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Ninja Gaiden II

Ninja Gaiden II[a] is a 2008 action adventure hack and slash game developed by Team Ninja and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the sequel to the 2004 title Ninja Gaiden, making it the second 3D title in the series of the same name, and was released worldwide in June 2008. A reimagined and heavily altered version, titled Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was released for the PlayStation 3 later in 2009, and was published by Tecmo Koei, followed by Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus for the PlayStation Vita in 2013.

Ninja Gaiden II
European cover art
Developer(s)Team Ninja
Publisher(s)Microsoft Game Studios
Director(s)
Producer(s)
  • Tomonobu Itagaki
  • Yoshifuru Okamoto
Designer(s)Tatsuki Tsunoda
Programmer(s)
  • Hiroaki Ozawa
  • Yasushi Maeda
  • Takuro Sasaki
Artist(s)
  • Kenichiro Nakajo
  • Kazuki Motosa
  • Masato Onishi
SeriesNinja Gaiden
Platform(s)Xbox 360
Release
  • NA: June 3, 2008 (2008-06-03)
  • JP: June 5, 2008 (2008-06-05)
  • EU: June 6, 2008 (2008-06-06)
  • AU: June 12, 2008 (2008-06-12)
Genre(s)Action-adventure, hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player

Shortly before its announcement, on September 11, 2007, screenshots of the game were accidentally leaked by the Japanese Xbox 360 website and was taken down hours later. A day later on September 12, the game was previewed with Microsoft in a press conference of Tokyo Game Show 2007, where it was confirmed to exist and be an Xbox 360 exclusive, with the game's director, Tomonobu Itagaki, being stated as saying, "Now please enjoy the world's best action game, running on the world's best hardware." 9 days later, on September 20, 2007, Ninja Gaiden II was officially unveiled to the public, with its first trailer at the Tokyo Game Show 2007, alongside various interviews. The game went unreleased in Germany as a result of lacking an USK rating.

Ninja Gaiden II received a positive critical reception, with praise towards its difficulty, fast-paced combat and level of violence, but failed to recapture the acclaim of its predecessor, and was criticized for not being an improvement over its predecessor. It was considered a commercial success, selling 1.1 million copies worldwide as of December 2008. A sequel, Ninja Gaiden 3, was released on March 20, 2012, without the involvement of Tomonobu Itagaki.

Gameplay Edit

 
Ryu Hayabusa fighting enemies in Ninja Gaiden II

Ninja Gaiden II's new combat system allows the player character Ryu to dismember his enemies, severing their limbs and tearing their bodies apart covering his weapon and everything around with blood. Compared to Ninja Gaiden, the sequel contains more gore and graphic violence.[1] Dismemberment will weaken or slow down an enemy, depending on if an arm or leg is severed, but not necessarily kill it. In fact, an injured enemy will be prone to use suicide tactics such as pinning Ryu down and planting an incendiary shuriken on him, forcing the player to quickly finish off his opponents using new, brutal Obliteration Techniques before injured enemies can get the upper hand.[2] This new mechanic can also be triggered in the presence of boss characters. Compared to other action-adventure titles, the player can be just as vulnerable to attack as the enemies can during fight encounters.

Aside from his standard melee techniques, Ryu can absorb nearby essence in combat. These colored globes of energy are released from the bodies of slain enemies, and absorbed into Ryu's body when he comes close to them. Essence has an important role towards general game play, acting to heal Ryu, restore his ki, or increase his cash. However, the player can cause Ryu to deliberately draw in essence, which can then be used to unleash powerful attacks known as Ultimate Techniques. When Ryu fights and takes damage, there is a red bar that starts building on the right of Ryu's health bar, which is called lasting damage. After Ryu has slaughtered all of his enemies in that particular area, his health recharges, but only to the point where the red bar starts. Herbs of Spiritual Life and Save Statues can heal this lasting damage, however. Also, when Ryu is done fighting, he performs a chiburui (the act of swatting blood off of his weapon). He does this for every weapon, with a different animation for each one. Ryu can stand still and attempt to block attacks (though enemies can break his guard and leave him vulnerable to attack) or he can dodge by dashing away in a maneuver called Reverse Wind. The game also takes two elements from the "Hurricane Pack" upgrade from the original game: camera rotation and the ability to charge up for an Ultimate technique without the need for essence (this takes time to charge up; essence can still be absorbed to speed up the process).

