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Get the following achievements on missions to unlock the corresponding effect
Unlock Super Shuriken:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 1
Unlock Exploding Arrows:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 2
Unlock Chameleon Spell:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 3
Unlock Flash Bomb:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 4
Unlock Dog Bone:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 5
Unlock Invisibility Spell:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 6
Unlock Fire Spell:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 7
Unlock Viper Potion:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 8
Unlock Ninja Armor:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 9
Unlock Fireworks:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 10
Unlock Decoy Whistle:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 11
Unlock Binding Spell:
Get a Grand Master rating on Mission 12
Unlock Semimaru:
Get a Expert Ninja ranking on ALL of Rikimaru's levels
At the Title screen enter the following cheats.
Unlock All Characters
Hold White + Black and enter:
Up, Right, Left, Down, release White + Black and enter L, R
Unlock B-Side Audio
Hold L + R and enter:
Down, X, X, Up, X, X, Left, X, X, Right, X, X
Unlock 'Through the Portal' Bonus Rikimaru Mission:
White, Up, Black, Down, L, R, Left
During Gameplay Cheats
Enter the following cheats after pausing gameplay.
Boost Score:
Hold White + Black and enter Right, Right, Right, Left
Boost Offense:
Hold R + White and enter Up, Down, Up, Down
Display Score:
Right, Right, Right, Left
Full Kuji meter
Hold R + L and enter:
Left, Left, Left, Right, X
Get one Kanji:
Left, Left, Left, Right, X
Restore Health:
Up, Down, Up, Down, X, X, X
New Special Ability
Hold R + Black and enter:
Up, Up, Down, Down, release R + B and enter X, X, L
Item Cheats
At the Ninja Item select screen enter the following cheats.
All Ninja Items:
Hold R + L and enter:
Up, Down, Up, Down, X, X, X, Left, Right, Left, Right, X, X, X
Infinite Capacity:
Hold R + L + White and enter:
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, release White and enter X, X, X
More Ninja Items
Hold R + L and enter:
Up, Left, Down, Right, X, X, X
Mission Cheats
Enter the following cheats at the Mission Select screen.
Open all Layouts
Click Right Analog, Click Left Analog, L, R, White, Black
Unlock all Missions:
White, White, L, R, Right, X, Click Left Analog, Click Right Analog
All story mode missions
At the mission selection screen, press White(2), L, R, Right, X, click Left Analog-stick, click Right Analog-stick.
Bonus Rikimaru stage
At the title screen, press White, Up, Black, Down, L, R, Left to unlock Rikimaru's Through The Portal bonus mission. Alternatively, successfully complete the game with all three characters.
All mission layouts
At the mission selection screen, click Right Analog-stick, click Left Analog-stick, press L, R, White, Black.
All characters
At the title screen, hold White + Black and press Up, Right, Left, Down. Then, release White + Black and press L + R. All multi-player mode characters will be unlocked, as well as Tesshu in story and co-op modes.
All items
At the item selection screen, hold L + R and press Up, Down, Up, Down, X(3), Left, Right, Left, Right, X(3) to unlock .
Increase items
At the item selection screen, hold L + R and press Up, Left, Down, Right, X(3).
Infinite item capacity
At the item selection screen, hold L + R + White and press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Left, Right. Although you can only still carry six different items, you can have an unlimited amount of those specific items.
Full health
Pause the game and press Up, Down, Up, Down, X(3).
Full Kuji
Pause the game, then hold L + R and press Left(3), Right, X.
Add one Kuji to meter
Pause the game and press Left(3), Right, X.
Toggle special abilities
Pause the game, then hold R + Black and press Up(2), Down(2). Release R + Black and press X(2), L.
Increase offensive power
Pause the game, then hold R + White and press Up, Down, Up, Down. Release R + White and press X(3) to increase your offensive power five times.
Increase score
Pause the game, then hold White + Black and press Right(3), Left to add 100 points to your score.
Display score and time
Pause the game and press Right(3), Left.
B-side dialogue
At the title screen, hold L + R and press Down, X(2), Up, X(2), Left, X(2), Right, X(2). Alternatively, successfully complete all Rikmaru and Ayame's missions with a "Expert Ninja" rank and Tesshu's missions with a "Professional" rank. Enter the options screen and select "Audio", then "Language". Select the "B-Side" option to play the game with joke and outtake-style dialogue. Note: This is only available in the North American and European version of the game.
Play as Tesshu
Successfully complete the game with Rikimaru and Ayame to unlock Tesshu.
Play as Ninja Dog in multi-player mode
Get a "Grand Master" rank on all of Ayame's missions to unlock Ninja Dog in multi-player mode.
New items
Get a rank of Grand Master on a level to unlock new items. The item is different for every level.
Easy kills around corners
When you have your back against a wall and are peeking around a corner, if there is a guard there, toss a poison rice ball (the one with the green leaf) by pressing Y. As soon as the guard picks it up, run around the corner and Stealth Kill. It does not matter if he is facing you, but try to kill him before he eats it. By doing this you can use the same rice ball on multiple guards.