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Itagaki recieves gag-order, rolls eyes behind sunglasses photo

Oh, Tecmo. First you piss off the man behind your best games, Tomonobu Itagaki. Then he quits, and talks some sh*t about your company in the process. Of course, your shares plummet after Itagaki leaves. On top of all of that, now your employees are suing you! How is a gag-order going to help you save any face now?

Even after all of this drama, Tecmo has filed a pre-case gag-order with the Tokyo District Court for Itagaki, says Kotaku. Here's what Mr. Ninja Gaiden is prohibited from doing until the case:

• Disclosing or leaking information regarding Tecmo's game software, sales, development or any other company secrets

• Using newspapers, magazines and the internet to criticize company software and company employees

• Obstructing the company's business through slanderous remarks to third parties

• Do not accept interviews regarding Tecmo or talk to the press about the company

No worries, Itagaki. We can cover the trash talking for you!

What is your opinion of Tecmo now? What kind of info could he even leak now?


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Canison's Avatar
Canison at 06/18/2008 10:13
I miss Tecmo Bowl for the NES.
maxio098ui's Avatar
maxio098ui at 06/18/2008 10:13
tecmo is trying to save something they cant.
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Shinu at 06/18/2008 10:18
I think we *might* see the fall of Tecmo.

It's sad, but... if they treat their employees like shit, well, let them burn, the artists & workers will find a way.. like maybe make a new studio or something. With new IP.
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killias2 at 06/18/2008 10:25
Yeah, I've always loved Tecmo's games, but these policies are just ridiculous. I hope he successfully sues them, buys them, and creates "TecmoNinja".

Then he should create a series of 2d based Ninja Gaiden games, using the NES games as a base, and release them for every system known to man.

A guy can hope, right?
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Professor Pew at 06/18/2008 10:26
More dead than alive!
timtheterrible's Avatar
timtheterrible at 06/18/2008 10:28
Hope you all like monster rancher...
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The-Excel at 06/18/2008 10:29
I would think that since he's no longer in the employ of Tecmo that they can't do anything to him, least of all a gag order.
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 06/18/2008 10:30
timtheterrible: I actuallydo!
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Slick Icarus at 06/18/2008 10:36
It's too bad he left. I want more fighting games starring busty asian Realdolls.
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tgammet at 06/18/2008 10:42
My opinion of Itagaki:
He's still a total egomaniac asshole who makes mediocre but overrated games for pre-teens.

My opinion of new Tecmo:
They've probably been cheating their employees and their future doesn't look so good right now.
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timtheterrible at 06/18/2008 10:51
@Dale North:
Other than tecmo bowl, I honestly can't think of any other non-itagaki tecmo games. They are quite screwed. Let's just hope that they can create some decent new ip's instead of milking one of their remaining solid franchises into "monster rancher:battle network mystery dungeon party 8-turbo" territory.
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michiyoyoshiku at 06/18/2008 11:06
I am quite enjoying what will surely be Tecmo's final game.
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smackifilia at 06/18/2008 11:18
They still made Tecmo Super Bowl, and for that they're even steven.
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njsykora at 06/18/2008 11:21
Dead in the freaking water. That's pretty much all she wrote for Tecmo I think. Its all over bar the lawsuits.
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Mr Bas at 06/18/2008 11:25
Oh noez, I hope they still make Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff and Fatal Frame IV :-(
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Aurvantoid at 06/18/2008 11:42
Ya know, Tecmo could just -replace- Itagaki with Hayashi and be done with it.

Hayashi has proven himself as a developer anyways by releasing the ridiculously amazing Ninja Gaiden Sigma. So, why doesn't Tecmo just pay Itagaki his money so he'll quietly go away and disappear so they can focus on putting Hayashi at the helm and releasing better games.
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908peruvian at 06/18/2008 11:47
i hope he creates a new company Omcet.

and Ninja Gaiden is badass.
& has minor camera problems.

i can see most people like baby games complaining about how it is overhyped or too hard.

NINJA DOG !!!
Brahms's Avatar
Brahms at 06/18/2008 11:49
This seems like a pretty standard legal practice.
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Patriot SE at 06/18/2008 11:50
Microsoft should really pick Itagaki up. Most of his games have been exclusively for their console and having him develop for their platform alone would be a great idea, give him his own studio and let him work.
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wartime71 at 06/18/2008 11:57
@tgammet my impression of you is a pussy who hides behind a computer screen and slings insaults at a developer that has probably done more than you and your parents can ever dream of dipshit.
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JynxShot at 06/18/2008 12:04
Itagaki... what a badass.

He better wear his sunglasses to court.
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big filth at 06/18/2008 12:15
"I would think that since he's no longer in the employ of Tecmo that they can't do anything to him, least of all a gag order."

the gag order is appointed by the court, not tecmo.

wow. leave the house much?
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Rucksack at 06/18/2008 12:17
I think the man should actually start a band. After all, he's got the whole rockstar look already.
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Cowboy TTop at 06/18/2008 12:48
So they are trying to gag him? Oh dear, that's not going to fly well and obviously make Tecmo look like the bad guy.

Is this the end of Tecmo?

I'm sure all those employees, will rise from the ashes under Itagaki's flag.
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KARMACON at 06/18/2008 13:05
@ tgammet: I agree on both counts. . . I've had nothing but malice towards Itagaki for awhile . . and now Tecmo for being asshole to their employees
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vexed alex at 06/18/2008 13:13
He should start his own company. Call it Team Pirate.

:p
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dtomek at 06/18/2008 13:22
I'm sure they don't want knowledge of their harem of 11 yr old boys to leak. I know I always keep the knowledge of mine on lockdown.
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Sharpless at 06/18/2008 14:27
@Alex
Screw that. Pirates suck. Only robots have a chance at killing a ninja. Team Robot. Or, perhaps, Team Cyborg Ninja. Yes, that will do.
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KMCC at 06/18/2008 15:24
Itagaki. Fuck yeah.
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DaedHead8 at 06/18/2008 18:20
Itagaki is pretty cool guy and he doesn't afraid of anything.
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Dan CiTi at 06/18/2008 18:37
He's such a cookie.
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ExpertPenguin at 06/18/2008 18:48
@Aurvantoid

Hayashi has proven what? That he can port a game originally designed with Itagaki at the helm, add in a few extra enemies, an (average) new character in Rachel, and call it a day?

Let's see how he does without an established action opus as his guide. Otherwise, I see a situation akin to the Zelda series being handed over to Eiji Aounoma, with every game being designed under the Ocarina of Time framework. I personally don't care to see a myriad of Ninja Gaiden Black template clones passed off as sequels.

Despite it's flaws, Ninja Gaiden 2 WAS a progressive sequel to the original.

I don't see why people think they can talk trash about how Tecmo doesn't need Itagaki. In all honesty, what we're dealing with is akin to Apple suddenly losing Steve Jobs. Or Nintendo losing Miyamoto.
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gokhan at 11/07/2008 03:40
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