What sort of new gameplay elements are in Ninja Gaiden Black?
TI: Ninja Gaiden evolved rapidly and dramatically thanks to the Hurricane Packs. This was made possible by Xbox LIVE. If we had tried to do the same thing by distributing booster discs, the game would never have evolved as quickly as it did, and I’m sure I would have gotten bored [laughs]. I have been saying this from the beginning, that I would ultimately complete Ninja Gaiden by completely rewriting its main game mode. I wanted to completely rebuild the game, including all of the new camera work, new weapons, and new monsters that were created for the Hurricane Packs. It is like a systematic reorganization and tidying up of the game. At first I thought that my choices were to do that via a Hurricane Pack 3, or to do it as an add-on disc. Eventually, I settled on this way. It is the simplest and most practical solution.
