So what will DOA's/Ninja Gaiden's Tomonobu Itagaki's departure from Tecmo bring?

[Psx0005]

Granted, Itagaki's apparent lack of interest in putting any titles on Sony's Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable has made itself extremely obvious but what are the chances of ever seeing something from this outspoken game genius come out on a Sony platform?

[kx11]

he's a lame guy , we all know his games have crappy gameplay balance

he's so losing this since his only good titles are DOA+NG wich are owned by tecmo and by the way those two games does'nt need a ginues to make sequels for them

[Psx0005]

Originally Posted by kx11

he's a lame guy , we all know his games have crappy gameplay balance

he's so losing this since his only good titles are DOA+NG wich are owned by tecmo and by the way those two games does'nt need a ginues to make sequels for them

I thought it pretty hilirious how his work on Dead or Alive tried to pass itself off as a serious fighting game and Namco called him out on it. What does he do? He goes and treats it like its some big family insult and then proceeds to slam Namco's Tekken franchise, all the while promoting the strictly eye-candy boobage fare that DoA was. Personally, I wasn't hurting that DoA was Xbox-exclusive. And I guess Namco will be smacking Itagaki's DoA franchise around a bit with the amount of female exhibitionism that will be all over Soul Calibur 4 'cept at least Soul Calibur will have a semblance of an actual fighting engine underneath the eye-candy

[kx11]

well boobs are nice in both games lol but com'on TEKKEN?? i also hate tekken to be honest lol


now if they brought myomoto(the wii guy) to work on DOA it'll be the best ever naked family fighting game and itagaki will die of hatred :P

[Psx0005]

Originally Posted by kx11

well boobs are nice in both games lol but com'on TEKKEN?? i also hate tekken to be honest lol


now if they brought myomoto(the wii guy) to work on DOA it'll be the best ever naked family fighting game and itagaki will die of hatred :P

OMG, I just imagined the Miyamoto version of DoA being integrated with the Wii Fit board

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

What I'm hoping now that drunk pervert, Itagkai is gone is a colabration between Namco and Tecmo to create a Tekken vs DOA game with Tekken's fighting engine. Also, I want a port of Ninja Gaiden 2 for the PS3. now that will make my day.

[Blu Blur]

The chances of an Itagaki game on a Sony platfrom? Next to nil, for one he does not like Sony or Playstation at all. Secondly I am 90% positive he already has a new job within M$ as we speak. Not that I care much because Itagaki is not that great of a developer, remember he is the face of Team Ninja it's his employees who have all the talent, I won't downplay his creative vision but without the technical people to creat that vision he has nothing. DOA4 was not very good, compaired to DOA Ultimate which was much more balanced. The DOA extreme series is a total joke, though I do like Ninja Gaiden (though I hear the new one is a bit of a mess). What I can say is that hopefully with the M$ lapdog gone from Team Ninja hopefully Sony can step in a secure some ports/exclusives from what is a great team of people.

Oh an PSX005, I would not be so quick to defend or support Namco(as big of a Tekken and SoulCalibur fan as I am), as I am pretty sure they don't like Sony either or have been paid off big time by M$. If you notice everysingle one of their big games has been a 360 exclusive, also SC4 has been said too run poorly on PS3, on top of the fact that Tekken 6 has not even been mentioned for home conversion which I bet either ends up multi-plat or 360 exclusive. From where I sit Namco jumped ship a long time ago.

[Psx0005]

Originally Posted by Blu Blur

Oh an PSX005, I would not be so quick to defend or support Namco(as big of a Tekken and SoulCalibur fan as I am), as I am pretty sure they don't like Sony either or have been paid off big time by M$. If you notice everysingle one of their big games has been a 360 exclusive, also SC4 has been said too run poorly on PS3, on top of the fact that Tekken 6 has not even been mentioned for home conversion which I bet either ends up multi-plat or 360 exclusive. From where I sit Namco jumped ship a long time ago.

Nah, I'm not a Namco fanboy-just thought I'd put it into perspective as where Itagaki was in the big picture for all his brashness. I'm not too impressed with Namco's latest Ace Combat not being brought over to the PS3, even with its Ridge Racer-arcade style of air combat paling in comparison to more accurate air combat simulators out there. As for Tekken 6, we'll just have to see what happens in the months to come.

[dk3dknight]

Originally Posted by Nerdkiller likes BD

What I'm hoping now that drunk pervert, Itagkai is gone is a colabration between Namco and Tecmo to create a Tekken vs DOA game with Tekken's fighting engine. Also, I want a port of Ninja Gaiden 2 for the PS3. now that will make my day.

How about battleraper 2 vs Namco/Tecmo

[Psx0005]

Originally Posted by Blu Blur

Oh an PSX005, I would not be so quick to defend or support Namco(as big of a Tekken and SoulCalibur fan as I am), as I am pretty sure they don't like Sony either or have been paid off big time by M$. If you notice everysingle one of their big games has been a 360 exclusive, also SC4 has been said too run poorly on PS3, on top of the fact that Tekken 6 has not even been mentioned for home conversion which I bet either ends up multi-plat or 360 exclusive. From where I sit Namco jumped ship a long time ago.

