Is Nintendo reaching a turning point?

[Rai]

I'm a huge Ninja Gaiden fan owning every game in the series minus the handheld ones (hell I won Ninja Gaiden, Ninja Gaiden Black and Ninja Gaiden Sigma - which is really sad) but I wouldn't compare it to Metroid at all in the slightest.

So you're saying that Ninja Gaiden had no exploration or progression aspects? Just about the only significant difference I can think of (save for stylistic difference) is that Ninja Gaiden was far more combat-oriented. *shrug*