Finally equal Ninja Gaiden treatment

PSFocus writes: In a recent interview with Kikizo the new Team Ninja boss, Yosuke Hayashi, revealed that the Ninja Gaiden series will continue. Not only that, it will continue on a multiplatform basis and will see PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions release simultaneously.

[Syphled]

Yes! Bring it on!

[Perjoss]

The camera in NG2 was not as bad as most people say because you can flick it around yourself with the shoulder buttons, but it does need improving, lets hope they work on that for NG3. I also hope that now that Itagaki is not in on the project that they keep that difficulty level the same, NG being a HARD series is one of the main things that sets it apart from the others.

Used to really make me laugh when I saw lots of copies of NG sigma and NG2 on the shelves at the local 2nd hand shop quite soon after release day as I knew these belonged to the type of gamers who preferred stuff like LBP or Viva Pinhata :P

[s8anicslayer]

Good riddins to that Ramones wannabe, Igataki, so long buddy

[The Lazy One]

The camera sucked for boss fights. I had to play the worm in the subway boss close to 15 times just because I couldn't see him when he was 2 feet away from me.

It was fine for fighting little things, but it made some bosses almost impossible.

[dantesparda]

Aint you just the coolest mofo, cuz you like to struggle in your games. What do you want a cookie? Can i get your autograph?

The game really isnt that hard until you get into the later boards, then it starts to get stupid hard.

Oh and i see that another so-called "exclusive" bites the dust, eh?

[GUNS N SWORDS]

ok i am hearing a lot of babble from various people about how this next installment should be done.

ok well lets get things straighten out "ninja gaiden sigma 1" is a remake of itagaki's ninja gaiden on the original xbox, the engine was mostly pioneered by a guy named "Yosuke Hayashi" the combat system was restructured in his vision. (which received a lot of good criticism from reviewers but lots harsh ones from the original creator "itagaki")

now after sigma itagaki makes "ninja gaiden 2", which mostly focused on the grotesque brutality of combat and featured and more quote "itagaki- faster and responsive gameplay than sigma"

( after releasing NG2 to the public the developers were criticized for giving the reviewers a unfinished copy of NG2, which had glitches up the yinyang and ran mostly at 30 fps forcing reviewers to publish nothing but bad scores, while only a few gave it better scores (do to having played the actual final version) http://reviews.teamxbox.com...

a year after ng2 was released sigma 2 is now made, which is quoted to be a " lighter version of violence than NG2 but have new people and a more fixed camera and combat system than NG2 and is made accordingly to "Yosuke Hayashi's" vision.

OK, with that out of the way, since itagaki is no longer around there wont be a sigma of any one's version to make so "Yosuke Hayashi" will be using his engine, his interpretation of both story and combat.

(the next NG "NG3" will either make or break itagaki's vision)

[TOO PAWNED]

Guys at 1UP and GT must be sad....

[PELVIC THRUST ACTION]

That means that GT will go home to sugar their own churros without Microsoft's money buying good reviews.

[dragunrising]

Not sure what either of your comments have to do with the above article. You forgot to mention gamespot, eurogamer, edge mag and kotaku...etc, etc.

Its a little ridiculous that people still think there is a grand conspiracy theory. Opinion is opinion. Its not fact and personal bias account for everything you do in any given day. Do both of you like the color blue? Like cats or dogs? Same thing. Asking someone to be completely objective is not possible. Journalism and reporting are only able to maintain the appearance of objectivity. Try finding an article that comes off as neutral. Next visit a console specific-fan website that intentionally is biased on the same topic. You might begin to see that everyone is of different opinion. Console preference for most people are just shades of gray with one being preferred a little more or a little less. If you want an opinion that matches your own, don't visit websites that you feel are biased. After all, your opinion is the only one that matters when it comes to games and preference.

[barom]

Itagaki must be pissed somewhere out there. Especially true if the "new" Team Ninja can prove that they can improve on where NG series lacked (story, presentation, art direction etc).

