It’s unofficially official. Ninja Gaiden 2 will be making its way to the PS3. CVG has the Famitsu scans of their upcomming issue posted. It is supposed that this was to be one of Tecmo’s announcements at next week’s GDC.
Itagaki–the evil genius behind my favorite game series of all time–has never hid his disdain for the Playstation 3. CVG has posted segments of an interview they did with Itagaki during the launch of NG II on the 360 where he states that the game’s release on PS3 would be a “…loss of face to all involved.”
I liked Ninja Gaiden Sigma on PS3. It had just enough of a graphical and gameplay spruce up to make it money well spent. Since all if not most of the people that worked on Ninja Gaiden II are no longer at Tecmo, I’d like to see this be a total re-imagining of Ninja Gaiden II, as opposed to the same code with a few upgrades here or there. Say what you want about Itagaki, but his vision of the ideal action game was the soul of Ninja Gaiden–and in my opinion why the NG series is the last word in action games. Tecmo needs to show and prove that the heart of this series hasn’t died with Itagaki’s departure, but is stronger than ever.
Don’t leave a brotha’ hangin’, Tecmo.
