Ninja Gaiden II demo hits Xbox Live tomorrow [Update]

by Xav de Matos on Jun 2nd 2008 7:45PM

Update: OK, so don't shoot the messenger. Major Nelson, apologetically updated his post regarding the Ninja Gaiden II demo for all regions. Originally the demo was to be available to all Xbox Live regions excluding Germany and India but now it turns out that you can add Canada and the US to that list. So, no Ninja Gaiden II demo tomorrow for Canadians or Americans. Major still suspects a demo will drop some time this late this week. Also, he promises to talk to a few people about the mix up. Somebody's gonna get-a hurt reeeeal bad (some NSFW Russell Peters love for you in this time of mourning).

Gamers outside of Japan eagerly anticipating a hands-on experience with Ninja Gaiden II only have a few hours to go. According to Major Nelson the demo for the upcoming action title will hit all Xbox Live regions (excluding Germany and India) at 0200 PT tomorrow.

Our fearless leader has already had a few days with the demo and expressed his love for it in the X3F TV Demo Impressions video late last week. Anyone on the fence about picking up the game should try out the demo when it launches tomorrow along side the retail release.

[Thanks, Glitch W again]

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Reader Comments (51)

It's about time!

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168056

so this one really is the last one.

Boycott lifted! :)

I can't wait to give it a try!

them not putting it out in the US or Canada makes me wonder about the final product.

I might try the demo for a couple minutes, but there's no way I'll be buying this game.

when will this hit the east coast(Michigan)? WANT NOW!

just add +3 hours, so it should be 0500... 5am EDT

cool, thanks!

YAY

I think we should all get an achievement for waiting for so long while being teased. 10 points sounds about right. heh. Oh, there it is. Bleep!

I never played the first Ninja Gaiden, but I thought I would give the second one a try because of all the great reviews on the first game and I like hack n' slash games in general. But when I looked at the first impressions video, the attacks looked really really fast... and it was hard for me to keep up which kinda annoyed me. Did any one else feel the same way?

No.

Thats Ninja Gaiden for you! You have to be quick and on your toes and dodge and guard against all their attacks !

Im sure youll be fine once you are playing and knowing what you are doing!

You owe it to yourself to grab Ninja Gaiden Black and get your feet wet. You can find a used copy for around $20, or you can download it in Xbox Originals on the cheap at 1200 points. It's even in widescreen.

Thanks for the input! I am excited to check out the demo tomorrow. I'll probably end up getting Ninja Gaiden Black, as well as Ninja Gaiden II. It just looks so cool!!

If you have a PS3 (yeah I know..perish the thought, etc) you can download a demo of Ninja Gaiden Sigma right now, which is basically Ninja Gaiden Black with improved graphics. It should give you some idea of the difficulty that is present in a Ninja Gaiden game.

Then again, you might aswell wait till the NGII demo hits tomorrow, even if you do have a PS3.

@BananaBoat,

Actually Sigma's basically Ninja Gaiden with better graphics + playable Rachel. There's lots of content in Black that's not to be found in Sigma. ;)

I'll take playable Rachel over the extras in Black any day ;P

I was under the impression that Sigma had all of the Black extras though...hmm...by the time Sigma came out, I hadn't played Black or Gaiden for years, so I can't say I remember exactly what set Black apart from Gaiden. Well, whatever.

I'm now planning to stay up and sleep Tuesday away after playing the demo. Is it healthy? Nay sirs. Will my resolve allow me to stay up until 4am? Probably not sirs. I'm going to try thoughhhhh (please Microsoft, release the freaking thing early. How about midnight PST? -_-)

@ BananaBoat
Well, it looks like we don't get a demo... I knew it was too good to be true...

.......F*@#

I had just decided to buy it tomorrow so that I get my free wall dealy. Now? My money is going to MGS4, and NGII goes on the gamefly queue.

Shame on you Microshaft.

I blame Major Nelson for not having the power to go to the live servers and flip the switch that turns this demo on for the US and Canada. Whoever actually has that power, should be speaking to the community. Not that Major Nelson doesn't seem like a good guy....but....gah.

That's why you should always keep a spare JAP/EU/US account.

I have to wonder; since this demo is so late in coming, does this bar bad for the final game quality?

Just thinkin'. I'll still play it anyway..

yes.

If history is any indication, yes.

I think it means that this game is probably going to be Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox, with shinier graphics, and the combat turned up to 11.

Basically it's the wet dream of Ninja Gaiden fans everywhere, and the nightmare of anyone that either didn't like Ninja Gaiden, or couldn't play Ninja Gaiden because it was too hard.

Either way, I won't be staying up for this thing. I'll download it when I wake up in the morning. It seems like all popular Beta's and Demo's launch in the middle of the night....very annoying.

It's not like it's releasing two weeks later like Army of Two or anything. On release day doesn't seem that late to me.

I fail to see what this video has to do with Ninja Gaiden.

kool been waitin for this game since ninja gaiden hit the og xbox i remember playin that demo over and over again at work

I'll give it a try, but i'll prob. wait until NG2 hits $40. MGS4 could take awhile ;)

Yeah, there's all that time between the movies when MG4 lets you play.

Cheap shot :(

Honestly, being a diehard MG fan, i love the fact that there's 90-minute cutscenes. I'm buying some popcorn!

@Mr.U2,

jimbob is just here to spam us with a link to this weezer video. If I had to guess I'd say he's an intern at the record label? Either that or a member of weezer's street team if they have one. Either way, pure spam though... take a look at his post history, he seemingly signed up today and his only comment, across 4 weblogs blogs, has been this fucking video.

Here's hoping he gets banned!

You could play and beat NG2 during the cut-scenes of MGS4.

.............BOO!!!!

Well at least we got a Russell Peters joke out of the deal. :D Nice one Xav.

Next time your parents try to beat you you tell them to FUCK OFF!!

Gold, you don't even have to tell the rest of the story that would end so badly for me back in the day.

No spring update and now this crap, ugh this is part of the reason why i am getting a PS3 at the end of the month

Wow. Really? That's...interesting. Have fun playing...um...hmm...

for real? shit. i really dont want to spend 8 bucks on a one month for my jap account so i can go gold but i think its worth it. maybe it is available to silver account in japan. i sure hope so i need some gaiden love

Why Russell Peters? You a fan, Xav?

Haha, that was great. Now I'm going to have to watch all of his stuff.

WACK, To the Fullest

Ah well, I'm gonna buy the damned game anyways, so it's not like I NEEDED a demo... [ARRGH].

Yay for the UKayyyyy!!!!

11am AST and still no demo... I'm starting to give up on any dates given for this game :(

Ha fuck you yanks UK rules

F U.

This is what happens when all you cry babies ask for more and more and more information...on a demo, no less. When you ask for all the info all of the time and you want it now now now, this is what you get. Again, this is a demo. Get a life.

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