Ninja Gaiden returns to the series' roots with awesome interstitials

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Ninja Gaiden returns to the series' roots with awesome interstitials

Posted Aug 7th 2007 10:40AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Screens, Imports

Whether this is intentional or not, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword is bridging the classic NES Ninja Gaiden games with the newer Xbox/PS3 game. Not necessarily in terms of gameplay, as, except for the stylus control, this looks to play a lot like the Xbox game, but rather, in presentation.

The NES Ninja Gaiden got noticed in 1989 in part because of its brilliant anime-style cutscenes. Dragon Sword relies on the same kind of device to tell its story, using startlingly well-drawn comic panels to tell the epic story of whatever the excuse is this time for Ryu Hayabusa to slash at people and monsters with a big sword. It was probably a space-saving decision to use still images to replace full-motion video, and, judging by the results, it was a good one.

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1. Comic book style cut scenes eh?

Posted at 11:09AM on Aug 7th 2007 by hvnlysoldr

2. This game is going to bring some interesting things to the table. I can't wait.

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Posted at 11:38PM on Aug 7th 2007 by Steve

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