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* DisownedAdaptation: Itagaki did not like ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ninja Gaiden Sigma]]'', going as far as to refuse to sign copies of it. This probably has something to do with the fact that he wasn't involved with this particular version of the game (since, objectively, it's not very different from ''Black''). However, he did admit that it gave UsefulNotes/{{PS3}} owners a shot at the game. And all of the new features in ''Sigma'' were carried over to ''Ninja Gaiden II'' at the end.

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* DisownedAdaptation: Itagaki did not like ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ninja Gaiden Sigma]]'', going as far as to refuse to sign copies of it. This probably has something to do with the fact that he wasn't involved with this particular version of the game (since, objectively, it's not very different from ''Black''). However, he did admit that it gave UsefulNotes/{{PS3}} Platform/{{PS3}} owners a shot at the game. And all of the new features in ''Sigma'' were carried over to ''Ninja Gaiden II'' at the end.



* KillerApp: The 2004 game and its UpdatedRerelease, ''Ninja Gaiden Black'', were this for the original UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, as was ''Ninja Gaiden II'' for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360. Meanwhile, the original NES game has been rereleased on the SNES, three times through UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole (for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and UsefulNotes/WiiU), on the NES Classic, and through the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Online service.

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* KillerApp: The 2004 game and its UpdatedRerelease, ''Ninja Gaiden Black'', were this for the original UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, Platform/{{Xbox}}, as was ''Ninja Gaiden II'' for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360. Platform/Xbox360. Meanwhile, the original NES game has been rereleased on the SNES, three times through UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole Platform/VirtualConsole (for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, Platform/{{Wii}}, Platform/Nintendo3DS, and UsefulNotes/WiiU), Platform/WiiU), on the NES Classic, and through the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Platform/NintendoSwitch Online service.



* TheOtherDarrin: English localization just can't get a hold of a voice actor for too long. As of ''Ninja Gaiden III'', there are three different actors for each main release. Creator/TroyBaker reprises his role, having provided his voice in ''Dead of Alive Dimensions''. Compare and contrast to Creator/HideyukiHori, who has been voicing Ryu for ''24 years'', the first of which was ''the original'' ''Dead or Alive'' back in 1996. But on the other hand, he was actually replacing Creator/KeiichiNanba, who voiced Hayabusa in the earlier OVA.

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* TheOtherDarrin: English localization just can't get a hold of a voice actor for too long. As of ''Ninja Gaiden III'', there are three different actors for each main release. Creator/TroyBaker reprises his role, having provided his voice in ''Dead of or Alive Dimensions''. Compare and contrast to Creator/HideyukiHori, who has been voicing Ryu for ''24 years'', the first of which was ''the original'' ''Dead or Alive'' back in 1996. But on the other hand, he was actually replacing Creator/KeiichiNanba, who voiced Hayabusa in the earlier OVA.
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* IKnewIt: Due to the [[{{Expy}} breadth of shared traits]] between [[spoiler:Irene Lew from the NES trilogy and Sonia of ''NGII'']], more than a few fans theorized that [[spoiler:Sonia was a modern re-imagining of Irene and that they were the same person (Sonia's bio even hints that her name is an alias).]] Come ''VideoGame/{{Dead or Alive}}: Dimensions'', it turns out that they were right.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://ninjagaiden.wikia.com/wiki/Ninja_Gaiden_Wiki The Ninja Gaiden Wiki]].
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While the First game in the NES trilogy made it to Switch Online, the other two are as of March 2023, gone with the Wii U and 3DS Eshops.
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* NamesTheSame:
** '''Ryuken''' is the Japanese name for Ryu's Dragon Sword. It's also the name of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar the late 63rd successor of Hokuto Shinken.]]
** '''Jashin''' is the name of the Demon in the Original Trilogy. It can also be [[{{Manga/Naruto}} the cult of which Hidan is a former member.]]
** Anyone noticed that Irene Lew's alias - '''Sonia''' - is the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Allied codename for the Mitsubishi Ki-51 bomber]]?
** There's '''Jay's Bar''', in which Ryu fights the Barbarian in the Original Trilogy, and '''J's Bar''', [[{{VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak}} a bar in Raccoon City in which 8 unlucky souls find themselves caught in the outbreak.]]
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** ''Master Collection'' is digital-only in most of the world, but the [=PS4=] and Switch versions received a Japan-exclusive physical release.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The original versions of the first two Team Ninja games, as well as the ''Black'' version of the first Team Ninja game, are currently unavailable and will likely stay that way due to the source code being lost, which led to the Master Collection using the ''Sigma'' releases instead.
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** According to a roundtable interview in ''Ninja Gaiden: The Definitive Soundtrack Vol. 1'', the original Japanese title of the game was actually ''Ninja Gaiden'':

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** According to a roundtable interview in ''Ninja Gaiden: The Definitive Soundtrack Vol. 1'', the original Japanese title of the game was actually ''Ninja Gaiden'':Gaiden'', and was changed on extremely short notice to ''Ninja Ryukenden'':

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* WordOfGod: According to [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ninjagaiden/ninjagaiden9.htm this interview]], the folks at Tecmo were quite unsure on how to translate the video game's title ("Ninja Ryūkenden", which means "Ninja Dragon Sword Legend") for the foreign players, so they opted for RuleOfCool even if it didn't make much sense.

