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Tecmo was showing off several games and even more booth babes in regularly scheduled fashion shows. Here are some highlights from the Tecmo booth.

Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)
Team Ninja, and the powers of Xbox join forces to bring you 100% action in one of the most anticipated games of the new millennium. Ninja Gaiden is on the cutting-edge of action as the player takes on the role of powerful ninja, Ryu Hayabusa, who seeks revenge after his clan is massacred by the Vigor Empire. Taking full advantage of three-dimensional space, you follow the story with only your wits, your ninja skills, and your deadly sword, cutting down opponents in the Vigor Empire as you attempt to beat the Holy Emperor and reclaim the magic sword “Ryuken”. Realistic battle actions and acrobatic ninja actions add another dimension to the game, restoring Ninja Gaiden to its rightful place in the gaming pantheon.

Tecmo’s “Team Ninja” development group has created a revolutionary new Xbox Live Compatible feature within Ninja Gaiden. This radical new feature is being developed specifically for Ninja Gaiden and is like nothing any gamer has experienced in an action game before it. Get ready for this huge title this holiday season.

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Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly (PS2)
Terror returns this Fall with Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly, the sequel to the highly popular survival horror title, Fatal Frame. This time the terrifying journey takes the player to a whole new creepy setting, an abandoned village, where they play the role of Mio Amakura, a young girl who is gifted with a strong sixth sense. The story follows the horrifying journey of Mio and her twin sister, Mayu, as this lost village and a strange, symbolic crimson butterfly create the spooky setting for yet another frightening tale in Fatal Frame 2.

The one-weapon combat system will be making its return in Fatal Frame 2 with the use of an antique camera to destroy your ghostly enemies. The weapon may be the same but a variety of new features have been added to update the camera making it a more powerful phantom killer than ever before. More powerful enemies, increasingly disturbing atmospheres, and a new terrifying story all add up to a survival-horror game more horrifying then the than the first Fatal Frame.

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Dead or Alive Online (Xbox)
Tecmo’s Team Ninja has always released the Dead or Alive games on the most advanced hardware platforms available at the time the game is made. As a result of this, Dead or Alive 1,2, and 3 have all been released on different platforms. This fall, gamers will have the chance to experience the entire history of the DOA series for the first time on a single console. Tecmo’s esteemed internal development group, “Team Ninja” and Microsoft’s Xbox will be teaming up to bring the beloved classics Dead or Alive 1 and Dead or Alive 2 to the Xbox video game system in Dead or Alive Online.

The new anthology will bring 3D fighting to the masses with full Xbox Live capabilities. Dead or Alive Online will be the world’s first fully online 3D fighting game for home gaming consoles. By utilizing the highly advanced online capabilities of Microsoft’s Xbox Live service, DOA Online will feature a multitude of online features and play modes creating the world’s largest online community of fighting game fans through the medium of Dead or Alive Online.

This new version of Dead or Alive 2 boasts amazing new interactive visuals made possible by the incredible power of the Xbox; graphical quality that was impossible on previous-generation consoles, thus allowing the player to feel as though they are playing Dead or Alive 2 for the first time.

The new Dead or Alive 2 will feature never-before seen episodes from the characters’ pasts and new details surrounding the characters revealed for the first time, all presented in unbelievable graphics that will leave fans of the series in awe. Some of the questions that will be answered are: why was Ayane born and what was the meaning of the flower in Kasumi’s ending? These questions and more will all become clear in Dead or Alive Online.

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