Black, Ninja Gaiden Black, & Sid Meier's Pirates! coming to Xbox Originals
by Scott Jon Siegel 
{ Feb 5th 2008 at 6:00AM }
Pirates! is the 2004 re-make of Sid Meier's original 1987 adventure game, which sees players taking on the roles of pirates (duh) in the Spanish Main. Black is Criterion's adrenaline-fueled last-gen FPS, with destructible environments and a healthy amount of explosions. Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden Black added a number of features to the original Xbox title, including the condescending "Ninja Dog" easy mode.
All good additions, to be sure, but with Valentine's Day coming only three days later, couldn't they have at least included something a bit more romantic? Like, say, Beyond Good & Evil?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
x dew it x @ Feb 5th 2008 6:18AM
your welcome ;)
baby sea tuna @ Feb 5th 2008 8:33AM
What about my welcome?
Alucard @ Feb 5th 2008 6:38AM
where is conker live and reloaded? or halo2????
P.S. She's F*****g Matt Damon
Shignami @ Feb 5th 2008 8:29AM
Fuck that! we need some Metal Wolf Chaos in there.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Genl242_ZU8
Nigeria @ Feb 5th 2008 6:38AM
When I had an Xbox, Ninja Gaiden was one of my favourite games. The blood effects are really visceral, but definitely satisfying.
Black was flashy garbage though.
ThornedVenom @ Feb 5th 2008 6:43AM
I highly recommend Ninja Gaiden.
Unless you're a girly man who wimps out on hard games.
/governator
Stuart @ Feb 5th 2008 6:55AM
Anyone else have a hard time swallowing that horrendous hard drive price? ugh.
baby sea tuna @ Feb 5th 2008 8:39AM
No, I think we've already accepted it or bitched about on the internet to our hearts' content it when it came out like a year ago.
Stuart @ Feb 5th 2008 2:37PM
Its rearing its ugly head again with these downloads. My 20 gig prison! GAHHHHH
maverick_saturn_626 @ Feb 5th 2008 7:00AM
Ninja Gaiden ftw, all the rest, meh :P
maverick_saturn_626 @ Feb 5th 2008 7:01AM
Funny I should say that though, I'm not a fan of NG at all :S Just thought it was the best one up there.
capt_carl @ Feb 5th 2008 7:19AM
Ninja Gaiden Black will be a nice addition to the collection. However I do have to agree with the article: Where's the Beyond Good & Evil love?
refinedsugar @ Feb 5th 2008 7:31AM
Sid Meier's Pirates might actually be worth the stupid DLC price when you see what people still expect dollar-wise for an actual physical copy of the game! This is one of the old xbox games I've got on a backlog I want to play, but not for $25+.
This might be one of the few instances where the Xbox Originals idea wins out.
dsub @ Feb 5th 2008 8:20PM
agreed. $15 for NG:Black is a still. That game is $25-30 most places used.
dsub @ Feb 5th 2008 8:20PM
agreed. $15 for NG:Black is a steal. That game is $25-30 most places used.
Kyattsuai @ Feb 5th 2008 8:00AM
Is this their way of saying "happy black history month?"
Superstar90 @ Feb 5th 2008 9:24AM
So are black people Ninjas or Pirates?
nosedive51 @ Feb 5th 2008 8:04AM
Nice. I always enjoyed Pirates but didn't get a chance to pick it up the first time around.
mnemo @ Feb 5th 2008 8:19AM
Cute... "Black" will probably not be available in Germany... and Ninja Gaiden's difficulty level is evil (I bought Ninja Gaiden Sigma for PS3 and can't even kill the first real boss).
DaxterKing @ Feb 5th 2008 5:19PM
Ugh, Ninja Gaiden Black is an enromous 6 gigs...
konajinx @ Feb 5th 2008 9:05AM
Pirates! is great fun on GameTap, but I think I'd dig it/play it more on the console, and Black was fun on the PS2. Sure, it's mindless, destructo fun, and the cut scenes are horeendously unintentionally hilarious, but it's another title I had plenty of fun with and never thought it deserved the critical drubbing it got. Its pomposity was part of its charm for me, plus the explosions were really groovy. Me like big booms!
Martin @ Feb 5th 2008 9:21AM
I saw that Pirates was up on Live this morning, though I don't know if you could actually buy and download it. YMMV
Worst Review Ever @ Feb 5th 2008 9:27AM
Back when I was Gamecube and PS2-ing it up, I worked at a GameCrazy. We had Pirates on of the demo kiosks and I spent a couple shifts playing it when I could get a break. I finally bought it for my roommates Xbox. Now that I think about it, Pirates was the gateway drug that got my addicted to the crack cocaine for the brain that is the Xbox brand. I love you, Xbox.
waynski1457 @ Feb 5th 2008 10:28AM
damn it... i just bought NGB for $20 so i can warm up before NG2 comes out... oh well, saves HDD space...
Gangsta Smurf @ Feb 5th 2008 10:40AM
HELL FUCKING YEAH! The one Xbox Original I've been waiting and hoping for! Definitely getting Ninja Gaiden Black OMG!
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Feb 5th 2008 11:11AM
the DLC pricing for Ninja Gaiden black makes sense since a copy still costs around $15-20 dollars. But this is a damn good update though.
brym @ Feb 5th 2008 11:37AM
I played Pirates on Gametap already, but I think I might buy it here too. I love that game.
And don't you know, that game is romantic! You seduce the daughters of colonial governors with your ballroom dancing skills.
umm....hello??? @ Feb 5th 2008 11:30AM
still have my original xbox....and a copy of NinjaGaidenBlack and Black(gunporn)...no need to be ripped off here!
32_Footsteps @ Feb 5th 2008 11:52AM
I'm thinking this is the Rolling Stones edition. Two games fit the theme of "Paint It Black," and Keith Richards did play a pirate in the third "Pirates of the Carribean" movie.
Okay, I'm really stretching. I just wanted to make a reference to an awesome rock song.
Mr.ESC @ Feb 5th 2008 12:25PM
That's very nice but where the hell is oddworld?!!!
Stranger's wrath , Munch odyssey would be awesome and the original for XBOX live would be fantastic.
Deck @ Feb 5th 2008 12:34PM
I want some Jade Empire!
tmacairjordan87 @ Feb 5th 2008 1:01PM
meh only one even slightly interesting is black. If you want Ninja gaiden just wait till 2 comes out since it's the same damn game but bloodier (which apparently is enough to win even more brainless people). Not gonna pay $15 and several gigs for black though.