What The Hell Happened To Ninja Gaiden?
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2018
- Today, the Ninja Gaiden series is looked back on fondly by those who have taken the time to play the original games or the modern reboots and those games will surely continue to live on for future generations of gamers to enjoy due to their timeless challenge and excellent presentation.
With such a fantastic start to the franchise, and so many more profitable and affectionately revered sequels and reboots that followed, why has the series seemingly stopped in its tracks? What the hell happened to Ninja Gaiden?
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If Dante can come back Ryu can too
Dante already did ryu should as well
True
macabre Ducet They still need to bring a resolution.
If dmc 5 can come back onimusha can too
I hope Ninja gaiden, onimusha, and especially shinobi can return.
Ninja Gaiden Black is one of my favorite games of all time!
It's also one of the best.
@Skooby Snax Most action games didn't have good camera in 2004-5
Me too. It was the pioneer of God of War.
Agree.
Ninja gaiden 2 was masterpiece too but razors edge.......... oh my god, that was piece of s#@€
Ninja gaiden sigma
I seriously miss Ninja Gaiden... There's a hole in my soul, and I need some Hayabusa in my life again...
Me too!! 👌👌 Itagaki deserves another chance just for this Masterpiece
BUT!
Koei Tecmo said that they are making Ninja Gaiden 4 after they finish some game I forgot about which released last year
@@calibvr great news! They better realize we need versus tournaments for this great Game! Itll blow smash Bros out of the water
@@jomesias I don't think it and smash are comparable. They are very different, and I love both for different reasons
Ur comment sooo gayyyyyy
with dmc and bayonetta coming back, ninja gaiden has to make its return too!
Ninja Gaiden Black is above Devil May Cry. its just didnt get its fame.
All The Reasons Why lol its not terrible
Man I don't like the DMC 5 I don't know how IGN give it 9.5 story is very bad. Still I like DMC 3 more than DMC 5
Too much skill involved. Most gamers will end up with a valued body-part in a meat slicer, nowadays.
Awakened Virtue yeah dmc 3 is still the best.
Getting rid of Itagaki ruined the franchise, but I hope they bring it back because it had by far the best combat system of any action/adventure game.
Brandin Blades ng2 on xbox was the best hack and slash of all time
Dont confuse awesome animations with great combat systems. Ninja gaiden, as cool as its combat is, is extremely limited and as a result, very repetitive.
Vayren Scourge how, it had a bunch of weapons with different movesets, name an action game with deeper combat besides DMC and Bayonetta.
The problem is that none of the weapons' combos flow into eachother, they are just different finite strings, limits players' creativity.
You got dmc, bayo, nier:automata, godhand, darksiders 2, even monster hunter and some others. all of these have deeper combat, some of which are not necessarily better though.
I disagree with Nier, Ds2 and MH, good games but the combos you can pull off are nothing compared to what you can do in NG1 and 2.
Ninja Gaiden has been revived thanks to backwards compatiblity but we still need Ninja Gaiden 4
The original release of Ninja Gaiden 3 was panned. Razor's Edge was the re-release which was much better.
I was just gonna say that myself, Razors Edge on the harder difficulties was a blast. But after the mess that was Yaiba NGZ, where else could they take the series... And besides, Team Ninja have found their cash cow in Dead Or Alive with their multiple season passes, I honestly think they don't get enough flak for doing so. Anyways, have a good day.
Exactly, these mongrels forget that razors edge exist.
RE is what should have come out in the first place. I think if that version would have been the initial release things would have played out differently.
Yea but thats still terrible they had to rerelease the game for $60 just for it to be decent.
But yes, Razors Edge on hard legit has grounds for the best NG game.
Not as good as NG2 or NGB, but leagues better than the original release and why wasn't that what they put out first? Besides the double dip ofcourse
Good memories I can't believe I beat ninja gaiden sigma on master ninja oh the struggle lmao many controllers we're broken.
honestly wasnt THAT hard but still harder than any dark souls
tetsuo strider You crazy! That shit was hard as fuck.
