Yaiba: Ryu Hayabusa! I've come for my revenge!
Hayabusa: wh-who are you? Do I know you?
Yaiba: know me? You KILLED me!
Hayabusa: *sigh* you're gonna have to be really specific. I killed a LOT of ninjas.
"For you, the day Ryu Hayabusa graced your village was the most important day of your life. For me, it was Tuesday."
@@jacobraphael3995 Yaiba: LOLZ, I killed your franchise!
Tecmo says they're gonna do another DOA and Ninja Gaiden game...
My teacher had a friend that helped worked on ninja gaiden z. When the guy went to gamestop and asked about the game, gamestop told them that they dont recommend the game.
I speculate the devs had this idea for this game, the only way they could get it funded and published was to shoe horn into the ninja gaiden universe.
I actually liked this game. I wish more developers put this much effort into the visuals.
Darn it... the "Z" stands for Zombie.
And here I was waiting for golden spiky hair and power levels.
I feel like this game is misunderstood and a genuinely fun romp that got shitted on because it wasnt Ninja Gaiden but was instead a spinoff that was a little buggy but still functional and clearly fun. Honestly I wish they would remaster it and maybe continue it as there on spinoff series. Maybe now people would be more open to it.
Oh dammit... It's called Ninja Gaiden Z because of the zombies. Adding zombies to games don't automatically make it better!
I guess I'm the only one who enjoy this game 😣
Nope i got it for like £5 and thought it was an absolute blast. its a really fun hack n slash game or whatever this genre is called
I just hated that they took like this weird borderlands-like art direction
Alright speaking as a Ninja Gaiden fan: Ninja Gaiden 3 is not good so don't worry about it, but both Yaiba and Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor's Edge are solid and worth checking out (Yaiba especially, I still don't understand why that game got as much hate as it did)
As someone who played the original NES gaiden and the 3D xbox revival/reboot... Who the FUCK is Yaiba? I had no idea who he is/was, I got no attachment or investment into the game based on it's premise or title character.
gotta say the animations an art direction they took with yaiba makes me a little queezy. I liked the traditional animation and art stylings of NG3 even if the game itself wasn't amazing. I lowkey didn't want NG to look like borderlands
It's soo funny and good to me i like how hard it is and absurd humor and also the actual lore logs are some of the funniest shit ever
Petition for Matt to make a Momiji appreciation video. She's actually in this game, surprisingly enough.
@@superdoodguy I actually got him to make it by joining the flophouse.
Best money I ever spent.
I remember getting this game new for £5, it came with a mini soundtrack and comic, also dlc for DOA5 Ultimate, great value.
16:56 Wait, "BLOODLUSTF"? Is that a typo?
that barfing zambambo at the end was gold xD
This is like a Tmnt game where you play as Scorpion
This game remind me of Afro Samurai so much that I feel like my brain is slowly splitting itself in half
Remember a Afro Samurai 2 game was made & you played as the teddy bear head guy, but it wasnt as good as the 1st Afro Samurai game for some reason
@@mrstaroflamar yes i ment to say Arfo Samurai 2 and maybe MattMcmuscles will do a What happen! Ep on it one day
I remember being so hyped, thinking it was ninja gaiden only to be let down. WE NEED A NINJA GAIDEN 4
Hardly ever do I comment on UA-cam, but Matt, I think you deserve the time I'm investing in liking and leaving a comment in your video, you're doing a great job entertaining us, producing quality content and apparently having fun with it. At least I really hope you're having lots of fun with it, because you deserve to make your money making people laugh and also having a laugh yourself. Keep up the good work!
hey I remember playing this one. good times. and looking at this now - is it just me, or it's kinda similar to Borderlands in sense of presentation?
Honestly this game got such bad reviews I bought it out of pure curiosity to how it could top 3 for awfulness and honestly I enjoyed it way more than 3 at least with this it's a spinoff that doesn't take itself seriously and has its moments of humour and fun, it definitely is too short had odd difficulty spikes and combat gets old half way through, but still felt like a 6/10 good bargain bin purchase 3 was more disappointing purely because of expectations, I need to get razors edge though I hear that improved it a bit.
