To refresh on some unaware of the series, Ninja Gaiden has been around for more than three decades with the titular debut of the first game in 1988 on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Since the inauguration of the property, the game has migrated beyond platforms, eras, and genres with time continuing on. The series, however, as of late has been neglected as many fans would feel with hopes that a new mainline entry would arrive in the coming future.
The latest entry coming from Team Ninja in 2013 with Ninja Theory 3: Razor’s Edge. The series since then has been followed with the mobile spin-off 100万人のNinja Gaiden which released the same year in Japan and Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z which later arrived in 2014. Regardless, fans of Team Ninja’s work are still anticipating for the developer to return with a new title sometime soon.
According to an interview with IGN this month, Team Ninja’s Director for the upcoming Nioh 2 shares some reassuring news for those waiting fans. Fumihiko Yasuda tells that the studio is aware of the fan’s request for a new installment and hopes to deliver on that outcry sometime in the coming future.
The core members of the team that worked on Ninja Gaiden want to make a new game. We are aware that some fans wanted Ninja Gaiden more than Nioh 2.
Additionally, Yasuda then goes on to acknowledge that while the team is working on the exciting sequel for Nioh, he expresses to hopefully be able to make a new title especially seeing games like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice release last year. Seemingly, it was also picked up that Yasuda did referenced Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Tsushima as well without mentioning the name in detail.
Concerning details onto what this act of God title could be in the future, Yasuda failed to shed some light on the matter. Assumably, I would suggest that whatever the title might be, expect it to be another third-dimensional action-adventure.
In the wait for a new entry, fans did however migrate to spiritual successors like Sabotage’s The Messenger. Leading up to the game’s release, original Ninja Gaiden Director Hideo Yoshizawa and Composer Keiji Yamagishi shared their approval on the Indie Game of the year nominee.
What would you hope for the future of Ninja Gaiden from Team Ninja?
Source: IGN
