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They better make another NG after all how amazing Nioh did (not to mention some of the crappy DLC costumes in LR) lol

another NG? as long as they keep hayashi far away from the directors seat i;m down. they should get someone to direct it, how about that itagaki guy? im sure he aint doing nothing

lol Itagaki left Koei Tecmo years ago. I doubt they'll let him come back after a certain incident that happened in the past.

yeah im aware of the drama, but it would it the irony of ironies if they went to him to direct NG4

It's pretty hard to tell. When Itagaki was on board for NG1-2, they did pretty well. Then things just wasn't the same after it. What I did like about TN is their focus to the Sony platform now, so they gave Playstation users a taste of Ninja Gaiden. (Kinda, with changes).

I still believe that whole philosophy about Itagaki's like for Xbox is all mumbo jumbo. Console is all specs and not magic and how well they make/port those games to these specific consoles. Having Itagaki on board will just make shit more exclusive to a catered console. Least towards his vision of gaming.

If there's anything I would like Itagaki back for, it's just for Ninja Gaiden but expanding a bit more. I prefer for him to stay away from DOA really.

if they need to revive this series, they gotta do some different this time. I personally would like multiple playable characters with interlinked stories, if they can put all the 6 known characters in together with proper unique skills and their own stories, it might work.

like the stories can at the end come to a common conclusion and they can allow you to choose which character you wanna play at the last stage.

I don't mind more playable characters. I do like the whole adventure progress from NG1/B. Had like 1-2 puzzles as well if I remember, they could keep it that way. NG3 just staged to things.

Nioh will receive a sequel no doubt. TN's biggest success in a long time. As for Ninja Gaiden, I'm sure TN will eventually do a sequel though I can't see it being high on the priority list. NG3 & Yaiba were both failures both critically & commercially. With regards to Itagaki, he was godlike during the PS2/Xbox era, but was very mediocre during the 360/PS3 era.

DOA4 & NG2 were steps in the wrong direction for both franchises, especially after the stellar predecessors DOA3 & NG1. However NG3 was also a considerable misstep for the franchise, which was corrected a bit with NG3RE. I personally don't think either Itagaki or Hayashi are good for Ninja Gaiden and the franchise has dug itself quite a hole with its inability to successfully match the quality of Ninja Gaiden 1.

I love NG and at its core NG3RE still has pretty solid mechanics, but is there anyone at TN that can tell a quality story for NG? I also concur that NG1 has excellent story pacing and level design, which I find is lost on NG2 & NG3. I.e. Not simply: Point A to B, kill everything in between, but some "adventuring" in between like DB implied.