More than schoolgirls, salarymen or neon lights, when video games want to evoke Japan, they pick one thing above the rest: cherry blossoms, or “sakura”, as they are called in Japanese.
Tecmo Koei, the company behind Ninja Gaiden and Dynasty Warriors, has already made public that it is developing one title for the Nintendo 3DS. It is also developing another.
Tecmo Koei is bringing its Dead or Alive fighting series to the Nintendo 3DS. Hello, three-dimensional jiggly fighting!
Yesterday, Itagaki vs. Tecmo commenced with Itagaki’s lawyer submitting into evidence the contract he had supporting his completion bonus for Xbox 360 title Dead or ALive 4. Tecmo’s lawyers submitted a somewhat identical-looking contract, differing in that it did not support Itagaki’s claims that he was entitled to a completion bonus. Hrm. Someone it seems is lying, and other evidence seems to indicate that Tecmo isn’t exactly being truthful about overtime — which is a totally separate case altogether.