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more about #yosukehayashi benkatz: Well, let's give Itagaki what is his. He created the series. Problem was, besides being a great game designer, he has a crappy character, which when ... more » excaliburps: I think one thing we can expect and be sure of are...Titties! Titties in Tecmo games to be exact! Glad to see the spirit of Itagaki lives on in mind a... more » Darthvinder: THERE'S A NINJA GAIDEN III??????? more » rich8606: Hmmm.... i doubt the game will feel the same without him. more » Ueziel: As long as it has not asstastic camera angles and the enemies can't all hit you at any point in time, from any distance, including when you can't even... more » Lezard: I predict that Ninja Gaiden III will be on both the 360 and the PS3 now that Itagaki is no longer in charge. His love of Microsoft's hardware was real... more » Brmarlin: I kinda feel betrayed by the PS3 ports with new stuff. A lot of people bought Ninja Gaiden II when it came out - so Team Ninja puts a ton of new, cons... more » Archaotic: I fully expect to see a Ninja Gaiden 3 in the future. Probably DoA5 first, but NG3 is inevitable. Itagaki only masterminded the series' current DMC-... more » Gam3r: I'd like to see the NES games remade and kept in 2d. more » Jesustron: or they can do sweet crossovers like mortal kombat vs. ninja gaiden vs. the simpsons, or ninja gaiden and Freddy in space. more » jjammerzs: As excited as I am...Why does this sound wrong? (It would be like a metal gear minus Kojima, or a mario game without Miyamoto...) more » zåɳzißarleɠёпȡ: Eat-a-Gah-Kee can Eat-aDick. theres a new sheriff in town and his nam is Hayashi-San! if he cures the disease that was NG2, he will be well on his way... more » Koztah: I find it amusing how everyone is acting like Itagaki singlehandedy designed, produced, directed, coded and created art assets for every Team Ninja ga... more » Gam3r: There's something in the water at Tecmo. more » nuri2fast: I hate to say this but the only reason Team Ninja games were on Xbox first or exclusively was because of Itagaki and the other Team Ninja Vets. Even t... more » Jeff Paine: I bet Itagaki's kicking himself for leaving Tecmo right about now. more » VileMethoD: As much as I enjoy Team Ninja's games Ninja Gaiden 2 to me felt like a step back when compared to the first. The visuals were there and I definitely e... more » Roufuss: Hm... we'll see how well he does as the head of Team Ninja when he makes his own game from the ground up, rather than just tweaking and adding to an a... more » D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!: He's going to prove it with the game Itagaki made? Lol. more » Archaotic: Hayashi's the man. He's been fighting constant insults from Itagaki despite Itagaki PICKING him to develop Sigma. I can see why he feels betrayed. I... more » -
#e3
Where To Now For The Ninja Gaiden Series?
Development of the modern, 3D Ninja Gaiden games has always been overseen by one man: former Team Ninja boss/ Dark Lord Tomonobu Itagaki. But what happens now he can no longer work on the series? More » -
#tecmo
Can We Expect More Ninja Gaiden Games? Can We?
When game designer Tomonobu Itagaki headed up Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden franchise, he stated that Ninja Gaiden II was the last title in the series. But the franchise isn't his anymore. More » -
#gdc09
Yosuke Hayashi Mans Up, Moves Out Of Itagaki's Shadow
Tecmo's redundant announcement of Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 was more than just a chance to talk about online co-op; it was Producer Yosuke Hayashi's chance to come out of his ex-boss's shadow. More »