Ryu will use his signature Dragon Sword in combat, but new weapons, such as the Eclipse Scythe, Dragon's Claw and Tiger's Fang swords, Tonfa, Kusari-gama and the Falcon's Talons ninja claws will allow the player more variety in dispatching enemies. Ryu's new magical spells, in the form of ninpo, includes the Art of the Flame Phoenix, Art of the Wind Blades, and the Art of the Piercing Void. However, weapons and ninpo from the original Ninja Gaiden will return in the form of the Art of the Inferno and the Vigoorian Flail. The returning Windmill Shuriken, Incendiary Shurikens, and bow (Renamed the Fiend's Bane Bow), can now draw in essences like all of Ryu's melee weapons to discharge their own Ultimate Technique.

Plot Edit

The game's protagonist is Ryu Hayabusa, master ninja, descendant of the Dragon Ninja lineage and current wielder of the Dragon Sword. One year after Ninja Gaiden Black, master blacksmith Muramasa is setting up shop in Tokyo, Japan. A CIA agent named Sonia enters the place and asks for Ryu's whereabouts, until members of the Black Spider Ninja Clan attack the shop and kidnap her. Enter the Dragon Ninja Ryu, who fails to stop Sonia's kidnapping and makes haste around the Tokyo skyscrapers and rescues the agent, who informs him of an attack on the Hayabusa Village by the Black Spider Ninjas, who wish to steal the Demon Statue they possess and protect.

Ryu returns to his home and finds his father, Joe Hayabusa dueling with Genshin, leader of the Black Spider Ninja Clan. Unfortunately, the Demon Statue is taken away by Queen of the Greater Fiends and the Ruler of Blood, Elizébet, and Joe urges his son to retrieve the statue at all costs. Ryu travels around the world with Sonia, in pursuit of Elizébet and the Demon Statue, while encountering legions of Black Spider Ninjas, Fiends, and three other Greater Fiends: Alexei, the Graceful Ruler of Lightning; Volf, the Invincible Ruler of Storms; and Zedonius, the Malevolent Ruler of Flame.

Ryu tracks Elizébet down to South America, where she offers the Demon Statue to Infernal High Priest Dagra Dai, in order to resurrect the ancient Archfiend, Vazdah. Elizébet duels with Ryu and he defeats her, but Elizébet proclaims her return. An overlooking Genshin explains that the fiends are looking to resurrect the Archfiend who is supposed to emerge from Mount Fuji back in Japan. The mountain is also the place which bound both the Black Spider Clan and The Dragon Lineage. Ryu returns home, cautioning Sonia not to follow him.

As Ryu overlooks the fire-brimming Mount Fuji, Ayane enters with the Eye of the Dragon, a gift from Joe Hayabusa, and Ryu equips the relic onto his Dragon Sword, forming the True Dragon Sword again. Heading to the mountain's summit, Ryu finds Genshin waiting for him at the crater's entrance. As Mount Fuji erupts, Genshin reveals to Ryu that he never cared for "tantrums of the archfiend" and that their moment has finally arrived. The two ninjas fight to the death before Genshin falls dead and Ryu leaps into Mount Fuji. Elizébet appears over a deceased Genshin looking to revive him as a fiend as Ryu descends into Mount Fuji.