The sigma version of NG2 is a nerfed version of the original on the Xbox 360. You beat NGS2 on master difficulty? That was the hard difficulty on the xbox version
Chapter 18 on master ninja was one of the hardest things I've ever done on a video game, it felt like I was trying a level from battletoads
I read that with Double D's voice
this is the exact reason I've lost my passion for video games as of recent. no exaggeration. this game to me is the pinnacle of fluid technical gameplay. nothing else even comes close. i really hope we hear an announcement of part 4 soon or I may just sell my ps4 and vr headset that collect dust. and i do have RezEv7. great game but terrifying to play alone.
Now that DMC5 impressed the world, I'm hoping for a brand new Ninja Gaiden to show Dante his match.
Ninja gaiden black and ninja gaiden 2 were good ninja gaiden 3 WAS ok but it felt empty. I think the series went downhill when ninja gaiden 3 came out so much was missing in that game 🤔🤔
Gaiden 3 was horse shit, it was hard for all the wrong reasons.
Agreed
Razors Edge is ok, and UT spam and Izuna drop is a cheap attack.
I tried the demo and it felt like the game was really playing itself, it didn't matter how I was timing my inputs all kinds of random stuff was coming out and enemies were dropping without any resistance. Plus with that Steel on Bone I'd be getting that randomly and one shoting and bunch of guys so again just all felt meh. However credit to Razors Edge for bringing back the Obliteration techniques from NG2 and extra weapons but why weren't there at the start? Also for Ninja Gaiden 4 I don't want to be playing through the whole game with a set of demonic nunchucks because that's what the story dictates (not that I'm saying don't shoot for a better story, just don't have it limit what you can do, especially when you could do it in the previous games)
I thought NG2 was a step back from NG Black myself. But it was still good. NG3 was indeed a big downgrade. I would like to see a remastered trilogy released. Mostly focusing on making NG3 good, and maybe adding extra missions pulled from enemies/areas of all 3 games.
Ninja Gaiden black is my favorite hack n slash game
Mine too and better than others
Same, even DmC or Bayonetta didn't top Ninja gaiden for me.
Team ninja took a break and made critically acclaimed nioh. Thats all apparently they do have ninja gaiden on their minds though.
*I miss this series but NG3 wasn't that fun. The multiplayer was interesting but it became inactive quickly. ✅😐*
There where never be anything like NGB and NG2, those games are masterpieces
Nah sigma 2 is absolute trash compared to vanilla NG2
You realize the same people responsible for the atrocity that is ninja gaiden 3 were responsible for sigma 2
bigevilworldwide1 sigma is trash bro go get a xbox n play the real game
Don't listen him guys. He is marvel fanboy
Yeah Sigma 2 is trash because of the censoring of the blood and dismemberment. It added a bunch of things and made the game easier, so lots of people hate that, but next to no blood and no body parts flying everywhere? It’s not even really ninja gaiden
Ps4 or ps5 version would be awesome but they need to get the right team together.
Team Ninja feel apart once Itagaki was fired.
@bigevilworldwide1 shut up idiot Itaki need to go
ITAGAKI SAN BRING NINJA GAIDEN BACK!!!! WE MISS YOUR CHALLENGES!!!!
He can't. He doesn't own the IP, Tecmo does. He did not leave Tecmo on good terms. He even sued Tecmo after leaving.
Cake Batter yeah and lost big time with even a sexual harassment charge on him from an employee
It sucks but without Itagaki, I dont think this game will ever be the same...
Itagaki doesnt mean shit, you fanboy fools seem to have completey forgotten that he made his own company and created that shitty abomination of a game, Devil's Third.
I dont know about other parts, but Ninja Gaiden 2 was bloody hardcore masterpice.
Where is Tenchu ?
Jimmy a Geek loved that game as a teen
corey smalls me too
FromSoftware wants to do new stuff. Sekiro shadows die twice looks like kind of a spiritual successor to Tenchu.
Try Shinobido Imashime on PS2.
I even finish the Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen on Vita!
