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Ninja Gaiden Sigma > Ninja Gaiden, true or false?
Ah, perfection. Is it truly attainable? The pursuit of an answer has apparently become the obsession of Itagaki and his merry band of ninjas, who are currently polishing their third incarnation of Ninja Gaiden. Perhaps you're not seeing the "real" difference between PlayStation 3's Ninja Gaiden Sigma and the Xbox original in the embedded version above, but this video does give us some sense of the layers that have been added to the 2004 foundation. But is perfection through repetition a noble pursuit for Team Ninja? While most studios recycle their molds to churn out sequels, Team Ninja simply recycles the product of its mold to offer us more finely detailed versions of the same game, again and again. What is the meaning of this odd discipline?
What brand of ninja do you prefer?
I'm sure a lot of you have got to be psyched to download the Ninja Gaiden: Hurricane Pack Vol. 1 next Monday, and if not, you probably aren't an Xbox Live subscriber. But if this has somehow slipped under your radar, it is going to be the single most spectacular download in the history of Live. Yes, it's that good. We're talking: new camera, new game engine, new enemies, new weapons, and of course these two new costumes. I'd have to agree with Hilary over at IGN, I'm sort of feeling that "evil Spider-Man vibe" myself.
Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack: "Greatest. Download. Ever."
A few days back we featured some news on the upcoming Hurricane Pack Vol. 1 download for Ninja Gaiden, and now a few lucky reviewers have gotten a test run. Incidentally it blew at least one reviewer's mind, despite kicking his @$$. Hilary Goldstein of IGN raves, "Best damn download in the history of mankind." Although he does warn this download is NOT for newbies-we're talking seasoned veterans only. Think of it as a present (it's free!) from Team Ninja for all of your hard work, but expect even more this time around... Use the links below to check out a couple early impressions.
Ninja Gaiden: Hurricane Pack download
If you weren't impressed with what the Master Ninja Tournament had to offer, or just weren't up for the hours of 'training' needed to compete, Tomonobu Itagaki, Gaiden's creator, recently announced the arrival of the Hurricane Pack Vol. 1 August 2. Excited yet? Well, this latest download packs quite a punch. It will feature new weapons, new costumes, new enemies (complete with a revamped AI system), an "action engine" (which will make gameplay even faster), and for all you haters, a brand new camera. And it's all free?! Now are you excited? Check out the link to IGN's Q&A with Itagaki.
