Editing Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids

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|image=[[File:Untitled Peach game cherry blossom tree.jpg|250px]]
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|world=1F
|game=''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''
|boss=[[Dark Ninja]]
|track=Ninja Village
|sample=[[File:Princess Peach Showtime! 014 Ninja Village.oga]]
|before=[[The Castle of Thorns|<<]]
|after=[[Cowgirl in the Wilderness|>>]]
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'''Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids''' is a level in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'', located on the left in the first floor of the [[Sparkle Theater]]. To unlock this stage, [[The Castle of Thorns]] must be completed. It is the first stage where the [[Ninja Peach]] transformation is introduced.

==Layout==
The stage begins with [[Princess Peach]] and [[Stella]] arriving at a Japanese village, which has been blocked off from the rest by a group of [[Sour Bunch]] guards. There is a sign that states "[[Elder's Manor]] Ahead". After using [[Sparkle]] on two cherry trees, Peach can use a secret passage leading to the village, amazing a nearby Theet by [[Warp Pipe|rising up from the well]]. Taking the secret passage leads to her exiting a well; as a [[Ninja (Princess Peach: Showtime!)|Ninja]] [[Theet]] stated, Peach must "follow the road to reach the manor". There are guards with lanterns that Peach must stay out of sight from. They are invulnerable to the ribbon. If they catch Peach in their sight, they will blow the horn and Peach is brought further back to the west of the well. There is a Theet that Peach must use [[Sparkle]] on, making it open a path underneath the stone. Peach can continue the pathway where she must stand on a revolving platform that makes the stage rotate 180°. Additionally, Peach will encounter two Ninja Theets.

[[File:PPS Ninja Peach Splash.png|thumb|left|Ninja Peach's introduction.]]
In the next area, Peach can go east to pop the [[Fūsen Ojisan]] or head straight to the area with the [[Ninja Sparkla|ninja]]'s Sparkle, where Peach transforms into Ninja Peach. After her transformation, Peach can follow the trail of [[coin]]s by [[Wall Jump#Princess Peach: Showtime!|wall jumping]] and will encounter another [[Sparkle Gem]].
[[File:PPS Act I Trailer Screenshot 1.png|thumb|right|Ninja Peach concealing herself in the grass.]]
Entering another area, Peach will encounter ninja Theets. A Theet tells Peach to conceal herself in grass, within which Peach automatically disguises herself. Peach can do a surprise attack on the guards by pressing {{button|switch|B}}. Up ahead, there are two guards on wooden platforms; Peach can hide behind the walls by positioning Peach close to the wall where she automatically uses her camouflage. Peach can defeat the guard on the tallest wooden platform by jumping on the lamp and attacking from behind and will then find the guards guarding the Theets in the cage. After Peach defeats the guards, the Theets break free and warns Peach about enemies ahead. Peach then heads right across a blue roof where she passes by a moon and jumps down where there is a sleeping guard underneath. Up ahead is the Elder's Manor where there are purple spotlights indicating guards using their lamps. A sensei Theet named [[Scholar]] is trapped in the cage, and defeating the guard breaks the Theet free along with a Sparkle Gem. The Elder warns Peach not to let her guard down, as the Sour Bunch is after the scrolls. Right then, a [[Dark Ninja]] emerges from one of the guard's armors, who takes the scrolls and flees. The Elder tells Peach to chase after it.

In the next area, Peach will chase after the Dark Ninja in an auto-runner section. The player can control Peach to wall-jump or run on the wall by pressing {{button|Switch|A}}. She can press {{button|Switch|B}} to dash into two [[Sour Bunch]] members. Along the trail, there are eight Sparkle pieces; collecting them all will grant her a Sparkle Gem. Peach runs next to the forest where she can swing on the yellow poles. There are two Sour Bunch aviaries that Peach can defeat by dashing into them. The second Sour Bunch aviary is holding onto a ninja Theet; if Peach defeats the bird, the Theet rewards her a Sparkle Gem.