I tell you what happen it was murdered by the new team. Itagaki when he rebooted for the original Xbox immediately told us he was the right successor and the right man to lead Ninja and DOA (even tho he created that series). Now Ninja Gaiden did dumb down a little bit with its sequels but once Ninja Gaiden 3, Razor's edge, Yaiba it gave us a sign that shows that this new team doesn't know how to push the series foward.
Why GamingBolt did you have to bring up ninja Gaiden, so many memories anyone agrees?
I don't agree, I never played it lol. No money for Xbox.
i cried so much over that game
Nioh is technically a prequel to the Ninja Gaiden series since you fight Ryu's ancestor from the Hayabusa clan on there. So technically you could say Nioh is the new Ninja Gaiden successor, and that game does not disappoint. Here's hoping Nioh 2 includes more Hayabusa.
What happened to Ninja Gaiden? Hmm... Ninja Gaiden 3?
JUST ! WHAT was so bad with Ninja Gaiden 3 ??!
Eddy Alvaross Hmm... Is that a rhetorical question?
Does that question look rhetorical ? Isn't that question clear enough to you ?
XxSLaYerZzxX why tf would it be rhetorical it’s clearly a legit question you should be able to answer if you knew what you were talking about and not just saying it was bad because that’s what other people are saying
Mula Motivation Mula Motivation Mula Motivation Why, you ask? It's simple. Ninja Gaiden 3 is a button masher. Even though, you have dozens of different combos, it's enough to mash two buttons through the whole game. Previous Ninja Gaidens were something akin to Souls games, but faster and, in my opinion, more demanding. If you didn't learn how to fight well enough, they you wouldn't have a chance of progressing in the game. Here, you're just slashing with different weapons the same way, through all enemies without any problems. Attack, attack, attack, sometimes dodge, attack attack, attack and so on for... 8 hours or so. That's the main problem. It's... Simple. You just sit down, turn on the game and the same buttons over and over again, while character on the screen cuts through enemies and spills blood and guts everywhere.
Ninja gaiden black is backward compatible and I'm just waiting on them to make ninja gaiden 2 backward compatible... I did not enjoy part 3
Ninja Gaiden 2 with an Xnhancement would be sweet, would smooth out some of those frame drops when there's like 30 ninjas on screen at once.
like in the big stairs in chapter 9 or 10 with alot of enemies
Ryu Hayabusa razors edge is the reason why NG is death, they believe that boobies and gore defines ninja gaiden and that’s a lie
Oderol No, Razor’s Edge was an attempt to save the franchise. The original release of Ninja Gaiden 3 is what killed it.
@@samoslich8131 The trilogy is backwards compatible
The thing is, they said they're bringing it back when the time is right. I'm really surprised you didn't find that quote for this video, I remember it being said during a Nioh interview last year.
And just when will that be? When they’re done riding the DOA cash cow?
The same team that made the sigma series is the same team that made NG Razor's Edge, 3, Yaiba along with Kenji infunae team, DOA5, and Nioh. The new team refuses to listen to fans and even the current head even disrespect the former head Itagaki also one time. When everytime we asked for the series to go back to the semi-openworld format like the Ninja Gaiden 2004 game they do something else that we didn't really ask for and obviously fail in the process. Besides Nioh its the main and only franchise that made a great positive cult following and DOA 5 in some form to fans.
I love ninja gaiden. Even ninja gaiden 3
I love this series especially NG1 and NG2. NG1 was the first hard game I got good at, so fun when you know it's hard but you just owning everything. Then I bought a DS for NGDS when it came out, was a fun portable game before mobile games and was Momiji's origin game. After that I got NG2 first day, lived up to my expectations, was everything like the first NG but hyper mode, and my favorite. Can still remember that pumped up ending, fighting your way into the deepest part of hell and they give you the two most baddest swords in the game to dual wield against the final boss with ass kicking music playing in the background, the kind that only plays when you knows shits going down.
I also like NG3 and YNGZ, got them first day too, though being honest they're not as good as NG1 and NG2, but I still like them. After playing Nioh, I'm hoping new Team Ninja can finally make a triumphant return for Ryu Hayabusa, my ninja's been underrated for too long.
Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 for XBOX 360 were 2 of the best action games I've ever played. So difficult, yet so satisfying action
Ninja gaiden 3 was the first to get trashed by critics and fans alike, not ng3:re. Razors edge was an attempt at bringing back what people wanted from the series and was a MASSIVE improvement over the original ng3 but still not nearly the masterpiece that black/sigma and 2 were. Also, Yiaba isn’t really worth comparing when talking about the mainline series. It’s an average beat em up at best.
Zach Svoboda ng3 re was something that suppose to be 3 in the first place other than that the game is not perfect and was still didn't satisfied fans as a whole.
Mario Sanon Ninja Gaiden is my favorite franchise of all time and I’ve played every version every game since the 2004 Xbox version. I do understand why people weren’t satisfied with razors edge and it’s not definitely not perfect but aside from weird hit boxes/detection on certain enemies and mostly underwhelming bosses, the game is a still a lot of fun to play. If anything the game is worth it just for the insane amount of content it offers. Being able to play the entire campaign with Ayana, kasumi, and momiji is just awesome
I still say 2 was already a step down. It felt unfinished, the in-your-face "attitude" of the presentation was annoying, and they messed up redesigning Irene to bear no resemblance to the original character. (not to mention that we already had Rachel, so we didn't really need another comedically disproportionate woman in the series.)
All The Reasons Why Definitely. I had a response typed out, but I decided to check what I said before, and I essentially repeated my previous comment, that it felt unfinished, had this annoying attitude, and that Sonia was just a teenage boy's wet dream at a point where other developers had started to learn to not do that. It managed to make me feel unmotivated to finish a game in my favorite series.
BFisch it’s a tough call for me between the first 2 but I really think I would give the slight edge to ng2. The first game is still incredibly good but backtracking in the open areas to solve puzzles does get a little annoying after the first initial playthrough. I like that ng2 dropped all of that in favor of being 100% action. Also gotta give a nod to the insane gore in the second game. With all that being said the first game has a far superior soundtrack. But hey, they are both right at the top of my list
HOWEVER for the handful of people who play on master ninja, the first game is a lot more balanced. In the second game those Spider ninjas with the incinerary shirokins (spelling? Lol) border on being unfair
Ninja giaden 3 was so bad they probably lost hope. Well I take that back because if DMC can make a comeback from crackhead Dante I'm sure ninja giaden will return
Uncle Homey i rather have sequel to crackhead Dante than a Ninja Gaiden 4 if its plays exactly like 3 and Yaiba again. Both Ninja and Z was so bad that most fans of the series stated that Itagaki's Ninja Gaiden 2 should be Ryu's last game overall and it took atleast like 4 hours to beat 3 when I bought it day 1.
Uncle Homey metal gear revengecne was the best gaidengame.
Uncle Homey Well said mate.
ZEUS oftheAEGIS 👍
Mario Sanon yabia was so bad lol I understand where you are coming from
What happened to prince of persia?
Mike Wxlf Assassin Creeds killed it, sadly.
Kratos ubisoft's also too lazy
Too busy with Assassin Creed
Prince of Persia became assassins creed due to the the last few prince of Persia games selling poorly,sands of time out sold every other prince of Persia game.
Mike Wxlf assasian Creed's happened
Great video,the next video should be what the F happen to shinobi,the last one i played was in ps 2 it was awesome
Would love to see a new one!!!
I miss ninja gaiden !!!! One of The best action games......
I wish I could go back, be in my 20's playing Ninja Gaiden on the original xbox again. Best hack n slash gamer. Ever.
One of my fav game of all time
Ninja gaiden:black and ninja gaiden 2 on the xbox one (x) are still one of the best action games ever made!
Playing NG2 on xbox gamepass right now, and it's still as brutal and insane as I remembered back in the days!
Grinding for the Unlabored flawlessness by the area where you get the windmill shuriken Good times.
