PlatinumGames put a little of Bayonetta’s camp in Team Ninja’s edgy ninja series, and it works.

We played a bloody slice of Ninja Gaiden 4, which finds developer PlatinumGames at the absolute top of its game.

A mere 25 minutes of hands-on time with Ninja Gaiden 4 isn’t remotely enough to make a judgment call on where PlatinumGames and Team Ninja’s sequel will fit into the hierarchy of the franchise, but it ...