Ryu fights past hordes of Fiends and singlehandedly defeats Zedonius, Volf, and Alexei, and rescues a captured Sonia. He instructs her to stay put and to not move. Ryu heads into another room and finds a resurrected Genshin, transformed into a Fiend, back for a fourth and final battle. The two-ninja battle in another arduous battle ending with Ryu eventually cutting Genshin down, even splitting his face armor doing so. Genshin and Ryu, though mortal adversaries, share a final mutual respect as ninja in Genshin's dying moment. Genshin shares with Ryu that all of his actions were meant to strengthen the Black Spider Clan as a whole (his cause all along) and has no regrets of pursuing that. He acknowledges Ryu as a great warrior, and in support of Ryu's cause hands him the cursed blade of the archfiend for use before dying. A furious Elizébet appears, and chastises the Black Spider Ninja for losing, even with his power. Ryu attacks Elizébet, and angrily cuts her down to red dust with the combination of his own dragon sword and Genshin's blade of the archfiend. He states that the overlord had more to live for than she ever would.

Traveling deeper into the Underworld, Ryu confronts Dagra Dai, who is nearly finished with the Archfiend's resurrection, and defeats him. As a last resort, the Infernal High Priest offers his life to Vazdah, and the Archfiend is reborn. Ryu takes down the monstrosity and heads to the surface with Sonia, but a drop of his blood from an open wound accidentally spills onto the fiend and revitalizes Vazdah, who ascends to the summit in its true form. Amidst an erupting Mount Fuji, Ryu squares off with the Archfiend in a climatic duel to decide humanity's fate and wins. Sonia and Ryu reunite and climb to the top of the mountain, sharing the sunrise together.

In a post-credits scene, amongst a field with countless number of blades embedded into the ground, Ryu plants Genshin's Blade of the Archfiend into the ground and bows in respect for the Black Spider Overlord. Ryu, "The Dragon Ninja" takes one last look before taking off into the fog. The plot is continued in Ninja Gaiden 3 and its expansion Razor's Edge.

Development and release Edit

 
Promotion of Ninja Gaiden II at the Guang Hua Digital Plaza, Taiwan

Initial screenshots of Ninja Gaiden II leaked on the Japanese official Xbox 360 website but were removed within a matter of hours on September 11, 2007.[3] A Day later, on September 12, 2007, Microsoft held a Press Conference to the Tokyo Game Show 2007, which confirmed the game's existence, and where it was confirmed as an Xbox 360 exclusive. Game director Tomonobu Itagaki was quoted during the event as saying, "Now please enjoy the world's best action game, running on the world's best hardware."[4][5] 8 days later, on September 20, Ninja Gaiden II was officially shown at the Tokyo Game Show 2007[6][7] with the first released trailer. The localization was overseen by Team Ninja member Andrew Szymanski, in collaboration with AltJapan Co., Ltd.[8]

A Ninja Gaiden II game demo was released on the Xbox Live in Japan on May 31, 2008, and in Europe and the United States on June 8, 2008.[9][10] The game has not been released in Germany due to lack of a USK rating.[11] An altered version titled Ninja Gaiden Σ2 was released for the PlayStation 3 in 2009 and for the PlayStation Vita in 2013.

Reception Edit

Ninja Gaiden II was met with generally positive reviews, though it did not receive the acclaim of its predecessor. GameSpot nominated it for the award of 'Least Improved Sequel' in its 2008 video game awards.[25]

On August 28, 2008, Ninja Gaiden II was reported as having sold over one million copies.[26] As of December 2008, it sold 1.1 million copies worldwide.[27] In 2011, G4tv.com ranked it as the fourth goriest game of all time.[28]

