NG2ArchiveTool

A tool to extract and repack .ng2 archives used in Ninja Gaiden 2 for Xbox 360.

Disclaimer

The author of this repository has no affiliation with Team Ninja or Koei Tecmo and this software is intended purely for educational or entertainment purposes. The author does not claim ownership of the file formats that may be modifiable through use of the software, and no copyright infringement is intended. No game files will be distributed. All rights go to their respective owners. If you are the rights holder and would like us to remove this content, please contact us and we will comply with your request immediately.

Usage

To use this tool, first you need to meet a few conditions.

1. Extract your Ninja Gaiden 2 ISO file. You should see several .ng2 files, default.xex, pack_img.bin and more.
2. Download XexTool and copy xextool.exe into the same directory as default.xex. Now double-click decryptXEX.bat to dump the game executable. You should now find xex_decrypted.bin in the same directory, it will be used by the NG2 Archive Tool.
3. Download the latest release of the NG2ArchiveTool and put NG2ArchiveTool.exe in the same directory as all the game files you just prepared.
4. Drag-n-drop a .ng2 file onto the NG2ArchiveTool.exe to extract its contents. You can now edit these files, but do not rename the files or the folders.
5. When you are done modding, drag-n-drop the whole folder of the archive (for s_chap_01.ng2 that will be s_chap_01, make sure the name didn't change!) onto the executable again. You will receive a new file with the ending -out.ng2 and another file pack_img-out.bin, remove the "-out" in both of these file names. If the files are still in the game directory your mod is now active!
6. To disable a mod again, simply replace the modded .ng2 archive as well as the pack_img.bin with the original files you extracted from your ISO file.