During an interview with Famitsu, the head of Team Ninja Yousuke Hayashi stated that Ninja Gaiden 3 is in development with the objective to create the most interesting action game of this era, based on the idea of starting all over head. "The game will not be tied to the past more than is necessary," he said, "certainly the past has much value, but we'd like to create a game that is not bound." Yousuke then added a little comment on the only image released today on the game, saying that there is something unnatural in the blood that covers the hand of the protagonist.