Career ninja Ryu Hayabusa is going to have a busy year, now that Team Ninja has officially unveiled Dead or Alive 5 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the form of this “pre-alpha” gameplay trailer.
If you wanted to fast track your way to an RC rating in Australia, usually gratuitous amounts of video game dismemberment was the most efficient way to go. Now that we’re on the cusp of receiving an R18+ rating in Australia, Team Ninja has claimed that the latest entry into the Ninja Gaiden series – previously a repeat offender when it comes to unnecessary gore – will no longer feature any dismemberment of any kind.
I’ve never killed a man. Team Ninja leader Yosuke Hayashi says he’s never killed anyone either. But he is confident that his next game, Ninja Gaiden 3, properly explores what it means to stick a Japanese sword into another man’s body and extinguish his life force.
According to NeoGAF’s details of PlayStation Magazine, the upcoming Ninja Gaiden 3 will run at 60 frames-per-second, won’t feature toned down difficulty, will support up to 8 players, will emphasise Ryu’s story and may feature PlayStation Move support. [NeoGAF]
