Games That Would Gatekeep Content You Already Paid For
Sept 27, 2022 20:50:10 GMT -5
Post by Xeogred on Sept 27, 2022 20:50:10 GMT -5
Ninja Gaiden on XBOX did this. The steps:
Unlock NES Ninja Gaiden - Collect all 50 Scarabs.
Unlock Ninja Gaiden 2 - Method 1: Achieve Master Ranking in all chapters of Normal difficulty.
Unlock Ninja Gaiden 2 - Method 2: After earning Ninja Gaiden 1, head to the Clock Tower Plaza in Tairon (you can do this in successive play, if you want) and aim your arrow at the clock face on the tower. Head through the door to the clock down and get to the opening to find the chest with NG 2 inside.
Unlock Ninja Gaiden 3 - Method 1: Achieve Master Ranking in all chapters on Hard or Very Hard difficulty.
Unlock Ninja Gaiden 3 - Method 2: After unlocking Ninja Gaiden 2, when you are in the Peristyle Passage, Mario jump between the first and second columns to the left of the entrance (when facing the entrance). On top of the broken column is NG 3.
Not ideal. I think I may have unlocked NG1, but I'm honestly not sure. I don't mind unlocks like this if they're not too onerous, but sometimes they are absolutely terrible.
Oh, right, that reminds me that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time did this as well. You could unlock the original by finding a hidden area in the GC version (probably PS2 as well), and unlock both PoP 1/2 in the XBOX version by completing the game for the first and a secret area for the second.
Doesn't Panzer Dragoon Orta also have the original Panzer Dragoon locked as some kind of in-game achievement, too? I know it's on the disc, but somehow I doubt they'd just let you freely play it.