Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids

Level
Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids
Level code	Ninja-1
World	1F
Game	Princess Peach: Showtime!
Music track	Ninja Village
Music sample
Level progression ← Previous The Castle of Thorns Next → Cowgirl in the Wilderness Princess Peach: Showtime! levels

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 Mihari Musha. 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 rising up from the well. Taking the secret passage leads to her exiting a well; as a Ninja Theet stated, Peach must "follow the road to reach the manor". There are Mihari Musha 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.

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's Sparkle, where Peach transforms into Ninja Peach. After her transformation, Peach can follow the trail of coins by wall jumping and will encounter another Sparkle Gem.

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 Mihari Musha by pressing . Up ahead, there are two Mihari Musha 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 Mihari Musha on the tallest wooden platform by jumping on the lamp and attacking from behind and will then find a couple of Mihari Musha guarding the Theets in the cage. After Peach defeats the Mihari Musha, 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 Mihari Musha underneath. Up ahead is the Elder's Manor where there are purple spotlights indicating Mihari Musha using their lamps. A sensei Theet named Scholar is trapped in the cage, guarded by a red Mihari Musha, and defeating the it 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 red Ninja Dūke emerges from the red Mihari Musha'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 . She can press to dash into two regular Ninja Dūke. 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 Karasu Dūke that Peach can defeat by dashing into them. The second Karasu Dūke is holding onto a ninja Theet; if Peach defeats the Dūke, the Theet rewards her a Sparkle Gem.

In the third area, Peach chases the thief into the waterfalls where the red Ninja Dūke 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 , and Peach cannot be damaged while riding the rock even if she is directly touched by Karasu Dūke. Afterwards, Peach jumps off the wave and can slice the red Ninja Dūke by pressing to reclaim the rest of the stolen scrolls.

Sparkle Gems

Sparkle Gems marked with an asterisk ⁽*⁾ will always be obtained during regular gameplay.

Image	Location
	After Peach interacts the Sparkle on two cherry trees, so she can get into the Theets' passage.*
	After the stage rotates 180°, the Sparkle Gem is west hiding behind a rock.
	After her transformation, Ninja Peach will reach a Sparkle Gem while wall-jumping up a narrow passage from the cave.*
	A Theet will tell Peach to conceal herself in grass. After defeating the first (leftmost) guard, Peach obtains a Sparkle Gem.
	There are two Mihari Musha 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.
	An elder Theet is trapped in the cage, defeating the red Mihari Musha breaks the Theet free from the cage along with a Sparkle Gem obtained.*
	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.
	While chasing the red Ninja Dūke, there are eight Sparkle pieces that can be collecting by wall running with timing.
	In the forest area, the Karasu Dūke encountered is holding onto a ninja Theet; defeating it frees the Theet who rewards a Sparkle Gem.
	After Peach dashes through the red Ninja Dūke.*

Dress ribbon

Ribboner's location

Ninja Dress: After the cage with three Theets and immediately after the two-floor building, there are three 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 Ninja Theets

All three Theets are found before the Ninja transformation.

Image	Location
	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 some Mihari Musha. This Theet is found to the left of the hole Peach emerges from.

Gallery

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  Ninja Peach wall jumping

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  The stage's album picture

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  A trio of ninjas who have been saved from a cage

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  The poster for the play after 1F has been saved

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	激流げきりゅう忍にん法帖ぽうちょう Gekiryū Ninpōchō	Riptide Ninja Technique
Chinese	激流忍法帖 Jīliú Rěnfǎ Tiè	Riptide Ninja Technique
Dutch	Ninjutsu: riviertraining	Ninjutsu: river training
French	Ninjustu : le parchemin de l'eau	Ninjustu: the scroll of water
German	Ninja-Künste: Weg des Wassers	Ninja Arts: Path of the Water
Italian	Tecnica ninjutsu: fiume in piena	Ninjutsu technique: flooding river
Korean	인법 두루마리 '격류' Inbeop durumari 'Gyeongnyu'	Ninjutsu Scroll 'Torrent'
Portuguese	A Arte Ninja das Águas	The Ninja Art of Water
Russian	Техника ниндзя: Путь воды Tekhnika nindzya: Put' vody	Ninja Technique: The Way of Water
Spanish	La técnica ninja del agua	The water ninja technique

Notes

• If Peach intentionally delays her final attack on the red Ninja Dūke, leading to the Ninja Dūke trying to get away by short bursts of running faster, the Ninja Dūke will run out of momentum and be caught up by Peach after 37 seconds, at which point Peach will deliver her final attack anyway.