NG3RE is what NG3 should've been in the first place: they fixed, improved, and added lots of stuff, cranked up the difficulty, but the nonsensical crappy story stayed almost untouched (there are few minor scenes overhauled, two side chapters added), and the QTEs are still there (they just removed the button prompts). I recommended this game to my friend, and we both had a blast playing co-op
@@sn-x-wt Late comment ho! NG has always had crappy story. Both NG and DMC are pretty stupid stories, but DMC has likeable characters with relatable motivations while NG has, uh, ninja? NG also takes itself and it's huge titties and demons seriously, but not in a way that's even amusing. I'd love to see NG make a come back, but it needs more memorable writing and characters.
@@NevetsTSmith better late than never :D well, for a hack'n'slash genre they are, they're fine without an award-winner level of writing. it's just alright in NG Sigma 2 (I played the PS3 port) - nothing too fancy but works well enough to be cool, entertaining, and not turn into a complete cheese-fest. NG3's plot is terrible even by hack'n'slash standards. Yaiba NGZ tries to not take itself seriously, but lacks any substance beneath dirty jokes
and yeah, I'd absolutely love to see a comeback of a Dragon Ninja, with better writing. would love to see Ayane and Momiji too, or even better, have them playable
Let's be honest. Is anything in this as out of left-field as the cyber demon t-rex in ninja gaiden 3.
Since ninja gaiden 2 they stoped caring. Like a fucking Demon armadillo that is also an engine for a flying ninja fortress with tactical ninjas and mecha t rex demons.
I've never played a Ninja Gaiden game, but I gotta say, I'm kinda sold on this.
This games reveal trailer was the first time I've been offended by advertising. Like, I felt personally insulted that they thought that crap would appeal to my demographic.
What the fuck does "Take a suck" even mean?!
Matt, youre like jax. You have muscles where they count. In your...heart? That was what i gathered from mortal kombat annihilation and the cartoon.
i appreciate the visuals, it's very pretty
Why zombies though?! Like it clearly has some funny bits to it, but they are wasted on just the worst enemy type in all of videogames. What about demons and mutants and other ninja's? Basically what I am saying is they should have tried making a Ninja Gaiden 3D game, but with this weird and wacky style they have going on here. If they did that I could totally see this being cool and fun.
lordxmugen Zombies were the popular thing at the time. And while a few new zombie stuff like ZombieLand Saga have been popular in recent times, the zombie fad has pretty much run its course for now. Except for ZLS, the Zombie Monster Truck in Monster Jam, & Resident Evil 7 and 2 Remake returning back to horror basics.
Now if only Capcom would capitalize on the dinosaur craze that has returned.
@@BigEOT3 With zombie dinosaurs!
Or a new Dino Crisis game...
...Featuring time-traveling zombie dinosaurs! With lazers!
DioTheKnife BRING BACK REGINA. No generic space marine with the personality of dry wall this time.
It's Nice to see someone not super critical playing a Game for fun and not just shitting it.
Wait. What . I’m so confused . I didn’t know ppl hate this game ... I’ve beaten it like 3 times . I personally love it . I love the whole horror / comic book style of it .
This was my first Ninja gaiden game. Lol my first pc game ever. I still love it to this day.
Yeah it has really great moments, I would call it a very good game myself, but the final two bosses ruin the experience for me. The Ryu boss fight just uncovers how imprecise and clunky the controls truly, and the final Delgado just drags on and on, I almost rage quit for how long you have to wait for his animations and dialogue to end to continue fighting him. I mean compared to the bosses previous Ninja Gaiden games had, that could be beaten in 2-5 minutes, these 20 min bosses in Yaiba are pointlessly long and not fun. Otherwise it could have been a really cool game, but I just can't make myself replay it because of that... Shame.
@@siketjoseph9211it's a good game, but a disappointing ninja gaiden game.
It’s bad in the same way as Bioshock: Infinite and DMC: Devil May cry, not a bad game on its own. However, it’s bad compared to its namesake.
I just started playing this game, and it’s pure fun
aw, no Mighty Number 9 costume
I wonder if this game would've been better received if it didn't have Ninja Gaiden in the title. You could still have Ryu Hayabusa in the game as a cameo character, but I think this may have been better served as a separate IP.
this is the equivalent of DmC: DMC in the DMC series
Except DmC was actually decent in terms of combat. Sure it was a bit easy but you could do way more in terms of chaining combos with different weapons.
