G-pinions

Holy goddamn. I love you, Tomonobu Itagaki. This wonderful man and creator of Ninja Gaiden, along with the people over at Team Ninja, are set to release Ninja Gaiden 1.1 as a free download over Live in early August (free if own the original, that is). Now, plenty of extra content/upgrades have been released for download for all sorts of games since we started playing them online, and it usually varies a lot in quality. A free level here, a level you have to pay for there; an extra character, an extra bikini. They come and go, but this one is worth making a fuss about. Not only does it have new enemies. And new bosses. And new weapons. And better A.I. And faster gamplay. Oh and a NEW MOTHERFUCKING CAMERA. That's right, they've given us full 360° camera control, something I've been pining for since I started playing the game. It's really the only major flaw in the game, and will, for me, make it roughly twice as good - no foolin'. So, it will go from approximately 'hella awesome' to 'mega jawsome'. Man, the fact that a developer would do this themselves, unprovoked, for minimal monetary gain and not save it for a sequel is beyond great. Fixing a major flaw in your game through a download is probably the best use of online gaming i've heard of yet, and I pray that hundreds of other developers follow suit. It's tempting to hold off on continuing through the game until August rolls around, but those ninja aren't going to kill themselves (unless I disgrace them, then maybe...). So, that rocks.