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According to a roundtable interview in ''Ninja Gaiden: The Definitive Soundtrack Vol. 1'', the original Japanese title of the game was actually ''Ninja Gaiden'':
--->Yoshizawa: After the project got off the ground, we received word that Namco was also going to release a ninja game. That game ended up being Cyber Ninja, and it was supposed to feature movie scenes. When we heard this news, the team's spirits were lifted as we were determined not to let Namco beat us! The President told us at this time to provide the first pieces of information to Famitsu Weekly, who ended up writing an article about the game. That's when the President suggested the name Ninja Gaiden.

--->Yamagishi: So the original name was actually Ninja Gaiden? I didn't know that.

--->Yoshizawa: That's the case, yes. But we then wondered, how can there be "side story" when there isn't even a main story? But that's what the President asked for, and he wasn't going to change his mind even if we mentioned that to him, so that was the named used in the published Famitsu article. That morning, the President called me on the phone and said, "I saw the name in printed letters, but its impact is lacking. Think of an alternative! I'm going over there [the development team's building] right now, so think of something by the time I arrive!"

--->Uh oh! The President would arrive in 10 minutes or so. At that instant, the Kanji (Chinese character) for "ryu" (龍 - "dragon") popped into my head. And since the President needed the name to have impact, I thought a name with a lot of kanji was a good idea. I told the staff right away, "We should have the game feature a setting in which the protagonist confronts a mysterious organization using the power of the dragon sword (龍剣 - ryuken)... wait, the protagonist's name is Ryu! Ryu Hayabusa, who has traveled to America to avenge the murder of his father! How does that sound? Maybe we should call the game Ninja Ryukenden?" And then the President arrived just as I said those words.

--->"So Yoshizawa, have you thought of a name?" he asked. I told him what I had come up with. "That sounds good. Let's go with that!" And so it was decided, and that's why the name changed. It's a name that was hastily thought of, but even after I calmed down and thought about it carefully, I think it ended up being a pretty cool name. I then came up with the story involving the Dragon Sword and the evil demon, Jashin, as well as the mysterious organization and the CIA.

--->For the release in North America, we went with the title "NINJA外伝" and wrote out "GAIDEN" in English below the kanji. This was also the President's idea. He said, "Americans love kanji!" (laughs)

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to [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ninjagaiden/ninjagaiden9.htm this interview]], the folks at Tecmo were quite unsure on how to translate the video game's title ("Ninja Ryūkenden", which means "Ninja Dragon Sword Legend") for the foreign players, so they opted for RuleOfCool even if it didn't make much sense.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The original versions of the first two Team Ninja games, as well as the ''Black'' version of the first Team Ninja game, are currently unavailable and will likely stay that way due to the source code being lost, which led to the Master Collection using the ''Sigma'' releases instead.
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* KillerApp: The 2004 game and its UpdatedRerelease, ''Ninja Gaiden Black'', were this for the original UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}. Meanwhile, the original NES game has been rereleased on the SNES, three times through UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole (for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and UsefulNotes/WiiU), on the NES Classic, and through the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Online service.

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* KillerApp: The 2004 game and its UpdatedRerelease, ''Ninja Gaiden Black'', were this for the original UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}.UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, as was ''Ninja Gaiden II'' for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360. Meanwhile, the original NES game has been rereleased on the SNES, three times through UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole (for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and UsefulNotes/WiiU), on the NES Classic, and through the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Online service.
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* KillerApp: The 2004 game and its UpdatedRerelease, ''Ninja Gaiden Black'', were this for the original UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}. Meanwhile, the original NES game has been rereleased on the SNES, three times through UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole (for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and UsefulNotes/WiiU), on the NES Classic, and through the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Online service.
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* TheOtherDarrin: English localization just can't get a hold of a voice actor for too long. As of ''Ninja Gaiden III'', there are three different actors for each main release. Creator/TroyBaker reprises his role, having provided his voice in ''Dead of Alive Dimensions''. Compare and contrast to Creator/HideyukiHori, who has been voicing Ryu for ''24 years'', the first of which was ''the original'' ''Dead or Alive'' back in 1996.

