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Dante Feb 15, 2023 @ 8:06am

Should have just made Ninja Gaiden 4

All that budget on a terrible game like this. Only 291 all time peak players. Such a waste.

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Swamp Fox Feb 15, 2023 @ 8:21am

I'm not sure why people seem to think any amount of high budget was attributed to this game. It's very obviously very low budget

DempseyRoll Feb 15, 2023 @ 10:46am

Yea unfortunately team ninja owns ninja gaiden rights. Vanillaware were ex ninja gaiden devs. So they wouldn't be able to make ninja gaiden. Team ninja is working on Wu Long right now, hopefully when that is done they can work on NG4. I really want NG4 with modern tech.

dprog1995 Feb 15, 2023 @ 10:47am

They don't want to just be a Ninja Gaiden factory.

Bankai9212 Feb 15, 2023 @ 10:56am

Not sure how ninja gaiden could return. Even though 3 was the lowest for the series that anything new would be better. But I think the series has run its course at this point. Plus looking at this game op do you really think ng4 would have been good?

Swamp Fox Feb 15, 2023 @ 11:21am

Originally posted by Bankai9212:
Not sure how ninja gaiden could return. Even though 3 was the lowest for the series that anything new would be better. But I think the series has run its course at this point. Plus looking at this game op do you really think ng4 would have been good?

...Can you explain how your mind works? How does an unrelated game mean another game can't be good? lol

NG series will return within a few years, K/T is also the type of thoroughly mismanaged company that will end up underwater and will get bought at some point.

Bankai9212 Feb 15, 2023 @ 11:26am

It’s in reference to whoever worked on this game ended up making NG4. Otherwise why would OP even make this thread. Even if it’s not this specific team, still unsure of ninja gaiden could ever make a return I guess on a limited budget.

decizion

Feb 15, 2023 @ 11:26am

YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z was pure trash, Razor's Edge was mid AF, just let this franchise rest.
Also the true Team Ninja doesn't exist anymore so it will probably never happen.
I'd take a brand new IP instead of a butchered half-assed sequel for a well renowned franchise any day.

Last edited by decizion; Feb 15, 2023 @ 11:27am

Bankai9212 Feb 15, 2023 @ 11:30am

Originally posted by decizion:
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z was pure trash, Razor's Edge was mid AF, just let this franchise rest.
Also the true Team Ninja doesn't exist anymore so it will probably never happen.
I'd take a brand new IP instead of a butchered half-assed sequel for a well renowned franchise any day.

Even making new IPs are a general risk, with well established/IP some would buy it because of the name/nostalgic alone.

Swamp Fox Feb 15, 2023 @ 12:15pm

Originally posted by Bankai9212:
It’s in reference to whoever worked on this game ended up making NG4. Otherwise why would OP even make this thread. Even if it’s not this specific team, still unsure of ninja gaiden could ever make a return I guess on a limited budget.

One or two people don't make a game. In the case of games like this, people attribute WAY too much importance to singular individuals

Games are made by an entire team, at a certain time, in a place, in a certain social/political environment, etc. All those things are why it's so hard for game makers to replicate success using rockstar names.

I do think having "Rockstars" is important but I think there are very few of them who aren't replaceable. You can also generate a new one by making a good game.

Captain_Kaiju has Wanted: Dead

Feb 15, 2023 @ 1:03pm

You...you do realize this isn't Team Ninja right? This is Itagaki's dev group he made after leaving Team Ninja, the same folks that made Devil's Third.

You were never going to get Ninja Gaiden from this team.

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KounterFIT has Wanted: Dead

Feb 15, 2023 @ 3:12pm

Originally posted by Dante:
Only 291 all time peak players

I bought it but I'm not planning on playing it just yet. Some people are like that.

Steam adding the metric of seeing how many play a game has really given people like you such a dumb thing to 'attack' games about.

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Bankai9212 Feb 15, 2023 @ 6:12pm

Originally posted by KounterFIT:
Originally posted by Dante:
Only 291 all time peak players

I bought it but I'm not planning on playing it just yet. Some people are like that.

Steam adding the metric of seeing how many play a game has really given people like you such a dumb thing to 'attack' games about.

Well this is an SP game the amount of players isn't that important, But it does highlight the lack of overall interest in the game in general.

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peep

Feb 15, 2023 @ 6:15pm

That license is owned by Koei Tecmo. So they can't just make one without their permission.

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MoDeGuy

Feb 15, 2023 @ 11:56pm

Originally posted by decizion:
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z was pure trash, Razor's Edge was mid AF, just let this franchise rest.
Also the true Team Ninja doesn't exist anymore so it will probably never happen.
I'd take a brand new IP instead of a butchered half-assed sequel for a well renowned franchise any day.

I couldn't put it any better. NG will never be the same again so people should just let it rip and let the current TN do its thing with new IP's that they've been doing.

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