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Japanese game creators discuss 2025 ambitions [Update]

4Gamer.net has published the 2025 edition of its annual end-of-year interviews with Japanese game creators. The website interviewed 164 creators this year, several of which tease new titles and ann…

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4Gamer.net has published the 2025 edition of its annual end-of-year interviews with Japanese game creators. The website interviewed 164 creators this year, several of which tease new titles and announcements to come in 2025.

From Team Ninja directors:

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■ Koei Tecmo Games / AAA Studio

Yosuke Hayashi

(Known for Rise of the Ronin, the Nioh series, WILD HEARTS, the Ninja Gaiden series, the Dead or Alive series, the Hyrule Warriors series, the Fire Emblem series)

—Ambitions for 2025

“2025 should be a year where we can announce and deliver various titles, including the AAA studio title I’m currently in charge of. I hope this year brings even greater excitement to the entertainment format that is video games.”

■ Koei Tecmo Games / Team NINJA

Fumihiko Yasuda

(Known for Rise of the Ronin, the Nioh series, the Ninja Gaiden series)

—Ambitions for 2025

“In 2025, Team NINJA will celebrate its 30th anniversary, and we hope to announce and release titles fitting for the occasion.”

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[Generic]

They will turn Ninja Gaiden 4 into a Soulborne, won't they?

 

[LectureMaster]

Hands down my favorite action game developer, I'm pumped for whatever they bring on the table.

 

[Blood Borne]

I just don’t have faith in them making a good Ninja Gaiden game.
Seems like Ninja Gaiden Black was a fluke.
Then again, I did quite enjoy Rise of the Ronin.

I’m looking forward to Sekiro 2 than Ninja Gaiden 4.

 

[Exede]

Dead or Alive 6 released in 2019, i think a new one could have a lot of success. It could bounce to the top again.

 

[Lorianus]

Just port Ronin to pc so i can move on from Nioh 2

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Please oh please be a proper Ninja Gaiden game.

 

[tusharngf]

Hope they get quest and map structure right in the next game.

 

[Fess]

Dead or Alive 6 released in 2019, i think a new one could have a lot of success. It could bounce to the top again.

Would be lovely but there was some talk that DOA7 was cancelled awhile back when they lost a key member. No official word though, just the usual rumblings on social platforms.

 

[Aion002]

Nice.

I hope they make a new Wo Long game.

Nioh is great, but Nioh 2 is awesome. So I hope that a Wo Long sequel will also be awesome.

 

[Jesb]

I don’t get why they ever gave up on ninja gaiden

 

[DavidGzz]

We getting a new Ninja Gaiden and Onimusha? Hell yeah.

 

[MayauMiao]

They will turn Ninja Gaiden 4 into a Soulborne, won't they?

Before there was Soulborne, there was Ninja Gaiden.

 

[IDKFA]

Hyrule Warriors sequel to launch with the Switch 2

 

[Hrk69]

Usually I would be excited but these guys release broken games on PC and never fix them