Play Sigma Demo, Get Rewarded

[BrewCityUpstart]

I can't beat the boss dude in the Chinese-house thing.




RPG fans may recall how Konami dealt with the Suikoden series; with certain installments, if you completed them entirely, that would be taken into account in the next entry. Team Ninja is taking a similar approach with Ninja Gaiden Sigma, by giving the gamer further incentive to download that awesome demo (as if we needed more incentive).

The final version of the game, scheduled to hit store shelves on July 3, will detect how much of the demo you've completed and then reward you with a certain amount of Yellow Essence. Those familiar with the Xbox versions of the game know all about Yellow Essence; it's used to purchase items and power up your weapons. We have no idea how much you'll actually get if you've completed the demo, but hopefully, it'll be somewhat significant. The game isn't a cakewalk, after all.

The demo is free, so what's stopping you? Get online and start downloading! Your efforts won't go unnoticed when you bring home Ninja Gaiden Sigma in July.
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[Peench]

Wow, that's awesome. I played thru some of the demo and got to a point in between two houses where I couldn't go any further. I couldn't open the door or jump over it or go around it. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

[Joe Sacto]

You have to fall through the trap door in the floor in the room where the black ninjas are if you're playing on hard difficulty. Once you've dropped down into the mines where the bats are there is a red chest which holds the samarai's mouth which must be placed into the statue you find. The key is released and then you're allowed into the boss room.

I saved all of my ninpo magic for the boss hit X+O and shake the controller up and down to power up the fireball. After two of those he was basically defeated.

[Peench]

Awesome. Thanks for the info! I'll hafta give it a go again. The camera angles were still freaking me out (just like they did in the xbox version), but I will try it again. Oh yeah and I couldn't get over the inverted controls. That REALLY bugged me and made it hard to play for me. Is there any way to switch them? I couldn't find an option for that in the demo.

[Jon Liu]

I've played through the demo a couple of times! That's freakin' awesome, though! The yellow essence is key especially when you are trying to upgrade your weapons!