References Edit

  1. ^ Japanese: ニンジャ ガイデンII, Hepburn: Ninja Gaiden Tsū
  1. ^ TGS07: Cutting Through Ninja Gaiden II November 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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  4. ^ "Pre-TGS 2007: Ninja Gaiden 2 First Look". IGN.com. 2007-09-12. from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  5. ^ "Microsoft - TGS 2007 Ninja Gaiden II Developer Walkthrough". GameTrailers.com. 2007-09-16. from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  6. ^ "TGS 2007: Is it that time of the month for Ninja Gaiden II?". Destructoid.com. 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  7. ^ . Gamers-creed.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  8. ^ "The Meaning of Ninjy". Kotaku.com. 13 July 2008. from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
  9. ^ Demo: Ninja Gaiden II - Xbox Lives Major Nelson January 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Demo: Ninja Gaiden II Playable (Canada and US) - Xbox Lives Major Nelson November 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Ninja Gaiden 2: Keine Veröffentlichung in Deutschland vorgesehen News // Xbox 360 /// Eurogamer.de May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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  14. ^ Nick Suttner (2008-05-27). . 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  15. ^ "Edge". Edge. Vol. 191. Future Publishing. August 2008. pp. 92–93.
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This article is about the 2008 video game For the 1990 NES game see Ninja Gaiden II The Dark Sword of Chaos Ninja Gaiden II a is a 2008 action adventure hack and slash game developed by Team Ninja and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 It is the sequel to the 2004 title Ninja Gaiden making it the second 3D title in the series of the same name and was released worldwide in June 2008 A reimagined and heavily altered version titled Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was released for the PlayStation 3 later in 2009 and was published by Tecmo Koei followed by Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus for the PlayStation Vita in 2013 Ninja Gaiden IIEuropean cover artDeveloper s Team NinjaPublisher s Microsoft Game StudiosDirector s Tomonobu ItagakiHiroaki MatsuiKatsunori EharaProducer s Tomonobu ItagakiYoshifuru OkamotoDesigner s Tatsuki TsunodaProgrammer s Hiroaki OzawaYasushi MaedaTakuro SasakiArtist s Kenichiro NakajoKazuki MotosaMasato OnishiSeriesNinja GaidenPlatform s Xbox 360ReleaseNA June 3 2008 2008 06 03 JP June 5 2008 2008 06 05 EU June 6 2008 2008 06 06 AU June 12 2008 2008 06 12 Genre s Action adventure hack and slashMode s Single playerShortly before its announcement on September 11 2007 screenshots of the game were accidentally leaked by the Japanese Xbox 360 website and was taken down hours later A day later on September 12 the game was previewed with Microsoft in a press conference of Tokyo Game Show 2007 where it was confirmed to exist and be an Xbox 360 exclusive with the game s director Tomonobu Itagaki being stated as saying Now please enjoy the world s best action game running on the world s best hardware 9 days later on September 20 2007 Ninja Gaiden II was officially unveiled to the public with its first trailer at the Tokyo Game Show 2007 alongside various interviews The game went unreleased in Germany as a result of lacking an USK rating Ninja Gaiden II received a positive critical reception with praise towards its difficulty fast paced combat and level of violence but failed to recapture the acclaim of its predecessor and was criticized for not being an improvement over its predecessor It was considered a commercial success selling 1 1 million copies worldwide as of December 2008 update A sequel Ninja Gaiden 3 was released on March 20 2012 without the involvement of Tomonobu Itagaki Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Development and release 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksGameplay Edit nbsp Ryu Hayabusa fighting enemies in Ninja Gaiden IINinja Gaiden II s new combat system allows the player character Ryu to dismember his enemies severing their limbs and tearing their bodies apart covering his weapon and everything around with blood Compared to Ninja