Team Ninja rebooted the Ninja Gaiden series in 2004 and has since released four modern titles. The last of them, which turned out to be not the most successful, was released in 2012. After this a failed branch appeared , and the franchise was forgotten. However, the developers recently admitted that they are aware of the desire of fans to see a new Ninja Gaiden and hope to someday return to the series. In addition, the team plans to create a game under a new license for the PlayStation 5.
About the desire to create a completely new project for the new generation Sony console in an interview with said studio head Yosuke Hayashi. “I am confident that the PlayStation 5 will bring new opportunities and we will be able to create a game for it based on new intellectual property,” He. — For PlayStation 4 we developed . Likewise, we would like to make a new series for the next PlayStation."
“We know that some fans would like to see the new Ninja Gaiden more than Nioh 2,” said Nioh 2 lead developer Fumihiko Yasuda in an interview with . — There are a lot of games about ninjas coming out now — for example, . Such projects inspire us. We hope to bring you some news [about Ninja Gaiden] one day."
Ninja Gaiden never made it to current consoles, so the new game, if it appears, will probably be limited to ninth-generation platforms. The last part of the main series was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and scored only 58 points out of 100 possible on . Journalists and players were disappointed by the abundance of QTEs, weak AI, incoherent story and numerous design flaws.
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z was developed by another team, the American Spark Unlimited. The branch was released in 2014 on the same consoles, as well as PC, and received even lower ratings (43–50 points on ). “The only thing that makes Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z stand out is its unique appearance, emphasizing the trash that is happening, so our reviewer Denis Shchennikov talks about her. “You can endure the game only thanks to self-irony and the fact that it takes about five hours to complete.”
Games about ninjas and samurai are indeed being released more and more often. Last year From Software released Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and this summer premiere of Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch Productions, which takes place in late 2th century Japan during the first Mongol invasion. Nioh 13 will appear earlier - on March 4th. It will only be available on PlayStation XNUMX for some time, but... , it will be transferred to PC before the end of the year. Team Ninja already about the intention to release three major additions.
Source: 3dnews.ru