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Itagaki to quit Ninja Gaiden series

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Tomonubu Itagaki rules himself out of working on further iterations of the blockbuster action series
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butterfinger - 593 days 17 hours ago
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1 - Interesting.
He doesn't seem to be one that has wanted to continue the same series forever. I think he actually stops when he feels the story has been told.
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Rock Bottom - 593 days 14 hours ago
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Not enough boobs for him in NG?!!
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1.2 Presentist | 593 days 13 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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sonarus - 593 days 10 hours ago
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Notice he isn't saying this is the last NG. He is simply saying this is the last one he will make.

NG2 ultra sigma on PS3 including all the old DLC as well as 1080p and 60fps:D
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1.4 Presentist | 593 days 9 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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PirateThom - 593 days 17 hours ago
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Without Ninja Gaiden...what else does this guy do?
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butterfinger - 593 days 17 hours ago
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2.1 - Didn't he do...
Dead or Alive?
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PirateThom - 593 days 16 hours ago
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So yeah, without Ninja Gaiden, what does this guy do?
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butterfinger - 593 days 16 hours ago
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2.3 - lol
touche.
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toothbrush - 593 days 15 hours ago
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He molests women in the workplace and gets fined tens of thousands of dollars. The wank stain.
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butterfinger - 593 days 15 hours ago
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2.5 - Really toothbrush?
He does have that creepy older look. If the look he is going for is "cool", then EPIC FAIL.
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Keowrath - 593 days 14 hours ago
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2.2 Hahaha great reply Pirate! LOL
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acetw1n - 593 days 13 hours ago
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2.7 - Mabye he work a remake of
Shinobi
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Jason 360 - 593 days 13 hours ago
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Dead or Alive 4 sold over a million copies and scored 85% http://www.metacritic.com/g... which is on par with with every top exclusive game found on the PS3 http://www.metacritic.com/g... I guess that would be the other thing he did, If he worked on Haze, I'm sure it wouldn't have sucked. :)
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Keowrath - 593 days 13 hours ago
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That's really great Jason, really great! But when a game works on it's Boob physics over it's prime gameplay I don't give a crap how much it sold or what Metacritic gave it.

It's a crap fighter with bouncing breasts... Awesome!
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Wildarmsjecht - 593 days 12 hours ago
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Nice Jason!! now tell me what any of that had to do with the article? Yea...didn't think so.
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Enigma_2099 - 593 days 5 hours ago
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2.11 - @toothbrush
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I was hoping someone actually KNEW why I hated this @ssbag...

So he's done with the series after this...

*checks eyes...*

Nope... dry as a bone.
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Alcohog - 593 days 15 hours ago
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This guy should just shoot himself. He is one ugly and annoying SOB. Wtf is this phony look he tries to pull off?
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Jason 360 - 593 days 13 hours ago
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Those would be scars on his face, as if I realy needed to abswer this off topic post.
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Jason 360 - 593 days 13 hours ago
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Thanks for the games Itagaki, thanks for the greatness.
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Wildarmsjecht - 593 days 12 hours ago
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He made some fine games. Still think he's an asshole though. Theres a difference between knowing that people think that you're a great producer/developer, and acting like you're a god.
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juuken - 593 days 11 hours ago
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As much as I love the NG series, I don't really care what he does. He could drink bleach for all I care.
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juuken - 593 days 9 hours ago
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And may I add that I don't care who disagrees with me or not. I had some respect for this man, but now it has been lowered.
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v1c1ous - 593 days 10 hours ago
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9.1 - whatever it is
boobs will be included
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Kigmal - 593 days 10 hours ago
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That's good and bad. I enjoyed Ninja Gaiden so far. Let's see what he does next.
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Tmac - 593 days 10 hours ago
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Time for the tool to retire.
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Mwaan - 593 days 9 hours ago
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12 - It's funny
How everyone who rips on this man is a playstation fan... Bitter?
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v1c1ous - 593 days 9 hours ago
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12.1 - when a developer announces he is 360only
he is a jackass and a moron who is anti-sony.

