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Microsoft’s Xbox Developer Direct 2025 on January 23, 2025 kicked off with Ninja Gaiden 4, a new game in the series being developed by PlatinumGames and Team Ninja. The initial trailer confirmed that while Ninja Gaiden icon Ryu Hayabusa will be present, the hero this time around will be a new character named Yakumo from the Raven clan who is pitted against Ryu. It'll be out in Fall 2025, and it will be a part of Xbox Game .

In Ninja Gaiden 4, the Dark Dragon alive is confirmed to be alive, causing rain to fall on Tokyo and fiends to appear. Yakumo heads out to save Tokyo to save the day. However, Ryu is there with his own agenda. The two will end up facing off against each other during the story, as we see in one of the early segments during the presentation, with us learning more about what’s happening in Tokyo and with both clans along the way. Both characters will be playable, and each will have their own fighting style and moveset.

Here’s the Xbox Developer Direct 2025 Showcase, which started with the new Ninja Gaiden game and featured commentary from PlatinumGames after.

Ninja Gaiden 4 will come to the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC in Fall 2025.

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Kaiyodo has announced that it will produce and release a new Revoltech figure based on Kasumi from Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge. This action figure will be part of the company's Revoltech Amazing Yamaguchi line.

Even though Kasumi also appeared in the Dead or Alive series, this action figure will feature her appearance in the latest mainline Ninja Gaiden entry released as of 2024. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge is an the 2012 PS3 and Xbox 360 title Ninja Gaiden 3. It appeared first on Wii U in late 2012, and Koei Tecmo then ported it back to the former two consoles in 2013. Razor's Edge is also included in Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, which has been available worldwide on the PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC since 2021.

The announcement tweet from Kaiyodo's official X is also available to view right below:

Kaiyodo has been on a roll with numerous reveals of figures based on characters from Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden series. The company started the wave by revealing the Revoltech action figure of the series protagonist Ryu Hayabusa in May 2024. However, it also revealed a newer action figure modeled after his appearance in Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge on the 2024 Christmas Day. In September 2024, the company also announced a Revoltech of Ayane from the same title.

Kaiyodo will announce the pre-order and release windows for its Revoltech Amazing Yamaguchi action figure of Kasumi from Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge at a later time.

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Kaiyodo has revealed two new figures related to the Ninja Gaiden series on its Japanese X . One of them will be a Revoltech Amazing Yamaguchi action figure based on the Ninja Gaiden version of Ayane.

While Ayane has also made multiple appearances in Dead or Alive entries, this figure will be mainly based on her appearance in the Ninja Gaiden series. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge will be the exact game that serves as an inspiration for this action figure. The game is included in Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, which Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja released on the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in June 2021.

The Ayane Revoltech figure will mark the continuation of the collaboration between Kaiyodo and Koei Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden franchise. The companies started their collaboration by revealing a Ryu Hayabusa Revoltech action figure in May 2024. In fact, Ryu will get another figure modeled after himself, as Kaiyodo also newly announced plans to produce a 1/7 scale static figure of the same character.

Kaiyodo's double-announcement tweet is also available to view right below:

The Revoltech Amazing Yamaguchi action figure of Ayane and the new static figure of Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden will be available for pre-orders "in the coming days."

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Kaiyodo shared more details about the release of its Ninja Gaiden Ryu Hayabusa Revoltech action figure. It will officially release the item in January 2025.

The company will also open the pre-order window for the action figure for around two months starting from May 27, 2024. The product will have a price tag of 12,100 yen (~$77.55).

The company is also preparing an exclusive bonus in select outlets. People who place orders in stores directly managed by Kaiyodo and Koei Tecmo will be able to get the Blade of the Archfiend, which appeared in the Ninja Gaiden II and Ninja Gaiden 3 entries, as an extra item.

Kaiyodo's Japanese announcement tweet is available to view right below:

The action figure has been undergoing development for quite some time. Kaiyodo first revealed an unpainted prototype of Ryu Hayabusa's Revoltech at Wonder Festival 2024 Winter in February 2024. The company later shared images of the fully-painted prototype in early May 2024, which indicates that it would open pre-orders for the action figure in the coming days.

Pre-orders for the Revoltech Amazing Yamaguchi action figure of Ryu Hayabusa from the Ninja Gaiden series will be available from May 27, 2024, to July 24, 2024. Kaiyodo will release the finished products in January 2025.

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Kaiyodo announced that pre-orders for the new Ninja Gaiden Revoltech figure of protagonist Ryu Hayabusa will open soon. The figure will be the first collaboration between Kaiyodo and Koei Tecmo.

At the time of writing, there is no confirmed release date for the new Revoltech figure of Ryu Hayabusa. The figure is part of the Amazing Yamaguchi series, and is based on Ryu Hayabusa’s appearance in Ninja Gaiden 2. The figure was originally announced as an unpainted grey prototype during the Wonder Festival 2024 Winter back on February 11, 2024.

The figure will be articulated and features several parts and weapons, such as different hand parts made for holding shuriken, Ryu Hayabusa’s iconic Dragon Sword, as well as the Falcon's Talons that debuted in Ninja Gaiden 2. Dedicated hand and boot parts equipped with blades will be included for the Falcon’s Talons weapon.

You can take a look at a teaser for the new Ryu Hayabusa figure as well as the prototype here:

In other related news, Kaiyodo announced in late February 2024 that the creepy Revoltech figure of Woody from the Toy Story movies series would return on September 2024.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is available as part of the Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, which is readily available for the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The original Ninja Gaiden 2 came out on June 2008 exclusively for the Xbox 360.

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The February 2021 Nintendo Direct revealed Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, which will come to the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC on June 10, 2021.

The compilation will include the three Ninja Gaiden Σ games, which rebooted the original 1988-1991 NES trilogy. Ninja Gaiden Sigma was a 2007 PlayStation 3 remake of Xbox's Ninja Gaiden Black. Similarly, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was a 2009 PS3 enhanced port of the original sequel that appeared on the Xbox 360. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge was an enhanced version of the third game that was first released on Wii U in 2012. It was also brought over to the PS3 and Xbox 360 in April 2013.

We previously learned about the these Ninja Gaiden ports in September 2020. The Hong Kong-based publisher Game Source Entertainment briefly put up listings for Ninja Gaiden Sigma Trilogy. It said it would come to not only Nintendo Switch, but also PlayStation 4 in March 2021. The listings were removed shortly after, but not before the internet saw them. All DLC will be included in the Ninja Gaiden Master Collection.

This announcement also goes along with the promise made by Fumihiko Yasuda, the current leader of Team Ninja. In his New Year aspirations, Yasuda teased that there would be multiple reveals related to the brand in 2021 after the studio wrapped up development on Nioh 2.

Ninja Gaiden Master Collection will be available on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC on June 10, 2021.

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We could be seeing another game leak, this time for the Ninja Gaiden series. Hong Kong’s Game Source Entertainment temporarily had both Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 listings for a Ninja Gaiden Σ Trilogy online on September 8, 2020. They have since been pulled, but suggested a compilation would be appearing in the region in March 2021.  [Thanks, Reddit and Nibellion!]

This supposed collection would, according to the Game Source product pages, give people a new way to play Ninja Gaiden Σ, Ninja Gaiden Σ2, and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge. The price for the possible collection was listed as $39.99.

The Nintendo Switch subreddit has a link to the cached page, while the PlayStation 4 one included the following screenshot of the listing.

Ninja Gaiden Σ first appeared on the Xbox as Ninja Giaden, before being brought to the PlayStation 3 and Vita with extra content. Likewise, Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 was an update PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita port of the Xbox 360 game Ninja Gaiden II. As for Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, it was the Nintendo Wii U updated version of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game.

If the Game Source Entertainment product page leaks are accurate, then we might end up seeing a Ninja Gaiden Σ Trilogy Switch and PS4 release in March 2021.

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Koei Tecmo and Omega Force revealed a returning guest character for Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate, and it is none other than Ninja Gaiden’s Ryu Hayabusa. Check out his reveal trailer and details from the PlayStation Blog.

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The NES – Nintendo Switch Online has updated to its Version 2.1.0 that adds Blaster Master and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. It also stealth-released SP versions of Ninja Gaiden and Ghosts‘n Goblins.

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Keiji Yamagishi has overseen the digital restoration of the NES and arcade soundtracks for the series at Brave Wave Music, releasing them today.

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A new project related to Ninja Gaiden seems to be in the works, going off of an announcement on Twitter from the series' composer Keiji Yamagishi.

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While I've spend a considerable amount of time with the various incarnations of 3D Ninja Gaiden, the release of the 1989 Ninja Gaiden on 3DS's virtual console is my first experience with the classic series.

To my surprise, I think I like 2D Ninja Gaiden more than 3D.

Given the somewhat poorly-conveyed story in the modern series, I was surprised to see how heavily the original Ninja Gaiden focused on storytelling. In between each level are these well-drawn motion-comic-y cutscenes. While not completely well-translated, they're entertaining and remarkably impressive for 1989. It's a pretty basic story, full of demon resurrection, inept CIA agents, and revenge; but between the fantastic music and careful use of the limited animation, I found them more effective they are than anything that the 2004-and onward Ninja Gaidens have done.

That said, all the cutscenes in the world wouldn't matter if the game wasn't fun to play. In a lot of ways, Ninja Gaiden's skeleton reminds me of Castlevania's. Instead of destroying candles to find hearts and sub-weapons that cost hearts to use, Ryu destroys lanterns (or stationary birds or bugs or whatever fits the theme of the level) to gain ninpo or a sub weapon that costs ninpo to use (both games assign use of the subweapon to Up and B, too).

After that point, however, the Castlevania comparison falls apart because Ninja Gaiden is fast.

When I say Ninja Gaiden is fast, I mean it's fast. Practically every non-boss enemy you come across takes a single hit to kill. You can even cut through enemy projectiles if you time it right. You can't move while slashing, but if your spacing is right, you never have to stay in one place for too long. The game also has a tendency to place rather helpful sub-weapons in each lantern, so you'll often have the right tool for each job. Shuriken for ranged enemies, fire for diagonal ones, and the jumping spinning slash for when you need to clear a platform below you. It's well-balanced, but it's not an easy game by any means.

Ninja Gaiden is quite a bit different from your typical platformer. For one thing, Ryu has the ability to cling to walls. Simply jump at a wall and he'll stick to it. This isn't that useful on its own, but should you be between two pillars, you can hop from pillar to pillar and ascend. Because of this, a lot of stages have two layers of platforms. The ground layer might be a bit safer, but the upper layer might have more breakables to get health, ninpo, and subweapons from. It's cool to see the mechanic used in more than just the mandatory "YOU NEED TO DO THIS TO CONTINUE" way.

There's a rather sadistic design philosophy behind it, too. The game likes to throw a lot of enemies at you at once, particularly when you have a challenging bit of platforming to do. For instance, one particular jump seemed simple enough to do. I was quite a bit higher up than the bit of land I had to jump onto, but I had three enemies in my way.

The first was a cheetah or wolf or... something on all fours (the sprite's not really that clear), which would come at me from behind. I seemed to be in exactly the right spot so that whenever I turned around to slice it I'd be moved back to the exact spot it needed to respawn, so I'd inch forward and another one would come running out. On the platform below was a soldier moving back and forth, which meant I had to time my jump carefully, or take damage.

Now, bear in mind that taking damage in Ninja Gaiden also means Ryu flying backwards, which in this case would toss Ryu into a bottomless pit and kill him.

Lastly, there was an eagle. A goddamn eagle. Eagles take three segments off of Ryu's health with each hit (that's more than bullets and explosives!) and have just the right flight pattern to ruin your day if you mess up a jump. I played to this segment multiple times. I kept dying. Each time, I restarted from the beginning of the stage. This single was all that kept me from taking on the boss of the level.

However, after prolonged suffering, I realized that I could time my jump so that I cut through the eagle and landed right behind the patrolling guard as he turned around.

I had finally done it. I finally figured it out. I felt like I was on the top of the world! I could face any challenge! All obstacles were nothing to me!

Then the boss killed me and I had to restart the level again.

Food for Thought:

1. While the 3DS re-release doesn't add very much, I definitely appreciated that it added save states to the game. While Ninja Gaiden offers infinite continues, it doesn't offer saves, and it's rather nice to have that option on a portable.

2. The music in the game is fantastic. Yet another way I prefer 2D Ninja Gaiden to 3D!

Ninja Gaiden will be released on the 3DS Virtual Console on December 13th. Screenshots used are from the Japanese version.

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More Virtual Console titles for the Nintendo 3DS are headed to the Nintendo eShop in North America over the next three months. Nintendo of America announced six of these today:

Mario Golf (October 11th)

Castlevania: The Adventure (October 25th)

Ninja Gaiden (November 8)

Zelda II – The Adventure of Link ( November 22nd)

Wario Land II (December 20th)

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (December 27th)

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The original NES Ninja Gaiden is headed to the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in Japan. Originally released in 1988, the game puts you in the shoes of the pre-Team Ninja Ryu Hayabusa, who’s travelling to America to avenge his father’s murder.

Ninja Gaiden gives you a sword and secondary weapons like throwing stars and spinning fire balls that require spiritual energy to perform. The game also gave him a wall jump.

Ninja Gaiden will be available in Japan on August 29th for 500 yen.

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Tecmo Koei release a teaser video for the game, ahead of its reveal at E3 in a few months.

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