Ninja Gaiden demo at DS Download Stations, but not in our homes

by Scott Jon Siegel { Nov 19th 2007 at 5:30AM }

Itching to see how well Ninja Gaiden holds up on the Nintendo DS? Anxious fans of the series can take the portable title for a spin by heading to a local retailer. Gay Gamer reports that DS Download Stations are now beaming demos of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword. Bringing your DS to a participating retail location should allow you to capture the demo, which controls like a more "extreme" version of Phantom Hourglass.

We're happy that Nintendo continues to make use of retail-based DS Download Stations, but we're still anxiously awaiting the release of the Wii's "Everybody's Nintendo" channel, which will allow Wii owners to beam demos to their DS via their Wii, from the comfort of their own homes. Here's hoping that following the release of the "Check Mii Out" channel, DS downloads are just around the corner.

Some shaky cam footage of the Dragon Sword demo in action after the break.

Tags: ds-download-station, dsdownloadstation, ninja-gaiden-ds, ninjagaiden, team-ninja, teamninja, tecmo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

psyborg @ Nov 19th 2007 5:40AM

Late! ;)

The Ninja Gaiden demo has been available for a week or more, along with the Contra 4 demo.

MysticX @ Nov 19th 2007 5:49AM

I have tried this game and can say that this game exceeded all of my expectations! It´s fraking brilliant!

ThornedVenom @ Nov 19th 2007 6:02AM

It looks beautiful and phenomenal: the demonstrator almost died though, even though he didn't do a bad job... wonder if this game is going to be hardcore. =P

IT'S MORE THAN ZELDA ON STEROIDS.

Kyattsuai @ Nov 19th 2007 8:14AM

It's not just on steriods, it's sideways too! =^u.u^=

ThornedVenom @ Nov 19th 2007 11:08AM

Sideways is the revolutionary next-gen feature. D:

shoeshine @ Nov 19th 2007 6:07AM

People with R4s and such should check the usual places, as it was ripped a couple days back. And it's amazing. I didn't like the touch controls on Zelda, but the controls for this are amazing. The demo is only about a minute and a half long, but I've put at least 3 hours into it. Simply amazingly well done.

m&m @ Nov 19th 2007 6:37AM

Look a nut!

kip @ Nov 20th 2007 9:37AM

What'd be really nice.. maybe I'm dreaming here.. is if the DS could download the demo directly from some kind of inter-connected network. But in order to do that, this mythical inter-connected network would have to exist, and the DS would need to be able to communicate with it.

Oh wait...