
Ninjitsu can then be sold for Ninja Cash, which is the main currency.


In Ninja Masters, players can slash their katana to earn a currency called "Ninjitsu". Similarly to other simulator games, the player collects a currency, to trade for a stronger tool, in order to gain said currency faster. We’ll discuss those tomorrow.Ninja Masters is a simulator like game, combined with a fighting aspect. Hayashi also touched on Ninja Gaiden 3’s difficulty and other projects Team Ninja are working on in the shadows. The direction of the game is different, so Ryu Hayabusa is the only playable character in the story. While I was the producer of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, this time I want to focus on Ryu, a Japanese dark hero. Will we see other playable characters like Ayane and Momiji from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2? We want to show this side of Ryu, his human side, and how he can relate to everyone. Therefore, he must feel similar emotions. When Ryu is unmasked he is a regular man, just like us. This time we want to show Ryu’s personality and how he relates to others. In the other Ninja Gaiden titles, Ryu is focused on killing enemies and he didn’t show who he was. How do you plan on expanding Ryu’s character for Ninja Gaiden 3? You mentioned Ryu as a dark hero, but as a character I don’t feel he’s as developed as some of the female characters like Rachel. At this point, we can’t reveal the exact details of those. As you proceed through the game, Ryu will have different actions based on the time period. We thought about what a ninja can do back then and that’s why we added climbing to the game. With this game, we set out to have Ryu as a Japanese dark hero and that means a ninja from the feudal time period. What other moves does Ryu have new for Ninja Gaiden 3? I saw Ryu has new moves like sliding and scaling walls with kunai. In the future we’ll be able to show you this element. It wasn’t in the demo because we wanted players to see what it was feel what it is like to kill enemies with the katana. As you proceed through the story, you will acquire different katanas.

This time we focused on the katana and what it’s like for players to cut through flesh and bone. Will we see any new weapons in Ninja Gaiden 3? This time you have to cut through a human being. When you see limbs and heads falling on the ground before, those were creatures.

Also, enemies are human, not demons or monsters. A core concept of the game is cutting through flesh and bone and when you cut through an opponent it feels visceral. This time we wanted to show you what we think of violence. We consider gore and violence different elements. I remember you said you wanted to demonstrate the consequences of violence in Ninja Gaiden. 1ġIn Ninja Gaiden 3, Ryu can unleash his ultimate technique, an attack that quickly dispatches enemies, when his arm is glowing red. This cursed energy can be stored and later used to attack enemies. Killing makes Ryu’s arm begin to glow red. Yosuke Hayashi, Team Ninja Head: Ryu’s right arm is a key element of the game and has been cursed by his enemies. Ryu sliced through people, not monsters, with his katana.Ĭompared to Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, which had enemies vanish in a puff of purple smoke, Ninja Gaiden 3 felt more brutal in comparison and that’s kind of what Hayashi wanted.Īside from bloody screenshots, we saw Ryu’s glowing red arm. Enemies tried to stop Ryu with machine guns and rocket launchers, which put up a poor fight. The demo ( which Kris outlined) went from one bloody battle to the next. I made sure to play Ninja Gaiden 3 before speaking with Yosuke Hayashi, lead designer and head of Team Ninja.
