Koei Tecmo was unable to save Ninja Gaiden Black and Ninja Gaiden II data

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Last month, was announced that the Nintendo Switch was getting a Ninja Gaiden premieres trilogy. But a the displeasure of some, this package includes Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1 i Sigma 2.

That is correct, Ninja Gaiden Black i Ninja Gaiden II they are not included. Announced in 2005, Ninja Gaiden Black it was one harder and reworked version of the original 2004 game. The game was improved for Xbox One X, but has been removed from Game Pass. Ninja Gaiden II was developed exclusively for Xbox 360.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1 i Sigma 2 modified PlayStation 3s were reissued, so for a “Master Collection”, many fans would I’d rather play than notSigma games.

In the most recent Famitsu weekly, Fumihiko Yasuda, manager of the Team Ninja brand, explains why Ninja Gaiden Black i Ninja Gaiden II they were not included in the collection.

“I am just in case there are pros and cons“Yasuda said.” For me personally, Ninja Gaiden II it was my debut, and so I have one deep feeling for it. But there is another reason for this choice. To be honest, only fragments of data remain. We could not save them. However, when it develops Sigma More i Sigma Plus 2 [for the PlayStation Vita], we have so many data together as we could and organized. Because we use use, this is why we selected it Sigma“.

How Kotaku previously reported, maybe that’s why it’s been a thing of the pirates who keep the old games.

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