Ninja Gaiden/Trivia


 * Banned in China: The second Xbox game was not released in Germany and Australia because of… well, you know. That's one the reasons the gore was slightly toned down in the PlayStation 3 port.
 * Curiously enough, the game had German subtitles anyway (although they were for other German speaking countries like Austria). That was pretty convenient for German fans of the game, that could import it relatively easily.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!:
 * Hayabusa (Xbox) = Arthas
 * Hayabusa (360) = Young Ocelot & Spider-Man
 * Hayabusa (NG3) = Kanji Tatsumi
 * Hayabusa (Japanese) = Schwarz Bruder
 * Rachel = Tara Strong. Bubbles, Raven, Omi, Ben Tennyson & Sari &... just see the frakking IMDB page
 * She's even crazier in Japanese. Sailor Mars, Sumire Kanzaki, Emi Ogasawara, Unipuma, the list goes on and on...
 * Sonia = Saya
 * Alexei = Travis Touchdown
 * Volf = Jorgen von Strangle
 * Zedonius = Orochimaru
 * And ironically, he is the Third Hokage in the Japanese version.
 * No Export for You: The Original Video Animation was never licensed to outside Japan, the only way to watch it is through fansubbing.
 * The Other Darrin: 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. Troy Baker reprises his role, having provided his voice in Dead of Alive Dimensions. Compare and contrast to Hideyuki Hori, who has been voicing Ryu for 16 years, the first of which was the original Dead or Alive back in 1996.
 * Role Reprisal: English-wise, Kasumi is once again voiced by her DOA5 voice actress Lauren Landa. Averted with Ayane, who retains Janice Kawaye from NG2
 * Word of God: According to 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 Rule of Cool even if it didn't make much sense.