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Team Ninja Reacts to Kanagawa Rampage

It wasn't until Team Ninja's Yosuke Hayashi stepped off the plane from Japan earlier this week that he heard about the connection some in the Japanese media were trying to draw between his recently released Ninja Gaiden game and the rampage of a disenfranchised gamer at a shopping center near Tokyo.

"We were just talking about it. We didn't fly in until last night and I didn't know about it until I got off the plane," Hayashi said through a translator Wednesday afternoon. "They told me there is stuff going on in the media in Japan, there is a game that was involved and it just so happens it was Ninja Gaiden DS."

DragonKnight5866d ago

Proof that a Ninja Gaiden game shouldn't be on the DS. It messes with the minds of the casual gamers who own it.

Richdad5865d ago

Casual gamers cant take the load of Ninja Gaiden and if they get GOw and Gear they would take a chainsaw and run around the city.
Anyways why in the world the 24 years old man (of my age) was wishing to kill??? I mean will to kill he was saying as if its his dietary ingredient. He didn't felt good until he murdered someone well he was definitely a pshyco. But 99.99% of those who play games are not.

DragonKnight5865d ago

And wouldn't you know it, the one time Jack Thompson could be right about something is the time he can't say sh1t. You've gotta love the irony. Plus the fact that it happened in Japan so he likely doesn't know about it.

TurdStationPee5864d ago

Or maybe this has to do with Asians and their over-fascination with swords?

v1c1ous5866d ago

guess i see where the issue got taken out of hand

name5865d ago

N4g is becoming just as sensationalist. How many articles have been posted here saying some guy killed some other guy and some game was the cause?

i rule5865d ago

they let the people decide.

The Wood5865d ago

selected truths and choice cuts like most media

Timesplitter145865d ago

they see terrorists and conspiracies everywhere

Strife Lives5865d ago

Do I hafta wait till Xbox 3/720 for DOA 5 ? ! ? ! Rite nw,ima kicking ass in DMC 4. so I need a beat em up quick

Richdad5865d ago

Team Ninja makes great games and I love DOA5 and its definitely comin next year they didnt had much gap between there games most of the times.
NG2 was perhaps the longest gap between Team Ninja titles after DOA4.

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6 Unannounced Third-Party 3DS Games I Want in 2012

We recently featured an article about five unannounced 3DS games that we would like to see Nintendo reveal in 2012. Following up on that idea, here are six games that would fit well on the 3DS in 2012, each coming from a third-party developer that has already pledged support for the handheld. Let the speculation begin on GameRabies!

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Venoxn4g4513d ago

I would like something from Platinum games...maybe God Hand 2 3D or just God hand 3D :)

then new No more heroes 3DS

new Sin & Punishment 3DS

new Madworld 3DS

new Silent Hill 3DS

Kororinpa 3DS & Bomberman 3DS & Omega 5 (damn you Konami, for now)..

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New Ninja Gaiden Deluxe Figure Hits Retail

Based on his appearance in Ninja Gaiden 2, the deluxe action figure joins the new ‘Best of Player Select’ videogame figure assortment. The series features some of the most Electronic Theatre Imagepopular figures from the ‘Player Select’ series, repackaged and offered at a reduced price. Many of the original releases were never made available in the UK previously, and the Ryu Hayabusa deluxe action figure was one of those that gamers may have missed out on.

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DS games on the 3DS(mock ups): A Comparison

Gaming Gauge writes:"So we recently got a look at how DS games function on the 3DS. As you can see the games are upscaled to fill the screen rather than mapped 1:1(although the option may be there). The downside to this method is that the games lose a bit a clarity, they can appear a bit blurry and fuzzy. I thought it would be interesting to make some mock up screenshots to compare how different styles are affected by the upscaling."

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Xbox360PS3AndPC4815d ago

3DS cant even run ds games without fuzziness while the mighty NGP can run PS3 games