Ninja Gaiden II is gold, spattered with red

by Richard Mitchell { May 23rd 2008 at 1:15PM }

Microsoft and Tecmo today announced that the whirlwind of blood and errant body parts known as Ninja Gaiden II has gone gold. In other words, the game is completely and totally finished and only awaits pressing and packaging before copies are whisked to retailers everywhere on June 3. The press release also announces that the remaining promotional Ask a Ninja episodes will arrive on Xbox Live Marketplace on May 27, June 3 and June 10, so keep an eye out for those. Finally, a documentary entitled The Way of the Warrior: Ninja Gaiden II, which will air on Cablevision IO Digital on May 30. The documentary will also be made available on XBLM starting June 10. The documentary focuses on "the history of the ninja and how it impacted the game" and purports to feature "members of Team Ninja, historical areas of Japan, real life ninjas and exclusive looks at behind-the-scenes footage."

Strangely absent in the press release is any mention of the playable demo that's supposed to drop sometime this month.

Tags: mgs, microsoft-game-studios, ninja-gaiden, ninja-gaiden-2, ninja-gaiden-ii, team-ninja, tecmo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Dante X @ May 23rd 2008 1:27PM

What about the demo????

ryan @ May 23rd 2008 3:24PM

Itagaki confirmed that the demo is finished and has already been sent to Microsoft for approval.

mirage @ May 23rd 2008 1:28PM

I would really like that demo to hit today so that I have something fresh to play over the long weekend!

Mike @ May 24th 2008 12:14AM

When did Itagaki say this? Do you have a link so millions across the world can have some relief before June 3rd??

mirage @ May 26th 2008 12:33PM

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/splash/n/ninjagaiden2/

Mr. Balance @ May 23rd 2008 1:41PM

this game is ninja gaiden 1 with 2 new weapons.... i guess they couldnt fit anything else on that itty bitty DVD. im so jealous of ps3 owners right now... they dont even care for ninja gaiden 2 because they got god of war 3 on the way.... oh crap wait a sec... i DO own a ps3. yay for me! :-)

Sunny @ May 23rd 2008 1:43PM

Tool.

Gamertag: GOPAL892005 @ May 23rd 2008 1:49PM

the key words in your post are 'on the way' - i guess u'r used to waiting for games to come out with u'r Waitstation 3

Josh @ May 23rd 2008 2:03PM

The same itty bitty DVD that fit all of GTA IV on it? Have fun with your Delaystation!

Big Filth @ May 23rd 2008 1:46PM

Its not looking good for the demo. I was looking forward to it and now I realize I am a fool for thinking they would release it before the game comes out.

Not a good sign :(

aBs @ May 23rd 2008 1:53PM

Best game of this year.

Fuck playstation 3. Plain and simple.

gechidan3000 @ May 23rd 2008 2:11PM

i cannot wait any longer i need this game i can only beat NGB so much and to the ps3 fanboy god of war sucks compare tp ng it takes no skill to play

Mr. Balance @ May 23rd 2008 2:26PM

while ryu hayabusa spends his days fighting along side blonde chicks... kratos has sex with 2 women at a time! POWER! rockstar said they cant fit GTA 5 on DVD, and i already have amazing games on my PS3. ever heard of uncharted? people will be playing metal gear next month... not ninja gayden

Josh @ May 23rd 2008 2:50PM

LMAO...they just released GTA IV so I'm sure they're almost finished with GTA V and running into space issues...idiot. As for Uncharted...I thought the benefit of Blu-ray was so that games could be so much longer than a game that could fit on a DVD? The game's only 8 - 10 hours max...but yea...Blu-ray is sooooo needed.

Sunny @ May 23rd 2008 5:21PM

YEAH! VIDEO GAME SEX MAKES YOU A REAL MAN!

Mr. Balance @ May 23rd 2008 2:27PM

by the way..... god of war murdered ninja gaiden in sales and review scores.... so OWNED.

Josh @ May 23rd 2008 2:31PM

PS2 had a much larger install base than the original Xbox and their Metacritic scores (for NGB and GoW2) are equal douche.

rnr @ May 23rd 2008 2:34PM

Hello Mr Troll.

Oblivion fit on the 360 dvd, Lost Odyssey took 3 disks but who cares.. we got more RPGs and better RPGs right now than the PS3.

Haze sucked, not the halo killer you PS3 fanboys thought it to be.

I would go over to the ps3 fanboy site to make fun of it, but I don't want to seem like a desperate fanboy.

