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The 1990 NES / Nintendo Famicom TECMO beat 'em up side scroller arcade game Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword Of Chaos may contain a sample from a FUTURE Italo Disco / Eurobeat song. You can hear the track in the first half of Act II of the game. On the official soundtrack CD for the game the song is listed as Track 9: "Thunderstorm". I thought the BGM melody of this similar to "DIN DON DAN" a 1995 Eurobeat track by Laurent Newfield entitled Suzy Lazy (Clara Moroni), released on the AVEX compilation album Super Eurobeat VOL. 65.

Another Eurobeat song I thought this similar to is King And Queen's (Elena Ferretti and Alessandra Mirka Gatti) "He - Hey Dancing" from 1993. This was produced by Bratt Sinclaire & Contini and appeared on Super Eurobeat VOL. 38.

The interlude leading up to ACT II of Ninja Gaiden II references: THE TOWER OF LAHJA (the game's enemy ASHTAR can be found here). I thought this similar to The Maharaja, a famous disco in Tokyo, Japan, mentioned in the lyrics to "He - Hey Dancing".

In a previous video I mentioned the apparent easter eggs in the Ninja Gaiden arcade game (1988) to the Lupin III anime movies. The fictional year the game is set in is 1999, the same as the 1995 Lupin III movie Kutabare Nostradamus. Interestingly, the song "He - Hey Dancing" appeared on the Super Eurobeat VOL 200 album (2010) along with another track that may reference the Monkey Punch manga series and that is "BLACK UFO" performed by Lupin (Filippo Cordioli).

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00:00We're talking about knowledge of the future in movies, YouTube channel, Easter Egg Psychic.
00:05In this video, I'll show some amazing future music links and other synchronicities that you can hear in the Ninja
00:16Gaiden games.
00:17And in a previous video, I showed where there may be hints and future plot elements to the Lupin 3
00:25anime movies in the Ninja Gaiden arcade game from 1988.
00:31So here I will reference what sounds like a sample from a future song.
00:38My apologies, I cannot play the music in this video due to copyright reasons.
00:44In the genre, it's Italo, Disco, or Eurobeat.
00:49This style of music primarily hails from the country of Italy.
00:53The Japanese, great patrons of the arts.
00:57Apex released a compilation album series called Super Eurobeat.
01:02I think they used to put out an album almost every month from the early mid-90s up until just
01:09a few years ago.
01:10So for this video, you want to check out Ninja Gaiden 2 The Dark Sword of Chaos.
01:16This was out in 1990 by a publisher, Tecmo, for the Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as the Famicom.
01:23The player again assumes the role of the ninja warrior, Ryu Hayabusa, who set off on a quest to fight
01:31a demonic emperor, Ashtar, who is trying to take over the world.
01:37Before the melody, please play through to Act 2.
01:40In the first half of this stage, Ryu jumps along the roof of a moving train while fighting enemies.
01:47Note the background music.
01:50It's on the Ninja Gaiden 2 official soundtrack.
01:53It's number nine entitled, Thunderstorm.
01:55I recognize the melody to this.
01:58To me, it sounds like a very close match to a song entitled, Din Dun Dun.
02:05This is performed by a vocalist, Clara Maroney, Susie Lazy, and written and composed by Laurent Newfield in 1995.
02:16This appeared on the compilation album, Super Eurobeat Vol. 65.
02:22Another Eurobeat song, I thought this background music similar to.
02:27This would be Hey Hey Dancing, performed by King and Queen, Alessandra Mercogatti, and Elena Ferretti.
02:35In 1993, this was produced by Brad Sinclair, Andrea Leonardi, and Alberto Contini.
02:42This song appeared on Super Eurobeat Vol. 38.
02:46Alright, so possible clues.
02:47If you watch the interlude, a cutscene dialogue leading up to Act 2 in Ninja Gaiden 2 were introduced to
02:56the character Robert.
02:57This handler or informant tells the ninja, Ryu, that he must make his way to the Tower of Elijah.
03:06And that's spelled L-A-H-J-A.
03:09This is the stronghold of the Emperor of Darkness, Ashtar.
03:13I found this interesting because in the song Hey Hey Dancing, some of the lyrics talk about the Maharaja.
03:24And this is a famous disco in Tokyo, Japan.
03:28In the other video, I mentioned the setting of the Ninja Gaiden arcade game from 88.
03:34And the 1995 Lupin the 3rd animated movie, Kutabari Nostradamus.
03:43This is the fictional future year of 1999.
03:48So, 1999.
03:51Okay, so back to the music.
03:53And it just so happens that this song, Hey Hey Dancing, appears on the 2010 compilation, non-stop mega mix
04:04album, Super Eurobeat Vol. 200.
04:07There's a Lupin 3 connection on this album as well.
04:12Track 91 is entitled Black UFO, performed by Filippo Cordioli as Lupin.
04:21This track was written by Fabio Serra and Mara Farina for the Factory Team label.
04:28My YouTube channel is Easter Egg Psychic.
04:30There I go back and look at movies and television from the past.
04:33I analyze these for possible references to future media.
04:37These may appear in the form of anecdotes, idioms, anagrams.
04:41Hidden in the subtext of the work in question, I also use an unconventional method where I look at the
04:47likenesses of the actors.
04:50And what I found is you can take the likenesses, match these up to some of the anecdotal items,
04:56and show past, present, and future information about actors and other personalities
05:02that may resemble the personalities in the movie or television episode that you're watching.
05:08My email contact is EasterEggGuy, that's G-U-Y, at Yahoo.com
05:16Thanks for watching.

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