Ninja Gaiden III will “change the paradigm” in comparison to its predecessor, producer Yosuke Hayashi told VideoGamer during an event in London today. Hayashi went as far as calling Ninja Gaiden II “outdated,” saying big changes are coming to the third game.

“The good things we want to improve more and bad things we want to change,” he said. “Most of all, basically, for the previous series – Ninja Gaiden II is already outdated, I feel. That’s why, as you see, the industry evolution for game creation and game development already has been changed and paradigm shifted.

“That’s why it’s important for Ninja Gaiden III – we want to have it brand new, and we’re going to create a Ninja Gaiden III from full scratch and change the paradigm.”

“Overviewing Ninja Gaiden starting from Ninja Gaiden 1“, he said. “1 is more focused on cutting people with the sword and katana, and [referring to Ninja Gaiden II's buckets of blood] in the second we challenged the expression after cutting.”

Hayashi says the third game is “focusing more on how to cut people, and the sense of cutting.” Protagonist Ryu Hayabusa will be portrayed as “a Japanese dark hero”.

The game’s out this year. No platforms have been announced, but we’re assuming it’ll hit PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

...I really like the sound of that. Cutting people is a huge part of my view on what gaming is :P

Sounds kind of like the new Metal Gear Rising game.

This. Wow...the Japanese need to really learn how to push the envelope.

Hayashi says the third game is “focusing more on how to cut people, and the sense of cutting.”

I don't know who this game's target audience is.  Emo's? Bad roaches?  Metal Gear Rising fans looking for their next fix?

sounds interesting ....................wait!

I have heard this before?

thats right Metal Gear Solid Rising 

I bet it will come out before Metal gear solid rising tho 

Guess we´ll have to wait and see. But what does he really mean, why should i have a reason to cut Ninjas i just wanna cut them.

I´m really looking forward to the game so hopefully they won´t change to much. For me the game could be just like Ng2 and i still buy it.

Good news its releasing this year.

yeah and then tell it was their idea ^^

no i like that...not that original anymore but for people who look forward Rising this is cool because this will se a 2011 release...not like Rising (still hoping)

In my opinion Rising should be a Wii/Move only title. Ninja Gaiden need not go in that direction. It's already bad enough that Itagaki is gone.

Gimme a sword and people to cut, and I'm satisfied. ^_^