<s>
Yaiba	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
Z	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	O
adventure	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
game	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
Ninja	B-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
worldwide	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yaiba	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
Z	I-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
features	O
elements	O
similar	O
to	O
previous	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yaiba	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
Z	I-Application
was	O
unveiled	O
on	O
September	O
19	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Team	O
Ninja	O
,	O
Keiji	O
Inafune	O
would	O
be	O
involved	O
as	O
the	O
director	O
of	O
this	O
new	O
Ninja	B-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
trailer	O
appeared	O
on	O
GT.TV	O
that	O
featured	O
a	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
sequence	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
short	O
snippet	O
of	O
real-time	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Ninja	B-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
Z	I-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
through	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
would	O
make	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
that	O
a	O
Ninja	B-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
title	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
9	O
would	O
become	O
a	O
bonus	O
playable	O
character	O
in	O
Ninja	B-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
Z	I-Application
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yaiba	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
Z	I-Application
opened	O
up	O
to	O
mixed	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
version	O
received	O
a	O
43/100	O
rating	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
while	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
port	O
was	O
awarded	O
a	O
50/100	O
.	O
</s>
