I played it for a while at EB a few days ago. The only issue I had with the control was that Ryu (it is still Ryu Hayabasa, right?) almost always walked very slowly when I wanted him to run. I don't know if that's a stylistic choice--ninja stealth and all--but I found it annoying.

I did fine running up walls, detecting secret passages, and chopping guys up in a fit of button-mashing...until I reached that white-haired nunchaku guy, who killed me in about ten seconds. Nice.