Razor's Edge still remains my favorite part, regardless dull storyline, which is almost untouched since vanilla release. two additional Ayane's chapters are nice though. and co-op Ninja Trials, playing with a friend is a double blast. Clan Battle multiplayer with Unknown Ninja dummies, 99 levels and stuff, ehm, i don't think it really was necessary
(IMO) Ninja Gaiden Black was amazing, Ninja Gaiden 2 was great and NG3 was bad (We don't speak of Yaiba).
Baytuh yes I agree I think ninja Gaiden black was the best one and hardest one in the series but the sigma version was amazing
I've played Ninja gaiden, Ninja gaiden black, Ninja gaiden 2, Ninja gaiden Sigma 1+2, Ninja gaiden Sigma plus 1+2, Ninja gaiden 3 + razors edge all several times. Now I'm hoping for a trilogy remaster so I can play them all over again.
Just a question: didn't ninja gaiden 3 get re-made with most of the issue being fixed?
if only there was a ninja gaiden black on pc. i would buy it without them enhancing it
moblue 289 you can play sigma on pc now
CAVEMAN really? Where is it available ?
Get RPCS3 watch?v=D2zI9GbcaVo
Buy an Xbox one
Congrats check steam in 2021
I wonder why it didn't get continued on the snes.
As a long time fan of the franchise I think that they should go back to their roots of what got them here and build from there. I'm talking about bringing back the Arcade game, a modern version but still keep the Arcade feel to it. The younger generations will be drawned to it and the old time gamers like me will definitely appreciate it since that game was special.
They should just remaster them or come out with a new that has the same quality as the old ones
They are both playable on 4KHD 60FPS on the xbox gamepass right now.
Great video... Just wished NG would come up with a new game soon. Maybe a Diablo 3 like game and storyline. Would do you think?
Played ninja gaiden sigma 2 so much I could do a few bosses blindfolded... literally XD
It'd be nice if we atleast got a remastered collection. DMC collection has been remastered twice!
I actually had the patience to beat Ninja Gaiden 2 on Master Ninja it made me feel like a badass easily my favorite game of all time
Given how gamers look at Dark Souls as the most difficult game to master, today is the perfect time to either remaster the most recent trilogy, or simply reboot the series again. Ninja Gaiden Black was significantly more difficult than any Dark Souls game, and it was more rewarding.
Dark Souls???? Hahaha Dark Souls for kids
Slashed his way through OurCADES and living rooms
I'm not saying Rachel is girl but.... Rachel is best girl
TrueDarkAce Rachel is T H I C C!
That's a weird way of spelling "Momiji"...
Nope, Alma is!!
XanderVJ Preach!
Im more into AYANE!!
NG3 RE was good
@bigevilworldwide1 oh Deadpool game is amazing right?
Im surprised that someone still Upload a Ninja gaiden Video i woud Love to See Ninja Gaiden 4 togetter with Ryu and hayate
Im Waiting since 2014 good dammit -___-
Just bring Ninja Gaiden collection to PC
I'll cry. I'll literally cry if that happens. PC's where it belongs.
With Seikiro shadows die twice and ghosts of tsushima coming out respectively 2019/20, team tecmo can't help but be motivated to let these other ninjas know who the original OG is. And if not they could always create a fresh new character and storyline that takes place in the same universe.
That's weird, this video popped up just when I had a craving to play ninja gaiden.
I actually thought Razors Edge was alright. My main issue that stayed is that there was still less weapons than NG Sigma 2. The original 3 was pretty bad though.
I'd love to see Ninja Gaiden IV or Sigma remastered
beat the game (sigma & part 3) in normal difficulty missed this game so much.
Ninja Gaiden black was perfect the semi open world, a ton of variety of enemies, the combos, finishing moves loved it
I had NG Sigma, NG Sigma 2, NG 3 (not Razor's Edge) and Yaiba NG Z. I loved all of them. NG Sigma 2's two player co-op was awesome. I never could complete NG 3's campaign. Couldn't beat the huge dragon mecha. My son loved the NG 3 multiplayer. And Yaiba is a good game for what it is on it's own. Couldn't finish it. Got stuck on one of the boss fights I believe. But Ninja Gaiden has been missing from my life for far too long now.
I approve of this message, & I hope you are correct in your optimism for another game in the series.
