
Yeah, NG is hard. I respect the series a lot for those controls, but the only one I could get into was Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, which was more of a humor game and maybe not even part of the series, just had NG in its title.
I'd love to play Magic Sword etc. . . in the arcades. If I ever get up to Funspot, I'm sure they'll have one I can play.