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.

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 ...

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 ...

Ninja Gaiden has been struggling to stay relevant the last few years. The tepid critical and commercial reaction to Ninja Gaiden 3 indicated the series was no longer the action game powerhouse it ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 is a misguided button-masher that brings nothing to the Ninja Gaiden universe. The game contains little semblance of what made other games in the series great, and its dirty ...

Scattershot action and awful writing make Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z one lifeless zombie invasion.

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.