Yes folks, Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki is back! The controversial developer has returned to his trash-talking ways, pissing on Bayonetta's bonfire despite the fact it was one of E3's best games,
"If I made a similar game as a game I made in the company I quit, people would say, 'What an idiot, can't he make anything else?' Well, that is more or less the opinion I have for, uh, that Bayo-something game," says Itagaki in a recent interview. "... Covered in hair, is she? I dunno, Mr. Kamiya must have a lot going through his head. Well, in any case, I would first recommend laser eye surgery. I'm sure he's not that strapped for cash, right?"
Not quite sure what laser eye surgery has to do with anything, but I guess it all makes sense in the leaking brain of Itagaki, who tends to make very little sense at the best of times. Itagaki's comments could just be a bitter response to Bayonetta's creator, Hideki Kamiya, who said he didn't play Ninja Gaiden because it didn't have enough power to draw him in.
On a lighter note, Itagaki won't be making any more Dead or Alive games, nor will he be using Aerosmith anymore. "I want to send the deepest gratitude to Aerosmith and Steven Tyler. The power I needed to make DOA came from Aerosmith and the movie Armageddon," he adds.
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9:20 AM on 06.08.2009
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Just sayin's all...
You have a point there, the location and fountain together look very similar.
I don't know if doing so would change the development of Bayonetta all that much, but it would be pretty neat.
"I want to send the deepest gratitude to Aerosmith and Steven Tyler. The power I needed to make DOA came from Aerosmith and the movie Armageddon," he adds.
Is that last quote real? Sweet Christ I hope it is. That is ridiculously insane. And I LOVE IT.
Also judging from his frequent use of sunglasses his eye-surgery went horribly wrong.
Instead, I love him because he is a purposeful comic figure. There is no other explanation. This is fact. Just LOOK at DOA for god's sake. LOOK AT IT.
Now he's saying that a guy making an action game should get "laser-eye surgery."
Followed by his adoration for Steven Tyler and the movie Armageddon.
I hope I haven't completely ruined the joke by trying to explain it further.
Itagaki is like the JNTSC combo of John Kricfalusi and Rob Liefeld, only without Liefeld's slightly endearing self-parody.
also pass me the stuff he's using. might make me care a bit more for him.
Unless he can do better then he shouldn't be trash talking.
Yes, I think that has a nice ring to it...
Japan's answer to John Romero.
He's probably just pissed he didn't think of the Bayonetta character first. A woman who gets more naked depending on the attacks she uses sounds right up Itagaki's ally.
Oh Itagaki, how I love thee.
Honestly, the guy has the mentality of a 10 year old.
Someone should get him a Twitter feed so he can just comment angrily on everything. That would be hysterical.
I do wonder where the jealousy/feud comes from though. Why pick on Kamiya of all people? "I hate this really artsy designer whose games tend to be financial flops. I'm really threatened by their quality."
The last 2 games that Kamiya was the director of (same position that he has with Bayonetta) were Viewtiful Joe and Okami. Both were considered excellent and highly original.
I find Itagaki (Mr. DoA/Ninja Gaiden) to be a bit hypocritical for accusing someone else of being a one trick pony, especially if it's the man behind the original Viewtiful Joe.
(P.S. sorry for the phantom post)
*Breathes*
Hahahahahahahaha.
No seriously, what? Hypocrisy at its finest here. Guy is a complete douchebag.
That was the E3 demo level featured above. Yes, it does look like Nero's starting area in DMC4, and you even fight bosses in it that look similar to the avatar at the end of the game.
BUT - the level we saw behind closed doors was completely different looking. I'm sure that the gothic architecture of DMC4 was just an influence.
@the article
Also, fuck this guy. Seriously, I loved Ninja Gaiden 1 to DEATH (beat it 5-6 times), but I'll be damned if it holds a candle to Kamiya's earlier works, including DMC, Resident Evil, or Okami. Seriously, fuck Itagaki. This is coming from the douchebag who worked on Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball. Or Dead or Alive, for that matter.
ofcourse then got thrown out by security...
LukienAkeela pretty much said it already.
Even if he just said what he said for publicity, I think he might have shot himself in the foot if he ever wants to do another Hack 'n Slash or Fighting Game.