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Posted: Aug 21st 2011 1:39PM Mmmmz said

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Normally I'd be annoyed by such an obvious DS port, but the 3DS needs games. So I'll tolerate it for now but they better get their shit together in the future.

If this isn't a port and started from scratch on the 3DS, it's just unbelievably shameful and does the system no favors whatsoever.

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 5:50PM Smithsmithers said

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@Mmmmz
Looks like it started on the ds and it seems enjoyable, so it's forgivable.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2011 1:45PM captplut9465 said

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Those screenshots are hungry for decent textures!

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 1:48PM Once known as Shadsy said

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Am I the only one who thought this thing has looked ugly as sin since day 1?

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 3:03PM Antiterra said

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@Once known as Shadsy
No, you're not. Every screenshot I've seen for this game looks awful. Honestly, this type of game does the 3DS more harm than good.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2011 1:49PM araiza said

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Looks like a psp game.

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 2:06PM Mmmmz said

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That's an injustice for the PSP too. It looks like a DS game with a smooth filter slathered all over it.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2011 2:06PM rahnyc4 said

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looks like a ios game to me, like a cheap budget title.

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 4:56PM aea0a095 said

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@rahnyc4

Uh, no, that looks like an N64 era game, there are many iOS games out there that look better than PS2 while also rendering in a higher resolution than the PS2 did. Don't make blatant false statements.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2011 7:15PM Once known as Shadsy said

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@aea0a095 I actually agree for the first time with hose common "this looks like an N64 game!" complaints people make about games. This actually looks like an N64 game.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2011 10:14PM captplut9465 said

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@stiqlol

There are some nice-looking Android titles like Shadow Guardian, Backstab, N.O.V.A, Eternal Legacy.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2011 2:09PM rvr67michael said

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I'm really excited for this game, but in this particular run of screen shots (the same ones that appeared on Sega's blog--not really hot from the GamesCom oven) it's really hard to tell what I'm looking at. Ice level, ok. Ninja in front of moon--cool. Castle with... black spaces? Is that a hole? What? Not exactly feeding my enthusiasm, Sega!

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 2:58PM Timjoy said

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Ninja gaiden for xbox set the standard for ninja games......still Unsurpassed

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 3:42PM RickGhastly said

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It looks like one of those mock-up games that a teenager on Law & Order would play before going out and killing someone with a katana.

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 4:03PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said

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Cautiously optimistic. 3DS needs all the games it can get and Shinobi actually looks decent.

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 6:18PM Dick Socrates said

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Looks like an original Game Boy game.

...what?...

...

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 6:22PM CrashMan said

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Once again third parties shoot themselves in the foot on a Nintendo platform.

Crap game > crap sales > "oh, the Nintendo ____ is not the platform for us to focus on" > more crap games >

etc etc

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 7:07PM Jdvs86 said

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And when it comes to get another stoggie fools all kick in like shinobi - Luniz

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 7:12PM Kade Storm said

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Samurai Vengeance I & II looks leaps and bounds better. This game shouldn't be compared to iOS titles since it is multiple generations behind the curve. I would say that it's a weaker rendition of some of the entry-level stuff we saw on the N64 and PSone.

Sorry, I don't care if this game is so fun that it cures cancer while also becoming the ideal alternative to Viagra/Porn/Crack/World Peace. No bells and whistles will change the fact that this game looks shamelessly dated on a handheld platform that should at the very least be matching a certain last generation console.

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 11:15PM BryFy354 said

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I don't want to sound like a graphics whore, but this is unforgivable. The 3DS is capable of better than this, not much better, but better nonetheless.

Posted: Aug 21st 2011 11:21PM SonicRift said

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I'd buy that for a dollar.

I'm sorry... $40? Nevermind...

This doesn't look as good as Hero of Sparta on my first gen iPod touch.

I'd rather have buy GG Shinobi for my 3DS for maybe $4... Looks better to me... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KlcleL8suw

Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 2:37AM Airdemon said

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i know why it's ugly, it because , Griptonite-Games are use the same engine they used for that crappy green lantern 3ds game they made

Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 10:24PM GamerTrekster said

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Shovelware DS looking game!

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