Arnon @ May 23rd 2008 2:36PM

Um... God Of War never took skill.. I beat that game in like, 2 days. I STILL cant beat Ninja Gaiden on the hardest setting. Have fun waiting till next year for a God Of War game... We'll be enjoying
Gears 2
Fable 2
Ninja Gaiden 2
Left 4 Dead
Alan Wake
Infinite Undiscovery
Huxley
Project Offset
Tales Of Vesperia
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Viva Pinata 2
and much much more.

Slick @ May 23rd 2008 2:42PM

are u kidding me? kratos takes a shit all over ryu.. yeah u beat god of war in 2 days? what on easy mode? beat it on titan mode and then see u 360 fanboy loser.. arent you guys supposed to be raving about halo 3? oh shit u mean halo 2.5 with its inferior graphics and old worn out gameplay

Josh @ May 23rd 2008 3:07PM

I've come to the conclusion that people that make fun of Halo 3 fall into one or more of these categories:

1. They're just a retarded Sony fanboy that hate anything Microsoft related and are jealous. This definitely fits you and your girlfriend "Mr. Balance".
2. They've never played Halo 3 but hate it because it's popular and it's a 360 exclusive.
3. They tried going online and playing but they just got absolutely pwned and it scarred them for life.
4. They've never played any of the Halo games and are just plain ignorant.

Mr. Balance @ May 23rd 2008 2:44PM

lmao.... if fable 2 is 4 times as long as the first game... it will be 4 minutes long. alan wake, huxley and left 4 dead dont even have fucking release dates so stop playing urself. banjo on 360...... "LOL" thats all i have to way about that mario kart rip off. and project offset is is going to ps3 also. damn you 360 fanboys crack me up.

by the way.... BIOSHOCK ON PS3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Josh @ May 23rd 2008 2:57PM

Have fun with our sloppy seconds! They're just gonna give you guys some half-assed port to fund Bioshock 2 for the 360...seems like you guys are always behind in releases. It's hilarious that you have come onto a 360 website to defend your purchase and crappy games.

Slick @ May 23rd 2008 2:48PM

"Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts"

are u f'n kidding me? your not serious right?

Josh @ May 23rd 2008 3:18PM

Nope...it's called a variety in games. Yet another thing the PS3 lacks. One category you guys are slaughtering us in though is delayed games. I gotta hand it to Sony on that one...absolutely killing us there.

Mr. Balance @ May 23rd 2008 2:45PM

im still laughing about banjo 3!

ryan @ May 23rd 2008 3:22PM

i'm still in stitches over Haze's score! lmao

aBs @ May 23rd 2008 3:07PM

Face it PS3 is just a blu-ray player, go fuck urselves stupid fanboys.

Play bioshock a game we played last year....fucking newbz.

Maybe you should start buying a new HDD since all ur games need installation. LOL

Face Xbox360 gamez PWN PS3 gamez.

SilverArrows @ May 23rd 2008 3:24PM

God of War was good, but lacked any variety. There was one good weapon. NG and NGB has tons of great weapons. And NG2 is supposed to have 8 weapons. NG have more variety than God of War ever did. Though, GoWs story was definitely better. But in terms of gameplay, there is no comparision, NG kicks GoWs ass.

Sunny @ May 23rd 2008 5:33PM

Why do people even feel compelled to dignify these retarded trolls with real responses? I'm curious... Do 360 kiddies go over PS3Fanboy and stage little attacks like these? This whole "console war" is dumb.

Slick @ May 23rd 2008 8:52PM

ok idiots, first i owned every single halo game. i sold my 360 cuz its a peace of shit. how do u guys even support a system thats based around one genre shooters(which btw none are good except for call of duty which has better graphics on the ps3). i could afford all systems which is why i have a ps3 and u all dont and your crying about it. have fun playing banjo, halo 2.5, and what else? fable 2.. your kidding right? have a good night and suck my balls all u 360 fanboys..

ps3 + wii = the way to go
the rest of u lil cry babies have fun while im playing metal gear next week

aBs @ May 23rd 2008 11:59PM

Slick go fuck urself, I can afford more than you can ever afford in your whole life. I can buy each console 10 times if I wanted to but i choose the 360.

Gears of War 1 / 2
Mass Effect
Bioshock (till now but I've been playing this long time before you even started to play your dick)
Ninja Gaiden
Halo 3

Listen bitch, all these titles have sold more than millions so go watch your MGS4 movie while we still play the real game.