Gaiden the sequel contains more gore and graphic violence 1 Dismemberment will weaken or slow down an enemy depending on if an arm or leg is severed but not necessarily kill it In fact an injured enemy will be prone to use suicide tactics such as pinning Ryu down and planting an incendiary shuriken on him forcing the player to quickly finish off his opponents using new brutal Obliteration Techniques before injured enemies can get the upper hand 2 This new mechanic can also be triggered in the presence of boss characters Compared to other action adventure titles the player can be just as vulnerable to attack as the enemies can during fight encounters Aside from his standard melee techniques Ryu can absorb nearby essence in combat These colored globes of energy are released from the bodies of slain enemies and absorbed into Ryu s body when he comes close to them Essence has an important role towards general game play acting to heal Ryu restore his ki or increase his cash However the player can cause Ryu to deliberately draw in essence which can then be used to unleash powerful attacks known as Ultimate Techniques When Ryu fights and takes damage there is a red bar that starts building on the right of Ryu s health bar which is called lasting damage After Ryu has slaughtered all of his enemies in that particular area his health recharges but only to the point where the red bar starts Herbs of Spiritual Life and Save Statues can heal this lasting damage however Also when Ryu is done fighting he performs a chiburui the act of swatting blood off of his weapon He does this for every weapon with a different animation for each one Ryu can stand still and attempt to block attacks though enemies can break his guard and leave him vulnerable to attack or he can dodge by dashing away in a maneuver called Reverse Wind The game also takes two elements from the Hurricane Pack upgrade from the original game camera rotation and the ability to charge up for an Ultimate technique without the need for essence this takes time to charge up essence can still be absorbed to speed up the process Ryu will use his signature Dragon Sword in combat but new weapons such as the Eclipse Scythe Dragon s Claw and Tiger s Fang swords Tonfa Kusari gama and the Falcon s Talons ninja claws will allow the player more variety in dispatching enemies Ryu s new magical spells in the form of ninpo includes the Art of the Flame Phoenix Art of the Wind Blades and the Art of the Piercing Void However weapons and ninpo from the original Ninja Gaiden will return in the form of the Art of the Inferno and the Vigoorian Flail The returning Windmill Shuriken Incendiary Shurikens and bow Renamed the Fiend s Bane Bow can now draw in essences like all of Ryu s melee weapons to discharge their own Ultimate Technique Plot EditThis article s plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise September 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The game s protagonist is Ryu Hayabusa master ninja descendant of the Dragon Ninja lineage and current wielder of the Dragon Sword One year after Ninja Gaiden Black master blacksmith Muramasa is setting up shop in Tokyo Japan A CIA agent named Sonia enters the place and asks for Ryu s whereabouts until members of the Black Spider Ninja Clan attack the shop and kidnap her Enter the Dragon Ninja Ryu who fails to stop Sonia s kidnapping and makes haste around the Tokyo skyscrapers and rescues the agent who informs him of an attack on the Hayabusa Village by the Black Spider Ninjas who wish to steal the Demon Statue they possess and protect Ryu returns to his home and finds his father Joe Hayabusa dueling with Genshin leader of the Black Spider Ninja Clan Unfortunately the Demon Statue is taken away by Queen of the Greater Fiends and the Ruler of Blood Elizebet and Joe urges his son to retrieve the statue at all costs Ryu travels around the world with Sonia in pursuit of Elizebet and the Demon Statue while encountering legions of Black Spider Ninjas Fiends and three other Greater Fiends Alexei the Graceful Ruler of Lightning Volf the Invincible Ruler of Storms and Zedonius the Malevolent Ruler of Flame Ryu tracks Elizebet down to South America where she offers the Demon Statue to Infernal High Priest Dagra Dai in order to resurrect the ancient Archfiend Vazdah