Team Ninja

Team Ninja is a Japanese video game developer, which serves as a division of Tecmo (now Koei Tecmo Games), best known for creating the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series. It was formed in 1995 as Tecmo Creative #3.

1st Logo (March 30-December 15, 2000)

Visuals: On a white background, there is a black square without the line on the bottom with spikes with the words "Team NINJA" in a bold font and the words "TECMO CREATIVE #3" in the same font in the bottom.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: A sound of thunder.

Availability: Only seen on Dead or Alive 2, as well as the Hardcore / Hard*core revision.

2nd Logo (November 15, 2001-)

• 

Visuals: There is an ocean view in an intense thunderstorm with multiple lightning strikes. Then, the camera turns up to the dark sky and starts going up through the clouds. Up the clouds, there are multiple rocky mountains and a sunset sky. The Team NINJA logo, which consists of the word "Team NINJA" in a rough script font with a red cruddy zig-zag drawing below, forms from multiple light ripples and the atmosphere fades to black.

Trivia:

• The logo was was directed by Satomi Iseki and was produced by Hiroki Horita. It was created to take advantage of the XBOX hardware, using the same engine used in Dead or Alive 3.
• In Ninja Gaiden Σ (Sigma), as well as Σ+ (Sigma+), the logo can be found during Chapters 4, 11 and 18, which restores the player's health and Ninpo gauges when interacting a strange portal that shows the logo itself. This replaces the Xbox prototype console shrine found in the original and Black versions.

Variants:

• 4:3 and widescreen versions exists.
• A still version exists.
• A remade version exists, which uses Future Tech Base's Katana Engine (formerly known as KTGL (Koei Tecmo Game Library)). In this version, the ocean, clouds and mountains are now more realistic, whist the camera wobbles during the thunderstorm, while the lightning strikes and light ripples are now enhanced.

Technique: CGI by Omnibus Japan at 30fps or 60fps.

Audio: Thunderstorms and water splashing, whooshing, and then a synth note.

Audio Variant: The remake version has the synth note now being orchestrated, while the other sounds are more realistic.

Availability: First seen on Dead or Alive 3 for XBOX, and can also be seen on every Team Ninja game afterward. The remade version was first seen on Ninja Gaiden II Black.