Age old Pirates vs. Ninjas question to be settled with dodgeball

32 Comments by Kevin Kelly Aug 13th 2007 11:25PM
Filed under: Culture, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, Casual

Blazing Lizard has decided to table all other discussions for the moment, and answer one burning question. Gone are the questions like "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" and "If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?" and "Do you want fries with that?" Instead they're heading back to the basics of stealthiness vs. swarthiness ... "Ninjas or pirates?"

According to studio director Chris Stockton, "This is the ultimate in rivalries, and we aim to have them settle it with all out balls to the wall action." Nice! Although where will you be able to play this? No man, whether pirate or ninja, can say. The game "is poised to redefine consumer expectations of console downloadable games when it's released for a TBD platform in the first quarter of 2008." Very mysterious.

In the meantime, check out the screenshots and concept art in the gallery below, and sharpen your peg legs and shurikens.

Gallery: Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball

Tags: blazing lizard, dodgeball, ninja, ninjas, pirate, pirates

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(Page 1) Reader Comments

blooh: Aug 13th 2007; 11:27PM

GO BALLS DEEP!

Schoon: Aug 13th 2007; 11:46PM

YARRR!!! (Couldn't help myself)

Seriously though, this is cool enough to make me go buy both a 360 and a PS3...just to be sure.

hvnlysoldr: Aug 13th 2007; 11:51PM

Egg.
Yes.
Yes. no freaking super size this time though
Ninjas.

hvnlysoldr: Aug 14th 2007; 12:08AM

Wait change that to onion rings!

Almack64: Aug 14th 2007; 9:31AM

But wait the night vision must be good for something.

Kev: Aug 13th 2007; 11:51PM

Real Ultimate Power better get royalty cheques.

Rare Hare: Aug 13th 2007; 11:56PM

Pirates all the way. Ninjas attack from behind like little bitches.

syco: Aug 14th 2007; 3:07AM

Syco's Ambush crits RareHare for 3253.
RareHare dies.

Rare Hare: Aug 14th 2007; 3:09AM

syco gets shot with a mother fucking cannon.

Awesome Stuff: Aug 14th 2007; 10:17AM

lol, nice

Pirates would rape Ninjas

samfish: Aug 14th 2007; 12:07AM

Me and my lolcat army will decimate both sides.

greatslack: Aug 14th 2007; 12:09AM

Are ninjas the chosen people of any major religion? Didn't think so.

Neebs: Aug 14th 2007; 12:12AM

Needs more Ninjas vs. Pirates vs. Cowboys vs. Astronauts.

Or...Pirate Ninja Astronaut Cowboys!

valisol: Aug 14th 2007; 12:23AM

Astronauts and Cowboys? pfft.
We need Zombies and Robots!
Ninja-Pirate-Zombie-Robot!

samfish: Aug 14th 2007; 12:30AM

Zombies were never THAT popular, were they?

Ninjas
Pirates
Robots
Monkeys
Kitties

Rare Hare: Aug 14th 2007; 3:11AM

How can you throw zombies and robots in there? Ninjas and Pirates can be zombies and/or robots. It's practically a species.

That's like saying clerics vs. orcs. It doesn't make sense.

Kye: Aug 14th 2007; 4:26AM

Ninjas, pirates, robots...
The next step is aliens, duh.
It's so obvious.

Robert Paulson: Aug 30th 2007; 6:31PM

Ninjas and Pirates agree: Cowboys Suck.

Cal: Aug 14th 2007; 12:48AM

Is it just me or does this look like LBP?

Whubbsie: Aug 14th 2007; 1:18AM

hahah... i thought the exact same thing then looked at the gallery.. just the same lighting on some pics thats all... look more like midget pirate vs ninjas... either way looks like fun.... pirates all the way.

Defenestrator2.0: Aug 14th 2007; 1:37AM

Ninjas, hands down. They have stealth, heightened senses and speed, and they can turn anything into a weapon. What do pirates have? Scurvy, prosthetic limbs, and a drinking problem.

Psaakyrn: Aug 14th 2007; 3:48AM

Pirates have a better treasure sense, greater knowledge of sea-based warfare, and have bigger (cannon) balls. They're also promoters of rum.

OhJustSomeRandomGuy: Aug 14th 2007; 2:05AM

Ugh. What a horrible waste of the "Pirates vs. Ninjas" trademark.

It better still be legal for someone to use the "Ninjas vs. Pirates" trademark so we can get a non-shitty game out of it.

Leonidas: Aug 14th 2007; 2:08AM

Pirate ship full of pirates.
One Ninja.
300 Spartans.
or one Zombie hidden on the pirate ship.

Place your bets.

Kye: Aug 14th 2007; 4:28AM

The spartans would take out the pirates after suffering minimals losses (pirates aren't as organised you see).
The Zombie would inadvertently get killed. The Ninja would blow up the ship as the spartans celebrated their catch.

Gimme 10 on Ninja and 5 on Zombie, just in case dumb luck prevails.

samfish: Aug 14th 2007; 10:43AM

The zombie only needs to chomp one person to set off a chain reaction.
...so I'mma go with zombie.

Au: Aug 14th 2007; 2:43AM

There is no age old question; Ninjas are clearly superior to Pirates.

Staggs: Aug 14th 2007; 9:41AM

Bah. Pirates own Ninjas. Even in dodgeball.

Awesome Stuff: Aug 14th 2007; 10:10AM

Kaizoku FTW!!!! Ninjas suck

Plafke: Aug 14th 2007; 12:52PM

Ninjas and Pirates and Chuck Norris and Penguins just aren't funny.

Avatar: Aug 14th 2007; 1:43PM

Anything against Chuck Norris would lose. It's science.

WiNG: Aug 14th 2007; 12:54PM

I want to know what the other teams are?

Cowboys vs Indians vs Lumberjacks vs Firemen vs Astronauts vs LOLCATS vs Owls??

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