Waiting for the day we get one...............
>sees masked guy in a red cloak
Am I the only one getting traumatic StudioFOW flashbacks?
I thought NG3 Razor's edge was fine mechanically.
I've been asking for a NG trilogy collection, Ninja Gaidne 1 and 2 were amazing 3 had it's issues but the Razor Edge edition is insanely hard. I hope they release a HD collection soon.
I hope Team Ninja brings back Ninja Gaiden after they're done with the Ni-Oh franchise.
Oh and I wonder if you could do a "What the hell happened" to Front Mission. If you haven't already, that is. At least I can't find any such video in your channel.
2:54 AYANE !!!
Tomonobu Itagaki leaving tecmo is why we ain't had any good Ninja Gaiden games since NG II
I remember playing this games on my xbox 360
1:25 - Which part is that?
Finally someone talks about ninja gaiden!!!
To this day i am waiting for a ninja gaiden game.
I think a good move to reignite the series's popularity would be to put Ryu Hayabusa in Smash Bros.
i can feel a reboot coming soon
Loved NG black and Sigma on PS3. Bought a used 360 in preparation for NG2 only to have it come out for PS3 a year later🤦🏻♂️
They should make an indie 2D ninja gaiden just for the fun factor. That's what many of us would like anyways.
Can you do one on "what happened to Way of the Samurai"?
NG without itagaki is like MGS without kojima
The thought of an open world NG game would just be absolutely amazing. Let it be done in different sandbox regions of the world. A city with buildings, a forest with Japanese huts, a snow covered area and maybe even a fight arena to fight hordes of enemies. It would be badass but open world and hack n slash titles usual don't mix. That's why we've yet to have seen one exist. Throw some rpg elements in there and it'll be perfect.
Bruh we need a collection remaster on ps4 and we need a NG4 !
Edit: Ninja gaiden 3 razors edge was my fav.
Well, Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, which was just announced, will be available on PS4, XBOX, Switch, and PC (steam).
@@israeldominguezz for real ? I need to check it out, thats dope !
This game was the only type of darksouls game i had since i was 10 years old. good memories.
Ninja gaiden 3: who are you?
Metal gear rising revengeance: i'm you but better
A lot of people frequently put Devil May Cry 2 the in worst sequels list, but this game never killed the franchise the way Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge did.
2 years later, we get the master collection which is just a pad port at best and just a bundle of previous games at worst.
Hopefully master collection was a way of team ninja's evaluation for the fan base of this game. like "we'll think about releasing a new NG game if this sells well".
Razor's Edge was Good......I want it on my xbox one so bad ....... I miss this game so much!
I'm hoping there's at least thought going into either a Ninja Gaiden 4 or a complete reboot somewhere behind the scenes right now. The only one of the new series I really got into myself was Ninja Gaiden 2 but that was such a blast to play through even if I died countless times in the attempt. Here hoping for a announcement of a new entry into the series in the next couple of years.
I miss these games soooooo much
I forgot all about Team Ninja. I'm off googling what they are up to nowadays.
Tomonobu Itagaki leaving Team Ninja is what the hell happened.
Ninja Gaiden Black is the rarest exception. I think the entire team was proud of what they built, but saw even more potential. Or a missed opportunity. They then created the most masterful game ever laid down. NG 2 was pretty good too although parts felt rushed. It almost seemed more 2 dimensional than the firsy.
The NINJA GAIDEN NES games were and frustratingly hard not because of the challenging enemies but the fucking respawning of said enemies . If I move slight move to the back , my killed enemy is back . Slight angle jumps and drops can easy master but it is the respawning enemies that getcha the most angry .
How tf did I forget about this series
I just want a HD remake collection on the pc (and other platforms) because if it's possible people Could make mods for the game such as a difficulty harder than master ninja or fan made missons
Those great Childhood memories and now I'm 22 and life sucks..
Team ninja bring our Ryu back
Tech Gyani bruh wait till your 30 and there's a whole generation of younger adults who don't even recognize the the format of television you played games on as a kid.
Ninja Gaiden 3 happened