PS3 Ninja Gaiden 3 Producer: Bayonetta Feels Old

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Is Ninja Gaiden due for a complete reinvention? Comments made by Tecmo producer Yosuke Hayashi indicate as such.

He recently told Play Magazine UK that Ninja Gaiden III is going back to the drawing board, calling NG2 -- Itagaki's final attempt on the franchise -- 'outdated.' His bullish words don't end there, as he also says that

 

[Trigun]

Phh Bayonetta was a masterpiece. This man doesn't know what he is talkin' about.

 

[Bran]

This is an interesting development. Maybe I'll actually play and/or enjoy this one. Ninja Gaiden Sigma felt really shitty, not as far as control, but design.

 

[Craig Fairfax]

Ninja Gaiden isn't exactly reinventing the wheel either.