Gamespy Interviews Itagaki!

[Mzo]

Itagaki: I've pretty much figured out who has the potential to make a good fighting game.

He should try to hire some of those people to help him out with the next DOA game.

[Johnny Undaunted]

All this time I thought Itagaki had worked on the NES Ninja Gaiden games and so I had an obligatory respect for him.

Maybe you should try paying a bit more attention next time, especially to game credits.

[rezo]

oooh... burn.

Itagaki worked on Captain Tsubasa? I love that series.

I checked the credits for part 3, and he wasn't in there(unless he was using a different name). So that means he worked on Captain Tsubasa 4. It would be funny if he was responsible for the horrible graphic overhaul that game recieved.

[Lhadatt]

[ferricide]

thanks for the comments. i tried baiting him a bit, but i didn't get what i wanted. he was a little more circumspect than in the past. i am positive he wanted to say some negatory stuff about SCII but he held himself in check.

The only thing I thought was retarded in this interview was:
.....MONEY, DUMBASSES. Why else would you sell a piece of fabric for $150? what a stupid question. =/

well, duh. i'm not stupid. =P the idea was hopefully to get him to jump off this and say something totally off the wall. he didn't even say what you suggest because he was totally unwilling to comment. if he'd said something interesting i would have pried deeper into it.

and it's 'tomonobu', not 'tomonubo', unless i'm missing out on some private joke or something.

[Kinopio]

The Jeremy Shockey of the videogame industry.

He should get his stories straight. One minute he says he plays the old Ninja Gaiden games for inspiration, and then he basically says all they are doing is slapping the Ninja Gaiden name on to sell it.

[Lhadatt]

and it's 'tomonobu', not 'tomonubo', unless i'm missing out on some private joke or something.

Fixed. Sl1p's fault.

[Sl1p]

well, duh. i'm not stupid. =P

Pay no attention. It's for the best.

and it's 'tomonobu', not 'tomonubo', unless i'm missing out on some private joke or something.

You know, I had to read that over about 3 times before I noticed the difference

[Baron]

I read and thoroughly enjoyed that interview.

Thank you, fine gentlemen, for bringing this to my attention.

[Prince Planet]

i am positive he wanted to say some negatory stuff about SCII but he held himself in check.

Well, he did mention how he felt sympathy for (i.e., took pity on) SCII's developers. That counts.

"Tell me how you feel about 'x game', Itagaki-san." "I have nothing but sympathy for its developers." Ha! Great stuff.