Sure it was edgy but this is just leaves a bad taste. Dunno how they got the idea for this shit.
@@zeroskaterz92 more or less. The combat system in this is terrible compared to DmC
@@danialyousaf6456 And yet the game doesn't restrict the combat with blue and red colored enemies that halted the combo.
Clearly you didn't play this game or you just button mashing. lol
@@zeroskaterz92 lol. Maybe i did button mash. Anyways it's been a while since i played it and i have gotten better at combat, but i still tend to button mash with nero and V.
I love this game in a so bad its Good Camp game. Its dumb fun on a tryhard story that goofed.
The way I see it Its the Army of Darkness of the Ninja Gaiden Series.
They should've called this "Ninja Gaiden Tryhard."
This really deserves a "Wha Happun" because it's so terribly rushed and it was so bad that it's DLC that was with it's Limited Editions was cancelled for Digital releases. And probably killed a great series.
Remember : Cell Shaded Zombie games always fail.
i actually found an unopened copy of this game for 360 when i was moving into my new apartment lol
Is that the carpet design from the shining? I'm referring to the beginning fight.
The thing i remember about this game : Jessica Nigri cosplayed the scientist girl for the Yaiba"s booth
No lie, I want this game. Unironically.
It's really amazing how Spark Unlimited kept getting work after starting their career off by getting sued by everyone they'd ever worked for
"not sure why there is a z" zombie, Zombie, Z ombie
This game is the closes to a Ninja Slayer game we'll ever get. It has the same violent and campy vibes and I love it
To continue the ninja vibe, i suggest you to try "Mark Of The Ninja" by Klei Studios. 2D stealth games are my weakness.
@@zydian_ well, it's time to discover it. It's a pretty good game , actually.
The title screen music sounds to me like hardcore Mambo No 5 right at the beginning
Splatterhouse! Yes, thats a series I'd like to see alive again!
I actually want this now, looks really fun and the humour gives me some chuckles. The combat is also fluid, the redhead moves the fluid. Good stuff. 😋💀👄
Great video Matt, very funny. Maybe try "Golden Axe Beast rider" next.
I do like the fact that Yaiba's sword is still broken.
I love your work keep going 😎🤘
I actually kinda like Yaiba. I would really like to see a game with Yaiba and gameplay of an actual ninja gaiden game. I think it could be cool.
Cel shading is timeless.
This game is kinda weird to me, I never played a Ninja Gaiden before (this was my first) but I could tell the main games are nothing like this. It ain't bad, but it can get repetitive also the writing and tone is just the edgiest teenage overdose. And Hayabusa on the files sounds like the biggest dorky nerd ever, he's is super scared of the girls around him in a really stereotyped nerdy way buuut I can see that as Yaiba reading the files and making fun of him.
The comic-book font is called "Comic Sans".
bruh i had no idea people hated this game lmfaoo i love it
i feel like ever since borderlands came out every irreverent, hyper-violent game has to be cel-shaded
This is the farcry blood dragon of ninja gaiden
the fun part of this game is that 90% of this game is just the tutorial
the real game starts when you unlock the NGZ mode Owo
honestly i'd love a new yaiba game
Soul Sacrifice is great
This is the only Ninja Gaiden I've ever played...
I unironically love Yaiba, exactly for how stupid, trashy and dumb fun it is.
It's like a very funny zombie trash movie.
I just really wished Matt would've gotten far enough to see the Izuna drop to top all Izuna drops
Wow I've never heard of this one good to know though if I saw this in a store I probably would have bought it but now I know better thanks!
Matt's avatar should be one of the enemies! It fits so well!
I actually still own this game on PS3, I liked this game. I never understood the hate for this game. Just because you don’t play as Ryu Hayabusa doesn’t make it a bad game.
It was way, way more than that. The wacky ovet the top tone, cringe 2000s writng, had no place in the ninja gaiden universe, not to mention its gameplay was dumbed done. Might have been fine as a standalone game unconnected to the franchise.
i actually like this game. then again I hadn't played any of the mainline ninja Gaiden games. hell I even thought "oh ninja Gaiden 3? that has to be the best one since it's the newest, right? OK I'll buy it" played it for 20 minutes and never picked it back up. but I did beat Yaiba and enjoyed that
it should be called ninja gaiden B for borderlands
I really liked this game. Cheesey button mashing arcade fun.
