Bonuses
 
 Collect the gold Oboro Clan Coins during the game to unlock bonus 
 options in the extras menu, including level select and movies.
 
 
 
 
 Play as Moritsune
 
 Collect 30 Oboro Clan Coins during the game to unlock Moritsune. 
 Moritsune is Hotsuma's brother, and is stronger and faster. However, 
 the Akujiki sword will drain him more.
 
 
 
 Play as Joe Musashi
 
 Collect 40 Oboro Clan Coins during the game to unlock Joe Musashi. 
 Joe's sword damage does less than when playing as Hotsuma, however 
 his shurikens are unlimited in number, do more damage, but do not 
 stun. Also, since he does not use the Akujiki sword, his energy 
 does not drain constantly.
 
 
 
 VR stage
 
 Collect 50 Oboro Clan Coins during the game to unlock the VR stage.
 
 
 
 
 Hard difficulty setting
 
 Successfully complete the game on the normal difficulty setting 
 to unlock the hard difficulty setting.
 
 
 
 Super difficulty setting
 
 Successfully complete the game on the hard difficulty setting to 
 unlock the super difficulty setting.
 
 
 
 Defeating Boss 3A
 
 You can either defeat the five or six dogs then attack him with 
 the glowing Akujiki sword, or just run past the dogs and hit him 
 from the side. You can hit him about three times before he retreats 
 into his take-out box. Hitting him in the side causes more damage 
 than hitting him from the front. He recovers after he returns from 
 hiding.
 
 
 
 Defeating Boss 3B
 
 This is the spider boss, by far the easiest. Dodge its attacks and 
 wait patiently for its little hench-spiders to pop out. Quickly 
 dispatch all four and head for the Boss. It is absolutely necessary 
 that Akujiki is glowing red. Jump up at the Boss and slash at the 
 weak spot on its back. If done correctly, you should go into a tate 
 in mid air, and all five enemies will die.
 
 
 
 Defeating Bosses 3A through 8B
 
 Wait until all of the henchmen appear (about eight spheres should 
 appear at the top right of the screen). Then, kill all of them as 
 if you were going for a Tate. Akujiki should turn bright red after 
 you kill seven of the henchmen. The difficult part is getting the 
 Boss to stay still after your sword turns red. This may take a few 
 attempts, but you will get a huge Boss bonus for killing them with 
 one hit.
 
 
 
 Defeating Boss 6B
 
 If you can wait until the Boss lets out the seven little heads, 
 kill them to get a full powered Akujiki. Then, just slash the Boss 
 once and he will die.
 
 
 
 Defeating the last Boss
 
 Attack the crows (the things which shoot out fireballs). Wait until 
 you have about eight crows at once. When you defeat the crows, you 
 should have a pink waves around it. Attack him when you reach that 
 level. Any other color will result in no effect. Keep doing this 
 and you should defeat him.
 
 
 
 Defeating Bosses
 
 A rather easy way to defeat any Boss in the game is to wait until 
 seven or more of their helpers have been summoned. Basically, when 
 you see eight or more of those orbs at the top right hand side of 
 the screen, perform Tate and any Boss in the game will die. Note: 
 You will not get seven or more minions to spawn at certain Bosses, 
 such as the two helicopters and the giant spider at 3B.
 
 
 The many faces of Shinobi

 If you beat the game once and collect thirty talismans, Hotsuma's brother 
 Moritsune becomes available. Moritsune is stronger faster, and less hearty than 
 Hotsuma. Akujiki feeds off him more quickly. If you beat hard mode with forty 
 talismans collected, you will unlock the OG - Joe Musashi himself. While he isn't as 
 strong in sword play as the brothers, he can throw shurikens like no bodys 
 business.