Ninja Gaiden II demo coming in May

33 Comments by Ludwig Kietzmann Mar 27th 2008 6:00AM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action

Ever since the announcement of Ninja Gaiden II's June 3rd release, we've become increasingly annoyed with the months of April and May. As is the case with those insolent, slow-moving people who bunch up in front of you at the supermarket, we really just want to ram them out of the way so that we may fill our cart to the brim with candy as quickly as possible. Having turned around and spotted our menacing glares, May has at least shown some decency by offering us a sampler -- a Ninja Gaiden II demo to be precise (and free of rambling allegories).

According to Microsoft's Ninja Gaiden II website, those eager to decapitate demons, mangle monsters and otherwise alliteratively assault archfiends can expect to download a demon-stration from Xbox Live Marketplace in May. The page also advises to look for "exclusive" content from April 15th, no doubt referring to things like gamerpics, themes and videos pretending to be demos. Wait, we're not falling for that one again, are we?

Gallery: GDC08: Ninja Gaiden II

Tags: BreakingNews, Demo, Itagaki, Ninja-Gaiden-2, NinjaGaiden, Team-Ninja, Tecmo, XBLM, Xbox-Live, XboxLive

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Roofie: Mar 27th 2008; 6:28AM

"demon-stration"

...and boom goes the dynamite.

Orionsaint: Mar 27th 2008; 6:31AM

BE NICE IF XBOX LIVE UPLOADED ANY NEW GAME DEMO. WORST DROUGHT EVER FOR XBOX LIVE DEMOS. GIMMIE SOMETHING MS! I'M ADDICTED TO DEMOS AND CAPS APPARENTLY, WTF?

xFenixKnightx: Mar 27th 2008; 8:41AM

I LOVE CAPS TOO!!! LUL, DAMNIT! ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FOR VIDEOGAMES. MY WIFE ISNT TOO HAPPY WHEN I SAY, "GUESS WHAT GAMES COME OUT THIS MONTH" HAHAHAA!!

baby sea tuna: Mar 27th 2008; 9:14AM

JESUS! STOP YELLING!!

Cyro: Mar 27th 2008; 9:07AM

@Fenix: When I read your post I laughed because I just pictured my wife's face every time I tell her there's a great game coming out this month.

It never seems to amuse her... LOL!

I am gonna have to start selling Amway products or something to make the extra cash. :P

xFenixKnightx: Mar 27th 2008; 9:36AM

Lol Cyro,

My wife just rolles her eyes and sais "Oh Lord, you and your games." =P

BTW, I picked up Dark Sector yesterday and its really sweet. I think it will do really well regardless of the meh reviews. Its worth a buy IMO. The glaive is awesome.

Phranctoast: Mar 27th 2008; 10:52AM

@Fenix

Thanks for the Dark Sector review. Still waiting on my copy from Amazon.....

xFenixKnightx: Mar 27th 2008; 11:55AM

Phranctoast

Yea like I said you wont be dissapointed and I havent even played MP yet. Heres what I like about it. (I have the 360 version mind you)

Graphics and Lighting are awesome, built on Evolution Engine which looks very similar to UE3. Im playing this and hearing this on a 50" Sammy 1080plasma and 1000watt 5.1 Sammy SS. Its ridiculous.

Voicework, music, and sound effects are great. Escpecially the Glaive. Kill animations are really nice as well.

The framerate is buttery smooth. Im pretty sure its at 60fps and might dip a little under that but definatly higher framerate than GoW's 30fps.

Special effects look great like when the glaive is on fire or has electricity.

Huge Bosses and battles.

The story is good and moves along nicely, Im on the 5th level and so far so good.

All in all I would say this game reminds me more of a Resident Evil game than Gears. The only Gears resemblence is the cover mechanic which it does really well IMO. Not once whiel I was playing did I say oh this is Gears. Also theres no blind fire but seriously I never use that option in any of my shooting games. Anybody that was on the fence should really check it out.

