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Team Ninja Has 3 New Games, New Head Ninja
Posted by Michael McWhertor at 8:40 AM on September 4, 2008
Tecmo announced at a press conference in Tokyo yesterday that Team Ninja has three titles currently in development, with team member Jin Hasegawa taking the reins at the developer as of July 1. That's the day that former Team Ninja master Tomonobu Itagaki ended his employment at the Japanese publisher.
One of those titles is expected to hit in 2009, is said to be designed with Western markets in mind and previously reported to be part of a genre new to Team Ninja.
Tecmo also showed off the Wii port of Rygar and announced the sequel to DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series: Kyoto Atami Zekkai no Kotou - Satsui no Wana, which helps make this post of appropriate length. They also brought some pretty ladies.
Tecmo Autumn 2008 Press Conference [Game Watch]
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Moar_pr0nz
Posted 9:16 AM 4/9/08
New games from Team Ninja without Itagaki? BLASPHEMY!!
Moar_pr0nz
PhantomSpaceman67
Posted 9:15 AM 4/9/08
@ethic: That was my thought. Either that or a sandbox game, but most likely a shooter. A first person one, at that.
PhantomSpaceman67
AokiShinya
Posted 9:13 AM 4/9/08
@ethic: A sephia-toned FPS.
AokiShinya
TheIrishNinja
Posted 9:10 AM 4/9/08
here's to them staying Team Ninja, and not, you know, becoming the next Sonic Team.
*sigh*
TheIrishNinja
ethic
Posted 9:06 AM 4/9/08
Western Market in Mind ... Genre new to Team Ninja
It's gonna be an FPS
ethic
nitromic
Posted 9:02 AM 4/9/08
Let's see how they do without the Rockstar around. Hopefully they continue to make great games. It will help if they merge with Squenix.
nitromic
hdesroses
Posted 9:01 AM 4/9/08
Ninja Gaiden 3 and Dead or Alive 5
hdesroses
DigitalHero
Posted 9:00 AM 4/9/08
Let's hope Team Ninja succeeds and just doesn't slide into crapiness. That is my worry.
DigitalHero
Thassodar
Posted 8:52 AM 4/9/08
@Ad-hominem: No no, everyone knows their first choice was David Bowie.
He was too busy running the Guild though.
Thassodar
Ad-hominem
Posted 8:49 AM 4/9/08
Dammit! I was hoping the new Team Ninja boss was going to be, in a surprise twist, Tomonobu Itagaki!
Now I'm just disappointed.
Ad-hominem
maraxusofk
Posted 9:30 AM 4/9/08
and suddenly, the entire gaming world looked at Jin Hasegawa.
maraxusofk
Murgatron
Posted 9:25 AM 4/9/08
How are they going to maintain and freshen up their super lethal ninja moves/video game making skills with Itagaki gone, you ask?
[www.amazon.com]
Murgatron
NeoAkira
Posted 9:24 AM 4/9/08
It's not really Team Ninja anymore without Itagaki. If you take away the visionary of the team, you have nothing left.
NeoAkira
HanJeSu
Posted 9:18 AM 4/9/08
@TheIrishNinja:
Ouch...that is so sad, yet true. Hopefully they stay on top, unlike Sonic Team, which is sadly a shadow of its once great self.
HanJeSu
flight240
Posted 9:46 AM 4/9/08
is that Ishida Yuko? 2nd girl from the left?
lol.
but yeah... DOA5... i'd like to see the direction it goes with a new head. if it even happens. it would suck balls to just leave the franchise off where it is. at least, i think so.
flight240
oneshot_
Posted 9:41 AM 4/9/08
Geared to western gamers....DoA 5. Big boobs, that's their focus. But yeah, seriously...feels kinda empty without itagaki behind it.
On a side note, the chick on the far left is pretty cute.
oneshot_
element7
Posted 9:39 AM 4/9/08
A yellow and orange FPS featuring chain saws called Elements of War
element7
scdnyc
Posted 10:08 AM 4/9/08
right, now go find Itagaki
scdnyc
Zwei Voltage
Posted 10:00 AM 4/9/08
I want Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 damnit.
Zwei Voltage
pandafresh
Posted 10:00 AM 4/9/08
who are those lovely little lay-dayz. lay-dayz, theres plenty of me to go around....
i'm so sorry, anywho, i would like to see a Bionic Commando Re-Armed type Ninja Gaiden game, whos with me on that?
pandafresh
aR-Tard
Posted 10:35 AM 4/9/08
@Zwei Voltage:
Seeing as how "Sigma" means 18 in Greek..I don't think that's what it would be called.
Although I would want another Ninja Gaiden on PS3..
aR-Tard
m0re
Posted 10:34 AM 4/9/08
In other news, Tomonobu Itagaki has joined a new development studio called Team Pirates.
When asked for comments on this surprise move, he said:
"Pirates? I thought it was PILOTs?"
m0re
KristenBal
Posted 10:51 AM 4/9/08
'll take the one with the yellow shirt
KristenBal
dystopika
Posted 10:39 AM 4/9/08
Team Ninja's got some fetching programmers!
dystopika
d3v
Posted 11:13 AM 4/9/08
FF vs DoA, make it happen!
d3v
pandafresh
Posted 11:02 AM 4/9/08
@KristenBal: BUT WILL SHE TAKE YOU!?
so many an unanswered questions, so many applepies...
pandafresh
Shijirou
Posted 1:10 PM 4/9/08
I hope Squeenix acquires them real soon...
Shijirou
Spartan1308™
Posted 1:23 PM 4/9/08
@Ad-hominem: I was hoping Square Enix would invite him back after the story about them taking over Tecmo. I really don't want Team Ninja making a shooter. There are others that can handle that type of game.
Spartan1308™
royaljester
Posted 1:56 PM 4/9/08
It'll be interesting to see what Team Ninja makes, compared to what Itagaki makes in the future.
Although for starters, "Boobs, bigger! Physics, weaker!" would be the first two months of work for the new producer. The rest is up to him.
royaljester
Ultrasinc
Posted 7:13 PM 4/9/08
either of Dead or Alive Code Cronus and Dead or Alive 5, a Ninja Gaiden remake for some platform, and that other "NEW GENRE" game they tried to hint at last press release...
Ultrasinc
lilaliendog
Posted 1:14 AM 5/9/08
Since it wasn't Itagaki that authorized the ps3 remake of the original 3d Ninja Gaiden im sure there is now going to be a part of NG2 and perhaps even a port of DOA
lilaliendog
Pombar
Posted 1:12 AM 5/9/08
@aR-Tard: Sigma doesn't mean 18, Sigma is the 18th letter in the Greek alphabet. And like so many games, I assume they just thought throwing in one of the cool sounding Greek letters would make the game sound cooler.
@Pombar: Haha, broken tags. Damn me and my inability to type
Pombar
Pombar
Posted 1:09 AM 5/9/08
Well, Jin [i]is[/i] a good ninja name...
Pombar
fuchikoma
Posted 3:38 AM 5/9/08
Alright...
My wishes for DoA2 Hardcore PSP, and DoA3, 4, PS3 are a little closer...
fuchikoma
Enochrewt
Posted 6:21 AM 6/9/08
Rygar? RYGAR!!! HOOORAAAYYYY!!!
Enochrewt