Is this the same guy that stated that the action genre hasn't moved forward since the release of the first Devil May Cry? What a believable guy if so. Can't blame him though, the reputation of the difficulty of Ninja Gaiden must have scared him away from testing it since he only can manage the God of War's kiddy difficulty types, let alone the Okami one. How pathetic!

Even more pathetic than the people saying that Devil May Cry invented this genre when Onimusha was there before it. Same thing can be said about Kojima that invented the sneak'em up genre when 005 was years before Metal Gear. Stuff like this piss me off and hypocrites like Kamiya makes me laugh out loud.

Don't bother to answer! People has already a closed opinion on this guy whatever he sais. It's a religous work to be a game designer for people here it seems since they aren't allowed to be themselves and give their honest opinion on things without being trashtalked to kingdom kong. Even the Okami game seems to be a religous artifact now which is really laughable.

If there is anything that Ninja Gaiden has introduced to this genre is a hell of a A.I. that beats the sh*t out it's competitors, so much that it pisses of people that makes them hide behínd their complaints about boobs, plastic and the camera. It's embarrassing to read those complaints since it just proves how f*cked up the (so called) players are that can't even controll it on their own after hundreds of games with a locked one. A action game has to have a locked camera, stupid easy enemies, reviewers blessings and rich story to be considered good. Only Nintendo can get away with lack of story.

Another thing, I have been seeing these posts around the net (even here) that people are not even trying these games only because of their dislike of it's developer, namely Itagaki. Wow! Talk about excuses! That's called cowardness in my book. Please come up with something better people before I'll die of laughter, that would give the gaminghating journalists something good to write about.

I feel more threaten getting my Stylish combo broken than actually for my characters survival in those games. Is this what action hack & slah games is coming too? If that's so, I might aswell quit the genre right now, but first after I have fully completed Ninja Gaiden II. It might have a nonsense story but at least they got the gameplay right and that's what's important.

First he got greatly offended after having heard a radiocommercial by Namco were they mocked their beat' em up competitors, this included Virtua Fighter and his Dead or Alive. Since then he has trashtalked the Tekken series whenever the title was spoken to him.

Second, remember the "Bad question Interview"? He surelly doesn't take stupid questions lightly. It's like an insult to his character.

Third, the Devil May Cry 4 producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi comment about not feeling that Ninja Gaiden DS was an action title because of it being handheld wasn't either taken lightly by him.

Now it's Hayashi. Summer 2007 in an interview he was asked about what he thought about developers who complained about the PS3 being to difficult to create games for. His answer was... "if they think it's difficult, they should get out of the ring", guess one developer who has complained about this before! That's right, the stone face himself. See the picture? Itagaki got pissed about that comment and now he is pissing all over the guys version of Ninja Gaiden.Then again, his arguments isn't necessarily wrong either.

(By the way, the word around here that Itagaki recruted Hayashi to make NGS is totally bullsh*t! It was actually Hayashi who came up to him and suggested the idea of spreading Ninja Gaiden to more people. This means that he wasn't really his b*tch during the development of the game that got dissed in the end. It's all at 1up on an interview simply called "Team Ninja's Itagaki Interviewed". This doesn't prove that Itagaki isn't a jerk here at all, but that people around here are being ignorent. Itagaki is an A*hole indeed but not as much as many here are claiming him to be.

Kojima himself thought of Viggo Mortensen to play Snake, but found him to old, I for myself find "Thomas Jane" would be a great Snake after having watched "The Punisher" movie. An unknown wouldn't be a bad idea either I guess.

"I knew it was to good to be true... he has returned..."

Well thank you for seing me as such a positive thing in your life! It's my pleasure to be bashing you once in a while.

"like a cancer..."

Yeah, I get that a lot from ignorant people like you!

"Just let it go. At this point, you're only embarassing yourself..."

I feel embarrassed by replying to a monkey here, "embarassing"? It's "embarrassing" for crying out loud!. If you want to be taken more seriously, then I suggest you spell more propeply when doing an argument. Just a friendly advice here.

By looking at you're answer to my second comment I got to write here that it was very disapointing! Not only did you screw up on trying to convince me but you have also manage to make a fool out of yourself, varios times even. I numbered it and marked the new comments to make it easier for you to find. You can thank me later.

1. "Took his cock out of your mouth long enough to say something huh...?"

Why such a nasty question? (because you're bing a dick, that's why...)

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So this makes me a dick sucking a dick in you're thoughts. Wow! I'm really impressed by you're lose imagination here. You really have some big mental issues to be dealt with because that doesn't make any sense. What is a "bing" may I ask? Where you referring to "being" maybe? Trying to be cool or something?

2. Im sorry that I don't spend my entire spare time in front of the computer like you seem to do, I don't really sit tight and wait for an answer all day.

(You mean before or after I get off work? I'm confused here...)

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Ofcourse you are!

3. Im sorry to crush your dreams but Im really not interested on your offer, Im straight you see.

(I weep softly... there's another life long goal shattered...)

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Really? Did you really wept? Gee, I'm sorry! I will never make fun of your sexual urge again!

4. "He thinks this game is the sh*t and you apparently believe him."

I believe in what I saw. By having looked at all the gametrailers for this game that I could find it's pretty clear to me that he's not lying. The game looks awesome and runs awesome as well so he has the proof to back his claims up.

(Nice to know that all it takes to get your motor running is hacked limbs and bucket of blood...)

