Forget Power, Says The Guy Behind Ninja Gaiden 3—Wii U Is Next-
Gen Because It's Innovative  The debate over the Wii U's "next-
generation" status rages on. The latest combatant is Yosuke
Hayashi, head of Team Ninja—the Tecmo studio responsible for the
Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series, among others. While the
console is technically "next-generation"—it did come after the
Wii—Hayashi was still compelled to share his thoughts about it
in an upcoming interview with Edge. Hayashi was responding to
previous quotes by an executive at 4A, the people behind Metro:
Last Light. Last year, 4A CTO Oleg Shishkovstov called the Wii
U's processor "horrible" and "slow," justifying their decision
not to release Metro on Nintendo's new console.  "If you're
basing this on Wii U being a new idea that challenges existing
platforms, then it definitely is next generation. It is a
console videogame platform that is now independent of the TV.
Nobody has done that before," Hayashi told Edge. "Players want
new innovation that includ