Crew Ninja says that it’s open to outsourcing its personal IP, comparable to Ninja Gaiden, to different studios so long as the sport being evolved is in a position to exceed fan expectancies.
In an interview with VGC, Crew Ninja’s Fumihiko Yasuda – director of upcoming Wo Lengthy: Fallen Dynasty – mentioned, “If we have been to theoretically paintings with any other corporate on a brand new Ninja Gaiden identify, we might wish to ensure that it could be a identify that the enthusiasts would actually revel in and exceed their expectancies.”
Yasuda defined that despite the fact that there’s a giant fanbase for current IP like Ninja Gaiden, Crew Ninja must stability its assets throughout the studio, together with seeing what sort of abilities contributors of the advance group recently have. From there, they’d come to a decision if the ones abilities may just are compatible an current IP, or most likely a completely new one.
He’s additionally open to handing off a possible new Ninja Gaiden recreation to a group of more youthful builders inside Crew Ninja. On the other hand, both choice wouldn’t be made frivolously. “It’s no longer only a subject of, ‘good day, let’s simply pass do that.’ The entire items would wish to are compatible, and it could wish to be the fitting group…both a more youthful group internally or any other corporate that may actually wish to are compatible the Ninja Gaiden pedigree,” Yasuda defined.
Crew Ninja is understandably wary about such an concept. The remaining time Ninja Gaiden was once outsourced – 2014’s Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, made by way of Californian studio Spark Limitless – the sequence was once tarnished with deficient evaluations, together with a 5.6 from IGN.
Ninja Gaiden’s newest access was once the Ninja Gaiden Grasp Assortment again in June 2021. At the moment, Crew Ninja is specializing in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, which can arrive on Xbox Recreation Move subsequent 12 months at release, and Rise of the Ronin, an unique for PlayStation 5.
George Yang is a contract creator for IGN. You’ll practice him on Twitter @yinyangfooey