Trivia / Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012)

• Creator Backlash: While director Yosuke Hayashi didn't say he hated the game exactly, he compared it to "making a Japanese hamburger for the west", i.e that he considered it a mistake to try westernizing their game to appeal to market trends instead of just delivering a high quality Japanese game that their audience wants and expects.
• Franchise Zombie: Itagaki wanted II to be the last Ninja Gaiden game, at least for modern continuity. It only took his departure for Hayashi to keep going with 3. Still, it's unclear if Itagaki really meant that, since he made the statement when he was already at odds with Tecmo Koei, very close to his eventual departure.