Countdown has begun…less than two months to go!
Hayashi from Team NINJA here. The last few weeks since our last post have been extremely busy for our team, putting the final touches on the game. This is our first attempt in releasing our game simultaneously in all three regions, but we’re confident we can make it happen.
We’re excited to see the response and feedback to the all-new Team Missions mode (and everything else we’ve shared so far), and today I’d like to introduce two additional, new features of the game.
The first reveal is Chapter Challenge Mode. The mode will become available once you clear Story Mode – you can go back to your favorite chapter and replay to compete with fellow ninjas around the world for the highest Karma score. After clearing the chapter, you will be ranked based on your total Karma score. The highest rank – of course – is “MASTER NINJA” and the lowest is “NINJA DOG”. You also have the option to review your gameplay in Ninja Cinema (which is also available in Team Missions) and share your videos online and download videos of other players. Online rankings are sorted by chapter and difficulty level. It’s entirely up to you whether you want to rank in all difficulty levels or master a certain chapter…just be ready for the challenge!
The second reveal is Ninja Records. In order to keep up with how well (or bad…) you’re performing, we figured it would be nice to have a place where you can view your complete stats from fastest mission time, number of enemies defeated, numbers of Izuna drops, maximum combos, rescues, character usage rate in Team Missions mode, number of playthroughs…and more. Ninja Records will keep track of your moves performed in both Story Mode and Team Missions. You’ll be able to pull it up anytime from the title menu screen, so use it to learn more about your own play style. The best part of this is that you can also share your stats online!
Another piece of good news – that’s not directly related to the game but still exciting – is we’ll be adding an official soundtrack, packed with over 30 tracks, to our Collector’s Edition! That’s in addition to the 80-page exclusive book that features a prologue comic, mini-strategy guide and art gallery. Check this out:
BTW, have you seen our Japanese viral ads? I’d like to take a vote and see which one gets more attention…
Last but not least…the GameStop exclusive pre-order costume looks like this:
More to come in the next post!
Not really related to the post but didn’t knew where to say this:
I just read that you have “29 stores across 25 countries, which require the use of 13 currencies and 8 languages” <—this was posted on the European PS Blog….
What I wanted to ask is if you are going to sell PSN cards in Mexico, as I have seen Wii Cards and Microsoft Points Cards down here in blockbuster stores and some other retailers.
I use my US credit card when I buy stuff from the psn store, but I would prefer to use a psn card while Im down here because its easier, and its kind of annoying to see that the competition has those cards available all the time but no psn cards anywhere.
Hope you can work it out soon.
Blood drenches the sword, not pixie dust. No gore, no buy!
@37
I’d much rather wait for a PS3 version of a game than get it at the same time as 360 when the games are THIS much better. This is like literally twice the game.
As for the blood, I have no problem with the toned down blood because they instead put in these kool effects and particles that are certainly uusing more of the PS3’s real timee horsepower than just buckets of blood would. The only thing I wish they’d change about the “mist” is that I wish it was different collors for different kinds of creatures.
That being said, while I would personally prefer the kool effects to gallons of blood, I DO think there should be an option in the game to choose which one you prefer between maximum visual effect or maximum blood. Even if it wasn’t the same buckets of blood from the 360’s version, but just make the “mist” have a bllod color and texture. That “mist” as blood imo would look even better than the spurting buckets anyway.
Not really my thing!
@50 there are two co op modes not just one Please read the post There adding it so U can go back and play any chapter in the game and beat it if U wish in Co op. ++ Your mission Mode.
360 ad in the ps3 version!? Wow! If only they spent more time on porting Itagaki’s game instead of trying to remove gore and add fairy dust.
The 360 ad has actually been taken out of the final product. That screenshot was taken from an earlier version of the game.