Ryu Hayabusa is cutting down a swarm of dual Katana enemy Ninjas within Sky City Tokyo. He looks cool in a crouching combat position.

Lamplights through windows and profoundly aged wood are adding even deeper tastes to the Japanese ****passage in Sky City Tokyo. There, Ryu beheaded a Black Spider Ninja. This is a finishing slash for the enemy Ninja whose fate did not allow prompt death and forced him to crawl against Ryu even after losing legs and deadly bleeding. Ryu Hayabusa cut off his head to release him to death. This is a Ninja's pity on enemy, so called "the Obliteration Technique."

In the weeping cherry blossoms, Super Ninja is scattering bloody splash with his deadliest sword. This elegant place even matches horrific violence.

interview + screens + video = http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=757

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14 Chris Faylor of Shacknews writes: It started off rather simply, with a severed arm and blood squirting everywhere. Lead character Ryu, under the control of Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki, chopped off both of an enemy's legs and, in one smooth motion, decapitated him before he had time to fall over. After the battle, Ryu flicked his sword to clear it of the excess blood. s the demonstration continued, he showed off a number of tools at Ryu's disposal--a bow and arrow used to pick off jumping enemies, a giant scythe that seems to severe a limb with every swing, a set of Wolverine-esque claws and accompanying bladed boots--but none that packed the same eye-opening oomph as that fiery explosion.

Just like that, the demonstration ended. The renowned game designer, who is known to be notoriously difficult with the gaming press, paused for a moment. He removed his trademark sunglasses and rubbed his eyes. Then he threatened to cut me in half for asking if enemies could be sliced in half and still crawl around.

A sample of the interview:

Shack: I just saw a one-armed enemy hop on top of Ryu and attempt to drive a sword through his neck. How much damage can those guys take?

Tomonobu Itagaki: They can basically keep fighting until they are completely in pieces. A one-armed enemy will still fight.

Shack: Does that mean you can cut an enemy in half and they'll still crawl around?

Tomonobu Itagaki: You wanna try? We can probably find a sword somewhere [laughter]. We have to be realistic to a certain extent.

Shack: Are you planning any sort of downloadable content?

Tomonobu Itagaki: Yeah, we're definitely thinking about downloadable content. In the past, when I've said I've been thinking about something, there have been times when I haven't followed through. This time, you can rest assured that I'll follow through.

It'll be something that'll make you say, "Whoa."

Shack: Have you had the chance to play any of the recent action games, such as Heavenly Sword, No More Heroes, or Devil May Cry 4?

Tomonobu Itagaki: I played the demo for Heavenly Sword and I thought that one thing is did well was showing the weight of the weapon and how the main character swung that heavy weapon with her relatively light frame. You felt the fragility of the main character, I thought it was good animation.

However, I think the overall sum of the game design parts left a little to be desired, so I'll be looking forward to a sequel in that franchise. I haven't played No More Heroes. DMC4 will be out soon, so I'll be sure to play that as well.

Sorry to say im not that impressed. I hope they will improve the texutres and just overall level detail.

Character models are top notch.

Very gorey as well.

Sorry to say im not that impressed. I hope they will improve the texutres and just overall level detail.

Character models are top notch.

Very gorey as well.

Wasdie

its good thing that the gameplay is excelent ... because those graphics suck ass.humber_matus

They are better then Sigma's. :|

[QUOTE="humber_matus"]its good thing that the gameplay is excelent ... because those graphics suck ass.PS3_3DO

They are better then Sigma's. :|

nothign to brag about to be honest. If it wasnt for the 1080p ... sigma would look very close to ninja gaiden black.

Sorry to say im not that impressed. I hope they will improve the texutres and just overall level detail.

Character models are top notch.

Very gorey as well.