when a developer announces they are ps3 only, they are making grounds towards innovation and deserve praise.
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12.2 LaChance | 593 days 9 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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karma - 593 days 9 hours ago
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doesn't all those Tekken,DMC,GOW bashing tell you anything ?

he earned all the hate himself,even i hate him but i like NG
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Rusted - 593 days 7 hours ago
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Mwaan, im a PS3 owner but im not bitter, the Ninja Gaiden series are cool games, but that's all, hack n' slash. The guy have a very stupid attitude, that's why i don't like him, and that molesting-stuff don't help him.
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Enigma_2099 - 593 days 4 hours ago
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12.6 - Do you clueless people even know about the sexual harassment incident?
...or are you just playing deaf and dumb?
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karma - 593 days 9 hours ago
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13 - lol nothing to say about Tekken 6?
"The Team Ninja boss stated that he was very happy with the new title and believed it would be one of the definitive action games of 2008 alongside Metal Gear Solid 4, the director of which (Hideo Kojima) he praised “I think I will enjoy his game as much as I think he will enjoy mine.” "

har!har!
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Tmac - 593 days 9 hours ago
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At Which point Hideo Kojima comes out to say "Itagaki makes games?"
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CRIMS0N_W0LF - 593 days 9 hours ago
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I am sure that Kojima will break the CD of NG due to the crap story because he is a mastermind of story telling
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Boink - 593 days 9 hours ago
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14 - apparently he is leaving
to work on projects that will allow him to make even more oversized breasts.
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Gothdom - 593 days 9 hours ago
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15 - Cool!
Yeah, I'll get a bunch of disagrees but hey... I hate this guy.

Finally, maybe NG3 will have a great story, not only good gameplay.
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AclayPS3 - 593 days 9 hours ago
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Ehhh. Who cares. Ninja Gaiden can't compete with the God of War series anyways. God of War 3 2009 only on PS3!!!!!!!!!
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Alpha_Gamer - 593 days 9 hours ago
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16.1 - Not really,
GOW has a great story and fun, simple combat. While NG story is boring, the combat in ninja gaiden makes the combat in GOW look slow, sluggish and boring.
I have played and beaten Ninja Gaiden, God of War and God of War 2.
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OOG - 593 days 6 hours ago
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in ai and combat NG wins and story etc god of war wins.....both are good games and both are different in style...no real reason to be comparing
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CRIMS0N_W0LF - 593 days 9 hours ago
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NG Fighting system is good. But the guy is a total arsehole. His other games suck arse. Maybe he starts making some big boobed hentai games, though he is a wank when it comes to story

If he does not next NG if there ever is, and they maintain same fighting system, except it to have a good story coz he isn't doing it
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OOG - 593 days 6 hours ago
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I duno about that...the Dead or Alive series has always been a good fighting game and is one of the best around...especially since a big draw for that game was the counter system
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Z501 - 593 days 9 hours ago
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18 - "It's funny, how everyone who rips on this man is a
Playstation fan ...Bitter?"

Sorry, but some of us are Nintendo fans.
You know, where Ninja Gaiden started.
(some are just NG fans period)from the NES to the arcade and beyond ..

Retarded statement.
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xunderx - 593 days 6 hours ago
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19 - i wish i was this man
,,,what ever it is he does, its done w/ 100% coolness.

This is the Fonz of gaming. People dont hate!
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Jim Crowslaw - 593 days 6 hours ago
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im a PS fanboy and i love Itagaki....attitude and all. Im thinkin about re-purchasing a 360 just to play this. I still playSigma today and dont giv me that "its not his game" crap. DOA4 is a fantastic game and NG is the best overall action game involving melee weapons ever. Eventhough GOW is an overall better game, and DMC is a great weapons based game, NG is the best action game to me. And V1c1ous u made the most biased post i ever read on any forum ever when u sed that crap about devs who work on 360 and those who wrk on ps3. I usually expect a comment like that from someone like Jason360 but even he made a sensible post. I love ps3 too but stop ruining the readin on this site please. I love Sony to death.....but NG is an amazing game hands down. doesnt matter who made it
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