It’s been 13 years since Ryu Hayabusa’s last solo adventure in Ninja Gaiden 3, but the legend returns this week in Ninja Gaiden 4 alongside a new hero, Yakumo. To promote the game with a stunt worthy of Ryu himself, Team Ninja community manager Emmanuel “Master” Rodriguez and musician Swae Lee took a ride over Miami in a helicopter while Rodriguez played Ninja Gaiden 4 on a large screen held aloft by another helicopter.
According to Xbox Wire, this stunt set a new Guinness World Record for the largest video game display flown by helicopter. While Rodriguez guided Yakumo through his trials, Lee performed tracks from his record, “Flammable.”
The stunt was inspired by Ninja Gaiden 4’s story, which takes place among the skyscrapers of Tokyo, which have been expanded upon and raised even higher because the lower city has been ruined by toxic floodwaters. The Ninja Gaiden games have had high-flying action before, but it’s going to another level in this sequel.
Ninja Gaiden 4 will be released on October 21 for Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5, but the official launch times may come a little earlier depending on where you live. This sequel will also be a day-one release for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The famously hard series will have more flexibility with the difficulty settings in this game.
Earlier this month, Tomonobu Itagaki, the video game developer behind Dead or Alive and the Ninja Gaiden revival, passed away at the age of 58.
