Tomonobu Itagaki, a former video game designer from Tecmo most famous for the Dead or Alive and modern Ninja Gaiden Series. He is also known for drinking, gambling, building model trains and womanizing. (Rawr)
You might call him an arrogant. You might even call him an asshole. Perhaps he is both at the same time. That is why he is my favorite figure in the video gaming industry. Itagaki is simply a character, indifferent to how the public reacts to his opinions and statements.
The games Itagaki makes are more than what I could ever ask for. He knows the target audience (adolescent males) and shamelessly delivers on all fronts. You know when you are playing an Itagaki game when a world full of leather, violence, and jiggly physics consumes your mind.
Now for a slideshow justifying Itagaki's badassery.
Tomonobu Itagaki. He does not give a shit.
Itagaki may seem as tough as nails, but he has a big heart and is a very loving individual.
But do not fuck with Itagaki or heads will roll!
Itagaki without his shades. If you see this, it's already too late.
That Itagaki, so hot right now...
Sadly, people make fun of his battle scars, but it's still fuckin funny.
Tecmo, having lost Team Ninja have resorted to their original business strategy: SELLING UMBRELLAS.
YEEEEEEEAH BOYEEEE!!!
Look at the wealth of umbrellas in front of Tecmo HQ, clearly it is the forefront of their new umbrella enterprise, an umbrellaprise if you will. They have their hand in every branch of the umbrella industry like some sort of sickening weed that has not been properly plucked.
Oh shit, they are coming for me. The warnings were there all along!!
Here is a list of games Itagaki loves and hates.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3144194
Naturally, the hate list could be much longer.
What a badass.
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Generally a fan of Capcom, Konami, Treasure and whatever Masahiro Sakurai makes.
Have a Ps3 amd a gaming-grade PC (for now).
Other crap I enjoy doing is drawing, animating toons and programming simple Flash games. I also play the guitar.
Favorite Games:
Kirby
Rockman
Project Radiant Silvergun 1&2
Metal Gear Solid
Taiko No Tatsujin
Ninja Gaiden
Golden Sun
Starcraft
Battle Toads
Fallout
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Itagaki is a hella cool name
That Oatmeal cookie picture. Holy god, I just died laughing.
Tecmo, having lost Team Ninja have resorted to their original business strategy: SELLING UMBRELLAS.
YEEEEEEEAH BOYEEEE!!!
Look at the wealth of umbrellas in front of Tecmo HQ, clearly it is the forefront of their new umbrella enterprise, an umbrellaprise if you will. They have their hand in every branch of the umbrella industry like some sort of sickening weed that has not been properly plucked.
Oh shit, they are coming for me. The warnings were there all along!!
I never really noticed how much he looks like a serial rapist.
He's a badass. A great person that contradicts the notion that programmers are nerds.
I salute him and Ninja Gaiden.
Here is a list of games Itagaki loves and hates.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3144194
Naturally, the hate list could be much longer.
What a badass.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3144194/
Sorry, Forgot to BBCode that. :(
I expected pikmin to be his #1 game, and Tekken to be somewhere on his hate list. But all five on his hate list? This man is too much, Haha.
That's just how badass Itagaki is: all Tekkens can be on his hate list.
Also, now the link is down. Weird.