@Tbone
Another crazy article about NGIII titled: "Ninja Gaiden III Saved or Ruined"
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/114/1145899p1.html
I read somewhere else too that you would feel the kill more in NGIII. Like when you are cutting your sword through an enemies bone their is resistance and the dual shock vibrates as you are trying to cut through. Their is more weight to your actions. Enemies are less like butter. It sounds kind of disturbing actually, cutting through bones that is.
Edit: Oh yeah it was the last article i posted, that I read that. Ironic that we were just talking about this game being made easier about a week before these stories came out.