Among the Japanese support pledged for Xbox 360 recently was old faithful ninja sim Tenchu - and we've stealthed away two movies of Tenchu Senran, due for a Japanese release next month. Hit the Movies tab above to see six minutes of solo stealth ki♔lling.

The good news for Tenchu fans is that, apart from some more stylish moves (we love �𓆉�the through-the-screen-door execution), it's pretty much business as usual. Of course, if you're not a fan, the bad news is that it's much the same game as it was in 1998.

Above: This video grab shows our ninja assassin preparing to impale a screen door... and the unsuspecting flesh behind it.

In that case, you may be tempted by the second movie, showing off multiplayer. In Senran, it's now possibཧle to bring a four-player ninja clan into a level, flipping and rolling around the place performing multi-kills on the still reliably gormless guards. With fully customizable characters in both solo and multiplayer modes, we expect a small but ferocious Xbox Live community to form - and a Western release can't be far behind.

September 12, 2006