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Hello and welcome to the official Xbox podcast, the only podcast, coming to you from Inside

Xbox, and we are at Xbox Japan once again, and I got to tell you, I have been looking

forward to this one.

Now, you know, you could say it's been the year of Ninja Guideon.

We kicked off the year with a surprise drop of Ninja Guideon 2 Black.

And then this summer we saw a take on classic Tecmo titles in the series with Ninja

Guideon Ragebound. And coming up in just a few short weeks, we've got the headliner Ninja Guidein

4. During Tokyo Game Show, players in Japan are getting their very first chance to get on the

sticks with this future classic, and we're getting the chance to speak with the leads on the project

from Team Ninja, director Masakazu Hirayama, and also from Platinum Games, director and producer

Yuji Nakal. Thank you so much for joining us. I would think that people might recognize

you, Hiriyama San as the director of Wollong Fallen Dynasty.

And Nakal, you were most recently credited as producer on Bayoneta 3.

So we have some notable action game experience here today.

So please tell us a little bit about your roles on Ninja Guideon 4.

Yeah, so Ninja Guideon 4, the overall development is being handled by Platinum Games.

And me as director and producer, you know, I kind of oversee the development of the title comprehensively.

And I, you know, speak very closely with Hidiyama's on the daily basis while sharing the builds of the game

and discuss how we brush up the game going forward.

So as a long-time fan of both the Ninja Guidance series, going all the way back to the original

arcade game back when I was little, and also the works of Platinum Games, I'd love to hear

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