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Send to email | Itagaki on Ninja Gaiden II dismemberment, difficulty and DLC in itagakininja-gaidenninja-gaiden-2ninja-gaiden-iiteam-ninja | By Christopher Grant el 15-May-2008 | Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Interviews
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After spending about 30 minutes with a final build (awaiting certification) of Ninja Gaiden II at the Xbox 360 Spring Showcase, we had a chance to sit down with designer Tomonobu Itakagi, along with a handful of other game journalists. Staring out at us through dark shades, as an assistant translated his responses, the Team Ninja front man spoke on the "Deadly Ds," as we like to call them: dismemberment, difficulty (as in, tweaking the design philosophy to make us feel less like wusses for playing on easy) and Down-Loadable Costumes. Actually, there was another "D" addressed here too -- the one that ends with "-rinking on the job," or rather, the lack thereof. Yes, this was a new, sobered Itagaki, folks. Hard to believe given the swirl of emotions surrounding the realization that this could be his last *gasp* Ninja Gaiden.
Joystiq: We noticed the name of the casual mode in Ninja Gaiden II is "Path of the Acolyte" and not "Ninja Dog." Are you trying to remove the stigma of playing on the easy setting?Continue reading Itagaki on Ninja Gaiden II dismemberment, difficulty and DLC Permalink | Email this | Comments

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