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.
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The people behind Wii title Metroid: Other M provide an in-depth, behind the scenes look at the forthcoming adventures of Samus Aran in this 17-minute-long video that offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a Nintendo game.
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?
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.
Tecmo’s redundant announcement of Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 was more than just a chance to talk about online co-op; it was Producer Yosuke Hayashi’s chance to come out of his ex-boss’s shadow.
Stephen Totilo sat down with Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword producer Yosuke Hayashi last week during the devs tour of NY and managed to squeeze some pretty interesting and different information out of him.
Take for instance the fact that Dragon Sword is the first Gaiden game that Hayashi’s mum has endorsed, or that the game was designed to be played at the speed of penmanship:
