Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Has Less Gore, More Girls

[Keane Ng]

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Has Less Gore, More Girls

Team Ninja is cutting down on some on the over-the-top gore for their PS3 version of Ninja Gaiden 2, but in exchange for the blood, gamers will be getting more girls.

The first think you might notice about Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 on the PS3 might not be what it adds but what it lacks. In the original 360 version of the title, limb removals and decapitations were accompanied by massive showers of blood that would probably give Quentin Tarantino a run for his money. In Sigma 2, this is no more. Instead, when you cut an enemy's head off, all you get is a magical shower of blue energy.

What's the deal here? Are Team Ninja looking for a tamer rating from the ESRB? That can't be, because the game's just as violent - it's just that the gore's gone. "Each game has its own concept and with Ninja Gaiden 2, the focus was on extreme violence," producer Yosuke Hayashi said. "But with Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, we really questioned whether violence is a necessity for a game, so we decided to move away from that trend."

Violence not necessary in a game? I can't compute this statement. Please tell me there's a way to unlock a blood mode, right? "Being able to unlock higher levels of gore would be out of kilter with the concept of the game," Hayashi explained. Crap.

Sigma 2 sure has less blood than Ninja Gaiden 2, but it sure does have more of something else: girls. The game adds three playable characters to the game - Rachel from the original and its PS3 remake, Ayane of Dead or Alive fame, and Momiji from the DS-only Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword. On top of that you get online co-op, some difficulty tweaks (save points are apparently more conveniently located) and more. That enough make up for the lack of blood, you pack of savages?

[Via GamesRadar [http://www.gamesradar.com/ps3/ninja-gaiden-2-sigma/preview/ninja-gaiden-sigma-2-cuts-back-on-gore/a-200906291492946024/g-20090325131551956092]]







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[unangbangkay]

For Ayane, that's a trade I'm willing to accept.

 

[HardRockSamurai]

More tits, less gore.

Isn't that a Republican slogan?

 

[HardRockSamurai]

More tits, less gore.

Isn't that a Republican slogan?

It's actually the other way around; Republicans are the violent prudes while Liberals are the depraved pacifists.

It was actually a play on words (gore as in Al Gore.)

 

[randommaster]

Just how many fanservice-y characters can they put in a single game? It's like the new version of peope in a telephone booth/voltswagon.

 

[randommaster]

More tits, less gore.

Isn't that a Republican slogan?

It's actually the other way around; Republicans are the violent prudes while Liberals are the depraved pacifists.

It was actually a play on words (gore as in Al Gore.)

There is no room for humor on these internets, Mr. Riflecat. Tke your silliness and be gone!.

 

[Charli]

Awww come on, less titties...I barely like my OWN titties man. Gimme teh bloodz and the hacky slashy weee, fountins of redness.

 

[hopeneverdies]

Just how many fanservice-y characters can they put in a single game? It's like the new version of peope in a telephone booth/voltswagon.

I'm assuming you've never played Dragon Sword because Momiji was wearing standard ninja attire pretty much the whole game, until she loses her mask and that is it. No fanservice from her, whatsoever.


And if I ever play this, I won't feel any need to access her difficulty level on the DS because it is almost down right impossible.

And wasn't a lot of the fun of Ninja Gaiden being able to make fountains of blood come out of their head stumps?

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

More reason for me to not buy this, and to burn down the house of everyone who does.

If you want gore, buy God of War III for your ultimate experience.

And why are they still calling this game "Only on Ps3" and "Only on 360"? Pretty sure you aren't all,owed to do that when the same game is on two consoles.

It's because each game is not the exact same game, I'm assuming. You won't be able to buy Ninja Gaiden 2 on the PS3, nor will you be able to buy Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 on the 360.

 

[cobra_ky]

Please tell me there's a way to unlock a blood mode, right? "Being able to unlock higher levels of gore would be out of kilter with the concept of the game," Hayashi explained. Crap.

the concept of the game being "Titties All The Time."

amirite?

 

[randommaster]

Just how many fanservice-y characters can they put in a single game? It's like the new version of peope in a telephone booth/voltswagon.

I'm assuming you've never played Dragon Sword because Momiji was wearing standard ninja attire pretty much the whole game, until she loses her mask and that is it. No fanservice from her, whatsoever.


And if I ever play this, I won't feel any need to access her difficulty level on the DS because it is almost down right impossible.

And wasn't a lot of the fun of Ninja Gaiden being able to make fountains of blood come out of their head stumps?

But putting Ayane in there is just for the T&A. Also, since Momiji was on the DS NG, I wouldn't expect Nintendo to go for the fanservice route, but I predict a costume change for the PS3.

 

[Get Jiggy]

Why less gore more titties? Why not same gore more titties? Or MORE gore more titties? (admittedly that last one would be slighly difficult)

But on a serious note the pair of breasts with the woman attached that are already in the game are ridiculous enough, she claims she works for the CIA but looks as though she is just a prostitute with ideas beyond her station, the same with wassname from the first one why, if you fought demons, would you wear sod all. More women will not make this game better, sort out the last boss and you might go some way to fix it.

 

[Emptor]

Not to complain, but why do women have to be in little skimpy bikini's that wouldn't actually fit them in real life? It's just distracting to me as a gamer, completely unrealistic, and if I wanted to look at hott, mostly naked women, I'd find a soft-core porn site.

Well this way there's no way to get a virus.