Nah, I'm not a Namco fanboy-just thought I'd put it into perspective as where Itagaki was in the big picture for all his brashness. I'm not too impressed with Namco's latest Ace Combat not being brought over to the PS3, even with its Ridge Racer-arcade style of air combat paling in comparison to more accurate air combat simulators out there. As for Tekken 6, we'll just have to see what happens in the months to come. I'm realistic enough to understand that most game companies have to go with the system that has the bigger install base, which sadly is not the PS3 at this moment

[dk3dknight]

Originally Posted by Psx0005

Nah, I'm not a Namco fanboy-just thought I'd put it into perspective as where Itagaki was in the big picture for all his brashness. I'm not too impressed with Namco's latest Ace Combat not being brought over to the PS3, even with its Ridge Racer-arcade style of air combat paling in comparison to more accurate air combat simulators out there. As for Tekken 6, we'll just have to see what happens in the months to come. I'm realistic enough to understand that most game companies have to go with the system that has the bigger install base, which sadly is not the PS3 at this moment

That is almost exatly what you already wrote..

Post above mine..

Originally Posted by Psx0006

Nah, I'm not a Namco fanboy-just thought I'd put it into perspective as where Itagaki was in the big picture for all his brashness. I'm not too impressed with Namco's latest Ace Combat not being brought over to the PS3, even with its Ridge Racer-arcade style of air combat paling in comparison to more accurate air combat simulators out there. As for Tekken 6, we'll just have to see what happens in the months to come.

I think you wanted to edit the one above instead of posting a new reply.. but dunno just thought I would tell you.

[blitz6speed]

I guarentee you that we will now see a Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 along with Dead or Alive 5 being PS3 and 360. Itagaki's been on the microsoft payroll for years, and now that he is gone, Tecmo can get to actually making some real money on the sony platforms. Ninja Gaiden PSP? Believe.

[sega_smasher]

Originally Posted by blitz6speed

I guarentee you that we will now see a Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 along with Dead or Alive 5 being PS3 and 360. Itagaki's been on the microsoft payroll for years, and now that he is gone, Tecmo can get to actually making some real money on the sony platforms. Ninja Gaiden PSP? Believe.

*crosses fingers* god i hope your on the money with that one.

[phastm3]

Originally Posted by blitz6speed

I guarentee you that we will now see a Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 along with Dead or Alive 5 being PS3 and 360. Itagaki's been on the microsoft payroll for years, and now that he is gone, Tecmo can get to actually making some real money on the sony platforms. Ninja Gaiden PSP? Believe.

If this happens, I think A LOT of people will be VERY happy...including myself!

[Musashi]

Team Ninja did make a fine PS3 game in Ninja Gaiden Sigma and they said they wanted to make more. M$ probly broke into a cold sweat and busted out the bribes upon hearing it. My understanding, though I lack citations at the moment, is that M$ paid most of the dev cost of NG2. That being said, I wouldn't call Sigma 2 impossible, but it's somewhat unlikely, and certainly won't be happening for atleast a year or 3.

For Namco; yes, they've been paid off a bit too, but it won't last. We're already seeing Eternal Sonata, and there's murmurs of more. They also specifically said they're making 6 PS3 games this year but only 3 X360 titles. And: Tekken 6 is for arcade and PS3. 360 may technically have more userbase at the moment, but it's unbalanced (all in America, none in Japan), and thus cannot last.

[Icemage]

I've never been really sure why Itagaki ever got as much attention as he did. I love Ninja Gaiden (in all its forms, from the original Xbow release to Sigma) well enough as a game, but from all reports NG2 suffers from the exact same flaws as the original, which have not been fixed now for the better part of a decade - and especially as franchises like God of War and Devil May Cry have paved the way for showing how to fix many of the issues without making compromises.

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by Musashi

Team Ninja did make a fine PS3 game in Ninja Gaiden Sigma and they said they wanted to make more. M$ probly broke into a cold sweat and busted out the bribes upon hearing it. My understanding, though I lack citations at the moment, is that M$ paid most of the dev cost of NG2. That being said, I wouldn't call Sigma 2 impossible, but it's somewhat unlikely, and certainly won't be happening for atleast a year or 3.

For Namco; yes, they've been paid off a bit too, but it won't last. We're already seeing Eternal Sonata, and there's murmurs of more. They also specifically said they're making 6 PS3 games this year but only 3 X360 titles. And: Tekken 6 is for arcade and PS3. 360 may technically have more userbase at the moment, but it's unbalanced (all in America, none in Japan), and thus cannot last.

I agree. Both Namco and Team Ninja will continue to support the Playstation, probably more so now that Itagaki is gone. The 360 has been soundly rejected as a viable platform in Japan and the rest of Asia. As the PS3 continues to ramp up, we'll see more and more developers become comfortable with PS3 and release their efforts on the platform instead of 360.

If Microsoft is willing to take on Itagakisan, they can have him. In the long run, he's more trouble than he's worth. He'd fit in worse with Microsoft than he did at Tecmo.

[Damiesmallz]

Originally Posted by kx11

well boobs are nice in both games lol but com'on TEKKEN?? i also hate tekken to be honest lol


now if they brought myomoto(the wii guy) to work on DOA it'll be the best ever naked family fighting game and itagaki will die of hatred :P

Tekken is king of fighting games. Tekken 4 sucked, though.

[Excalibur-king]

Originally Posted by Psx0005

from this outspoken game genius

LMAO the last two games that came from this guy doa4 and ng2 were both huge flops.

[Icemage]

Well, the Dead or Alive franchise claim to fame lies more in the size of its D-cups than in the actual gameplay.

At least with Ninja Gaiden there's some decent combat to go with it, though I still can't believe they haven't figured out how to fix that notoriously flaky camera.