[dragunrising]

hmmm....no one could rebuke my comment. Anonymous disagrees...guess I'm right.

I stand by my comment. Also, its much better NG3 is coming to both consoles at the same time.

[thereapersson]

I like the Sigma trend; It takes everything that the first iterations did right, and fixes the stuff they did wrong.

Here's hoping they get it right the first time! I suppose without that misogynistic fool Itagaki at the helm, things *will* be different no matter what.

[Chris399]

"...and we are better off giving both audiences an entirely new game."

That could very well imply separate 360 and PS3 games. I really hope that is the case, as the Sigma engine is pretty slick and I'm all for developers using the strengths of an individual system (not picking sides, I'm saying EITHER the 360 or PS3), as opposed to cutting corners and forcing things to work on two separate platforms. (FF XIII...cough...cough; I'd honestly have preferred Square to do a FF XIIII on the 360 and keep XIII on the PS3. Exclusives are almost always greater than multiplats. Please don't bring Haze or Too Human into the discussion, those are horrible, horrible mistakes.)

[dragunrising]

If you haven't figured it out already there will be a rerelease of NG3/NGS3. Tecmo has been pretty consistent. They released the first one three times. Ninja Gaiden Black for the Xbox came out little more than a year after the original. I have purchased NG, NGB, NGS, NGDS, and NG2. Perhaps its assumed the most hardcore Gaiden' fans will purchase/repurchase every new release.. :-p Inductive reasoning, I know but more credible the more you examine the enthusiasm for each Gaiden release. Business wise the logic is pretty sound. My purchasing habits on the other hand...

[Sarcasm]

Well so far, the two "Sigma's" has been exclusive to the PS3.

So it begs the question, if NG3 is multiplatform, will both consoles get a Sigma version or only the PS3?

Logically, I think both will get a Sigma version.

[Sony Rep]

timed exclusive like all 360 games...

lawl

[Arnon]

Dude cmon... we don't need that :(

It's been proven time and time again how amazing this gen's multiplatform games have been.

And a Ninja Gaiden 3 is just awesome.

[DaTruth]

They still need to prove some more to me; Multiplatforms suck IMO and have been completely disappointing every time. Except for GTA4, which everybody but me, seems to be disappointed with(There were disappointing aspects, but overall I enjoyed the game).

[yoghurt]

Things are pretty good for Sony and PS3 owners right now. Think about it, we have unmatched 1st party support ensuring we get games such as Uncharted, GT5, MAG, Infamous, God of War, Heavy Rain, all using the power of PS3 (I mean look at the latest Uncharted vid - incredible!), but THEN we get 360 games a little later with improvements over their original Msft release, best of both worlds?

[Perkel]

no actually i don't think it's good

SIGMA 1 was way better than Ninja Gaiden And Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will be bether than NG2 . They fix issues of NG2 give solid framerate of 60 better graphic.. etc

[paracardium]

I liked it better when they rushed out the games for 360 so they could beta test it for us ps3 owners. No we'll get they same version as 360 which is a downgrade of what could be.

[truewittness]

that was fanboy comment

[DaTruth]

Truth police here! What did he say that wasn't true?

[truewittness]

i think it's pretty obvious, "they rushed out the games for 360 so they could beta test it for us ps3 owners",

if you missed that, you might be a fanboy.

[ultimolu]

Bring on Ninja Gaiden 3!

[madkrazygames]

I hear you, I hope they announce it at E3

[Mike134nl]

If you love ninja games you got to love this one. Hope they will take their time to develop s title which can stand up to the likes of god of war and bayonetta.

[cmrbe]

NG2.

I was very very dissapointed with NG2 after NG1.