Elizebet duels with Ryu and he defeats her but Elizebet proclaims her return An overlooking Genshin explains that the fiends are looking to resurrect the Archfiend who is supposed to emerge from Mount Fuji back in Japan The mountain is also the place which bound both the Black Spider Clan and The Dragon Lineage Ryu returns home cautioning Sonia not to follow him As Ryu overlooks the fire brimming Mount Fuji Ayane enters with the Eye of the Dragon a gift from Joe Hayabusa and Ryu equips the relic onto his Dragon Sword forming the True Dragon Sword again Heading to the mountain s summit Ryu finds Genshin waiting for him at the crater s entrance As Mount Fuji erupts Genshin reveals to Ryu that he never cared for tantrums of the archfiend and that their moment has finally arrived The two ninjas fight to the death before Genshin falls dead and Ryu leaps into Mount Fuji Elizebet appears over a deceased Genshin looking to revive him as a fiend as Ryu descends into Mount Fuji Ryu fights past hordes of Fiends and singlehandedly defeats Zedonius Volf and Alexei and rescues a captured Sonia He instructs her to stay put and to not move Ryu heads into another room and finds a resurrected Genshin transformed into a Fiend back for a fourth and final battle The two ninja battle in another arduous battle ending with Ryu eventually cutting Genshin down even splitting his face armor doing so Genshin and Ryu though mortal adversaries share a final mutual respect as ninja in Genshin s dying moment Genshin shares with Ryu that all of his actions were meant to strengthen the Black Spider Clan as a whole his cause all along and has no regrets of pursuing that He acknowledges Ryu as a great warrior and in support of Ryu s cause hands him the cursed blade of the archfiend for use before dying A furious Elizebet appears and chastises the Black Spider Ninja for losing even with his power Ryu attacks Elizebet and angrily cuts her down to red dust with the combination of his own dragon sword and Genshin s blade of the archfiend He states that the overlord had more to live for than she ever would Traveling deeper into the Underworld Ryu confronts Dagra Dai who is nearly finished with the Archfiend s resurrection and defeats him As a last resort the Infernal High Priest offers his life to Vazdah and the Archfiend is reborn Ryu takes down the monstrosity and heads to the surface with Sonia but a drop of his blood from an open wound accidentally spills onto the fiend and revitalizes Vazdah who ascends to the summit in its true form Amidst an erupting Mount Fuji Ryu squares off with the Archfiend in a climatic duel to decide humanity s fate and wins Sonia and Ryu reunite and climb to the top of the mountain sharing the sunrise together In a post credits scene amongst a field with countless number of blades embedded into the ground Ryu plants Genshin s Blade of the Archfiend into the ground and bows in respect for the Black Spider Overlord Ryu The Dragon Ninja takes one last look before taking off into the fog The plot is continued in Ninja Gaiden 3 and its expansion Razor s Edge Development and release EditSee also Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 nbsp Promotion of Ninja Gaiden II at the Guang Hua Digital Plaza TaiwanInitial screenshots of Ninja Gaiden II leaked on the Japanese official Xbox 360 website but were removed within a matter of hours on September 11 2007 3 A Day later on September 12 2007 Microsoft held a Press Conference to the Tokyo Game Show 2007 which confirmed the game s existence and where it was confirmed as an Xbox 360 exclusive Game director Tomonobu Itagaki was quoted during the event as saying Now please enjoy the world s best action game running on the world s best hardware 4 5 8 days later on September 20 Ninja Gaiden II was officially shown at the Tokyo Game Show 2007 6 7 with the first released trailer The localization was overseen by Team Ninja member Andrew Szymanski in collaboration with AltJapan Co Ltd 8 A Ninja Gaiden II game demo was released on the Xbox Live in Japan on May 31 2008 and in Europe and the United States on June 8 2008 9 10 The game has not been released in Germany due to lack of a USK rating 11 An altered version titled Ninja Gaiden S2 was released for the PlayStation 3 in 2009 and for the PlayStation Vita in 2013 Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScoreGameRankings81 25 12 Metacritic81 100 13 Review scoresPublicationScore1Up comB 14 Edge8 10 15 Eurogamer7 10 16 Game Informer8 75 10 17 GameRevolutionB A 18 GameTrailers8 4 10 19 GameZone8 8 10 20 IGN8 7 10 21 Official Xbox Magazine US 8 5 10 22 TeamXbox9 10 23 Game Planet8 5 10 24 This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it February 2019 Ninja Gaiden II was met with generally positive reviews though it did not receive the acclaim of its predecessor GameSpot nominated it for the award of Least Improved Sequel in its 2008 video game awards 25 On August 28 2008 Ninja Gaiden II was reported as having sold over one million copies 26 As of December 2008 update it sold 1 1 million copies worldwide 27 In 2011 G4tv com ranked it as the fourth goriest game of all time 28 References Edit Japanese ニンジャ ガイデンII Hepburn Ninja Gaiden Tsu TGS07 Cutting Through Ninja Gaiden II Archived November 7 2007 at the Wayback Machine TGS The Violence of Ninja Gaiden II Edge Magazine Next gen biz 2007 09 20 Archived from the original on 2012 09 04 Retrieved 2011 06 29 Rumor Ninja Gaiden 2 images leaked on Xbox Japan site engadget com 2007 09 11 Archived from the original on 2022 06 14 Retrieved 2020 09 21 Pre TGS 2007 Ninja Gaiden 2 First Look IGN com 2007 09 12 Archived from the original on 2021 07 09 Retrieved 2020 09 21 Microsoft TGS 2007 Ninja Gaiden II Developer Walkthrough GameTrailers com 2007 09 16 Archived from the original on 2009 05 13 Retrieved 2011 06 29 TGS 2007 Is it that time of the month for Ninja Gaiden II Destructoid com 2007 09 24 Retrieved 2020 09 21 This Web site coming soon Gamers creed com Archived from the original on 2012 02 22 Retrieved 2011 06 29 The Meaning of Ninjy Kotaku com 13 July 2008 Archived from the original on 2017 03 23 Retrieved 2013 12 31 Demo Ninja Gaiden II Xbox Lives Major Nelson Archived January 29 2009 at the Wayback Machine Demo Ninja Gaiden II Playable Canada and US Xbox Lives Major Nelson Archived November 22 2008 at the Wayback Machine Ninja Gaiden 2 Keine Veroffentlichung in Deutschland vorgesehen News Xbox 360 Eurogamer de Archived May 17 2008 at the Wayback Machine Ninja Gaiden II rankings GameRankings Archived from the original on 2019 12 09 Retrieved 2009 08 31 Ninja Gaiden II metascore MetaCritic Retrieved 2009 08 31 Nick Suttner 2008 05 27 1UP Ninja Gaiden 2 Xbox 360 1UP com Archived from the original on 2009 04 04 Retrieved 2008 04 01 Edge Edge Vol 191 Future Publishing August 2008 pp 92 93 Rob Fahey 2008 03 07 Eurogamer Ninja Gaiden II Review Eurogamer Archived from the original on 2008 12 16 Retrieved 2008 04 01 Reeves Ben Gameinformer review GameInformer Archived from the original on August 1 2008 Retrieved 2009 08 31 Geoff Hunt 2008 06 30 Ninja Gaiden II review Game Revolution Archived from the original on 2008 08 29 Retrieved 2008 07 01 GameTrailers 2008 05 26 Ninja Gaiden 2 review GameTrailers Archived from the original on 2009 03 29 Retrieved 2008 04 01 Louis Bedigian 2008 06 03 Ninja Gaiden II Review GameZone Archived from the original on 2008 06 06 Retrieved 2008 06 11 Eric Brudvig 2008 05 26 IGN Ninja Gaiden II Review IGN Archived from the original on 2012 08 22 Retrieved 2008 04 01 McCaffrey Ryan Official Xbox Magazine review Official Xbox Magazine Archived from the original on 2011 08 26 Retrieved 2009 08 31 Dale Nardozzi 2008 06 02 Ninja Gaiden 2 Review Xbox 360 TeamXbox Archived from the original on 2008 06 03 Retrieved 2008 06 03 Gameplanet 2008 06 11 Ninja Gaiden 2 review Gameplanet Archived from the original on 2019 05 07 Retrieved 2008 06 11 Least Improved Sequel GameSpot com Archived from the original on 2008 12 23 Retrieved 2008 12 28 Ninja Gaiden II Breaks One Million Barrier Exophase Archived from the original on 2010 02 09 Retrieved 2008 08 28 Financial Statements Summary for Fiscal Year Ended December 2008 PDF Tecmo February 16 2009 p 4 Archived PDF from the original on 7 March 2016 Retrieved 22 April 2012 7 Goriest Games of All Time Part 2 G4tv com Archived from the original on 2013 03 10 Retrieved 2013 06 02 External links EditNinja Gaiden II at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ninja Gaiden II amp oldid 1175306502, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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