Tecmo and Xbox Live announced that online registration for all three rounds of the North America Master Ninja Tournament will kick off on Monday, May 3rd. At that time, would-be participants in North America will be able to register online (www.xbox.com/MasterNinjaTournament) to take part in this Ninja Gaiden Xbox Live event. A week later (May 12th) the tournament will open up and the battle will begin.
Players will be able to compete in round one of the tournament after they have downloaded The Live Key via Xbox Live. The Live Key will unlock the Master Ninja Tournament Worldwide Scoreboard that allows contestants to post their highest Karma score at the end of Ninja Gaiden. Players must beat the entire game on the normal difficulty setting in order to finish the first round and post their scores on the online worldwide leader board. The contestant with the highest score at the
end of round one will move on to the online regional playoffs.
Contestants will have the opportunity to qualify three times for the regional playoffs. The second and third rounds will require gamers to download additional content, creating new challenges within Ninja Gaiden. Only the most skilled players will make it to the finals of the Master Ninja Tournament, to be held at an undisclosed European location. More details to be released in May.
The tournament will expand later this year to Europe and Asia and the event will be highlighted and celebrated at Tecmo's E3 booth next month in LA.
