Words Of Wisdom said:
I haven't played enough of Ninja Gaiden to say that, but those finishing moves looked like something straight out of God of War. |
They kind of are. Itagaki incorporated finishing moves called Obliteration Techniques into Ninja Gaiden II, which could be used when an enemy had lost a limb - functionally they're much more exciting, but it's easy to see that the inspiration for them was probably God of War.







