NINJA GAIDEN 4 news & patch notes

Xbox Series X|S / Microsoft Store™ / Steam® / PlayStation®5 

  ■The Two Masters DLC 

*The Two Masters DLC is now available to those who have purchased The Two Masters separately, or to those who have purchased either the Deluxe Edition or Deluxe Upgrade.  

・New story content included in The Two Masters  *Players will need to have completed the base game’s story on any difficulty in order to access the new story content included in The Two Masters DLC.   

・New weapons: Solitaire (Yakumo) & Jakotsumon (Ryu) 

*These weapons will be unlocked immediately (if you haven’t yet cleared the tutorial, they will be unlocked from the chapter Bloodsoaked Tokyo)  

  ・New mode: Abyssal Road  *This mode will unlock after completing The Two Masters story content on any difficulty. 

・New Trials   *These new trials will unlock after completing The Two Masters story content on any difficulty. 

・New enemies 

・New accessories   

・New trophies/achievements   

■Free Update  

・New “Weapon Sets” feature to customize weapon/ninpo wheel layout   *Accessible from the Equipment menu 

・Ability to skip sequence that triggers when player dies 

・Controller layout and mouse & keyboard layout options added to initial bootup settings 

■Adjustments 

・Added invincibility frames to the startup of the following moves: 

Universal 

・(Fatal Flash）Up until the moment required to perform a Perfect Fatal Flash 

Takeminakata 

・（Twin Blades）↓↑Y/△ 

・（Twin Blades）Rotate Stick + X/□ 

・（Tachi）↓↑Y/△ 

Yatousen 

・（Lance）↓↑Y/△ 

Kage-Hiruko 

・（Assassin’s Tools）Rotate Stick + X/□ 

・（Mechanical Arms）↓↑Y/△ 

Dark Dragon Blade 

・（Base）Rotate Stick + X/□ 

・（Shadow-gleam）Rotate Stick + Y/△ 

Dragon Sword 

・（Base）Rotate Stick + X/□ 

・（Gleam）Rotate Stick + Y/△ 

・When using Twin Blades, can cancel out of mid-air Y/△ attack after striking the ground.  

・When using Twin Blades, can cancel out of mid-air Y/△ attack into an Ultimate Technique after striking the ground.  

・Slightly increased the homing properties of Wind Run 

・Burabura enemies will now drop essence when you defeat them  

*They will not drop essence when they self-destruct 

・Adjusted the transparency of enemies in front of the camera to improve visibility during combat  

■Major fixes  

・Slightly reduced loading times 

・Fixed an issue which made the targeting of on-landing ultimate techniques unreliable when there is no directional input following a Wind Path. 

・Fixed an issue that resulted in missing invincibility frames during a follow-up heavy attack (Mirage) after a Perfect Reverse Wind.   

・Made it less likely to fall off ledges when performing a Wind Path or jump shuriken.  

・CHAPTER 6 (“Guiding Winds”): Fixed an issue that would make it impossible to progress after falling out of bounds from a specific area 

・CHAPTER 8 (“Drowned District”): Fixed an issue that caused players to fall out of bounds in a specific area after performing an Obliteration Technique against an Ilcanis, making it impossible to progress. 

・CHAPTER 11 (“Infiltration”): Fixed an issue that caused players to fall out of bounds in a specific area when using Raven Gear before being detected by an enemy, making it impossible to progress.  

・CHAPTER 19 (“Ebon Wings): Fixed an issue where, during the battle with Ryu, Ryu would step out of the stage’s bounds, making it impossible to progress. 

・CHAPTER 6 (“Guiding Winds”): Fixed an issue that caused lighting flickers in certain areas. 

・CHAPTER 3 (“Phantom Pleasure Quarter”): Fixed an issue where impact from the pulse wave emitted when Kitsune Courtesan changes phases would prevent players from achieving Untouchable.  

・CHAPTER 12 (“Dragon’s Maw”): Fixed an issue that would prevent accumulation of Ninja Coin and exp from enemies who die from falling off ledges in specific areas.  

・CHAPTER 11 (“Infiltration”): Fixed an inaccuracy in the displayed Purgatory enemy information 

・Fixed an issue that caused the transition to the game over screen after dying as Ryu during a Trial to be longer than when playing as Yakumo.     

・Other minor fixes 

Microsoft Store™ / Steam® 

■Major fixes 

  ・Fixed an issue with certain configurations that would prompt players to update their drivers regardless of whether their system required an update.   

Calling all ninjas!

For Microsoft Store and Steam® versions

Major fixes

• Fixed an issue where unwanted horizontal or vertical letterboxing would appear when windowed fullscreen was selected with specific monitors and an HDMI connection.

It’s Steam Awards time.

You know what to do.

We humbly request that you nominate NINJA GAIDEN 4 for:

🏆 BEST GAME YOU SUCK AT 🏆 If you've battled through smokebomb parries, perfect dodges, and boss patterns that absolutely refused to be nice — you already know: NINJA GAIDEN 4 deserves the "Best Game You Suck At" Award. Not because you're bad.

But because NINJA GAIDEN 4 makes everyone humble. So if, this game has...

• Beat you

• Inspired you

• Broken your spirit

• And then rebuilt you stronger

…please consider nominating us.

Thanks for fighting alongside us.

— The NINJA GAIDEN 4 Team

Updates to all platforms

• Fixed an issue for instances when specific cutscenes wouldn’t render properly if graphic presets are changed when resolution is locked.

For Microsoft Store and Steam® versions

• Updated to display dialog box indicating cause of crash for instances of crashes with CPUs that are not AVX2 compatible.

• Updated to ensure device doesn’t go to sleep during cutscenes.

• Fixed an issue of stretched displays when an aspect ratio that differs from the monitor display is selected while in Fullscreen mode.