[jack_burt0n]

i wonder when the other tecmo ps3 exclusives will get more info

[JokesOnYou]

I always loved Ninja Gaiden games, the lighting fast action, with silky smooth animations, and of course all the bloody carnage, now everybody gets to enjoy it simultaneously upon release. I'm still likely get it on my 360 though. The camera wasn't bad but some problems so if they nail that for NG3 I'm sure it will be no less than amazing.

JOY

[vettle1]

"Hayashi stated that after Sigma 2, rather than do a 360 version of it"?????? UM the 360 version of it was Ninja Gaiden 2 which came out awhile ago. Not trying to start crap but shouldnt he know that.

[heyheyhey]

but wait.. does this mean no more Sigma's?

well i hope there's a multiplatform release, and then a multiplatform Sigma release later on... that sounds like a nice model

[Sarcasm]

Or a crappy one.

Why buy the current version if you know a better "Sigma" version comes out with more features and fixes for the same price.

[siyrobbo]

This is how it should be, equal time for both versions. Why piss off 50% of your potential customers with timed exclusives and dodgy ports? Look at the success of multi-plats like gta4, DMC, resi 5, call of duty etc, sold well accross both platforms. This gen i think its daft for third party's to favour one platform (unless they are keeping it an exclusive to that platform)

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

It's funny some complain about the fact that some game isn't exclusive and therefore the platform of their choice isn't being pushed to the limit. Others just want the content....

I don't care, I just want a good game with excellent gameplay mechanics.

[3sq]

Man, this sucks, I rather want Ninja Gaiden Sigma 3 cuz Ninja Gaiden 3's gonna be limited by DVD9.

[Elven6]

On average how big are Blu Ray games for you to even warrant such a thing? Besides, compression is a beautiful thing for a developer who wants to cram stuff into their games, at times it can be done so well you won't even notice any compression was used.

[3sq]

"Compression is a beautiful thing" What kinda logic is that?

1. Compression=lower quality

2. If you have the space enough why would you compress it?

Don't get me wrong the game might be fun. It's just that the game could be 4 times bigger.

Isn't Bigger=Better Quality?

My prooves

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 New bosses, new levels, new weapons co-op mode and etc.

Edit: "you won't even notice any compression was used." You might be right here but this doesn't change the fact that the game could be bigger or longer. Would you rather have a game that is 7 hours long or 14 hours long?

[Elven6]

Thank you for taking my comment out of context... for a developer who is limited by space compression will help them greatly. Yes I do realize compression will reduce quality, although doesn't data compress when it is being processed by both the 360 and PS3?

Edit: Even a bit of compression will free up space allowing you to add more content. Assassins Creed, GTA IV, Mass Effect etc are compressed on the 360 yet look at how long they are.

[Pootangpie]

Srsly you get mad about us saying that Uncharted 2 isn't that impressive yet your trying to bring in this BS how the quality is going to be gimped because of the 360 you know what fine If Uncharted 2,KZ2,MGS4 and Heavy rain can't be done on the 360 then prove it have those developers take a whack at porting for the 360 I mean obviously if it can't be done the port will look terrible compared to the PS3 version instead of the developers spurting the it can't be done BS even though the work exclusivly for sony and haven't even tryed to develop on the 360 yet

[Sarcasm]

"Uncharted 2,KZ2,MGS4 and Heavy rain can't be done on the 360"

Simply put, there's no game on the 360 that COMPARES to any of those titles in terms of technical specs, actual visuals, polygons, textures, resolution.

And don't forget sir, the biggest gun in the PS3's graphics house. WipeoutHD.

And food for thought, or a slap in your face reality check.

Uncharted 1. Not Uncharted 2. Uncharted 1!

Nathan Drake, is composed of 22,000 polygons, with hundreds of animation joints.

In contrast to the best graphical game on the 360, Gears of War.

Marcus Fenix, is composed of only 12,000 polygons.

