hole in the floor will close up as soon as the box is off the pressure plate. The box can be disabled from the wall in the shaft. Be careful as the Ninja can not get onto that ceiling and a drop will send him down into the laser!. The power box on the bottom needs to be disabled. ![]() Head back up to the top, then back down the shaft on the left. Go back to the right and flip the switch again to switch lasers. Push the box all the way to the left, onto a pressure plate. Throw the switch, disabling that laser and opening the wall and turning on a laser from the other side. Now head back to the left and stand on the orange pressure plate, dropping the box to the level below.Ĭlimb down past the disabled power box and onto the ceiling just above the laser that is hitting the box. Crawl across the ceiling all the way to the right, and use a dart to destroy the power box below. Push the box to just below the light on the right side of the ceiling, then climb on top of it and use it to get to the ceiling. Getting to the scroll requires grabbing and pushing the box to block lasers and activate orange pressure plates in the floor. ![]() This scroll is found in a challenge room during the "Pursue Karajan" objective.
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