Wasdie

And you are usually so positive when it comes to games for 360. :roll:

This is looking SUHWEEET!! It should be a very satisfying gameplay experience. I love the scythe.

sigma actually looks a little better. look at the arm part there is hardly any color its very bland. in sigma you could see his definition and better tint and texture. rocoswav

I have played Sigma on my PS3, but it doesn't look quite as good as this. Actually, I don't it's even close.

why are people complaining about the gore? You could tear and blow apart enemies in Gears of war, and it was awesome.Mad_Rhetoric

Normally it doesn't bother me at all. I love Dead Rising and God of War and they're very gory. NG2 on the other hand is unnecessarily gory in my opinion. After fights, the floor and walls are all drenched in blood, hell, even the 'II' in the game's name is written in blood. It just makes me uneasy. It's like a geyser of blood shoots out whenever you slash someone. I'd probably be sick if I played this game for hours at a time.

That won't stop me from playing it, though. I love the first Ninja Gaiden and I'll probably like this game just as much.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Sorry to say im not that impressed. I hope they will improve the texutres and just overall level detail.

Character models are top notch.

Very gorey as well.

JiveT

And you are usually so positive when it comes to games for 360. :roll:

This is looking SUHWEEET!! It should be a very satisfying gameplay experience. I love the scythe.

Im just doing what lemmings do to PS3 games when shots are posted.

Im not denying the gameplay, that will probably be solid. The graphics need work though.

[QUOTE="humber_matus"]its good thing that the gameplay is excelent ... because those graphics suck ass.PS3_3DO

They are better then Sigma's. :|

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

[QUOTE="humber_matus"]its good thing that the gameplay is excelent ... because those graphics suck ass.stereointegrity

They are better then Sigma's. :|

Sony fanboy here. :lol:

[QUOTE="stereointegrity"][QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

[QUOTE="humber_matus"]its good thing that the gameplay is excelent ... because those graphics suck ass.PS3_3DO

They are better then Sigma's. :|

Sony fanboy here. :lol:

Graphics and gameplay are fine by me. I have never played a Ninja Gaiden game before, but I have played Shinobi (PS2 hardest mode) and DMC3 (dante must die mode) and completed them, so I'm sure I'll enjoy this, were I get to get a 360.

The character designs are fine, but they look too glossy and "action-figure"-like compared to DMC4, for example. They literally look like plastic props.

Finally, what's with the 1080p screens? Is that native? Because last time I checked, the 360 only supports up to 720p (1080i if you wanna be big on the numbers), and there's no way a 360 exclusive would support native 1080p.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Sorry to say im not that impressed. I hope they will improve the texutres and just overall level detail.

Character models are top notch.

Very gorey as well.

JiveT

And you are usually so positive when it comes to games for 360. :roll:

This is looking SUHWEEET!! It should be a very satisfying gameplay experience. I love the scythe.

stereointegrity

not a fanboy i jut call them how i see them:|

The graphics aren't a huge step up, but over-all it has the same amount of detail. The character models and the animation seem too look better Ninja Gaiden. Decapatations have never looked better, saying this looks bad is ridiculous. Its pretty solid for a game thats coming out in Spring(:| which isn't all too far away).

w00t!

NG2 will own

Graphically... I'd say it's Xbox/Sigma in HD. Then again I say that about DOA 4 too. Sure, there's no doubt technicalities that are not possible for the Xbox game, but overall... the graphics aren't anything too impressive I think. Solid, but not mind blowing "wow."

With that said,NG is a game that needs to be played and seen in motion, because the speed of it all is where the "wow" factor comes in.

Graphically... I'd say it's Xbox/Sigma in HD. Then again I say that about DOA 4 too. Sure, there's no doubt technicalities that are not possible for the Xbox game, but overall... the graphics aren't anything too impressive I think. Solid, but not mind blowing "wow."

With that said,NG is a game that needs to be played and seen in motion, because the speed of it all is where the "wow" factor comes in.

yoshi_64

Graphics and gameplay are fine by me. I have never played a Ninja Gaiden game before, but I have played Shinobi (PS2 hardest mode) and DMC3 (dante must die mode) and completed them, so I'm sure I'll enjoy this, were I get to get a 360.