Fanboys may take the graphics thing to a strange degree, but if you look at the technical specs of everything. PS3 exclusives are far advanced. (Although of course I'm not saying all of them, *haze*, but more along the lines of the 1st party games)

[truewittness]

"Ninja Gaiden finally equal treatment"...if every ps3 owner is happy about this statment and getting the game at the same time...where were you when DMC4 and other such games were getting "equal treatment" with the 360? True or Not?

just a thought and no offense, just being unbias.

[testerg35]

It will be interesting to see how well they can design/create vs being an excellent port team.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

We will have to see how good NG2S is going to be. NGS wasn't as good as the original Black and now they plan to remove blood from the NG2S. This seems counter to what they have already done and how it affects the vision of the game. I bet they bowed to the publisher and making a lower rated game.

Based on Hayashi's previous work, I highly doubt this will be the it version without issues. Furthermore the NGDS was just a mediocre game that really shone on the DS simply because there is nothing else like it on that platform.

I certainly hope I'm wrong since I love NG series and would like nothing more than see it out regardless of what plaform even on the Wii. Yes, on the Wii since NG gameplay is just unmatched. Most other games rely on mimics and cinematography to mask the games lackings!

[TheBand1t]

Remove the blood? Care to give a link?

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

This is common knowledge, just do some google searches or on here at n4g

[cmrbe]

fix the cameras and do include a story for NG3.

[Sarcasm]

Nonsense, a story for NG3?

Then it won't be Ninja Gaiden at all.

It needs bigger boobs, less clothing for the women, and giant vaginas that attack you.

[Arnon]

In all honesty... the camera adds to the game itself. It would be a much easier game without such a camera.

[Stryfeno2]

Itagaki is no longer behind the NG series...NG will never be the same. This new Team Ninja should make their own IP.

[Arnon]

Agreed... this is Itagaki's baby.

[J@D]

That's what I want to heard :)

[Darrius Cole]

Now can we get some DOA5.

[Blackcanary]

even though i own a 360 would like to seee what they could do useing the power of the cell.

[Avenged Sevenfold]

Damn straight. This is my my second favorite hack-n-slash series. This game makes you feel like such a bada*s.

[Kamikaze135]

Watch Ninja Gaiden Sigma 3 come out after reviewers and gamers realize the faults in Ninja Gaiden 3....with extras as well.

[devilhunterx]

This is bad news for the PS3 owners. I prefer the SIGMA series with more contents and less bugs.

[testerg35]

So you're saying that the new team can't figure out how to code on their own?

[xino]

I'm sure it'll still be Ninja Gaiden 3 for 360 and Ninja Gaiden Sigma 3 for ps3.

But come on man! Xbox still needs NG3 released as a beta test program! So ps3 can have the final build:)

Since it will be released and made same time. It will be farked! Because they'll use the farking 360's limited graphics with PS3, and idiot journalists such as IGN and Gametrailers will start making Graphics comparision videos to feed fanboys.

Unless they use Blu-Ray feature and boost the graphic details so it can use up the Blu-Ray space:/

This is still a bad idea:/ Release the beta version on 360 so we can test it, and then release the final build on ps3!

[PotNoodle]

Not a huge Ninja Gaiden fan, never finished NG2 or NGS - but it does have the potential to be a really good game.

Hopefully the next one becomes that really good game.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

FVCK YOU TECMO and TEAM NINJA!

Never buying another one of your games again.

[ShiNe-Box-]

YEA THEY F*KIN SHOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT!!!

[Man_of_the_year]

LOL i see what you did there....LOL

[click 2 get virus]

another on bites the dust 360 fan boys

[blazed13]

i remember when ng2 was releasing on on 360 all the sony fanboys were saying that it sucked but now that its going multi plat now your saying you want it. you guys sux.

[Pootangpie]

have you worked on developing games with both consoles no you haven't so yeah Sony fanboys act like it's A playstation staple even though the only got one dam medicore version of the game If anything it's a Xbox and a nintendo staple end of discussion

[Silly gameAr]

how about some DOA love?