Christian: Mar 27th 2008; 6:37AM

Hmm, in May. I guess that means Ninja Gaiden Sigma II will be out in about November :)

deaftly: Mar 27th 2008; 9:40AM

November 2012 for the ps4

Phranctoast: Mar 27th 2008; 10:52AM

hopefully with even more blood ;)

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo): Mar 27th 2008; 12:38PM

NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA ELECTRIC BOOGALOO II: BLEED HARDER!!!

Wuyui2c2: Mar 27th 2008; 6:44AM

yes, following the trend expect sigma II to release i november 2011.

Draken Stark: Mar 27th 2008; 7:04AM

Is that Sam Fisher on the ground?!?

Jonah Falcon: Mar 27th 2008; 8:43AM

No. That's Marcus Fenix.

Orionsaint: Mar 27th 2008; 7:40AM

Oh ask and receive I guess. Xbox live market place just added a new game demo - UEFA Euro 2008. Another one of those lame ass soccer games! Release that crap in Europe, not in the States EA!

xFenixKnightx: Mar 27th 2008; 8:29AM

Man I cant wait for this. I been a HUGE fan of Ninja Gaiden. People wanna say the first one was difficult but I welcomed the challenge. This one seems like it should be more teh n00b friendly so guess more people will pick it up.

I predict this game will outsell DMC4 even with it being 360 exclusive =) MS just needs to push the marketing on this game. The demo is a great start.

Nigeria: Cody ChesnuTT Defense Force: Mar 27th 2008; 8:48AM

Ninja Gaiden wasn't that hard. Normal mode wasn't, anyway.

This version looks really visceral. Which is good, at times.

Maverick Saturn: Mar 27th 2008; 10:23AM

Thats cos this game doesn't overdo it, with the DBZ stunts ¬_¬

Phranctoast: Mar 27th 2008; 10:59AM

I have no problems with hard games. I welcome a challenge. I found Ninja Gaiden to be stupid hard....

Let me explain. Bad design decisions made it more difficult than it had to be. A checkpoint system would have been nice. Maybe beating a level and getting killed on the next one, and having to refight the previous boss. Or losing on a boos and having to fight your way back to him/her. Theres hard and then there is frustrating...

Better spacing of save points would have been nice.
I can see Itagaki thinking.... "how can I be more of a douche" oh yeah no checkpoints."

Mr. Cantu: Mar 27th 2008; 1:17PM

I played Ninja Gaiden, not black and I thought it had the right amount of difficulty. Also, Phranctoast, are you saying there were poorly spaced save points or no save points? I remember using save points (dragon statues) while progressing through levels.

Gh3tt0 Child: Mar 27th 2008; 8:42AM

cant wait for the demo

ThePremierAssassin: Mar 27th 2008; 9:25AM

SWEET!

deaftly: Mar 27th 2008; 9:40AM

Game of the year right here people.

xFenixKnightx: Mar 27th 2008; 9:44AM

Yezzirr!

xFenixKnightx: Mar 27th 2008; 9:45AM

Wait...I forgot...Gears2 =P

embassy: Mar 27th 2008; 9:43AM

gamers never seem to consider this a "AAA" franchise, at least commercially....how did NG and NG black do on the 'ol XBOX? cuz this games appeal definitely has "big seller" all over it.

Maverick Saturn: Mar 27th 2008; 10:13AM

Says who?

Maverick Saturn: Mar 27th 2008; 10:14AM

Funny how the level of gore just got pushed though the roof :O

What happened?

ApolloIV: Mar 27th 2008; 10:31AM

Yes please, and thank you.

ApolloIV: Mar 27th 2008; 10:32AM

Anybody call Justin to make sure he is still breathing?

Kamizar: Mar 27th 2008; 11:02AM

So this time around are we gonna move the camera and ryu moves on his own?

Superstar90: Mar 27th 2008; 12:57PM

This is the most beautiful use of blood since the Afro Samurai TV show.

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