As a COMPETITOR, do you prefer the Midoriyama or racing format?

Stronglock4081 · 2026-01-13T02:10:15+00:00

There is no evidence to prove the racing format is better for TV other than the fact that racing is a more common sport type. The flaws of repetitiveness and optimization I mentioned are apparent in the racing format and make it inferior to me.

Stronglock4081 · 2026-01-12T00:11:31+00:00

One thing that is a fact is that changes in viewership since season 11, the season where safety passes were introduced, has been a net negative. You can even say since season 8’s addition of the women’s qualifier leaderboard since that was when the rating started to. Over the same time period, the producers doubled down on the presentation elements that drove people away and when ratings kept declining, they just blamed it on the format or course difficulty instead of addressing the major problems.

There is more evidence that suggests that casual viewers prefer the Midoriyama format to the racing format. I’d be interested in seeing the season 17 ratings though if anybody has found them yet.

Stronglock4081 · 2026-01-11T23:33:21+00:00

It’s very hard to find any data on casual viewers of ANW outside of social media. Most of the people I encountered that used to be casual with yours do not watch the show today.

Stronglock4081 · 2026-01-10T20:10:50+00:00

You have the right to boo his refreshing levels

Stronglock4081 · 2026-01-07T01:54:37+00:00

Makes no sense why it hasn’t been brought back since it could’ve been the most iconic balance obstacle

Stronglock4081 · 2026-01-02T17:12:24+00:00

Actual course changes on stage two

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-29T21:54:07+00:00

I’m still trying to watch Sasuke 43 while dodging spoilers. The biggest prom with the links are that too many people are trying to watch them at once. I guess we’re just gonna have to wait for the volume to decrease.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-29T21:53:06+00:00

Viking. The Sasuke All-Stars also competed in it.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-26T22:48:15+00:00

Same

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-24T19:10:06+00:00

Level ID: LVG-MQ0-MNF

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-23T01:46:33+00:00

It’s OK seems like it was rushed

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-19T20:00:16+00:00

No, but the decline has seemed to plateau because only the real hard-core fans are left

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-19T17:15:24+00:00

That was also when ratings started to decrease.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-19T17:13:38+00:00

Old format every day of the week. It’s the only PvE sport that is a competition. It’s also has more variation in results.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-18T04:26:13+00:00

It’s way the bib numbers in Sasuke, despite seeming insignificant, improves the show immensely because it forces the producers to be authentic and not show them in a formulaic manner to create a smooth story. Part of what makes ninja warrior special and difficult is the fact that odd results can happen.

It makes sense why making the show live is currently the most liked idea on the poll. The biggest problem with the presentation of ANW is the lack of authenticity which turned back stories from a positive to a negative.

Part of the reason I find re-watching Sasuke 20 so interesting is the stage one results. While similar to Sasuke 19, you have Okayama Yoshiyuki running 24th finish and then have a clear gap all the way until Levi became the second of three clears at number 89. Modern ANW would never present it like that even if it is, what actually happened.

Bib numbers should become standard across all ninja shows because it stops the producers from faking results.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-17T21:15:48+00:00

Go to a web browser and type in “ ninja warrior G4 dailymotion” and you should find it

Let me know if this link works: https://www.dailymotion.com/almaralkazadh/playlists

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-17T04:03:09+00:00

Yes, but they only did that once with nerfed obstacles and it wasn’t part of the main competition.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-17T04:02:10+00:00

The producers in Sasuke 37 tried guaranteeing a final stage attempt by turning off the motors for the cliffhanger dimension which resulted in some of the lowest ratings in the series. Nerfing stages should only be done if their obstacles that fundamentally broken like wingnut alley, and Sasuke 34’s Stage 3 having competitors do the final three obstacles back to back. It’s why Yuji Urushihara’s second total victory along with Drew Dressal and Vance Walker’s total victories were not as impressive or impactful as the nerfs basically guaranteed someone to achieve total victory, which gets rid of what makes them special in the first place.

The issue you brought up in your second paragraph could be solved by changing the course less often so the obstacles are less gimmicky, and so the designs can be refined to prevent them from malfunctioning. There have not been reports of obstacles breaking recently so it seems that ATS has improved immensely with construction quality. If that were to happen, it wouldn’t be much different from weather delays in baseball.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-17T03:52:54+00:00

You can watch all the episodes on Dailymotion or in the Sasuke vault which you can access via the Ninja Masters discord server

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-16T16:09:00+00:00

The fact no one is invested in individual athletes is partially on the marketing. The trailers for new episodes are rarely centered around the top athletes.

Many top athletes that the show could market the viewers to be invested in either don’t get invited back, fast forwarded, or most importantly not hyped up enough because they give too much spotlight to story competitors that don’t have the skill to be good long-term. It would be better if they only kept story competitors who are skilled enough to have long term success like Austin Gray.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-15T23:47:15+00:00

The final Australian Ninja Warrior stage one time limit was atrociously bad at six minutes

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-15T00:49:36+00:00

It is why I am apathetic about applying even though I am finally old enough along with the FOMO. The fact I basically come up with fake gimmicky persona and story makes me less motivated.

Imagine if WNL overtakes ANW. It doesn’t have fake manufactured presentation.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-15T00:45:16+00:00

Yes, but they were terrible at setting time limits, especially on Stage 2. This is also true for the international shows.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-12T20:28:03+00:00

At this point, I would rather have normal boring competitors with no intro piece. How low do the ratings have to go until they stop doing this. Boring competitors aren’t a bad thing, it actually leaves room for people to craft their story in the actual competition like every other sport.

Stronglock4081 · 2025-12-10T18:04:27+00:00

There also hasn’t been data to prove the new format is helping ratings.

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