EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: teamninja
Anyone who’s played a Ninja Gaiden game (or the arcade games and first Xbox title, specifically) will know that this action series from Team Ninja is collectively one of the most challenging around.
To counteract that difficulty, these games offer bounteous rewards of satisfaction for effectively slicing and dicing enemies with your weapons and mystical powers, and with the third full franchise entry on the way, not a whole lot is expected to change.
Except for the addition of multiplayer.
The latest news to hit the web is that Ninja Gaiden 3 will launch on the PS3 and Xbox 360 in March, with the Wii U version following sometime later next year.
Team Ninja has announced at this year’s Tokyo Game Show that the developer will indeed continue the beloved Dead or Alive fighting game series with a fifth iteration, releasing in 2012 on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Itagaki’s nightmare continues.
Head on down below for the debut gameplay trailer for Dead or Alive 5:
The next instalment of the intense, gory and ninja assassin-themed Ninja Gaiden series of action games, Ninja Gaiden 3, has recently been confirmed to be releasing next year, while a teaser trailer accompanying the reveal shows a ruthless Ryu stabbing and gutting us, the audience, in first-person.
From the teaser trailer blurb:
At a low-key event held in Ueno, Tokyo recently, the head of Japanese developer Team Ninja, Yosuke Hayashi, announced that a third Ninja Gaiden game is in the works at the studio.
Tecmo Koei’s next entry to the Dead or Alive franchise is all set to appear on Nintendo’s next handheld, the 3DS, and it’s recently been announced that this new fighting game will be called Dead or Alive: Dimensions.
Get it? Because the 3DS does… the whole… stereoscopic 3D thing? Great.
The European release window for Nintendo’s Metroid: Other M has just got a little smaller with a report on MCV revealing in which month Wii gamers in the region can expect to get their hands on the action adventure title.
Nintendo has finally gone and done ‘The Right Thing’ and released a gameplay trailer for its upcoming action adventure game, Metroid: Other M, featuring real live gameplay captured from the title to show us what it’s all about, instead of CG scenes filled with exposition.
To hammer the point home, the video also has inserts showing how certain parts of the game will control, as you’ll either be required to use the WiiMote in the classic NES position, turned on its side, in specific situations (basic run and gun gameplay) or as a pointer (during first-person shooting and scanning for puzzles).
Finally: find out how Metroid: Other M plays (and find out how good the game actually looks) below:
Nintendo has released a cinematic and monologue-heavy trailer for the publisher’s upcoming action adventure game, Metroid: Other M, as Samus herself lets the audience in on a few personal secrets, accompanied by some intriguing visuals.
If news from Nintendo’s recent media summit is anything to go by, we can expect quite a bit of narrative and cinematic grandeur in Metroid: Other M when it releases a little later this year on the Wii, but for now, let the trailer tease you with its hidden plot points below:
Nintendo and Team Ninja have unleashed a batch of new screenshots showing off all facets of Metroid: Other M, including glimpses at what look to be both third- and first-person gameplay, as well as some classic side-scrolling platform running.
The developers have also unveiled further details regarding Metroid: Other M, which is said to contain a story that is more “revealing” and “personal” than previous entries to the franchise, while this particular title has been marked as the direct successor to Super Metroid.
At Nintendo’s E3 2009 press conference, a brand new entry to the Metroid series was announced to be in development by Team Ninja (Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive) for the Wii, with three new screenshots released to accompany the reveal.
Not much is known about the title so far, except that it seems as though the game will be more third-person orientated than Retro Studios’ iterations of the series, while first-person action will be present as well. It also appears as though Metroid: Other M will contain more cinematic elements (as compared to previous entries) to help the story along.
Watch the debut trailer for Metroid: Other M, and catch the next two screenshots, below:
Previously Xbox 360 exclusive Ninja Gaiden 2 will be making its way over to the PlayStion 3 this fall, with new and improved features as well as sporting the new moniker of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.
That’s according to a variety of reports hitting the ‘net today, after Japanese gaming mag Famitsu released the information within its pages, revealing that (Ninja Gaiden remake on the PS3) Ninja Gaiden Sigma developer, Yosuke Hayashi, will be working on the game and will be delivering an ‘upgraded’ version of Ninja Gaiden 2, heading up the Team Ninja development studio to do so.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will contain new playable character Ayane (from the Dead or Alive series), new boss battles (apparently not possible on the Xbox 360) and new weapons, including spiked hammer, Genma.
Tomonobu Itagaki was famed for his preference for Microsoft’s consoles, supporting both the original Xbox and Xbox 360 with his games at Team Ninja, such as the Dead or Alive series and Ninja Gaiden, but after his departure from the company last year, it seems the studio will become openly multiplatform in the future.
Ninja Gaiden II is set to launch across Europe on the 6th of June.
Today Microsoft revealed that gamers have the chance to get an exclusive Fiend Hayabusa for Ryu costume. If you order the game from specific retailers in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, France and Nordic countries, you may be one of a limited number of gamers (39 000 to be exact) to get the outfit on launch day. Lock on to Xbox.com in the next couple of weeks for details on participating retailers.
Ninja Gaiden fans will also be able to download three unique Ryu Hayabusa costume packs on Xbox Live Marketplace. They will be available from July and will be priced at 200 Microsoft Points each.
Here is a first look at the first of the three costume pack designs. It is Fiend Hayabusa and is based on the falcon.
According to the press release it is “Inspired by the Hayabusa family’s namesake, the falcon, this demonic costume mirrors the intensity of Ryu’s vengeance and fury as he fights to regain the honor of his clan. It’s almost as if he’s been transformed into a Fiend by the evil powers of the underworld with this costume – but retains all the honor of the Hayabusa Ninja Clan.”
Stay tuned for details on the other two designs. Until then you can check out our earlier coverage of the game including screenshots.
A demo of the game is due to hit Xbox Live Marketplace this month so keep your eyes peeled
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