[360] Ninja Blade

[icycalm]

From Software x XBOX 360 x Ninja Gaiden ripoff x Keiji Nakoka (Lost Planet producer):
















Scroll down for cutscene trailer: http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/zbxe/971844

Comes out in 2009, playable at TGS.

[icycalm]

I think he's carrying like three-four swords on his back. And he has a high-tech sword selector that rotates them. See screens 4 and 5.

Man, I love From. I don't know why, since their games are always not as good as they could be, but they have that... something else that makes them special. Still need to play the second Otogi. And write a new review of Metal Wolf Chaos.

[icycalm]

It seems their Otogi/MWC team is doing this, since the director is Masanori Takeuchi. Can't quite make out the two other guys from this scan.

[Archonus]

I love From as well, and I'd really like to see how their take on the "super ninja kills armies of monsters and demons on his own" theme will turn out.

[icycalm]

I love the vibe I am getting from the official site (especially the music):

http://www.ninja-blade.com/
http://www.xbox.com/ja-JP/games/n/ninjablade/

Trailer 1 JP (4 MB)
TGS 2008 trailer (30 MB)

Gametrailers has a series of demonstration videos with a clueless Japanese bitch who can hardly speak English, but they are worth watching, especially the third one, which shows a stage where you fight enemies while running down the side of a skyscraper, and a cool boss fight.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40948.html
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40950.html (half of this video doesn't load for me)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40952.html

It looks pretty damn great, if we forget the silly QTEs. I think it looks better than Bayonetta so far. If these are the guys who made Otogi, they've come a long way.

[RemyC]

Anybody know if this will be coming to the US/Canada? The official Xbox site has no mention of it.

[icycalm]

It's coming, but there's no firm date yet:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/n/ninjablade/

The Japanese version meanwhile is out on the 29th.

[icycalm]

I came across these somewhere, so I thought I'd throw them up.

From back at TGS:



Soundtrack:



And rental version:



Funny thing, though. I thought game rentals were illegal in Japan. Perhaps something changed recently?

[icycalm]

Michael Wilson appears as a Golem in his battlesuit in Enchanted Arms, though under the name "Executor". His standard battle cry is "RICHARRRRRRDDDDDD!!!!!"

As it turns out, the Michael Wilson seen in MWC is actually Micheal Wilson Jr. His father appears in the upcoming From Software title for Xbox 360, "Ninja Blade."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Wolf_Chaos

[icycalm]

March 24 for US and EU, according to lamefaqs:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox360 ... 52858.html

[icycalm]

I am playing this. So far it's 4-star material, and believe it or not, the QTEs make this game. I'll say more in an in-depth review, probably.