Ninja Gaiden is coming to the DS

Much has been said about the Nintendo DS, the little handheld that could. The latest tidbit that’s making my mouth water is a new game, and you’re not going to believe which one is hitting the dual screens.

If you’ve played Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox, then you’ll be surprised to see it on the DS. Of course you can’t compare the visuals, but the eye candy that you get on Ninty’s handheld is as good as it gets.

And you know what? It also seems to play like the Xbox version.

The next surprise is the combat system, which uses the stylus for majority (if not all) of the attacks. According to the developers, the buttons can only be used for Ryu’s blocks. Sword attacks are made through upward, downward, and horizontal strokes of the stylus.

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (egad, another “DS” wordplay there) is coming to the U.S. this October–presumably near the “Q4 2007″ release date for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

It’s going to be a great year end, I tell you.