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Professor Jeff: Ninja Gaiden III Teaser
Team Ninja has always been a bit of an odd duck in my opinion. I mean, they're the only developer that I can think of that puts as much time and effort into modeling blood and ninja swords as they do into boob-jiggling physics. But I guess it makes a certain amount of sense when you consider their largest franchises are respectively, a game where two combatants beat each other to death in a one on one fight to the finish and a game where those same combatants put on tiny bikinis and frolic around in a lush jungle paradise ... to the death!
But leaving poor DOA out of it, Team Ninja is also the studio that resurrected the much beloved Ninja Gaiden franchise and brought it into the modern age. So now, roughly twenty-two years after our initial introduction to Ryu Hayabusa and his demon killing adventures, Team Ninja has given us our first look at the much anticipated Ninja Gaiden 3:
Previous entries into the series have always been both praised and vilified for their higher difficulty level. Ninja Gaiden demands a high level of concentration from the player, but equally it rewards that investment with bloody awesome action. But the real story here is the potential reveal of Mr. Hayabusa's face, something that has been hidden from us until now (edit: hmmmm, so that's not right. We've seen his face numerous times, but up until now he kind of looked like a generic karate man. I'm hoping the glowing eyes means something more interesting than 'brown haired Asian dude').
Will this game finally bring us a story we can get invested in more than, you know, not at all? Or is this going to be Other M all over again, where a classic character is lessened by the reveal of their personality? Personally, I can't wait to see if Team Ninja is going to push the franchise out further, or just rely on cheap reveals of classic mysteries to move another million units.
What do you guys think? Is this franchise still relevant? Does all that blood get your, uh, blood pumping? Or is this just another series finally being driven into the ground until it's eventually 'relaunched'?
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Comment by Jason Straub on March 8, 2011 at 9:39am -
I love the Ninja Gaiden franchise specifically for it's difficulty, and because honestly, in a game like this, story isn't really important. I think Devil May Cry 4 really lost me because they tried too hard to make the story important, and made the characters do much cooler things in the cutscenes than you could ever do in the game. This is the franchise for the people looking for a game that will test their technical ability as gamers, not for someone looking for an interesting or engaging narrative.
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Comment by HxCApathy on March 2, 2011 at 5:44pm -
Ninja Gaiden series are fucking awesome but the Sigma versions suck ass, there's no blood and it's fuckin' easy.
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Comment by Cthulhu R'lyeh on March 1, 2011 at 7:05am -
TEAM NINJAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
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Comment by Liquid on March 1, 2011 at 12:27am -
I consider the first Ninja Gaiden reboot back in '03 or so to be a masterpiece. I've played just about every sequel and rehash ever since and right now I'm not sure where the franchise will go. It's hard to know how this game will turn out without Itagaki leading the way for Team Ninja. But if they can pull it off then the franchise can do well for years to come.
In any case that trailer didn't show much. It's far too early for me to get excited about anything yet.
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Comment by Brutuxan on February 28, 2011 at 11:19pm -
I can't go far and say that story is what benefited both Devil May Cry and God of War (even though I thought the first God of War had a "decent" story) but the main reason why these games are popular is because the developers are constantly updating their game mechanics. And if these series can do that then maybe Ninja Gaiden 3 could proably do that.
HOWEVER.......I doubt that considering that Team Ninja does seem to be more fetishistic rather than inherit quality into their games. I mean if the majority of your games are pretty much hot women dressed in small bikini's fighting and playing volleyball and that's all you seem to be focused about, then why should I care? Even though I heard the first Ninja Gaiden game was good.
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Comment by Catchingtons Cool on February 28, 2011 at 10:38pm -
Ummmmm......am I only the one thinking why they would go to black screen when he took his mask off, I'm sure many people who have played this game have Played Dead or alive 3 or 4, in which you can see his face.
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Comment by Hazama on February 28, 2011 at 9:21pm -
Though I am interested in why Ryu looks weird. That looks like more than blood on his arm when he reaches for his mask. And his eyes seemed yellow instead of their usual green
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Comment by ArmedVegan on February 28, 2011 at 9:16pm -
I had it for the Xbox and got my butt kicked but enjoyed it. Interested to see how this one goes.
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Comment by Hazama on February 28, 2011 at 9:04pm
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Ryu's been unmasked in the NES Ninja Gaidens and in the DOA games.
From the Ninja Gaiden DS game
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Comment by Ha-Ra on February 28, 2011 at 8:52pm -
Yeah God of War and Devil May Cry (haven't tried Bayonetta) have really elevated the spectacle fighter genre to new heights both in terms of style, story, and gameplay. The Ninja Gaiden series seem to me to lack in all three aspects: the studio's dedication to demonstrating boob physics does not help the image of games appealing to perverted/immature people; the story is as C.H. pointed out easy to fit on a flashcard and lacks any substance or style; and the gameplay is controller-snappingly difficult. Yeah, some games are too easy these days, but to make a game hard for hardcore's sake is just idiotic and backwards and only limits your audience to about 10 psychotics who genuinely want to torture themselves
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