
Dead or Alive creator and Ninja Gaiden director Tomonobu Itagaki has revealed he's established a new company for making games, and would be "honoured" if Xbox reached out to him about an acquisition attempt.
Itagaki made these comments in an interview published on his personal Facebook page (originally conducted by Bloomberg), where he explained why he originally signed a deal with Xbox in the first place.
Q: What if, Microsofts said they want to make your company one of Microsoft studios?
A: "Haha, I would start again with questions that I made to Seamus two decades ago. Back then, I asked him, are you confident that you will beat PS2? He said yes. Xbox is called “Project Midway” and I’ll gain the supremacy with it. That’s why I trusted him and actually created Xbox-exclusive games for about 10 years. 20 years have passed since then, and I established my own company, Itagaki Games, which is not Tecmo, nor Valhalla. I know Microsoft is still aggressive. If they reach out to me, it will be an honor for me."
Itagaki, who produced and/or directed multiple Dead or Alive titles in the 2000s, as well as Ninja Gaiden (2004), Ninja Gaiden Black and Ninja Gaiden II, noted that you can "count" on him making games for Xbox in the future.
"For the past four years, I’ve been teaching job to foster juniors, but now I feel like I want to make a game again and just established a company for that purpose.
Q: Oh! That’s great news. I am sure a lot of Xbox fans are awaiting for your work!
A: You can count me for that. Otherwise I wouldn’t have accepted an interview for this Xbox article."
Do you think Xbox should snap up Itagaki's new studio? Give us your thoughts down below.
[source facebook.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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It would be an honour to play his games.
I know it's not a common comment but I loved Devils Third!
This man was a big part in helping to build the Xbox community during it's infancy!
Please, someone bring old Dead or Alive games to Xbox BC
Get on the phone, Phil! 👍🏻
Ninja Gaiden used to be awesome.
Let’s see if he can make a good game in 2021... then maybe.
@KelticDevil @Royalblues
Would you guys say that Ninja Gaiden still holds up today? I checked the Xbox backward compatibility list yesterday and Ninja Gaiden caught my eye.
@gollumb82 I think so. In fact, Ninja Gaiden was the main reason why I wanted the OG Xbox when it first released, and it was an amazing experience.
@gollumb82 it's fantastic and it runs super fast on Xbox ONE a bit hard haha
@Nic-Noc20th-C Seconded for Devils Third, thought it'd be the worst game of all time given the coverage but played through and adored it.
@StrangeBit @Nerdfather1
Thanks for the input! Yeah, I heard it's a hard game but the asking price is quite low so I might bite
I'm afraid Itagaki's name doesn't carry as much weight as it used to. He needs to prove himself before anyone considers signing him up.
@gollumb82
I haven’t played it in a long time. So I’m not quite sure. But it awesome when I did play it.
The 360 sequels weren’t as good. Part 2 isn’t bad, but then it went downhill fast.
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