Any new word on Ninja Gaiden?

[catapult37]

Has anyone seen any hands-on previews of this lately? If they really can capture the feel of the console version's combat, I'll be all over this come October 1.

 

[usickenme]

lately? IGN had a hands on a few weeks ago

http://ds.ign.com/articles/812/812634p1.html

What the demo proves beyond any doubt is that Gaiden for DS is terrific. We've been outspoken about our issues with some of the console titles, but with a fixed camera and pre-rendered backgrounds to boot, the drawbacks are gone and players are left with a very manageable, very fun to play and very pretty DS title. We love the "book style" presentation and the stylus-reworked control scheme. The only area left for Dragon Sword to live up to is the difficulty level that the series has become known for; the demo is completed easily, and thus we're eager to try out stages and fight enemies with more complexity and challenge -- both of which are sure to be on the way.

They generally really like the game. They had new screen yesterday as well

 

[catapult37]

Sweet, thanks a lot for the link. I'm actually more excited for this than that *other* Oct 1 DS release... Though I'll probably have to pick up both!