Joystiq interview: DOA creator Tomonobu says Itagaki Tekken ****

We caught up with Tomonobu Itagaki at the recent Championship Gaming Series North American World Series Final (try printing that on a hat) in Manhattan Beach recently, and we asked him a few questions. Although he'd had a few beers, we didn't get him to pin down a date or a console for Ninja Gaiden 2, curse you weak American beer!

Yes, he was wearing his patent black leather jacket and sunglasses, and no he didn't take them off. Even when it got dark. They might be permanently welded to his face at this point. While he's known for being outspoken and critical to the extreme (especially if your game has the word Tekken in the title), when we asked him about Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, he actually handed over his DS to us and let us play through an early build of the game, more on that soon.

We wanted to ask you about Code Chronus, you've been working on it a long time. What's the status on that?

Well, to clear things up, Code Chronus is similar to how we have beach volleyball as a sort of side game to the DOA main series. It's sort of based on more of a hobby. Xtreme Beach Volleyball was based on my hobbies. So, as opposed to those being my sort of hobby-ish, ****ish games, this year we're more solely focused on the pillar "core" titles.

So, Code Chronus will have the DOA characters in it?

Yes.

We've heard about Project Progressive. What is that?

That actually is more of a code name, as we all know when we develop games you use code names. You'll be hearing from us in the very near future about that.

So, Ninja Gaiden 2, we're sure you get this question a lot. Where is it, and what is it for?

It's much easier to talk about this than Dead or Alive 5, I thought you'd ask that first! We want to make sure we're going to satisfy everyone's needs, and what everyone is thinking about what Ninja Gaiden 2 could be. That's pretty much everything I can say at this point.


There was a lot of negative reaction to DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball 2, how did that affect you?

It's alright ... you know what, that's probably me anyways. That fits me and my personality. I'm not too worried about it.

Well, along those lines, are you looking forward to Tekken 6?

Tekken sucks. I don't know what you're talking about.

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Cant believe he actually said "Tekken sucks".I thought Japanese people were supposed to be polite

He is always against Tekken.tegovoltio

And Devil May Cry. :P I forget his name, but i remember when he was asked to comment on the creator of Devil May Cry's work he said "oh that guy's a complete idiot..."

I laughed. :P

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]He is always against Tekken.Ninja-Vox

And Devil May Cry. :P I forget his name, but i remember when he was asked to comment on the creator of Devil May Cry's work he said "oh that guy's a complete idiot..."

I laughed. :P

lmao :lol:

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]He is always against Tekken.Ninja-Vox

And Devil May Cry. :P I forget his name, but i remember when he was asked to comment on the creator of Devil May Cry's work he said "oh that guy's a complete idiot..."

I laughed. :P

Lol, is that so? I gotta look this up.

Cant believe he actually said "Tekken sucks".I thought Japanese people were supposed to be polite

whocares4peace

the man sells pornographic spin offs to his fighting series, hes a little messed up in the head.

[QUOTE="whocares4peace"]

Cant believe he actually said "Tekken sucks".I thought Japanese people were supposed to be polite

Koalakommander

the man sells pornographic spin offs to his fighting series, hes a little messed up in the head.

[QUOTE="Ninja-Vox"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]He is always against Tekken.lawlessx

And Devil May Cry. :P I forget his name, but i remember when he was asked to comment on the creator of Devil May Cry's work he said "oh that guy's a complete idiot..."

I laughed. :P

lmao :lol:

:lol: Rofl :lol:

This guys is funny. What exactly is code cronus about? Soemthing liek Ninja Giaden or its a sports game?

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="Ninja-Vox"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]He is always against Tekken.MassiveKaos

And Devil May Cry. :P I forget his name, but i remember when he was asked to comment on the creator of Devil May Cry's work he said "oh that guy's a complete idiot..."

I laughed. :P

lmao :lol:

:lol: Rofl :lol:

This guys is funny. What exactly is code cronus about? Soemthing liek Ninja Giaden or its a sports game?

