Editing The Dark Ninja & the Legion of Guards

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|game=''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''
|powerup=[[Ninja Peach]]
|boss=[[Dark Ninja]]
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'''The Dark Ninja & the Legion of Guards''' is a level in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'', located in the third-from-left in the upper section of the basement of the [[Sparkle Theater]]. It is the third level where the [[Ninja Peach]] transformation is used.

==Layout==
The play starts with [[Princess Peach|Peach]] in her Ninja transformation heading towards a [[castle]] that is located further up a hillside. [[Ninja Sparkla]] is held captive partway up the hill by two lamp-holding guards. Sneaking her way through the grass, Peach defeats the two guards and frees Ninja Sparkla.

Getting through a guarded labyrinth, Peach and Ninja Sparkla find themselves in a trap, where Peach must escape from rising sharp poles. Eventually emerging from the labyrinth, the [[Dark Ninja]] runs off, leading to an autorunner section to catch up to him. With Ninja Sparkla and the Sour Bunch ninja now on opposite paths, with Peach in the middle, a timed circular attack will make Ninja Sparkla and Peach defeat him. One such attack is sufficient.
==[[Sparkle Gem]]s==
#Right after the arch between the first and second grass sneaking areas, behind the lower step of the left guard's platform.
#In a backroom pose platform on the flat rock in the fourth square of the carpet labyrinth. Peach must use [[Wall Jump]] to jump to two rotating platforms.
#In the carpet labyrinth, taking a 270° turn to defeat the guard whose lamp goes beyond plank fence.
#In a wall-run wall after turn 2 of the autorun section.
#Defeat the Sour Bunch ninja.
==Ribboner==
[[Ribboner]] is found in an under-walls river passage heading north from the ninth square of the labyrinth. He awards the Multicolored Ninja Ribbon for [[Stella]].
*Help request: ''"N-nobody's over here..."''
*Rescue message: ''"That was brilliant!"''
==[[Lobby Shop]] stock==
Completing the level allows [[Princess Peach|Peach]] to buy the Special Ninja [[Dress ribbon|Dress]] for 300 [[coin]]s at the Lobby Shop.
==Postgame Ninja [[Theet]]==
#On the wall of the sixth square of the carpet labyrinth.
==Gallery==
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Ninja Sparkla (In-Game).png|Ninja Sparkla in the level's ending
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヤミの{{ruby|忍術|にんじゅつ}}と{{ruby|武者軍団|むしゃぐんだん}}
|JapR=Yami no Ninjutsu to Musha Gundan
|JapM=Dark Ninjutsu and Warrior Legion
|ChiS=黑暗的忍术与武者军团
|ChiSR=Hēi'àn De Rěnshù Yǔ Wǔzhě Jūntuán
|ChiSM=Dark Ninjutsu and Warrior Legion
|ChiT=黑暗的忍術與武者軍團
|ChiTR=Hēi'àn De Rěnshù Yǔ Wǔzhě Jūntuán
|ChiTM=Dark Ninjutsu and Warrior Legion
|Dut=De duistere ninja
|DutM=The dark ninja
|Fre=Le ninja sombre et ses gardes
|FreM=The dark ninja and his guards
|Ger=Die Armee des dunklen Ninja
|GerM=The Army of the Dark Ninja
|Ita=Il ninja oscuro e le guardie
|ItaM=The dark ninja and the guards
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|Por=O Ninja Sombrio e as Sentinelas
|PorM=The Dark Ninja and the Sentinels
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|Spa=La técnica ninja de la malguria
|SpaM=Darkle ninja's technique
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{{PPS levels}}
[[Category:Princess Peach: Showtime! levels]]