Tecmo Upgrades Ninja Gaiden Via Xbox Live

joinder writes "IGN is reporting at that Tecmo will be releasing an freely downloadable upgrade of Ninja Gaiden via Xbox Live, including 'improved AI' and 'full 360 degree control of the [in-game] camera', as well as new enemies, bosses, and weapons. As far as I know, this is the first time such wholesale gameplay and content changes have been made on a console title - fortunately, the Ninja Gaiden upgrade is free if you have Xbox Live. Could this be a symbol of a positive trend to come, or a negative one that would equate to the bugfix/patch crazy world of the PC gaming world?"

Comments

Re:downhill, for x-box anyway

[MarkPNeyer]

If "things going downhill" as a result of "laziness on the part of some x-xbox designers" means me getting awesome new content for a great game with a few flaws, I can only hope things go further downhill in the future.

Re:downhill, for x-box anyway

[Radix37]

once you make a playable disc or cartridge on a system, there's no such thing as a do over

Pokemon GBA proves otherwise.

Re:Wow

[Anonymous Coward]

thank god somebody else finally noticed that the majority of slashdot posters only know the [complain] tag....

Are they serious?

[AzraelKans]

Better AI for Ninja Gaiden enemies?

For god sake's! those damn thing's are hard as nails as it is! what are they going to do now? trace me up in every corner of the map? steal my credit card number? lookup my home address?

(please link the obligated penny arcade reference)