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Nintendo: Other M Will Be A “Metroid Unlike Anything Ever Before”

6:00AM Stephen Totilo | Two of the men leading the new Metroid Wii game told Kotaku about their narrative ambitions for the 2010 sequel Metroid Other M and explained why the Metroid Prime team isn’t involved. More »
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Team Ninja Bringing Special Sauce To Metroid

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Nintendo has wrangled in Tecmo’s Team Ninja to develop upcoming Wii title Metroid: Other M. Team Ninja is best known for its work on action title Ninja Gaiden and bouncy fighter Dead or Alive. More »
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Itagaki Bayonetta Creator Hate May Provide Game Clues

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki has left Tecmo’s Team Ninja. He’s been away, but has returned with a new start-up, Tokyo Vikings. More »
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Where To Now For The Ninja Gaiden Series?

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Development of the modern, 3D Ninja Gaiden games has always been overseen by one man: former Team Ninja boss/ Dark Lord Tomonobu Itagaki. But what happens now he can no longer work on the series? More »
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Impressions: If It’s Broke A Little, Fix It A Little

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | I didn’t like Ninja Gaiden II much. From what I saw of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, though, I like it a lot better. Amazing what an extra 12 months development time can do for a game, isn’t it? More »
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Will Team Ninja Take The Slutty Route With Samus?

8:40AM Luke Plunkett | Was speaking with new Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi today, and got to thinking…Team Ninja are admirers of the female form. Team Ninja are now doing Metroid. So will Team Ninja be admiring Samus’ form? More »
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First Metroid: Other M Screens

5:10AM Michael McWhertor | Nintendo is partnering with Team Ninja, not Retro Studios, for the newest outer space adventure starring Samus Aran, Metroid: Other M. The Wii game is a mix of first and third-person action. It looks spectacular. More »
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Ex-Team Ninja Lead Itagaki Speaks About What’s Next

12:00PM Michael McWhertor | Former Team Ninja lead Tomonobu Itagaki is in the catbird’s seat, having moved on from Tecmo and on to things not Ninja Gaiden or Dead Or Alive related. It’s even better for us. More »
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Can We Expect More Ninja Gaiden Games? Can We?

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | When game designer Tomonobu Itagaki headed up Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden franchise, he stated that Ninja Gaiden II was the last title in the series. But the franchise isn’t his anymore. More »
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Looks Light On Bloody Violence

4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The trailer for Xbox 360 title Ninja Gaiden II was a pure gore porn, complete with bloody slicing and dicing. The trailer of the PS3 reworking Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 seems, well, different. More »