Judging Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z’s technical merits might be unfair at this point, considering the early state of the game, but it’s worth noting that the camera was problematic throughout the demo.

Team Ninja and Spark Unlimited expect negative backlash for Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z when it launches later this month. And they are completely at peace with it. A jarringly huge departure from the ...

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is more of a side story to the Ninja Gaiden story. The game opens with zero exposition as Yaiba Kamikaze and Ryu Hayabusa are locked in mortal combat in the forest outside of ...

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z doesn't take itself seriously, so neither should you says Catherine Cai. Speaking with Team Ninja's studio head Hayashi Yosuke, it's clear that this will be the 'Blood Dragon ...

Still, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z keeps pumping out the blood, hoping to turn you on with its gory combat and vulgar attitude. Every so often, ...

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z – while more of a loose, arcadey spin-off than a true sequel – maintains this tradition, but unlike its predecessors, it’s difficult for all the wrong reasons.

These diary entries weren't actually written by the attributed authors, but rather rose from the vivid imagination of Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z's antihero. And they tell you much of what you need to ...

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z should be a mess, a parody offshoot of a once great action series made by three separate development studios. Instead, it works as an admirably honest and fun piece of trash.

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z tries to revitalize the brand with a cel-shaded style and panty showers. You heard that right: panty showers. It’s as inexplicable as it sounds. Keiji Inafune, of Mega Man ...

Overall, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z an exceedingly enjoyable and bloody hack-‘n-slash romp, and one you should not skip if you are a Ninja Gaiden fan, even if the aesthetics aren’t to your liking.

But then comes the camera, which often has trouble keeping Yaiba on screen, or zooming in enough to actually see what you're doing. Even though the combat system is passable, Ninja gaiden Z is ...