Or maybe you should watch some blu-ray since thats the only thing your expensive console can do good.

Bithc.

aBs @ May 24th 2008 12:00AM

Meant to say BITCH in case your narrow mind did not catch that.

Also its not PEACE of shit its PIECE of shit you fucking uneducated whore.

Matty @ May 23rd 2008 8:54PM

oh and btw, metal gear will never get ported to the 360.. there are way to many cut scenes. a dvd cant hold all the info, thell need to prob be like 15 dvds for a metal gear port.. HAHAH! have fun with ninja gaiden which im sure will go to the ps3 just like bioshock did! ps im not getting bioshock, that game blew super mario galaxies was the rightful game of the yearr homos!

iNZoW @ May 23rd 2008 9:19PM

i don't udnerstand, why's everyone making fun of Banjo kazooie?

Arnon @ May 23rd 2008 9:29PM

Who cares about MGS4 rofl... You guys have to watch a 90 cutscene. Games should be played, not watched.

Arnon @ May 23rd 2008 9:29PM

Also... HAHA LOOK! LITTLE BIG PLANET! What kind of name is that?! Hahahah... yeah... it sucks to feel that huh? =/

SilverArrows @ May 23rd 2008 9:35PM

Ninja Gaiden 2 is being published by Microsoft. The only way this appears on the PS3 is if Sony buys Microsoft. I wouldn't hold my breath for it.
On second thought, please hold your breath for it, the world will be a better place without a few of you retards.

Arnon @ May 23rd 2008 9:38PM

Hah... ownage. Yeah... Microsoft is what... 4x as rich than Sony? Mmk.

Sharpie @ May 24th 2008 5:49PM

Yeah, they said the same thing about Bioshock.

NG2 will be on the PS3. Just like every quality 360 game.

Gears of War will be on the PS3
Mass Effect is all but guaranteed for the PS3

The only game that you won't see is Halo 3 and who cares for that mediocre disappointing garbage anyway.

MS cannot keep a quality title exclusive on its system to save its life, they just don't care like Sony/Nintendo does.

They are the whores of the console business, everyone can have a piece of thier action.

As long as you have a PS3/PC/Wii you won't miss a thing and you will get the superior versions.

The 360 is irrelevant beyond being a beta test machine for the real versions of these games that come out on other platforms 6-12 months later.

It pains me to say this because I really am a 360 fanboy, but the writing is on the wall.

SilverArrows @ May 23rd 2008 9:47PM

Learn how to do Math. Blu-Ray is 50GB, 1 DVD is 9 GB. At most MGS would require 5 DVDs. Plus, if you strip out all the Localized content, and use some compression, MGS4 could fit on 3 DVDs. No big deal, totally do able. Probably not going to happen, but its technically possible.

Adam @ May 23rd 2008 10:03PM

Wow thats all i gotta say.The sony boys have a reason to feel threatened.They touted 08 was the year of the delaystation3.Now half there games were delayed once again and there getting a movie called mgs4 and they got a wannabe halo knockoff.Things just arent going there way.

All i know is fable2 will be better than oblivion easy and oblivion was awesome.And guess what thats ours not theres.Banjo is gonna be kick ass its a rare game and viva pinata was kick ass.

Viva pinata 2 is coming a sequel to a awesome game.

Gears of ware 2 own resistance in graphics and gameplay.Gears will be the benchmark for graphics for atleast 2 years till the 360 knock another one out of the park.

so you have a few shit games coming and your excited i mean we cant take people seriouse when they consider uncharted an awesome game.The whole game looked like plastic and the game was 10 hours long.I beat uncharted while i was on the toilet.

Just ignore the little trolls and while we are playing kick ass games all summer they will be outside playing baseball and eating ice cream.

Arnon @ May 23rd 2008 11:36PM

Or come on here all the time, trying to tell us that we're wrong and bad people for buying a 360... Seriously... a 90min. Cutscene for MGS4? Wow.. Have fun with that movie. Little BIG Planet is really nothing different from Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. So I dont know why you guys are bashing on it. Killzone 2: '09/FFXIII/Versus: (most likely) '09, GoW 3: '09, Haze sucked nuts, and you know, I HATE IT TO DEATH that I have to be(yes, I have to)a fanboy. I wouldn't be if I didn't CONSTANTLY GET TROLLED FOR OPINIONS... *sigh* Deep breaths...