Armored Core for Answer hasn’t been on the shelves for even a full week, but Ubisoft is already belatedly bringing another former From Software title overseas: Tenchu 4. The Wii-exclusive stealth action game is developed by original Tenchu team Acquire, and will appear in “early 2009.”
In addition to teaching players to “fight, dash, jump and kill like a true ninja,” the game also apparently makes Ubisoft clairvoyant; in the press release (after the jump), they claim that the game “will be well-received by both fans of the series as well as Wii owners who have been looking for an edgy and exciting game.”
I’d be jealous of their ability to see so far into the future (even the Japanese version won’t launch until next month), but I can’t stay angry for long at those who promise me a host of pointy and explosive objects; the press release also reveals that Tenchu will feature “katanas, throwing stars, daggers and smoke bombs.” Finally!
SAN FRANCISCO – September 23, 2008 – Today Ubisoft announced that Tenchu™ 4, the newest addition to the Tenchu™ franchise exclusively for the Wii™ system, will launch in North America and Europe in early 2009. The development team behind the original Tenchu, Acquire, brings a fresh new look, feel and motion to the Tenchu franchise.
Tenchu 4 will use the Wii Remote™ to fight, dash, jump and kill like a true ninja. Players will continue the saga of Rikimaru and Ayame, elite ninjas who must use their lethal skills to keep the peace in feudal Japan. Playing as both stealthy Rikimaru and aggressive and acrobatic Ayame, players will fight their way through more than 10 missions and 50 side quests and experience the thrilling adventure of being the ultimate ninja.
Tenchu 4 will come to a North American and European audience where it will be well-received by both fans of the series as well as Wii owners who have been looking for an edgy and exciting game. And if it’s katanas, throwing stars, daggers and smoke bombs you’re looking for, then, yeah, it’s got all those too.
Tenchu 4 has not yet been rated by the ESRB.
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