In the third area, Peach chases the thief into the waterfalls where the Dark Ninja drops a scroll on a rock. After Peach obtains the scroll, the giant rock that Peach stands on becomes a tidal wave. The player can control the wave up or down by pressing {{button|switch|a}}, and Peach can not be damaged while riding the rock even if she is directly touched by flying [[Sour Bunch]] members. Afterwards, Peach jumps off the wave and can slice the Dark Ninja by pressing {{button|Switch|B}} to reclaim the rest of the stolen scrolls.
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==Sparkle Gems==
[[Sparkle Gem]]s marked with an asterisk ⁽*⁾ will always be obtained during regular gameplay.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!Image
!Location
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|[[File:PPS! Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids 1st SG.png|150px]]
|After [[Peach]] interacts the [[Sparkle]] on two cherry trees, so she can get into the [[Theet]]s' passage.*
|-
|[[File:PPS! Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids 2nd SG.png|150px]]
|After the stage rotates 180°, the Sparkle Gem is west hiding behind a rock.
|-
|[[File:PPS! Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids 3rd SG.png|150px]]
|After her transformation, [[Ninja Peach]] will reach a Sparkle Gem while wall-jumping up a narrow passage from the cave.*
|-
|[[File:PPS! Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids 4th SG.png|150px]]
|A Theet will tell Peach to conceal herself in grass. After defeating the first (leftmost) guard, Peach obtains a Sparkle Gem.
|-
|[[File:PPS! Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids 5th SG.png|150px]]
|There are two guards with lamps standing on the wooden platforms; Peach can defeat the guard on the tallest wooden platform by jumping on the lamp and attacking from behind. Then, Peach can jump on the blue roof to obtain the Sparkle Gem.
|-
|[[File:PPS! Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids 6th SG.png|150px]]
|An elder Theet is trapped in the cage, defeating the guard breaks the Theet free from the cage along with a Sparkle Gem obtained.*
|-
|[[File:PPS! Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids 7th SG.png|150px]]
|Pose under the spotlight located to the right of the Elder to enter a hidden [[sub-area]]. The Sparkle Gem can be obtained by wall-jumping to the top.
|-
|[[File:PPS! Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids 8th SG.png|150px]]
|While chasing the thief, there are eight [[Sparkle piece]]s that can be collecting by wall running with timing.
|-
|[[File:PPS! Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids 9th SG.png|150px]]
|In the forest area, the second [[Sour Bunch]] aviary encountered is holding onto a ninja Theet; defeating it frees the Theet who rewards a Sparkle Gem.
|-
|[[File:PPS! Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids 10th SG.png|150px]]
|After Peach dashes through the thief.*
|}

==Dress ribbon==
'''Ninja Dress''': After the cage with three Theets and immediately after the two-floor building, there are three [[Jar#Princess Peach: Showtime!|pots]] next to the wall on the left and to the river. [[Ribboner]] hides in one of them.

*Help request: ''"An ancient ninja art: the pot-hide technique."''
*Rescue message: ''"Hoho! You found me!"''

==Postgame hidden Theets==
All three Theets are found before the Ninja transformation.
# Found in front of the barricade at the start of the stage.
# Found close to a well after entering the hidden path.
# Found in the section where Peach must sneak past guards. This Theet is found to the left of the hole Peach emerges from.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=150>
PPS Act I Trailer Screenshot 2.png|Ninja Peach [[Wall Jump|wall jumping]]
PPS Ninja album 1.jpg|The stage's album picture
PPS Ninja Theets trio Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids.png|A trio of ninjas who have been saved from a cage
PPS Ninjutsu The Art of Rapids play poster.png|The poster for the play after 1F has been saved
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn={{ruby|激流|げきりゅう}}{{ruby|忍|にん}}{{ruby|法帖|ぽうちょう}}<ref name=ingame>In-game name.</ref>
|JpnR=Gekiryū Ninpōchō
|JpnM=Riptide Ninja Technique
|Chi=激流忍法帖<ref name=ingame/>
|ChiR=Jīliú Rěnfǎ Tiè
|ChiM=Riptide Ninja Technique
|Dut=Ninjutsu: riviertraining<ref name=ingame/>
|DutM=Ninjutsu: river training
|Fre=Ninjustu : le parchemin de l'eau<ref name=ingame/>
|FreM=Ninjustu: the scroll of water
|Ger=Ninja-Künste: Weg des Wassers<ref name=ingame/>
|GerM=Ninja Arts: Path of the Water
|Ita=Tecnica ninjutsu: fiume in piena<ref name=ingame/>
|ItaM=Ninjutsu technique: flooding river
|Kor=인법 두루마리 {{'}}격류{{'}}<ref name=ingame/>
|KorR=Inbeop durumari {{'}}Gyeongnyu{{'}}
|KorM=Ninjutsu Scroll {{'}}Torrent{{'}}
|Por=A Arte Ninja das Águas<ref name=ingame/>
|PorM=The Ninja Art of Water
|Rus=Техника ниндзя: Путь воды<ref name=ingame/>
|RusR=Tehnika nindz'ya: Put vody
|RusM=Ninja Technique: The Way of Water
|Spa=La técnica ninja del agua<ref name=ingame/>
|SpaM=The water ninja technique
}}

==Notes==
*If Peach intentionally delays her final attack on the final Sour Bunch thief, leading to the thief trying to get away by short bursts of running faster, the thief will run out of momentum and be caught up by Peach after 37 seconds, at which point Peach will deliver her final attack anyway.

==References==
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{{PPS levels}}
[[Category:Princess Peach: Showtime! levels]]
[[Category:Grasslands]]