CVG writes: " After an onslaught of promises and maybe's, the Ninja Gaiden II demo is finally up for download on the European Xbox Live Marketplace - but North America has to wait."
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The game features 60 achievements in total, 22 of which are secret. Aside from the difficulty of the game itself, these achievements do not look very forgiving. Requiring at minimum eight different plays through the game, it will definitely be interesting to see how big the "1000 Club" gets for this one. See the list after the jump.
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So this is the edit where I get to feel like an ass. As many of you know, I never usually post information about a demo until it is actually available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Well, with this post I went against that little voice in my head and gave you a heads up. I just received an email that proves I should have listened to that voice. It turns out the demo will NOT be available in Canada and the U.S. (in addition to India and Germany as noted above.) I don't know when a demo will be available for the other regions, but hopefully it will be by the end of the week (as originally stated.) My apologies. You can be sure that I am going to have a a few conversations with a some people about this.
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A demo for Ninja Gaiden II will be available from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace early tomorrow in all regions (excluding Germany), at 0200 PT.
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A member of the beyond 3d forums has once again taken the games screenshots and measured the games native resolution to find that the game only runs at 1120x585.
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There can only be one king of the action game genre and in the last few weeks, words have been traded between rival game developers, Tomonobu Itagaki and Hideki Kamiya. In the latest publication of Edge magazine, Kamiya states that since his last game the action genre has become stale and that his upcoming title, Bayonetta, will deliver the type of action only his team, PlatinumGames can provide. In the other corner, Itagaki-san states that Ninja Gaiden 2 is the definitive action game, that only Team Ninja can develope. So the question is, who makes the best action games? Itagaki or Kamiya?
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See what's coming in the week ahead for the PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP and DS. New hardware too: red God of War PSP and Metal Gear branded bluetooth headset.
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According to Major Nelson, the Ninja Gaiden 2 demo should be available in the US by the end of next week.
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A solid week of new games kicks off the summer release calendar! Highlights include Ninja Gaiden II (Xbox 360), GRID (PS3, Xbox 360, PC), LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS, PC), and a few other gems.

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of June 1, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
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Microsoft's Chris Palidino confirms to TheGameReviews.com when the demo will see worldwide release.
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The demo for Ninja Gaiden 2 has arrived¿in Japan. Those of you with Japanese Xbox Live accounts will probably need no encouragement to get on the download.
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X3F: After the demo news disappeared from the game's official site, many of us were worried that there would be no Ninja Gaiden 2 demo at all. Fortunately the demo does exist, and it should be online shortly. In Japan. Only. Now we know that the 360 is no big success in the East, so why not just release the demo everywhere at once? No one knows.
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There's been a lot of controversy surrounding the release of Team Ninja's, Ninja Gaiden II. From scathing reviews attacking the developer and his fanbase to complaints surrounding the games hardcore difficulty and camera efficiency. The latest rumour to hit the web speculates that the long awaited demo will be released on the JPN Xbox marketplace this Friday.
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The highly anticipated Ninja Gaiden 2 takes the top spot on the cross-platform Gamefly Top Ten 'Most Queued' list. Following close behind is GRID (PS3/Xbox 360/DS), and Haze (PS3, Xbox 360).

Queue up the complete Gamefly Top 10 most requested list:
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Ninja Gaiden 2 (Xbox 360, Tecmo): 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 - (34/40)
Koto ni Maru Hana Sanrin: Kyoto Satujin Jinken File (NDS, Tecmo): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (28/40)
Fushigi no Dungeon - Furai no Shiren 3: Karakuri Yashiki no Nemuri Hime (Wii, Sega): 9 / 9 / 8 / 9 - (35/40)
FIFA Street 3 (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (PS3/Xbox 360, Bandai Namco): 9 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (33/40)
Oookuki (PS2, Global A): 3 / 3 / 4 / 3 - (13/40)
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xbox360fanboy:
So far Ninja Gaiden 2's demo has yet to see release to the Marketplace, and for some time now, the game's xbox.com page had a message for its readers, telling them to: "Get your hands on the free demo coming to Xbox LIVE Marketplace in May." While it is true that May isn't over until the end of the week, the xbox.com page no longer has the message promising the demo's arrival, and instead points readers to the Ask a Ninja videos.
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Closing date for this competition is Sunday 1st June

If you thought May was too sunny to go outside (and who didn't), then dust off those blackout curtains because June's probably going to be scorching. Good thing you can stay indoors and play Ninja Gaiden II then, isn't it?
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CVG Staff have confirmed that the framerate issues in NG2 were found in the final build of the PAL version;

Posted: 26 May 08 2:56 pm
On the CVG Forums:

A user named "Petebrolly" said: According to Teamxbox the slowdown and framerate issues are only in review builds, and the retail builds have sorted this problem.

CVG Staff answered:
"We reviewed off PAL, boxed retail copy. Slowdown very much still there."
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You may have noticed TeamXbox have not yet posted their review of Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden 2. Just wanted to fill you in on why. There were a couple of issues with the review build discs, specifically with the load times and the framerate. TeamXbox have been told that these issues have been resolved in the retail version of the game. Therefore, they have decided to hold off on posting their review article and score until they are able to get their hands on a retail build of Ninja Gaiden 2 in order to verify this.

In the meantime, TeamXbox have put together a few high-definition video clips of Ninja Gaiden 2 in action! These videos were rendered using two-pass encoding so they are very high quality and should give you a very good idea of what to expect! Stay tuned as TeamXbox will be posting their fully-detailed review as soon as they can verify that the issues that came up with the review build discs have been resolved.
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XboxOZ360 reports that some lucky gamers will be given a sneak peak at Ninja Gaiden 2 at PlayersLounge:

"The first (sneak peak at new games) will be kicking off with Ninja Gaiden 2, and only open to players of 18yrs and over.

It's on a selection basis, and dates have yet to be announced, but it will be about one week prior to release here in Australia, which is the 12th June '08. It will be run in the evening, as will all other Taste Tester Events, and you can be sure X360.com.au (aka XboxOZ360-gamer) will be there to bring you the goodies alongside IGN naturally."
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