Ninja Gaiden II Moves One Million Units

Microsoft says that TECMO/Team NINJA’s Ninja Gaiden II for the Xbox 360 has sold over one million units worldwide. Not too shabby. One million fans have made the jump to the 360 to join Ryu Hayabusa in his epic quest to avenge his clan and prevent the destruction of the human race. In just a little over two months since its release in June 2008, Ninja Gaiden II has sold over one million copies worldwide on Xbox 360 and currently enjoys an average critics’ rating of 81 out of 100, according to Metacritic. Yeah, the whole Metacritic thing is real important. Right. Yeah.

Ninja Gaiden II is rated “M” for Metacritic’s approval. Check out the review that didn’t make it into metacritic - ours!

More Ninja Gaiden II Missions Today

If you’ve bought Ninja Gaiden II for Xbox 360 and have already breezed through its original missions then you may be happy to hear that 25 new missions are on the way today. Woo Hoo! These new missions will be divided into two sets of missions: Karma and Survival. Survival missions are fast paced affairs where you must survive an ever-increasing onslaught of bad guys using only one weapon. Karma missions challenge players to get highest score possible.

All of these can be yours for 800 MS Points beginning today on Xbox Live Marketplace. Enjoy.

LEGO Indiana Jones, MGS 4 Top June Charts

While Metal Gear Solid 4 was technically the best selling software title in June According to NPD Group, LEGO Indiana Jones had the most sales  (if you lump together all platforms), easily beating Konami’s PS3 exclusive. Metal Gear Solid 4 sold an impressive 774,600 units in North America during the month of June; and if you factor in the special MGS4 PS3 bundles that number swells to 1 million units.

But even if you factor in the bundles, Metal Gear Solid 4 couldn’t beat the popular LEGO Indiana Jones, which had combined sales (PS2, DS, Wii) of 1.1 million. Other notables for June included Guitar Hero On Tour (400,000 units) for DS, and the Xbox 360 exclusive Ninja Gaiden II (372, 000 units). Top ten list below:

June Software Sales

1. Metal Gear Solid 4 (PlayStation 3, Konami) - 774,600 Units
2. Guitar Hero World Tour (Nintendo DS, Activision) - 422,300 Units
3. Ninja Gaiden II (Xbox 360, Tecmo/MGS) - 372.700 Units
4. Wii Fit w/balance board (Wii, Nintendo) - 372,700 Units
5. Wii Play w/remote (Wii, Nintendo) - 359, 100 Units
6. Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360, EA) - 346,800 Units
7. Mario Kart (Wii, Nintendo) - 322,400 Units
8. Lego Indiana Jones (Wii, LucasArts) - 294,500 Units
9. Lego Indiana Jones (DS, LucasArts) - 267,800 Units
10. Lego Indiana Jones (PS2, LucasArts) - 260,300 Units