At its pre-Tokyo Game Show briefing, Microsoft officially announced Ninja Gaiden 2, the full sequel to the bloody action game. Team Ninja designer Tomonobu Itagaki took the stage to show off the game and announced that it is exclusive for release on the Xbox 360 sometime next year.
The game, among other new things, will feature an entirely new engine and have “finishing blows” system for fatality-like moves. It will feature an automatic health regeneration system with “semi-permanent damage restored at save points,” over 30 hours of gameplay and both land and water-based fighting.
Check out a nice, shiny teaser trailer below.
Last week saw a pre-Tokyo Game Show briefing from Microsoft, where the company revealed several new Japanese titles in development. These games are set to hit Xbox Live Arcade in the coming months.
First up is Rez, a trippy on-rails-shooter from Tetsuya Mizuguchi who is personally involved in the development of this downloadable title. Q Entertainment bills the game as a “direct port” of the original enhanced by high-resolution assets and 5.1 sound. The game is set for release during Q1 2008.
Another shooter – Ikaruga – will be available soon. This vertically-scrolling 2D shooter will feature the standard two-player cooperative mode of the original. It has been listed as “available soon,” so no release date yet.
Other games announced were Every Extend Extra Extreme, Exelica, Omega Five and EXIT, which was originally a PSP puzzle-scroller.
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