Earlier this year, we had reported that Temco had confirmed Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword for the Nintendo DS. Now the Japanese firm has sent word that the eagerly awaited action game will ship for Nintendo’s handheld in March 2008. The game properly exploits the stylus functionality of the DS and will let gamers control Master Ninja Ryu Hayabusa very well.
Overview of Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword for Nintendo DS:
- Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword features beautifully rendered environments, fast Ninja Gaiden-style action, numerous enemies, and a new story. A variety of directional movements and taps with the DS stylus will activate Ryu Hayabusa to run, jump, attack, and cast Ninpo (Ninja Magic). Certain combinations of movements will permit gamers to perform special attacks like the “Izuna Drop” and the “Cicada Slash” which were made famous in the Ninja Gaiden console games.
Yoh Watanabe is the Marketing Manager at Tecmo. He says, “Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword brings a new level of gaming action to the Nintendo DS. There is presently a demo available on the DS Download Station and I recommend everyone to try it out and you’ll know what I mean.”
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword for Nintendo DS has been developed by executive producer Tomonobu Itagaki as well as the Team Ninja development studio. DS gamers are getting a lot of action games. First they get Contra 4 and now they get a Ninja Gaiden game.