Happy Day of the Ninja: new NG2 video and screens

by Richard Mitchell { Dec 5th 2007 at 2:15PM }

Today, if you don't know, is the Day of the Ninja. In celebration of this wonderful, pirate pwning fact, Tecmo and Microsoft have seen fit to unleash a new trailer and some new screenshots of Ninja Gaiden II. The screenshots are surprisingly tame, considering the flood of blood-soaked, severed-limb-littered shots that we've seen before. The trailer, on the other hand, is positively rife with gore. The video shows off some of Ryu's handy fighting skills and his talent for pointlessly eviscerating enemies well after they're dead. So, sit back and glory in its raw beauty. All forty-seconds of it.

Gallery: Ninja Gaiden II

Tags: mgs, microsoft-game-studios, ninja-gaiden, ninja-gaiden-ii, team-ninja, tecmo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Stupendous52 @ Dec 5th 2007 2:31PM

Good lord...what a blood bath!

HazyCloud @ Dec 5th 2007 2:35PM

Can't wait for this one. This game is my Halo.

alex @ Dec 5th 2007 2:50PM

I thought ninja gaiden was a load of baloney, whats so different about this?

BerZerker117 @ Dec 5th 2007 3:02PM

Looking very nice.. and bloody. I hope it's a little easier than the Xbox Ninja Gaiden. I sucked at that.

jtedesco33 @ Dec 5th 2007 3:36PM

Sweet baby Jesus that is a lot of craziness jam packed into 40 seconds.

aBs @ Dec 5th 2007 3:27PM

GOTY 2008

Yuccadude @ Dec 5th 2007 3:12PM

Hopefully there are achievements for beating it on super-easy mode, y'know the mode that unlocks after you suck enough on the higher difficulties.

MrMuggs @ Dec 5th 2007 4:17PM

I'm not trolling here but maybe someone can explain to me why the game appeals to them. For me, it's just a hack and slah update to Double Dragon. Walk, button smash smash smash, kill 5 guys in a group, walk some more and repeat. I just don't get it. I don't like RPGs either so maybe it's a cool game but just not my thing...

Richard Mitchell @ Dec 5th 2007 4:29PM

The game is not nearly as mindless as the video makes it appear. The AI is mercilessly difficult and each weapon has several combos available to them. In a nutshell, that's what separates Ninja Gaiden II from the other action games out there. Oh, and the fact that it plays like a dream has something to do with it too.

biohazard @ Dec 5th 2007 6:30PM

@MrMuggs
to answer your question you kinda have to define why do you play video games in the first place. People (obviously) game for different reasons. Some may enjoy a well crafted story or social interaction (in whatever form the game provides) and sometimes the pleasure just comes from playing.

For me, I enjoyed the first NG on xbox when I got to the point where each battle was a matter of 'relaxing' enough to be aware of all the enemies present and being able to adapt to them to fight effectively; not just concentrating on one at a time but being able to react and juggle hits around.The fighting engine was smooth and fluid enough to make this possible.

A short answer may be (and I'm going to paraphrase and butcher a quote here):
The enjoyment of Ninja Gaiden comes not from the destination but the journey of getting there.