It has been reported that recently, Eidos is in a state of financial meltdown. That is to say, they got no money. Tomb Raider: Underworld undersold according to their standards as it reached a ‘paltry’ 1.5 million sales across all platforms. Apparently their solution is a Ninja game. Sounds a bit ‘been there done that’ right? Well, that’s where they get ya. These Ninjas are tiny. Mini some would say. It’s currently set for a Fall 09 date on the Xbox 360, Games for Windows, PS3, Wii and DS. The gameplay looks pretty much like an easier, kid-friendly Ninja Gaiden and probably less blood due to the 7+ (E) rating. Here are some lovely screens for you to gaze upon:
The Mini Ninjas site is now live and has more information on the game and will be updated accordingly. It’s ninjas but tiny. Cool. Whether or not it can save Eidos from it’s seemingly inevitable DOOM remains to be seen.
This reminds me of that one game, i-ninja, I don’t know if people recall it but it was sort of like the same premise as what Eidos is doing now, except the concept is kinda late to the party lol.
http://www.giantbomb.com/i-ninja/61-1605/
Oh shoot I didn’t realize the developers of this game were IO, the makers of Hitman and Kane & Lynch.