Ubisoft Confirms Ninja Gaiden for Europe on Nintendo DS

By Adam Riley 04.04.2008 12

Update - Following Cubed3's exclusive revelation that Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword was coming to Europe from Ubisoft yesterday, the company has now announced the official month of release as being June 2008:

"Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced a distribution agreement to release Tecmo's NINJA GAIDEN Dragon Sword to all EMEA territories. Already a critically acclaimed game in the US and Japan, NINJA GAIDEN Dragon Sword will hit European shelves in June 2008.

"NINJA GAIDEN: Dragon Sword is the latest iteration in the series and the first to be made for Nintendo's DS handheld system, featuring gorgeous rendered backgrounds, a new exciting story and the traditional fast-paced action that the franchise is known for. Taking perfect advantage of the Nintendo DS with intuitive stylus gameplay, Ryu Hayabusa's combat moves are mapped onto the DS touchscreen and directional buttons which allows him to run, jump, attack and cast Ninpo. Certain move combinations will enable Ryu to perform fatal special attacks such as the Izuna Drop and Cicada Slash which are some of Ryu's signature moves.

"NINJA GAIDEN: Dragon Sword is developed by Executive Producer Tomonobu Itagaki and the Team NINJA development studio."

Stay tuned for more updates...

Original Story - Ubisoft has confirmed its latest release list for Europe, including Emergency Heroes on Wii and Ninja Gaiden on DS, as well as other 'treats'. Check out the list below:

  • Bunnyz (DS) - 28th March, 2008
  • The Dog Island (Wii) - 11th April, 2008
  • Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles (DS) - 11th April, 2008
  • Victorious Boxers Challenge (Wii) - 11th April, 2008
  • Imagine Figure Skating (DS) - June
  • Emergency Heroes (Wii) - June
  • Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30 (Wii) Q1 2008
  • My Health Coach / Weight Management (DS) - Summer 2008
  • Soul Calibur Legends (Wii) Q2 2008
  • Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (DS) - TBC 2008

Stick around for further updates...

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Mandown is offline. Mandown 03.04.2008#1

Pants, pants, pants, messy, pants, pants, could be tasty, pants, pants, very good but sly.

Victorious Boxers Challenge/Hajjime No Ippo:

It does not look like a worthwhile investment unless you are a fan of the Manga, especially with some good looking Boxing games coming to Wii later this year. There is a Don King one and a EA one which is not Fight Night due in Q4. I am really hoping for a decent Boxing game on Wii.

Ubisoft are sly. They are releasing quality games like Ninja Gaiden DS and No More Heroes in the attempt affiliating themselves with quality games, when they do not make any themselves on Wii yet.

 
Darkflame is offline. Darkflame 03.04.2008#2

True.
Which is odd considering they released lots of great games on the cube. (Prince of Persia Trillogy and BG&E especialy).

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Captain America is offline. Captain America 03.04.2008#3

Hmm... AC for the DS? I don't know about that one. The rest look alright, I suppose.


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Mandown is offline. Mandown 03.04.2008#4

Captain America said:
Hmm... AC for the DS? I don\'t know about that one. The rest look alright, I suppose.

When you look at the screens you will know why.

@Darkflame:

They say they are now striving for \"Nintendo Quality\". Hopefully something will come of it, but we wont see glimpses of this quality till the end of the year at the earliest.

( Edited 03.04.2008 15:02 by Linkyshinks )

 
D_prOdigy is offline. D_prOdigy 03.04.2008#5

It is a lot easier doing a decent port of a game from one console with a traditional control set-up to another. It's another thing with Wii. That requires a strange, scary little thing called "effort".

 
Birdo Is A Tranny is offline. Birdo Is A Tranny 03.04.2008#6

Captain America said:
Hmm... AC for the DS? I don't know about that one. The rest look alright, I suppose.

fuck sake we should be getting this for wii. I love it for 360

 
Mandown is offline. Mandown 03.04.2008#7

iangennery said:
Captain America said:
Hmm... AC for the DS? I don't know about that one. The rest look alright, I suppose.

fuck sake we should be getting this for wii. I love it for 360

iangennery said:
Captain America said:
Hmm... AC for the DS? I don't know about that one. The rest look alright, I suppose.

fuck sake we should be getting this for wii. I love it for 360


Do you really think AC in it's 360 form is possible on Wii, your taking the piss surely?

 
tiamat1990 is offline. tiamat1990 04.04.2008#8

Ninja Gaiden DS is the only decent one and they didn't even make that. They're just publishing it. So much for this supposed Nintendo quality eh?

 
dojo is offline. dojo 04.04.2008#9

I love how Q1 has actually finished and there's still no BiA on Wii...

 
Laurelin is offline. Laurelin 04.04.2008#10

BiA? What's that?

Ninja Gaiden on DS - it's about time!

I find your lack of faith disturbing!
 
Stulaw is offline. Stulaw 04.04.2008#11

Laurelin said:
BiA? What\'s that?

Ninja Gaiden on DS - it\'s about time!

I think dojo means Brothers in Arms

Not a very good line up, the dog island will probably sell loads.

Brothers in Arms is ok i guess.

Well actually, ninja Gaiden DS is the best game on there.

( Edited 04.04.2008 14:09 by Stulaw90 )

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Laurelin is offline. Laurelin 04.04.2008#12

Brothers in Arms isn't my kind of game. At least it's more mature then Bunnyz!
Brotherz in Armz?

Yes, it is the best game up there imho, too. Every other one there just isn't made for me.
*If* Ubisoft does change their lineup towards quality, then they are sure we recognize the change with shitload like this coming up beforehand...

I find your lack of faith disturbing!
 

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