Itagaki Leaving Team Ninja, Suing Tecmo

[Kimiko]

The creator of Ninja Gaiden/DoA quits Tecmo and sues... full story link here.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168056

[Tricen]

Impossible games. Fuck that.

[Kaylia]

Is he the guy who sound like a douche bag in the interview (bashing competition non stop)?

[elison]

and ninja gaiden 2 comes out today ;(

[archibaldcrane]

Recent Tecmo ports such as Rygar for the Wii and Ninja Gaiden Sigma for the PS3 are possible targets of Itagaki's anger, which would also explain recent interviews where Itagaki has been especially negative toward Sigma and has said that a PS3 port of Ninja Gaiden 2 would not be good.

Lulz, what a 360 fanboy. Fuck that prima donna.

[Kiro]

The picture of the guy in the OPs link makes that dude look like a fucking retard, rofl. He's got a bottle of bubbly or wine in the background. OH SNAP HE'S BAD!

[Thoronas]

If I got screwed out of financial reward for completing a major project for my company I'd sue them too. Is the video game industry always this dull?

[Huggo]

If I got screwed out of financial reward for completing a major project for my company I'd sue them too. Is the video game industry always this dull?

[Artemas]

This guy is awesome.
Really.
Too bad, though.

[Arachna]

$5 says he'll go to court with his sunglasses still on.

[Auspice]

The picture of the guy in the OPs link makes that dude look like a fucking retard, rofl. He's got a bottle of bubbly or wine in the background. OH SNAP HE'S BAD!

That's how he ALWAYS looks >_>

[Tekki]

Quite frankly I love his attitude. Especially read some of his GI interviews, they love it too. He really is a badass.

Can't say I wouldn't sue either. Cute this is happening right before Ninja Gaiden IIs launch.

[Huggo]

I think he's hilarious in all the interviews I've seen of him. Like the one when he's talking about the history of DoA he just says "Yeah, I just promised to make a fighting game that sells." and POOF! boobs.

And something about Ninja Gaiden being a successful attempt at putting out a game featuring a character from his fighting game that actually did well, unlike Nina: Death By Degrees.

[gandorf]

Isn't this the guy who wanted the last ninja gaiden game to be even harder? That shit was fucking crazy and I think I played it on easy mode on the original Xbox.

How much money is 148million yen in USD?

[fantasticdan]

I think he's hilarious in all the interviews I've seen of him. Like the one when he's talking about the history of DoA he just says "Yeah, I just promised to make a fighting game that sells." and POOF! boobs.

And something about Ninja Gaiden being a successful attempt at putting out a game featuring a character from his fighting game that actually did well, unlike Nina: Death By Degrees.

Ninja Gaiden existed way before DoA.

[Charismatic]

I think he's hilarious in all the interviews I've seen of him. Like the one when he's talking about the history of DoA he just says "Yeah, I just promised to make a fighting game that sells." and POOF! boobs.

And something about Ninja Gaiden being a successful attempt at putting out a game featuring a character from his fighting game that actually did well, unlike Nina: Death By Degrees.

Ninja Gaiden existed way before DoA.

Yes it did, and it was awesome way back then too.

[layoneil]

Isn't this the guy who wanted the last ninja gaiden game to be even harder? That shit was fucking crazy and I think I played it on easy mode on the original Xbox.

How much money is 148million yen in USD?

$1.408 Million

[Katlan]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/879/879604p1.html

very funny ign article on Itagaki leaving Team Ninja.

[-Zer0-]

He'll have no problem finding a job. It sucks to hear that NG2 will be his last NG game though

[Deejay]

Isn't this the guy who wanted the last ninja gaiden game to be even harder? That shit was fucking crazy and I think I played it on easy mode on the original Xbox.

How much money is 148million yen in USD?

Someone said in the Ninja Gaiden 2 thread that Itagaki supposedly can't beat the game on the hardest difficulty yet >_>