It’s been many years since the release of any game under the banner of the cult Ninja Gaiden . A rumor posted on Twitter sparked discussion among fans of the franchise. It looks like a new Ninja may be in the making right now.
The Ninja Gaiden series by Koei Tecmo keeps enthusiasts with them to this day, but it’s been several years since a new installment appeared. It seems that this may change, thanks to a new rumor. She suggests that Bayonetta ‘s developer , PlatinumGames, is already working on a new part of Ninja. The rumor appeared on Twitter, posted by user @Shpeshal_Nick . While Nick has hit the mark with his hypotheses before, this information still needs to be taken with a pinch of salt until we get an official announcement from Koei Tecmo or PlatinumGames.
The tweet in question is shown below:
So far, the reception of the rumor is ambiguous. PlatinumGames has already proven to players that it can create a great action game. Take the Bayonetta trilogy as an example . As a result, the team suffered several mishaps, including: for Babylon’s Fall . In the end, if Tecmo gives the studio enough time and resources to create a high-level game, we shouldn’t worry too much about the result. The moment when the rumor appeared is also a bit surprising, because at the moment PlatinumGames is rather in the early stages of development and has no specifics worth announcing or showing. Platinum’s only message was a joking tweetone of the designers. Hideki Kamiya decided to tease the community and wrote that work on the fourth part of Bayonetta is underway .
The original Ninja Gaiden first appeared in arcade arcades and on the NES console in 1988. The game gave rise to a trilogy created for the NES, and the installments that make it up to this day remain in the favor of retro gaming fans. The second Ninja Gaiden trilogy was launched in 2004, and the franchise once again gained recognition from both players and critics. Recently, fans have only seen the compilation Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection (2021), and the latest standalone title is Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden from 2014. Considering that a lot of time has passed since the release of any news, it can be assumed that this state of affairs will change in the near future. But is the project mentioned by Kamiya a new Ninja Gaiden? We will see.