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Armored Core team doing cinematic action.

Microsoft has announced Ninja Blade for Xbox 360 during its Japanese press conference.

Armored Core developer From Software is at the controls and has set the very familiar-sounding game in modern day Tokyo, which just happens to be abuzz with plenty of zombie and demon baddies. If not Xbox 360 consumers.

The rendered trailer shown during the conference had a ninja standing and somehow sticking to the underside of a plane's wing, before jumping into the Tokyo skyline and running down the side of skyscraper while chopping some winged beasties into bite-sized chunks.

From Software aims to jump between cinematic and action sequences seamlessly, according to Kotaku's live blog of the conference, and Lost Planet artist Keiji Nakaoka is said to be on board (the live-blog refers to him as a designer, but Mobygames reckons he was a character modeler - anyone know for sure?).

Ninja Blade is due for Japan sometime in 2009.

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Triggerhappytel #1 4 years ago

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Looking at the images of this, I am awaiting screams of "plagiarisation" from Team Ninja.
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Gnort #2 4 years ago

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I'm irrationally excited by any game with ninjas in it, even if most of them turn out to be rubbish. From Software haven't exactly been churning out top quality titles, so I fear we could get another Tenchu Z.

I can't view the trailer from work, but if it's pre-rendered then it means nothing anyway.
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bushwod #3 4 years ago

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Oh...

based on the headline I though this was a dashboard update
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menage #4 4 years ago

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= From Software is looking for unemployed rockstar game dev.

Job requirements - getting drunk, know you're boob physics, wear sunglasses all the time,

reply now!
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The-Bodybuilder #5 4 years ago

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Is that you, Ryu?

Any bets that the main character's name is Ryo Shawabusha?
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Triggerhappytel #6 4 years ago

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I was thinking more like Ryo Buyahasa.
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kangarootoo #7 4 years ago

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"Quote from someone who has seen this game in action"

Someone!? Well thats me sold
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Freek #8 4 years ago

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Hard to plagiarize something that was a generic design in the first place.
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The-Bodybuilder #9 4 years ago

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Buyahasha?
I like it.
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carrotcake #10 4 years ago

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I am pleased that another action game is being made, but I doubt Team Ninja's game can be defeated.

Now we have this, Bayonneta and GoW3 to look forward to. Well I never liked God of War, but the new one might be better.
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MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #11 4 years ago

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Didn't From Software do a pair of very pretty Ninja Demon-swatting games for Xbox 1? I forget what they were called now. Otogi, was it?
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MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #12 4 years ago

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Yes it was. 6/10 though. Oh well.

Edited by 1 at 01/09/08 @ 16:23
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Gearskin #13 4 years ago

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Otogi was the fuckin' BALLZ! And by that I mean it was AWESOME!
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Gnort #14 4 years ago

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I thought Otogi was great, and the metascore of 80 suggests a lot of other reviewers did too.
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Dizzy #15 4 years ago

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"Quote from someone who has seen this game in action

"makes Ninja Gaiden 2 look like a last gen game" "

Ha yes... the Internet. Where every new thing is always better than anything else before it.

Chance of this being better than NG... about 20%. Unless it is an Otogi remake.
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davisorle #16 4 years ago

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According to what they say it sounds too good. Though the video is not ingame ( I think so at least.. :S ) so it might be from a failure to amazing. So give us something as a damn proof of how good it's gonna be to at least know what to expect from it.
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