I know that this is an old video and I know that this is an old videogame but really the developers didn’t even give the game something exiting or at least more work on the game but no this was what they gave us
If this game had great gameplay loop, it would be a great ninja gaiden game.
This game is bad. Really bad. Embarrassingly bad. So bad that it actually diminishes the overall quality of the Ninja Gaiden franchise by mere association. The load times are atrocious, the characters are one-dimensional, the story is half baked, the combat is mindless and the levels are poorly designed.
Why the hell do I like it as much as I do?!
I don't think it's possible to be more macho than this lmfaoo
Sick of _Dukie Nukie Forever_ already, huh?
@@MattMcMuscles I imagine so! You're like one of those super-skilled sashimi chefs, cutting out all the poisonous DNF content and leaving behind only tasty blowfish!
16:52 BLOODLUSTF!
Darkest of days
Oh wow. Is this the Xbox 360 version? The reason I ask is because the in game camera looks worse and closer than the PC version I saw the late and great Totalbiscuit play a while back.
Wait. What? I’m so confused. You DONT have muscles!!!???
As someone who doesn’t play zombie games this game looks fun asf. The idea of being in a zombie apocalypse but your a ninja with powers??? AWESOME! I definitely prefer the other ninja gaiden games (my favorite being razors edge) this still looks fun. Also it’s hilarious if you don’t take it too seriously 🤣🙏🏾
Still never played this. Looks stupid fun. Fix this character and incorporate him in a main Ninja Gaiden game. But don't have him be the main bad game of the game. Might try this! Thanks, Matt! Haha
Wasn't 2014 a little late for this ersatz Rodriguez/Tarantino writing?
What i didn't like about the game or more like what killed the game for me where the horrible jerky animations.
I could never tell what was an actual enemy attack or what was random flailing. And same goes for the MCs attacks.
I kinda had some fun with it. Didnt think it was THAT bad tbh
i saw this game on the xbox live market for 60$, i came here to figure out why its so expensive and if anyone knows a place i could get a copy for cheaper? this game kinda looks like devil may cry
This game doesnt get enough love tbh it went really cheap really quick but tbh its actually a really fun game.
This game gets a way harsher rap than it deserves. Ninja Gaiden super nerds can't seem to handle a fun but dumb spin-off. 🤣
Oh god, I gave this game a fair shake, if it wasn’t for the load time I would have defeated that one part.
Matt!, have you heard of vin diesel’s wheelman on ps3 maybe xbox36 idk that game is a jank gem lol.
Not going to lie, I originally hated the idea of this game on appearance when checking on the Steamy store.
This video sells it for me.. for a few bucks.
the main character wielding a broken sword is distracting for some reason.
Is no one going to talk about how shit the mic was when the zombie torso grabbed him. Like holy fuck was that so bad and why is the camera so close to him? Why isnt it farther away so you can see more of the arena
5:34 did the fucking audio just peaked? oh no........ they really spend much money on this game huh? couldn't even afford a decent audio set up
Cool! A Kimetsu noYaiba spin-off?
Hopefully if there’s any braincells in the world, no one at Koei Tecmo will EVER ADD Yaiba to DOA or the Musou games.
They should add miss Monday. Not enough red heads in games. In media in general in fact, seeing how the soy boys and feminazis are actively trying to eliminate red heads from media.
I played this game before I'm kind of sad that I traded in to gamestop cuz I needed the money I wish I would have kept it this game is so much fun now according to what you're saying it shouldn't had a Ninja gaiden tagline on it but other than that this game is super fun
BLOODLUSTF
Say what you want about this game but
Grant Kirkhope had that soundtrack locked TF Down.
23:09 Has Matt never beaten House of the Dead 3?? Spoilers but of the best endings involves something like that
The most amazing thing about this game is the fact Ryu doesn't finish the job after whooping Yaiba's ass so hard. Then again, after all he goes through to upgrade himself Ryu still beats him like a red-headed stepchild, so hey.
Edit: I just realized this game flopped so hard no other Ninja Gaidens have been released ever since, so I guess Yaiba may not have killed Ryu, but he killed the franchise instead.