Ninja Bodyguard

忍者 敵襲(てきしゅう)だ！ 十字ボタンとAボタン で応戦(おうせん)だ！ フジヤマ(ふじさん)！！ Rhythm Tengoku	Ninja We're under attack! Block using the +Control Pad and the A button! Fuji-yama!! (Translation)

忍者 敵襲だ！ 左ボタンと右ボタンで応戦だ！ フジヤマ！！ Rhythm Tengoku	Ninja We're under attack! Block using the Left and Right buttons! Fuji-yama!! (Translation)

Ninja Bodyguard

An enemy is attacking your lord! Block the arrows with your sword-- and maybe next time bring a shield!

Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Ninja Bodyguard

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Number

26
63

Version^?

Long

Gift

"ライトなドラム" (Light Drum)
Flow Ball

STAGE 5
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Ninja Bodyguard (忍者^?, Ninja) is the 2nd Rhythm Game of Stage 5 (26th overall) in Rhythm Tengoku and the 1st of Star Land (63rd overall) in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

The arrange version, Ninja no Shison, appears in Technician in Rhythm Tengoku.

Gameplay

This game is about a Ninja who protects his Lord from the enemy onslaught. The player controls the ninja using Ⓐ and ✚ to swing the sword back and forth in time to destroy the arrows shot by the enemy.

Controls

Rhythm Tengoku/Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• Ⓐ/Tap: Swing sword right (if on the left)
• ✚/Tap: Swing sword left (if on the right)

Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)

• ✚: Swing sword left or right (depends on its current place)

Timing Display

• Perfect!/Ace!^?: The arrow is split in half.
• Early!/Late!^?: The arrow bounces out of the way, making a shing noise.
• Miss...^?: The arrow goes past the ninja and pins to the wall, shocking the lord.

Results

	トノから　ひとこと(A Word from the Lord)	トノから　ひとこと(A Word from the Lord)
	ちゃんと　守ってよネ… (Please protect me properly...) すばやい　剣さばきが　みじゅくである。(You lack quick sword skills.) 「四連矢」　に　コテンパンである。(The "four arrows in a row" overwhelmed you.)	ちゃんと　守ってよネ… (Please protect me properly...) すばやい　剣さばきが　みじゅくである。(You lack quick sword skills.) 「四連矢」　に　コテンパンである。(The "four arrows in a row" overwhelmed you.)
	う～ん．．． まぁまぁ、　かな。 とりあえず．．． よしと　します。	(Hmm...) (Well, I wonder.) (For now...) (All right.)
	すばやい　剣さばきであった！(You're skilled with the quick sword!) 「四連矢返し」　が　おみごと！(The "four arrows in a row" were blocked well!)	すばやい　剣さばきであった！(You're skilled with the quick sword!) 「四連矢返し」　が　おみごと！(The "four arrows in a row" were blocked well!)

	My Lord Solemnly Intones
	I hired you to protect me.
	Eh. Passable.
	Impressive swordplay.

Epilogue

	ゲッ！ トノが きぜつしてる！！	トノ！ ごめんなさ~い。	アッパレって 言われちゃったゼ！！
	(Geh! My lord has fainted!!)	(My lord! Sooory~.)	(He said I'm admirable!)

	Nooooo!	I...I am glad you are safe, my lord.	Not a scratch!

Rhythm Item

Scroll	Rolled-Up Secrets
	My lord carries this scroll with him at all times. I have never asked him what it contains, but the rumor is that its secrets made him the wealthy and powerful man he is today. But it might just be a love letter or something.

Skill Star

The Skill Star appears when the enemy ninjas shoot four arrows in a row.

Challenge Land

Ninja Bodyguard appears in the following Challenge Train courses:

• All or Nothing!
• Game Gamble: Advanced

Appearances

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  Ninja
  Remix 6

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  Remix 5
  Ninja no Shison

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  Ninja Bodyguard (Practice)

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  Ninja Bodyguard

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  Final Remix

Ninja 2P

忍者 2P 敵襲だ！ 左ボタンと右ボタンで応戦だ！ フジヤマ！！ Rhythm Tengoku	Ninja 2P We're under attack! Block with the Left and Right buttons! Fuji-yama!! (Translation)

忍者 2P

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Number

File:Rhythm Tengoku (リズム天国) (Arcade) Logo.svg 11

Version^?

Two Player

STAGE 3
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Ninja 2P (忍者 2P^?, Ninja 2P) is the 3rd Rhythm Game of Stage 3 (11th overall) in the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade).

The arrange version, Ninja no Shison 2P, appears in Stage 5 of the 2P mode of Rhythm Tengoku (Arcade)

It plays the same as the 1P version, except the two players take turns on each section. This effectively doubles the length of the game.

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Trivia

• This is the only Rhythm Game in the entire series to start with a skippable cutscene instead of a Practice.
  • The game did, however, get a Practice in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, which leads into the cutscene. In it, the arrows are shot by allied Ninjas at a wooden dummy with a face drawn on it, which replaces the Lord. The face itself is a Henohenomoheji, an arrangement of Hiragana characters used to represent a generic human face.
• This game and Ninja no Shison are the only games to have their controls changed in the arcade version.
• A lot of the visual design of this game was reused in Dog Ninja in Rhythm Heaven, such as similar looking towers to the ones in the cutscene, and a similar prologue: A big yellow moon with grass in foreground, in a dark blue sky.

Unused

Main article: Ninja Bodyguard/Unused

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	忍者	Ninja
EnglishNOA	Ninja Bodyguard
EnglishNOE	Ninja Bodyguard
French	Protection ninja	Ninja protection
Spanish	Guardaespaldas ninja	Ninja bodyguard
Italian	Ninja del corpo	Body-ninja
Korean	보디가드	Bodyguard