Itagaki Leaves Team Ninja, Sues Tecmo

[Chasym]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168056


So, No more Ninja Gaiden, No more Dead or alive.....fuck.

oh and

In addition to the allegations made in the letter, we've heard rumblings that Itagaki believes that Yasuda has focused too much on making a profit without a regard for quality. While Itagaki's official announcement does not point to any specific releases, recent Tecmo ports such as Rygar for the Wii and Ninja Gaiden Sigma for the PS3 are possible targets of Itagaki's anger, which would also explain recent interviews where Itagaki has been especially negative toward Sigma and has said that a PS3 port of Ninja Gaiden 2 would not be good. We've even heard rumors that Yasuda wanted to port Ninja Gaiden Sigma (a PS3 port of a rerelease of an Xbox title) to the Xbox 360 before he was talked out of it by Itagaki and others at Tecmo.

 

[RaidrX]

Well fuck a duck man. I love team ninja D: Dead or alive was the first fighting game i ever got into and ninja gaiden is awesome. Also i was looking forward to code cronus D: hopefully they dont goto shit without itagaki.

 

[Xalioniaf]

What a crazy, pompous man. All the way to the end.
I love him as I would a brother.

 

[Chasym]

NG II Comes out today, so i guess we play for Itagaki, This game is a goodbye letter now.

 

[Anttaru]

I see this as a beautiful thing.

Microsoft can use a celebrity game designer, and at the same time M$ really does value Itagaki's work. I bet Microsoft game studios will hire Itagaki and supply him with everything and everyone he needs to continue making games very soon.

Then again this can all be a publicity stunt to increase sales. We'll have to stay tuned and see what happens.

 

[Bustaballs]

He's not dead, guys. He'll carry on his work somewhere else.

 

[Hitaru]

Dead or alive was awesome though ; ;