Japanese XBLM to get NG2 demo on 5/30

by Terrence Stasse { May 29th 2008 at 11:30PM }

After the demo news disappeared from the game's official site, many of us were worried that there would be no Ninja Gaiden 2 demo at all. Fortunately the demo does exist, and it should be online shortly. In Japan. Only.

Now we know that the 360 is no big success in the East, so why not just release the demo everywhere at once? No one knows. Posting on NeoGAF, Chris Paladino (Hi Chris!) of Gamerscore blog confirmed that the demo would be hitting in Japan, and that there would be a demo release in the other territories "soon". Whether the demo would have helped sales of the game pre-launch or not is going to be a moot point soon. Microsoft better get it online!

Tags: demo, microsoft, ng2, ngII, ninja-gaiden, ninja-gaiden-2, ninja-gaiden-ii, team-ninja, xbl, xblm

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Big Filth @ May 29th 2008 11:35PM

It really bothers me that we dont have a demo for this yet.

I know I want to buy this game regardless but I mean, come on guys!!

ryan @ May 29th 2008 11:45PM

at first it's been up on xbox.com for months saying "try the demo in may" then Itagaki says it's in june:

http://talkingaboutgames.com/content/view/1070/1/

then Itagaki said he shipped it to microsoft already like weeks ago.

then the ad for xbox.com gets taken down and now this?

Anticrawl @ May 29th 2008 11:53PM

Methinks something fishy is going on.

Viva La Champ @ May 29th 2008 11:53PM

HeHe...This is why I made a Uk account, and a Japanese account. I can get all the exclusive downloads I want! :D

Bootleg Zani @ May 29th 2008 11:56PM

But do you pay for gold on both the other accounts?

Vcize @ May 30th 2008 12:39AM

Why would he?

Gamertag: GOPAL892005 @ May 30th 2008 7:53AM

so he can download the demo straight away, rather than having to wait a week - i'm in the same situation.

Anticrawl @ May 29th 2008 11:55PM

Also, woo I won a demo code thank god. Don't know if was truely random or if Dustin saw and agreed with my comment. Either way I'm happy, one of the only posters on 360fanboy that has always supported DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company.

BananaBoat @ May 30th 2008 1:34AM

Boo, they give you a demo and you forgive them for weapongate? Booooo

Anticrawl @ May 30th 2008 1:36AM

Weapongate? I've always supported DICE and you don't have to pay for weapons.

CharleyTony @ May 29th 2008 11:56PM

@ Viva la champ: same here

I just "went" to "japan" and the demo wasnt there already, and its 5/30 there already, heck its almost 5/30 right here on the east coast ....

Ill keep checking ...

ChPal @ May 30th 2008 12:11AM

Man, X3F has spies everywhere. ;)

Richard Mitchell @ May 30th 2008 11:41AM

We have many spies in our service. Birds, beasts ....

lantus @ May 30th 2008 12:45AM

I wouldn't even bother people, this demo is probably region locked like lots of the demos.

I don't understand this crap, why so freaking vague on a demo date for other regions? I hate PR people, but more importantly, I hate companies that feel the need to pull people's chain more.

vikings8425 @ May 30th 2008 12:58AM

I'm just happy that a demo is confirmed.

YAY DEMO!

LilTmac2003 @ May 30th 2008 1:24AM

Maybe this is the secret weapon Microsoft has, for Japanese gamers to ditch the PS3 / Wii and get a 360.

ninpo @ May 30th 2008 1:29AM

i call fake!

BananaBoat @ May 30th 2008 1:36AM

You know...I had resigned myself to the fact that this demo wasn't coming before launch, and I had largely forgiven Microsoft/Tecmo...but seeing that it's launching in Japan first when Japan has like....zero Xbox 360 gamers.....now I'm kinda pissed.

mob @ May 30th 2008 2:22AM

Hmm thats weird..
Im a japanese 360 fanboy, of course there aren't so many 360 owners in here..
So I have no idea why Tecmo decided to release the Demo on Japan first, makes no sense.
Maybe one love for japan from Itagaki..?
Anyway, we dont have the Demo atm yet.

Whocares @ May 30th 2008 7:05AM

uhhh... maybe cause the 360 is not doing so well in Japan so they figure the demo would be best for Japan first (to make the 360 appeal to them more)... The US already has a strong Ninja Gaiden fanbase, they know we are gonna support the game anyway... smh

BananaBoat @ May 30th 2008 4:36PM

They could launch at the exact same time. They are Microsoft for crying out loud. Their internets tubes are fat and bountiful.

There is no reason, unless the English audio and menu's just isn't done in the demo yet....or something...to release this thing in Japan only.

Boff @ May 30th 2008 5:05AM

Weird. Maybe MS is using it to drum up some good publicity in Japan. Don't see how making the demo exclusively available over there will help though?

NitroFrost @ May 30th 2008 9:07AM

Well thankfully I have a JAP account so Yeah!! ^.^

CharleyTony @ May 30th 2008 9:21AM

fake jap account says that Xbox Live Gold membership is required to download demo (which is online right now),,,

:(

In Japan, the xbox 360 sold/xbox live gold membership is at what ratio ????????

Astral_Vapor @ May 30th 2008 9:46AM

This really pisses me off. It shouldnt have to be this confusing to release a simple demo. I swear sometimes, I could run a game company better.

Van Faulk @ May 30th 2008 10:16AM

just so you know, the demo is now up and you can be downloaded with your free month of gold with any new account. If you used of all your free months, one of those free month fo live cards that come with games works in a pinch. I hear some little game called GTA4 shipped with one of those. Maybe some peopel picked it up.

Mike @ May 30th 2008 3:23PM

for US 360 users or Jap?

W33Z3R @ May 30th 2008 11:58AM

Viva La Champ is correct. You can register an xbox live silver account via xbox.com and make up a fake japanese address. Log in and you should be able to download demos as part of the silver service. I used it to download the Tenchu demo when it came out.

icedemon @ May 30th 2008 12:42PM

So how is it for the people that got it. I had a Jap acct a while back but nothing was really going on in that store so I deleted. But I tell you that it is easier to make a Jap PSN account than an Xbox Live one.

Maverick Saturn @ May 30th 2008 1:20PM

What about us? What about our feelings?

snake9387 @ May 30th 2008 2:28PM

Well i made a japanese account and i saw the demo but when i go to dl it, it wont let me it says its not for my location or something like that?? anybody else have the same problem

NukeAssault @ May 30th 2008 4:10PM

Yeah i have the same problem aswell.. I even have a gold JPN account.... Oh well.

OptimumEDGE @ May 30th 2008 3:21PM

Lol @ this faggotry.

OptimumEDGE @ May 30th 2008 5:13PM

For all of you who have a JP account, I noticed that you cannot DL the demo if you have a silver membership, however I did notice something interesting.

If you click on one of the NG2 ads you see throughout the blade sections, it will take you to a special promo page where you can make your way to a "demo" link. If you click on this link it'll take you to the NG2 demo download and I noticed it does not show a "Gold Only Membership" download restriction.

However I get an error code "Can't retrieve information from Xbox Live. Please try again later."

Try to see if you can download the demo this way without the need for a gold membership. YMMV.