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As compared to the earlier games in the series, Ninja Gaiden III was a critical flop. It currently rests at an uncomfortable 58 outof 100 on Metacritic -- a topic Gamasutra previously explored . What went wrong? "It seems like we made a Japanese hamburger forthe West," Yosuke Hayashi, head of Team Ninja, told Gamasutraduring an interview this morning. "I feel like maybe, as a Japanese developer, we need to make goodJapanese food... That's what people are wanting from a Japanesedeveloper. What we made, it's an okay burger, but it may not bewhat people are wanting." He knows that in the future, he has to change things -- and he'swell aware, also, that the industry has changed dramatically sincehe got his start at the Dead or Alive developer. He's showing the latest iteration of that franchise, aswell as the Wii U version of Ninja Gaiden III , at E3 this week. Is there a future for Team Ninja? "Looking at the conferences,there weren't very many Japanese games that were talked about, ordealt with at the conferences. But maybe if the industry is goingfor that Hollywood blockbuster direction, we can offer somethingthat's different," he said. "And maybe it doesn't get picked up by that, because that'sHollywood, but we can still offer solid entertainment, and makesure that it reaches the people that are looking for that solidentertainment." In his view, the state of the Japanese development community hasbecome "desperate," with companies struggling to compete. "All Japanese developers are right now treading water, and doingeverything they can just to basically stay above water," he said. But there might be a silver lining to this cloud, he mused. "Wefeel that actually, you're going to get an answer coming from that,because everybody is so desperate to stay there and stay alive thatyou're going to get answers for how to move forward and how to makethings work in the future. That's the state the Japanese industryis in right now." The full interview with Hayashi, in which he discusses Ninja Gaiden III, Dead or Alive 5 , and the state of the studio, will be forthcoming on Gamasutra. For more reports from E3 2012, be sure to check out Gamasutra's live coverage . We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Mold Components , Precision Metal Stamping for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Precision Milling Machined Parts.
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