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And hardedge fast gameplay, action, ninjas, katanas, the new scythe and the claws as weapons, ninpos, Master Ninja Mode, Obliteration Techniques, acrobatic combat and of course by this being the sequel to one of my favorite games. What? Having trouble with the blood and guts? A pansy, huh? And ofcourse an ignorant by believing that "Ninja Gaiden 2" is only about the gore I assume!

5. "And just what the hell is so philisophical about Ninja Gaiden?"

I never wrote that Ninja Gaiden was philosophical, just assumed that you thought his opinion on violence was since you like to think he's trying to be a Kojima.

(The pattern is there... scarse info on his project.. barely there pics and vids... veil of pseudo-secrecy over his project... reclusive lifestyle during production of said game... just SCREAMS Kojima... only difference is, I actually GIVE A DAMN about Kojima's game...)

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What? That's it? Every game designer does it once in a while. Does Kojima own those so called qualities or something? I know! Let's call it "Kojima Mode"! Every time Shinji Mikami doesn't want to give any details about an announced and non-Resident Evil project, then he's probably in "Kojima Mode". Same thing with game composer Akira Yamaoka when denying that a new Silent Hill is under development. I just remembered Toby Gard and his Gallion project that he had a long time ago.

6. (and by the way, you're a liar, and here's the quote to prove it... "Seems to me that you think that anyone in the game business who will give an opinion on stuff would directly be trying to be a Kojima, especially the ones who gives it with a philosophical touch. "See, I didn't make that up...)

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You are wrong again! In that quote Im still referring to his OPINION on violence being philosophical, not Ninja Gaiden. Look again at the word "OPINION" on that quote!

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By the way, you made a fool out of yourself again by calling me a liar. Down below is why.

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I asked you: "And what is it that makes you think that Itagaki is trying to be another Kojima? His opinion on violence? Seems to me that you think that anyone in the game business who will give an opinion on stuff would directly be trying to be a Kojima,"

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You Answered: "No I don't think anyone in the business with a opinion is trying to be another Kojima... just this asshole." Notice that you didn't deny here that it was his opinion I was referring to, this makes it all more stupid that you called me a liar for assuming that I called the game philosophical.

7. I put some mispelling words here and there on purpose.(Yeah, SURE you did...)

I thought that it would be a good practise for you to try and find them all. Enjoy

(on the other hand, here's a better challenge... why don't you go back and try finding them yourself... what am I, your spell checker? You're such a grammar GOD, you shouldn't even make intentional mistakes...)

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Are you sure? You're missing a big opportunity to practise here!

Im sorry that I have keept you waiting for this answer, but I have a life outside my living room and it's computer! If you want me to stop answering you, just writte the magic word "Please"!

If the comment was meant to another person then you really should press the arrow button to make sure that he/she is aware of it, because you look kind of pathetic trying to communicate to someone, seriously! By the way, good job on the spelling! I guess you really did pay attention to my second comment, Bravo!

Why such a nasty question? Im sorry that I don't spend my entire spare time in front of the computer like you seem to do, I don't really sit tight and wait for an answer all day. Im sorry to crush your dreams but Im really not interested on your offer, Im straight you see.

"He thinks this game is the sh*t, and you apparently believe him."

I believe in what I saw. By having looked at all the gametrailers for this game that I could find it's pretty clear to me that he's not lying. The game looks awesome and runs awesome as well so he has the proof to back his claims up.

"And just what the hell is so philisophical about Ninja Gaiden?"

I never wrote that Ninja Gaiden was philosophical, just assumed that you thought his opinion on violence was since you like to think he's trying to be a Kojima. I don't know why you think that since you haven't answered my question on that one. Please... next time read a comment more propeply before asking stupidly!

By the way, it's "philosophical", not "philisophical"! Learn to spell better. I put some mispelling words here and there on purpose. I thought that it would be a good practise (or practice?)for you to try and find them all. Enjoy!

Ofcourse people loves this piece of junk, a game that doesn't crave any skill whatsoever to play it. You just hit the enemies up in the air to finish them off with half-assed combos over and over again. That's it. Talk about challenge! Pathetic in my opinion. I don't know what is sadder, Tekken's so called "fighting mechanics" or the people that hails this series? Honestly, I couldn't care less.

I can say the same thing about the excellent "God of War 2" by the way. Did that game make any huge changes compared to the previous one? No, it did the obvious thing to upgrade itself, but not much else.

About the graphics, "Ninja Gaiden 2" looks great in my and many others opinion. What is it that you want exacly? Rusted walls or more real characters? This is how this franchise style looks like and I don't see why Ninja Gaiden should be anything else other than Ninja Gaiden.

This is something Im going to buy when it comes out and it's not because of something as ridicules as a logo, but because the previous one rocked, and I have a good feeling by looking at the pictures and videos that this is going to be a good one as well. People do this not because they are blinded, but because they want to have quality time and gameplay like the first ones of franchises as Devil May Cry, God of War or even Onimusha. All good games which is why they turned into franchises in the first place.

-Question-

"SUNJAMMER", how can you even compare this game to such a puppy game as "Resident Evil 4" in terms of violence? Only "Bloodrayne" comes close to what "Ninja Gaiden 2" has in brutality, so please tell me how?

By the look of things, I can see that alot of fanboys has been hurt by his opinion on this so called "Tekken", a game series that people tries to convince hard that it is a fighting game when it's actually just a slow playing combo simulator. This is not an opinion, it's simply a fact, and I am sure that before this month is over, Im going to get a lot of you know what!