Sam Gittins reports:
"The bosses themselves are quite impressive, some are more inventive than others and the overall difficulty ranges from subdued to stylus snapping..."
From the very beginning the Ninja Gaiden series has been an excellent example of it's genre, from the original arcade game to the well regarded NES trilogy and the superlative spectacular three dimensional outings; each instalment has brought something new to the ever expanding universe.
And now it's the turn of the DS with the release of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, which takes the series to new heights thanks to it's sublime stylus sliding, sword, slashing control method. Set a mere six months after the Dark Dragon Blade incident this instalment fills in a lot of the blanks from the time between the first and second incarnations that were presented in the third dimension.
For the most part the main plot revolves around the Black Spider clan, Fiends and the ominously powerful Dark Dragonstones; much of the lore enveloping the Ninja Gaiden universe is expanded in this outing so I won't go into too much detail but as storylines go it's interesting enough, even more so if your a fan of the series.
The game begins with Ryu sparring with his new student Momiji who you get to control at the beginning of the game which is basically the training level and predictably she gets captured at the end and so it's once again up to Ryu Hayabusa to save the day!''
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!
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)..
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.
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."
3DS cant even run ds games without fuzziness while the mighty NGP can run PS3 games
