{"id":105126,"date":"2019-12-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/12\/random_senran_kagura_was_almost_named_ninjugs_here_in_the_west"},"modified":"2019-12-08T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T01:00:00","slug":"random-senran-kagura-was-almost-named-ninjugs-here-in-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/08\/random-senran-kagura-was-almost-named-ninjugs-here-in-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Senran Kagura Was Almost Named &#8216;Ninjugs&#8217; Here In The West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13ac9650169a4\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13ac9650169a4\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Pictured: Senran Kagura Burst\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13ac9650169a4\/pictured-senran-kagura-burst.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13ac9650169a4\/pictured-senran-kagura-burst.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Senran Kagura Burst\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Senran Kagura by Marvelous might not be the most well-known series here in the west, but it is beginning to get more exposure. Most recently, the localisation team at XSEED Games helped release <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/senran_kagura_peach_ball\">Senran Kagura: Peach Ball<\/a><\/strong> on the Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, this game starred the usual group of female ninja. Did you know though that the series could have had a very different name? As part of its 15-year celebrations, XSEED <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XSEEDGames\/status\/1200852031227023365\">revealed<\/a> a little bit of trivia about what else it could have been called:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/15YearsOfXSEED?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#15YearsOfXSEED<\/a> trivia tidbit comes from the shinobi of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SENRANKAGRA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SENRANKAGRA<\/a>! We&#8217;ve had such a blast dropping our XSEED lore bombs all month!<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, our better judgment sliced through and prevailed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h0pE9oRnyx\">pic.twitter.com\/h0pE9oRnyx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 XSEED Games (@XSEEDGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XSEEDGames\/status\/1200852031227023365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve played any entries in this series, we&#8217;re sure you&#8217;ll be able to guess the reason why this name was even in consideration. As XSEED notes: &#8220;better judgment sliced through and prevailed&#8221; in the end.<\/p>\n<p>Senran Kagura originally started out life on the 3DS in 2011. Since then, multiple entries have been released on Nintendo systems.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you played any of the games in this series before? Leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senran Kagura by Marvelous might not be the most well-known series here in the west, but it is beginning to get more exposure. Most recently, the localisation team at XSEED Games helped release Senran Kagura: Peach Ball on the Nintendo Switch. Once again, this game starred the usual group of female ninja. Did you know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}