Aww, play nice, boys!
Koei president Kenji Matsubara has made it quite clear that, despite his own company having no history of issues with ex-Tecmo designer Tomonobu Itagaki, there will be no place for him after Tecmo and Koei merge.
Considering Itagaki left Tecmo under a cloud of bitterness and lawsuits, I doubt the controversial Ninja Gaiden creator will care much, but there were rumors that he might return to the fold. Matsubara has put paid to such gossip by definitively stating that there would be "no possibility" of the shades-adorned loudmouth being employed by Koei Tecmo Holdings.
Cue Itagaki attempting his own indie company in 3 ... 2 ...
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Except Denis Dyack. He has none of either, only infamy and hate. Fuck him.
Yes.
(I'm referring to Itagaki)
Isn't it obvious? He's making a PS3 game.
I could easily be wrong, but Koei hate taking any risks beyond DW (a series that needs a break from itself). You can smile upon them all you want J Sterling, but in the grand scheme of games, DW is junk (and rehashed junk at that).
The Tecmo side will be most of what they do, as they have more varied IP across more platforms
if not, he should make his own development studio.
If more people had bought Gitaroo Man, maybe we'd have seen more risks.
After what happened to Koei's original franchises, their whoring of DW is practically justified.
I happen to be one who LOVED NG1 and NG2. The combat kicks all other action game's ass. I mean who hasn't imagined a third person action game with huge move lists, multiple weapons, tons of blood, and a darn good challenge? Sure it wasn't perfect(camera was funky...tolerable, but funky), but what game is?!
As big of an ass as he may be(which I don't mind), he was one developer who was adament about making a hardcore game for the hardcore gamer. He brought us possibly the best combat in an action game with NG2, and lets not forget a great fighting game that goes by the name of Dead or Alive.
If it isn't obvious...I'm all up on this guy's junk because I want another Itagaki game. With today's hardcore games being primarily shooters, its a breath of fresh air when you get a classic beat-em-up like game (ie. kill all enemies) and make it work with next-gen technology. Honestly, who is really looking forward to Ninja Blade? Hmm? Any hardcore gamer actually think it'll be better than NG2?
Please Itagaki, ease my soul and announce another game with an indi-company. And make it NG combat with a multiplayer component, then I can die and go to heaven(after I play it of course).