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* TheOtherDarrin: English localization just can't get a hold of a voice actor for too long. As of ''Ninja Gaiden III'', there are three different actors for each main release. Creator/TroyBaker reprises his role, having provided his voice in ''Dead of Alive Dimensions''. Compare and contrast to Creator/HideyukiHori, who has been voicing Ryu for ''24 years'', the first of which was ''the original'' ''Dead or Alive'' back in 1996. But on the other hand, he was actually replacing Creator/KeiichiNanba, who voiced Hayabusa in the earlier OVA.
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* GeniusBonus: If the name Jaquio is read as if it were Spanish (Ja-''ki''-o) as opposed to English (Ja-''kwi''-o) then it strongly resembles the Japanese term "Jaki Ou" meaning "King of Demons."
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* TheOtherDarrin: English localization just can't get a hold of a voice actor for too long. As of ''Ninja Gaiden III'', there are three different actors for each main release. Creator/TroyBaker reprises his role, having provided his voice in ''Dead of Alive Dimensions''. Compare and contrast to Creator/HideyukiHori, who has been voicing Ryu for ''16 years'', the first of which was ''the original'' ''Dead or Alive'' back in 1996.

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* TheOtherDarrin: English localization just can't get a hold of a voice actor for too long. As of ''Ninja Gaiden III'', there are three different actors for each main release. Creator/TroyBaker reprises his role, having provided his voice in ''Dead of Alive Dimensions''. Compare and contrast to Creator/HideyukiHori, who has been voicing Ryu for ''16 ''24 years'', the first of which was ''the original'' ''Dead or Alive'' back in 1996.
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* RoleReprisal: English-wise, Kasumi is once again voiced by her [=DOA5=] voice actress Creator/LaurenLanda. Meanwhile, Creator/JaniceKawaye returns to reprise Ayane from ''[=NG2=]''

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* RoleReprisal: RoleReprise: English-wise, Kasumi is once again voiced by her [=DOA5=] voice actress Creator/LaurenLanda. Meanwhile, Creator/JaniceKawaye returns to reprise Ayane from ''[=NG2=]''
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** '''Jashin''' is the name of the Demon in the Original Trilogy. It can also be [[{{Main/Naruto}} the cult of which Hidan is a former member.]]

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** '''Jashin''' is the name of the Demon in the Original Trilogy. It can also be [[{{Main/Naruto}} [[{{Manga/Naruto}} the cult of which Hidan is a former member.]]
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** '''Ryuken''' is the Japanese name for Ryu's Dragon Sword. It's also the name of [[FistOfTheNorthStar the late 63rd successor of Hokuto Shinken.]]

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** '''Ryuken''' is the Japanese name for Ryu's Dragon Sword. It's also the name of [[FistOfTheNorthStar [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar the late 63rd successor of Hokuto Shinken.]]
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://ninjagaiden.wikia.com/wiki/Ninja_Gaiden_Wiki The Ninja Gaiden Wiki]].
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** Anyone noticed that Irene Lew's alias - '''Sonia''' - is the [[WorldWarII Allied codename for the Mitsubishi Ki-51 bomber]]?

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** Anyone noticed that Irene Lew's alias - '''Sonia''' - is the [[WorldWarII [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Allied codename for the Mitsubishi Ki-51 bomber]]?

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* BannedInChina: The second Xbox game was not released in Germany because of… [[BloodierAndGorier well]], [[LudicrousGibs you]] [[YourHeadAsplode know]]. That's one the reasons the gore was slightly [[BloodlessCarnage toned down]] in the [=PS3=] remake.

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* BannedInChina: The second Xbox game was not released in Germany because of… [[BloodierAndGorier well]], [[LudicrousGibs you]] [[YourHeadAsplode [[YourHeadASplode know]]. That's one the reasons the gore was slightly [[BloodlessCarnage toned down]] in the [=PS3=] remake.
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* RoleReprisal: English-wise, Kasumi is once again voiced by her [=DOA5=] voice actress Creator/LaurenLanda. Averted with Ayane, who retains Creator/JaniceKawaye from ''[=NG2=]''

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* RoleReprisal: English-wise, Kasumi is once again voiced by her [=DOA5=] voice actress Creator/LaurenLanda. Averted with Ayane, who retains Meanwhile, Creator/JaniceKawaye returns to reprise Ayane from ''[=NG2=]''
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* DisownedAdaptation: Itagaki did not like ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ninja Gaiden Sigma]]'', going as far as to refuse to sign copies of it. This probably has something to do with the fact that he wasn't involved with this particular version of the game (since, objectively, it's not very different from ''Black''). However, he did admit that it gave {{PS3}} owners a shot at the game. And all of the new features in ''Sigma'' were carried over to ''Ninja Gaiden II'' at the end.

