 Ninja Gaiden III : The Ancient Ship of Doom received preview coverage in video gaming magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly , where it was displayed at the Consumer Software Group trade show in Tokyo on March 24 – 25 , 1991 . They said that Ninja Gaiden III was the best Famicom game in display there , that it " easily walked away with the best for this system ! " The game was also previewed in the July 1991 issue of Nintendo Power . They said that the game contained all the old features of previous Ninja Gaiden games which included ninja arts ( but they lamented at the lack of the " jump and slash " , absent from Ninja Gaiden II : The Dark Sword of Chaos ) and similar usage of cinematic cutscenes that made the original Ninja Gaiden game popular . They also particularly praised the new moves Ryu had as well as an excellent plot . GamePro magazine previewed the game in August 1991 . They said that the game 's visuals were good and on par with the previous titles and that the scrolling was great . 
