Yosuke Hayashi, head of the post-Tomonobu Itagaki Team Ninja, believes that the studio’s prurient days are over. The impending Ninja Gaiden 3 and Dead or Alive 5 continue two series long known for bloody violence and Russ Meyer-esque levels of playful sexism – but Hayashi says players anticipating the titles in bringing the same “cheap thrills” of their predecessors are in for a surprise.

Hayashi tells Gamasutra that Team Ninja’s output was known for “two primary elements: sex and violence.” With the new Ninja Gaiden, for instance, the director felt like to give meaning to violence, he says. “Why does this happen? They wanted a way to link the emotion with violence. The new Ninja Gaiden looks in taking a more character-based advance to series hero Ryu Hayabusa, and Hayashi says the team aims in producing “a game that is for mature audiences that can make adults think.”

Similarly, Hayashi thinks Dead or Alive has conventionally been known for its Sports Illustrated-style presentation of women, similar for a magazine for high school kids, with women represented in that sense. However, that not what they want the game to be recognized. ” He added that the new game aims in showing something that is more high class, which says he wants players to look at any given heroine and get be impressed with her as a woman, not just as a pin-up.

Via source, GamesRadar

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