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Seems like there's sudden rush of action games featuring female Ninja as of late...
Sega's Kunoichi,
Konami's Cool Girl/Cy Girls,
Activision/From Software's Tenchu: Kurenai,
and
Vivendi Universal's Red Ninja
(if you stretch it, Namco's Nina sorta qualifies as Kunoichi-game as well...)
Wonder if Tecmo will follow the trend with Ninja Gaiden sequel starring Kasumi...
Yeah, there have been lots of female ninjas lately.
And now I will use this moment to pay tribute to the original kunoichi.
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...a_Princess.png
I've heard slight rumors about Itagaki eventually focusing on a Kasumi based game, he's not exactly the type of guy to leave a trend in the dust (hell, he's responsible for starting them in many cases) but I'd, of course, welcome any game from him.
I'm pretty much from the school of thought that "any ninja is good ninja" so as long as the play doesn't get ridiculously stale, I'm up for anything they can throw at me.
In Disgaea you can create a whole army of ninja girls if you so wished. The only thing cooler than a ninja girl is one tossing an explosive penguin. :)
http://www.computergames.ro/emuroman...ers/cninja.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by Satsuki
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That fucking rules.
No you can't. Ninja is a male exclusive class. You can, however, make an entire army of female Samurai. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ammadeau
Red Ninja looks like exploitive Western crap.
As opposed to exploitive Japanese crap. :sweat:
That said, any Tenchu game warrants a purchase, no questions asked.
What system was the original Kunoichi for?
Wait a minute...what the hell is this??? A new Tenchu game?Quote:
Originally Posted by dorikyasu
I think Red Ninja has the best character design. Kunoichi looks like something they picked up from the Maken X wastebasket.
Announced just a day or two ago.Quote:
Wait a minute...what the hell is this??? A new Tenchu game?
It's called Sega Ninja. I have it on MAME and it's not very fun. Nice colors, though.Quote:
What system was the original Kunoichi for?
God, that sucks, whats wrong with having Female ninja....Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable
I like the arcade Sega Ninja quite a bit. It was ported to SG-1000 and was remade for the SMS as The Ninja. The Ninja has a male character though.
More female Ninja!!! Preferably not with a two bowling balls in her Gi....thats all I seem to see, and no, not just because of DOA.
Do you know any details? And why is From Sortware developing it and not K2?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sqoon
It is still developed by K2. Activision (US) & From Software (JPN) are publishing it on respective markets.
Whew, I was worried. :sweat: I'm glad K2's still the developer...they did an excellent job with T3. I see there's a new Ninja chick in the game along with Ayame (Ayame's much cooler looking, however).Quote:
Originally Posted by dorikyasu
Red Ninja is actually Japanese-developed - it just looks like exploitive Western crap :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Lhadatt
I'm withholding judgment on all of these until I've played them. Red Ninja looks the worst right now (though it could be interesting - seduction a part of gameplay?), and the rest all seem to have some measure of promise. I've been following Cy Girls ever since it was announced back at TGS 2002, and while it looked pretty crap at E3 this year, newer material from the game has looked better. Kunoichi and Tenchu Kurenai will both be second attempts, with teams that are more familiar with the hardware and armed with knowledge from mistakes made in first games.
Tenchu Kurenai has the development credits listed as both From Software and K2. From published Tenchu 3 in Japan, so the two companies must have forged a pretty good relationship from the deal.
Red Ninja looks nice to me. I don't see what the problem is. It isn't big on graphic detail but it looks to have serious potential.
Hmm...I've just done some more careful reading on Red Ninja, and it actually sounds pretty interesting. The things you can do with the wire sound really cool, and the way it's got a full physics model makes it sound fun to play with. I like the game's concept art, too. It definitely looks less generic to me now than it seemed at first glance.
Seduction in a ninja game... probably explains the cleavage there... Whatever. Try anything new and it's thumbs up from me :).Quote:
Red Ninja looks the worst right now (though it could be interesting - seduction a part of gameplay?)
Just looked at the Red Ninja page...DAMN, she's almost naked! :) Anyway, the screenshots don't look too bad. jiji, what did that article you read about it say about that wire thingy she has?
Yo, headlines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
By the way, Red Ninja's character art looks really, really familiar. Can anyone place the artist?
Seems like its from one of the SNK artists. She kind of looks like Mai too.
Kunoichi's gone through a name change. It's going to be called Nightshade in the US now. http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/k...s_6076082.html
yeah
Ironplant, don't be lame. Post more than one word next time.
Sorry didn't see the headline on the front page. Well now don't I look stupid.
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Originally Posted by Sqoon
Um...doesn't really tell me much of anything. Oh, well.Quote:
Kurenai's weapon of choice is the Tetsugen, the revolutionary wire weapon whose functionality is determined by the end attachments, length and strength of the wire.
Actually, from the way she has the wire hanging from her mouth, it reminds me of the weapon Chocolate Misu uses in Sorcerer Hunters...
Hmm...here's an article from Gamespot that describes in detail the functions of the wire...
Very interesting...Quote:
Kurenai is on a mission to avenge her father's death by destroying the Black Lizard clan, who afterward hung her and left her for dead. In a somewhat morbid twist, she'll use the very wire she was hung with as her primary weapon. Kurenai will also have access to a number of different secondary weapons including blowguns, smoke bombs, and rocket explosives. As players progress through the game, Kurenai will also master a number of ninja techniques, allowing her to dislocate her joints to get out of tight spots, disguise herself, and control or manipulate enemies.
We got to see a quick demo of Red Ninja in a meeting with Vivendi Universal at TGS, and we got a pretty good feel for the mechanics of Kurenai's wire. You'll acquire three different heads for the wire: a blade that can be used for slashing and impaling enemies, a blunt attachment for bludgeoning and hanging enemies, and a grapple for swinging across chasms and interacting with the environment. The wire features a full physics model, and you'll be able to use it creatively with the environment to dispatch your foes. For instance, you could target an enemy's head area with the blunt wire head and wrap the wire around his neck, then jump onto and then over a beam and hoist the enemy up, effectively hanging him. Even at the game's early stage of completion, the wire is quite functional; now Tranji has only to build diverse levels that allow players to take advantage of this unique gameplay mechanic.
Arrrggh, I know what you mean...the art looks sooo familiar...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sqoon
Falcoon perhaps? That's definitely the way he draws eyes and proportions, not to mention color use and fan service tendencies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sqoon
IGN has a good hands-on article about Red Ninja...looking forward to this one even more now.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/452/452059p1.html