With Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z being showcased at this year's Gamescom event, Team Ninja certainly pulled out all the stops to ensure that its latest game would be adequately promoted, and had Yosuke Hayashi (Head of Team Ninja) and Keiji Inafune (Director of Yaiba) attend the event so as to answer any questions that one may have about the game. Luckily, they took the time to answer my queries and to also allay any fears that one may have about their forthcoming PS3 and XBox 360 game. They were also kind enough to answer queries pertaining to Team Ninja and how the developer has sought to forge a new identity post Tomonobu Itagaki, as well as answer any concerns that long-standing fans may have about the developer's future output. What follows is a conversation that I was able to have with them during the game's presentation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnJpPVgEDFo
Why isn't the game being developed for next generation consoles?
Hayashi: We originally started work on the game even before the announcements of next generation consoles. So Yaiba was originally intended as a current gen title, and we are hoping to make it the best game that we can.
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