There is one new boss for each alternate character's chapter (including returning bosses from Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword and the 2004 Ninja Gaiden), a Dragon to replace the double Quetzalcoatl fight (though Quetzalcoatl can still be fought alone as in Ninja Gaiden II), and two giant statues: a giant Buddha Statue and a Statue of Liberty animated by Alexei. Five new bosses were added, replacing two old boss encounters. In addition, weapons can only be upgraded at shops where a blue flame is lit items can be bought in both types of the shop.Įnemies' health was raised to compensate fewer enemies appearing on screen. The Weapon Upgrade system was also altered to restrict upgrades, allowing only one upgrade at a time per shop. Additional removed weapons include the Windmill Shuriken and the Harpoon Gatling Gun. The Howling Cannon, a heavy cannon with a slow projectile speed, served as a replacement. The Fiend's Bane Bow, now with unlimited ammo, had its Ultimate Technique removed. The Incendiary Shuriken were removed for two reasons, opening paths and their power due to the removal of the ammo count, and is instead Ayane's main projectile weapon. Enma's Fang, a greatsword, was added as a new melee weapon. 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.Ĭhanges were made to Ryu's weapons. Most chests now contain yellow, blue, or red essence. Healing items were increased and are the only thing one can buy. Projectile spam was greatly reduced from NGII. Thus, the two weapons bulk up Ryu's appearance even though they do not appear in cutscenes. The player cannot unequip the bow or cannon. This allowed both the Bow/Cannon to be equipped at the same time as the shuriken. Other ranged weapons were separated to the R2 button. In the gameplay control system, the action button changed from RB/R1 to circle, circle is now also the shuriken button. Tests of Valor were also removed, scattering the rewards across Ryu's chapters. In Story mode, Karma Scoring is removed and now only done in Chapter Challenge. 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. 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, such as a drastically reduced enemy count within gameplay.

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. In comparison to the original version of Ninja Gaiden II, the game features new large-scale bosses, an online co-operative gameplay mode with three new playable characters ( Ayane, Momiji, Rachel) and the PlayStation Network Trophy support. Gameplay Cooperative gameplay in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, featuring Rachel and Ayane Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was released for the Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One as part of the Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection on June 10, 2021. A port for the PlayStation Vita, titled Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus ( Ninja Gaiden Σ2+), was released in 2013. The game changes Ninja Gaiden II in a similar, but not identical way to how Ninja Gaiden Sigma changed the original Ninja Gaiden. It includes the entirety of the original story mode as well as various changes to the game's design, along with updated textures and a 720p resolution. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, stylized as Ninja Gaiden Σ2, is a port of the 2008 Xbox 360 video game Ninja Gaiden II, and was developed by Team Ninja exclusively for the PlayStation 3 in 2009.

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