Rachel http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-ninja-gaiden/50019?type=flv

Ayane http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-ninja-gaiden/50071

This is excellent.  I am so glad Ayane got a face lift.  She looks a lot better.  I am also happy about Rachel as a playable character HURRAY.  I hope they don't make Ryu seem like a wuss with that ?rocket launcher?  Fall 09...(takes out Sigma to brush up on skills)

wooo woooo

Loved Sigma so this is first day buy for me.

Yeah Sigma 2 Info tomrrow, it looks really great.

So we have Kojima turning traitor and Team Ninja Turning Traitor?

Hmmm..... Whos next? >_>

Both MGS and NG have shown up on several different platforms belonging to separate corporations in the past, but you can continue to ignore reality at your own will.

Blech. I didn't really like Ninja Gaiden Sigma, and everyone says Ninja Gaiden is better than Ninja Gaiden 2, so...

Also, I remember Rachel being completely useless.

Didn't most of Team Ninja leave Tecmo?

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3174393

"1UP: I'm guessing you didn't stick around for the Tecmo/Koei merger.

HM: Tecmo? Tecmo was a long time ago. I actually quit last July. I wanted to get into an environment where I can really concentrate on making games I like. So we made our own company to do just that.

1UP: Then the rumors were true. How many of you are in the new company?

HM: Just counting the guys who used to be in Team NINJA, we have enough people to make an American football team. In fact we can make an entire offensive team and a defensive team. [Laughs]

...

1UP: Can you tell me who else from Team NINJA is in your new company now?

HM: Well, I can give you a list, but it's probably faster to just tell you that we got all of the leads and directors and such."

HM = former Team NINJA art director, Hiroaki Matsui

in all honesty ninja gaiden sigma 2 is really a ps3 exclusive.

the features and improvments to the game are so massive over gaiden 2 that you cant say its the same game.

its day 1 for me another great exclusive to come out this year on playstation 3.