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* DisownedAdaptation: Itagaki did not like ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ninja Gaiden Sigma]]'', going as far as to refuse to sign copies of it. This probably has something to do with the fact that he wasn't involved with this particular version of the game (since, objectively, it's not very different from ''Black''). However, he did admit that it gave {{PS3}} UsefulNotes/{{PS3}} owners a shot at the game. And all of the new features in ''Sigma'' were carried over to ''Ninja Gaiden II'' at the end.
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* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Hayabusa (Xbox) = [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Arthas]] and [[WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers Captain America]]
** Hayabusa (360) = [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 Young Ocelot]] [[Creator/JoshKeaton &]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Spider-Man]]
** Hayabusa ([=NG3=]) = [[TalesOfVesperia Yuri Lowell]], [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Kanji Tatsumi]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Snow Villiers]] and [[{{Catherine}} Vincent Brooks]]. And [[VideoGame/BioshockInfinite Booker DeWitt]]. And [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs Joel]]. And [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain 1980's Revolver Ocelot]]... [[TroyBaker And maybe the list will grow in the future]]...
*** Hayabusa (Japanese) = [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Schwarz]] [[Creator/HideyukiHori Bruder]] and [[Manga/OnePiece Bartholomew Kuma]].
** Rachel = TaraStrong. [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Bubbles]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Raven]], [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown Omi]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Ben Tennyson]] & [[TransformersAnimated Sari]] &... just see [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/ the frakking IMDB page]]
*** She's even crazier in Japanese. [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Mars]], [[SakuraTaisen Sumire Kanzaki]], [[Anime/GhostSweeperMikami Emi Ogasawara]], [[Anime/DominionTankPolice Unipuma]], the list goes on and on...
** Sonia = [[Anime/BloodPlus Saya]]
** Alexei = [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]]
** Volf = [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Jorgen von Strangle]]
** Zedonius = [[{{Naruto}} Orochimaru]]
*** And ironically, he is [[Creator/HidekatsuShibata the Third Hokage]] in the Japanese version.
** [[Creator/KenyuHoriuchi The Regent of the Mask]] will make this world know [[{{Naruto}} Pain]]!
** [[HiroakiHirata Cliff Higgins (Japanese)]] = [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Balthier]], [[Manga/OnePiece Sanji]] (Coincidentially, a minor character in the game [[NamesTheSame has the same name]]), [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Pip Bernadotte]]...
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* BannedInChina: The second Xbox game was not released in Germany because of… [[BloodierAndGorier well]], [[LudicrousGibs you]] [[YourHeadAsplode know]]. That's one the reasons the gore was slightly [[BloodlessCarnage toned down]] in the PS3 remake.

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* BannedInChina: The second Xbox game was not released in Germany because of… [[BloodierAndGorier well]], [[LudicrousGibs you]] [[YourHeadAsplode know]]. That's one the reasons the gore was slightly [[BloodlessCarnage toned down]] in the PS3 [=PS3=] remake.



** Hayabusa ([=NG3=]) = [[TalesOfVesperia Yuri Lowell]], [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Kanji Tatsumi]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Snow Villiers]] and [[{{Catherine}} Vincent Brooks]]. And [[VideoGame/BioshockInfinite Booker DeWitt]]. And [[TheLastOfUs Joel]]. And [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain 1980's Revolver Ocelot]]... [[TroyBaker And maybe the list will grow in the future]]...

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** Hayabusa ([=NG3=]) = [[TalesOfVesperia Yuri Lowell]], [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Kanji Tatsumi]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Snow Villiers]] and [[{{Catherine}} Vincent Brooks]]. And [[VideoGame/BioshockInfinite Booker DeWitt]]. And [[TheLastOfUs [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs Joel]]. And [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain 1980's Revolver Ocelot]]... [[TroyBaker And maybe the list will grow in the future]]...
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** Alexei = [[NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]]

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** Alexei = [[NoMoreHeroes [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]]
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** Hayabusa (360) = [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 Young Ocelot]] [[Creator/JoshKeaton &]] [[TheSpectacularSpiderMan Spider-Man]]

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** Hayabusa (360) = [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 Young Ocelot]] [[Creator/JoshKeaton &]] [[TheSpectacularSpiderMan [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Spider-Man]]
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* IKnewIt: Due to the [[{{Expy}} breadth of shared traits]] between [[spoiler:Irene Lew from the NES trilogy and Sonia of ''NGII'']], more than a few fans theorized that [[spoiler:Sonia was a modern re-imagining of Irene and that they were the same person (Sonia's bio even hints that her name is an alias).]] Come ''VideoGame/{{Dead or Alive}}: Dimensions'', it turns out that they were right.

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