The character designs are fine, but they look too glossy and "action-figure"-like compared to DMC4, for example. They literally look like plastic props.

Finally, what's with the 1080p screens? Is that native? Because last time I checked, the 360 only supports up to 720p (1080i if you wanna be big on the numbers), and there's no way a 360 exclusive would support native 1080p.

Brainhunter

Sorry to say im not that impressed. I hope they will improve the texutres and just overall level detail.

Character models are top notch.

Very gorey as well.

Wasdie

After playing Crysis nothing on this gen consoles will ever impressed again/

[QUOTE="yoshi_64"]

Graphically... I'd say it's Xbox/Sigma in HD. Then again I say that about DOA 4 too. Sure, there's no doubt technicalities that are not possible for the Xbox game, but overall... the graphics aren't anything too impressive I think. Solid, but not mind blowing "wow."

With that said,NG is a game that needs to be played and seen in motion, because the speed of it all is where the "wow" factor comes in.

BreakingPoint8

NG2 will own gameplay wise. The graphics look very smooth, but the textures are too anime like. I'm not too impressed by the graphics so far.

Also, I was wowed by the gore at first, but after awhile it may be overkill. I think they did this to counter GOW :?

WTF are you guys talking about, This game looks SWEET. The graphics are top notch and its gameplay will be second to none in the fighting genre.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Sorry to say im not that impressed. I hope they will improve the texutres and just overall level detail.

Character models are top notch.

Very gorey as well.

JiveT

And you are usually so positive when it comes to games for 360. :roll:

This is looking SUHWEEET!! It should be a very satisfying gameplay experience. I love the scythe.

Just as you are with the PS3, your point?

NG2 will own gameplay wise. The graphics look very smooth, but the textures are too anime like. I'm not too impressed by the graphics so far.

Also, I was wowed by the gore at first, but after awhile it may be overkill. I think they did this to counter GOW :?

TREAL_Since

Indeed. I've seen about 10 minutes (combined) of NG2 footage, and it already has more blood than the entire length of God of War.

You can literally rip people in half in GOW, and that isn't as gory as merely cutting someone's arm off in NG2.

[QUOTE="TREAL_Since"]

NG2 will own gameplay wise. The graphics look very smooth, but the textures are too anime like. I'm not too impressed by the graphics so far.

Also, I was wowed by the gore at first, but after awhile it may be overkill. I think they did this to counter GOW :?

dracula_16

Indeed. I've seen about 10 minutes (combined) of NG2 footage, and it already has more blood than the entire length of God of War.

You can literally rip people in half in GOW, and that isn't as gory as merely cutting someone's arm off in NG2.

It's realistic enough...I guess...I really haven't seen a real person get cut up like that, but I have to guess, they would lose that much blood.

The textures on that game are meh, pretty average. The graphics are average at best. Not even close to looking as good as uncharted. No comparison what so ever. Enjoy the so called next gen looking game with last gen gameplay, whaaahaaaawaaaahaaaawaaa.gamewhat

The textures on that game are meh, pretty average. The graphics are average at best. Not even close to looking as good as uncharted. No comparison what so ever. Enjoy the so called next gen looking game with last gen gameplay, whaaahaaaawaaaahaaaawaaa.gamewhat

WTF are you on?

No action game to date holds a candle anywhere near to NGs game play.

Uncharted looks like a cartoon compared to NG and its only 60-80% done, the graphics are last things the devs work on.

not to mention NG blazes at 60 fps, as oposed to 30 fps 95% of other consolegames.

I recognize NG's accomplishments in the genre but beat-em' up (maybe cut'em up is more appropriate) games are incredibly boring for me.espoac

No one can like every game genre. For example, I hate RTS and fighting games and now platformers after playing Ratchet and Clank: Flop of Destruction.