Team NINJA today released new images for Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden 2 to show off what the boss battles will look like. While this game, the most over-the-top Ninja Gaiden installment yet, will feature bloody zombie-slashing gameplay, there will also be gigantic bosses to fight. These new images show off one big mysterious boss, who they promise will be tough to beat.
They say you willl have to use every skill you've learned to defeat it, and considering that he's shooting fire from hits eyes while meteorites crash into the environment, they may be right. Apparently you're going to get whisked away to space in "a temple reminiscent of an ancient America civilization", so if you think that zombies are the craziest thing about this game you are very, very wrong.
Here's the official synopsis-
"In YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z, players will battle fierce zombies as Yaiba, a cyborg ninja who will do anything to get revenge and stay alive. Cleaved in two, he is brought back to life with cyber-technology. Brandishing his ninja sword and the mecha weapons in his cyber arm, he slaughters zombies with brutal, over-the-top abandon. Step into a stylized living comic book where stunning graphics depict a world gone mad. Hordes of undead can only be stopped by Yaiba's willingness to use any means necessary to get the job done. Will he kill by turning his cyber arm into a razor chainsaw for slicing up undead-or just rip off an opponent's arms to use as zombie nunchucks? Both possibilities fill Yaiba's heart with twisted laughter in this upcoming collaboration between famed developers Team NINJA and comcept's Keiji Inafune."
Looks and sounds like a blast. Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden 2 launches on the PS3 and Xbox 360 next week on March 18, 2014. A PC version will follow on Steam on March 21. If you preorder it on Steam right now you can nab it for $47.99, 20% off its MSRP of $59.99.
Be ready, because there are even more strange creatures to face.