Ninja Gaiden III is the 3rd installment in the Ninja Gaiden series.

Ninja Gaiden 3 is an upcoming action-adventure video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo Koei. It is the sequel to Ninja Gaiden II and will be released in March 2012. It will be the first title in the series not to be directed by franchise mainstay, Tomonobu Itagaki. In his place will be the designer of the Sigma series, Yosuke Hayashi.

The game will explore Ryu’s more human side as he descends into a hellish realm. It will deal with the sword of the Archfiend from Ninja Gaiden II.