“Full Ninja. All The Time.” That’s the motto of Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, developed by Team Ninja, Spark Unlimited and Comcept, and published in Australia by Mindscape. Come Thursday, the 20th of March, you’ll be able to embody the titular Yaiba Kamikaze, a powerful ninja who grew tired of his former clan’s weaknesses, slaughtering them for their flaws he deemed irrepar...
Today Tecmo Koei has released the third developer diary for Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z and like the past two developer diaries it features members from all three development teams discussing the title. The topic this time around is how they came up with the various zombies that the player will be facing off against as well as what makes their zombies unique compared to the garden variety zombies found ...
Ever since playing the original Drakengard, and probably used long before then, placing giant creepy babies in a game is something that is pretty terrifying. Now Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is trying to double down on that nightmare fuel by not only putting giant zombie babies in their game, but also making them a two-headed deformed monstrosities. You can check out some gameplay footage as well as scre...
Gamers who have been following the news of Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z will be happy to hear that the second part of the three part digital comic for the series has just been released by Tecmo Koei and Dark Horse Comics. The comic is available for free as a digital download through the Dark Horse Digital Store as well as through their app which is available on both iTunes and Google Play. This second vo...
Today Tecmo Koei has released the second developer dairy for Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z and this time around the developers from the three companies working on the game discuss what sort of enhancements they have made to Yaiba to make him not only a ninja you would want to have a drink with but also one that is capable of all different kinds of attacks. The dev diary can be found below and as for Yaiba...
Any good Megaman fan would be aware that the father of the blue bomber himself, Keiji Inafune, has been working on another title for quite some time that is very similar to Megaman but with a modern twist. This game is called “Mighty No.9” and it quickly became one of the many extremely popular and anticipated Kickstarter campaigns to back. Now that the campaign has come to a close wi...
Today Tecmo Koei has announced that they are planning on releasing both a special edition of Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z which will be available in limited quantities once the game is released on March 18th in North America and March 21st in Europe with the special edition being available in both regions. The special edition includes a copy of the game, a full-color comic book from Dark Horse Comics, an...
Tecmo Koei has released a new trailer for Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z and this time the trailer focuses on all of the different costumes that players will be able to dress Yaiba up in while playing the game. Shown in the trailer are the Kabuiki and Schoolgirl costumes, as well as some DLC costumes such as the camouflage outfit, a Nuigulumar costume and also the Mighty No. 9 costume. Also shown off at th...
You may remember that a few months ago Tecmo Koei announced that they would be teaming up with Dark Horse Comics to release a three part digital comic series for Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, well today the first part of that digital comic has been made available to download either through the Dark Horse Digital Storeor through the Dark Horse Comics app that is available on both iOS and Android. The firs...
Today Tecmo Koei has released their first developer diary in what will be a series of diaries that will be released as we grow closer to Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z‘s release date of March 4th in North America and February 28th in Europe. This developer diary is called “Bloody Beginnings” and it features developers from all three teams working on the game, Team Ninja, Comcept, and Spar...
Remember KAIO: King of Pirates? It is alright if you don’t because the game was originally announced all the way back in 2011 and has been delayed numerous times with pretty much nothing said about it and no media released. Well it looks like Comcept’s Keiji Inafune-led 3DS pirate action adventure game might eventually see the light of day because the game’s official website has been u...