Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
| Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 | |
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North American cover art
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| Developer(s) | Team Ninja |
| Publisher(s) | Tecmo Koei |
| Director(s) | Yosuke Hayashi |
| Producer(s) | Yosuke Hayashi |
| Artist(s) | Masahiro Nose |
| Composer(s) | Hiroyuki Akiyama Ryo Koike Takumi Saito |
| Series | Ninja Gaiden |
| Engine | Hybrid Engine |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita |
| Release date(s) |
PlayStation 3
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| Genre(s) | Hack and slash, action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, stylized as Ninja Gaiden Σ2, is an enhanced port of the 2008 Xbox 360 video game Ninja Gaiden II, and developed by Team Ninja exclusively for the PlayStation 3. It includes the entirety of the original story mode as well as additional enhancements made to improve the game, along with updated textures and a 720p resolution. The game can be considered a spiritual sequel to Ninja Gaiden Sigma, as it expands on II in the same way Sigma expanded on the original. A port for the PlayStation Vita, titled Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus, was released in February 2013.
The game features new large-scale bosses, an online co-operative gameplay mode and the PlayStation Network Trophy support. Unlike the first game, the Sixaxis motion sensing of the PlayStation 3 controller was not used for "charging" the Ninpo magic, but instead utilized as a secret way to jiggle the breasts of female characters.
While Sigma 2 has additional content not in the original Ninja Gaiden II a large amount of content was also removed from the game, or altered. With Team Mission mode, where two players can play at once in cooperative gameplay, the second character will be CPU-controller partner if there is no human partner or the player is offline. In Story mode, Karma Scoring is removed and now only done in Chapter Challenge. Tests of Valor were also removed, scattering the rewards across Ryu's chapters.
In the gameplay control system, the action button changed from RB/R1 to circle, circle is now also the shuriken button. Other ranged weapons were separated to the R2 button. This allowed both the Bow/Cannon to be equipped at the same time as the shurikens. The player cannot unequip the bow or cannon. Thus, the two weapons bulk up Ryu's appearance even though they do not appear in cutscenes. Keys were completely removed. Doors simply pop open now. Now (R1) tells the player where to go. Projectile spam was greatly reduced from NGII. Healing items were increased and are the only thing one can buy. Most chests now contain yellow, blue, or red essence. Players no longer can hold onto Life of the Gods, Lives of Thousand Gods, or Spirit of the Devil; instead, they are automatically consumed upon pickup.
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