Well, along those lines, are you looking forward to Tekken 6?

Tekken sucks. I don't know what you're talking about.

Tnasty11

HAHHAhAHAHAHAHH! :lol: Although i dont think Tekken is fun either, and i dont know anyone who does :? But that is just nice!

Someone should throw a really respected game developer at Itagaki and see what he says, like Kojima or Nomura.

And this is surprising how? Itakagi has said the same thing over and over since the original DoA came out.Panzer_Zwei

You should have seen his "Top 5 games of all time he hates" list :lol: I'll give you a hint: it is 5 different Tekken games!

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]He is always against Tekken.Ninja-Vox

And Devil May Cry. :P I forget his name, but i remember when he was asked to comment on the creator of Devil May Cry's work he said "oh that guy's a complete idiot..."

I laughed. :P

The same guy that created resident evil?

lol Itagaki is a moron. He's just jealous that his DOA series is crap.

Cant believe he actually said "Tekken sucks".I thought Japanese people were supposed to be polite

whocares4peace

His jealousy of the tekken series is well documented I remember a few years back 1up interviewed him or had a feature with his favorite and most hated games his 5 most hated games were all tekken. The guy makes great games but DOA is not even half the fighter tekken is let alone VF yet he never mentions VF. Seriously though the more he bashes tekken the worse it makes him look I mean the fact tekken is a better scoreing series across the board and the better selling series shows that while he is entitled to his opinion most of the gaming public disagrees.

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]He is always against Tekken.Ninja-Vox

And Devil May Cry. :P I forget his name, but i remember when he was asked to comment on the creator of Devil May Cry's work he said "oh that guy's a complete idiot..."

I laughed. :P

Itagaki likes DMC and God of WAr. He just hates Tekken.

Devs talking trash about their competition..........meh

[QUOTE="Ninja-Vox"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]He is always against Tekken.Ben3128947

And Devil May Cry. :P I forget his name, but i remember when he was asked to comment on the creator of Devil May Cry's work he said "oh that guy's a complete idiot..."

I laughed. :P

The same guy that created resident evi? lol Itagaki is a moron. He just jealous that his DOA series is crap.

True. Same thing goes for Ninja Gaiden.

[QUOTE="Ninja-Vox"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]He is always against Tekken.Ben3128947

And Devil May Cry. :P I forget his name, but i remember when he was asked to comment on the creator of Devil May Cry's work he said "oh that guy's a complete idiot..."

I laughed. :P

The same guy that created resident evil?

lol Itagaki is a moron. He's just jealous that his DOA series is crap.

Yeah he is. I know he created the amazing Ninja Gaiden but DOAXtreme? Pisspoor and DOA itself isn't that good. Just abunch of big boob bouncing around. How pervertivecan you be to programme/design that stuff?

I hate Itagaki. Saying Tekken is prehistoric and VF slow. Not to mention the fact that he hated DMC and refuses to acknowledge it.

he also makes his interviews hilarious, I love this guy

Someone should throw a really respected game developer at Itagaki and see what he says, like Kojima or Nomura.

NobuoMusicMaker

[QUOTE="Ben3128947"][QUOTE="Ninja-Vox"]

[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]He is always against Tekken.-Rail_Man-

And Devil May Cry. :P I forget his name, but i remember when he was asked to comment on the creator of Devil May Cry's work he said "oh that guy's a complete idiot..."

I laughed. :P

The same guy that created resident evi? lol Itagaki is a moron. He just jealous that his DOA series is crap.

True. Same thing goes for Ninja Gaiden.

He is hilarious because we all know that DMC paved the way for Ninja Gaiden
rpawloski2458

Ninja Gaiden - 1988

DMC - 2001

[QUOTE="rpawloski2458"]He is hilarious because we all know that DMC paved the way for Ninja Gaiden
shooks20

Ninja Gaiden - 1988

DMC - 2001

3D stylish action game. There weren't many great ones before DMC.