This morning (afternoon in Japan), during Microsoft's pre-Tokyo Game Show press briefing, Team Ninja's own Tomonobu Itagaki took center stage to announce Ninja Gaiden 2 and that it will be headed to the Xbox 360 exclusively in 2008. Itagaki then proceeded to do an on stage demo, showing off the game's pretty dismemberment effects and began praising the 360 stating that it is "the best game console on the earth". And who are we to disagree? Congratulations fanboys, we're getting some bloody Ninja Gaiden 2 next year exclusively on our Xbox 360 ... get excited.
[Via Joystiq]
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9-12-2007 @ 2:22AM
B Tizo said...
Fuck..... Ya!
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9-12-2007 @ 2:24AM
M. Dizzy said...
Yes now I can have another game that I can only earn 10 points worth of achievements for. But it will be beautiful...guess I should finish off part 1 in time for part 2's release.
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9-12-2007 @ 2:25AM
homer34 said...
i probably should avoid this game.
ninja gaiden black caused me to break 2 xbox controllers.
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9-12-2007 @ 2:33AM
Jonah Falcon said...
Forgot to mention that Ninja Gaiden 2 will be published by Microsoft, not Tecmo, so it's a definite exclusive. No timed exclusive - Microsoft owns it.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/splash/n/ninjagaiden2/default.htm
"Coming from the shadows in 2008, developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by Team Ninja and legendary game developer Tomonobu Itagaki, with a new game engine, new missions, new weapons, and more. Ryu Hayabusa is back in the all-new, long awaited, and brutally fun Ninja Gaiden® 2 … it's the true sequel."
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9-12-2007 @ 2:39AM
M. Dizzy said...
OMFG!!!! Did you look at the trailer.
At first I was mad because it looked like it was letterboxed. Then I saw the the elements breaking out of the border.
And it's on the live marketplace now.
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9-12-2007 @ 2:52AM
M. Dizzy said...
You know what would go well with that trailer...the sound clip of Alessa at the end of the Silent Hill movie
"Now the dream of this life must end and so too must the dreamers within it. For over 30 years they've lied to their own souls. For 30 years they've denied their own fate. But now is the end of days, and I am the reaper."
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9-12-2007 @ 3:18AM
ExMcloud said...
Best Gaming system on the planet? Hmmmm sounds like its time for MS to buy Team Ninja....Welcome to the family Itagaki...Halo nation needs to make Ninja Gaiden 2 our action game of choice so it will become the action game of the decade since we already have DMC 4 coming to the 360 this year.....Kratos who?
Ryu FTW
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9-12-2007 @ 5:13AM
Noxat said...
Thats a lot of blood. I feel sorry for the guy thats gotta clean it up.
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9-12-2007 @ 5:41AM
mike said...
meh not interested.
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9-12-2007 @ 6:36AM
Jason Rivera said...
So you mean to tell me not only are we going to own the Wii and PS3 this year but we are going to own them both next year also. Wow just wow.
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9-12-2007 @ 6:42AM
lachlan said...
hell yes hell yes hell hell yes.
best game on xbox1 along with chaos theory.
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9-12-2007 @ 7:07AM
MARKTW said...
I can't wait to try this game!
The dismemberment effects are awesmoe!
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9-12-2007 @ 7:19AM
Josh said...
Wow...just wow. I don't think I can be any more happy right now. Halo 3 in 13 days, Mass Effect shortly there after and then Ninja Gaiden 2 next year. It's great to be an Xbox 360 owner!
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9-12-2007 @ 7:26AM
SadisticHam said...
This makes it all ok.
PS3 has it on lockdown with FF and MGS?
Bull, Ninja Gaiden 2 makes it all ok, that single game to me is better than those two for me. Can't wait.
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9-12-2007 @ 8:05AM
greg morrison said...
How come a tag to Tecmo, Tecmo is gone and MS is now the publisher.
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9-12-2007 @ 9:12AM
Adam said...
Good news however, I dunno how much I'm gonna be playin it...NG & Black both kicked my ass and I didn't get through half of either of them.
Anyway, I find it amusing how people are all, "oh yeah 360 has exclusivity and we own!", but when a game comes to the 360 that was previously exclusive to Playstation those same people are all, "I don't know why PS3 owners are griping, it's good that more games are coming to more systems."
I don't really have a stance either way, but just my .02
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9-12-2007 @ 9:15AM
Adam said...
Good news however, I dunno how much I'm gonna be playin it...NG & Black both kicked my ass and I didn't get through half of either of them.
Anyway, I find it amusing how people are all, "oh yeah 360 has exclusivity and we own!", but when a game comes to the 360 that was previously exclusive to Playstation those same people are all, "I don't know why PS3 owners are griping, it's good that more games are coming to more systems."
I don't really have a stance either way, but just my .02
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9-12-2007 @ 10:15AM
Saffie said...
A year later... Ninja Gaiden 2: GAMMA, perhaps :D
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9-12-2007 @ 12:32PM
M. Dizzy said...
Um Greg...Tecmo still developed the game. Team Ninja is part of Tecmo.
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9-12-2007 @ 1:33PM
Darkwun said...
This is some of the best gaming news i've heard in a while, i'm so chraged ima go dust of the original ninja gaiden disc and get warming up on my comboism
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