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Tomonobu Itagaki's new studio: Apex Game Studios, and game: Warrior (it's blockchain NFT metaverse stuff)
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Ezquimacore
Banned
I had hopes. I guess he needs money and it is what it is. Wanted: Dead looks like the next big thing then... And hopefully Ninja Gaiden 4........... One day.
Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
Set up to fail. Man, this guy is so behind, with his way of thinking. However, in the same vein, companies with similar mindsets think this is the wave of the future. Maybe it is, but I have yet to see anyone put out a product that will utilize these technologies without discouraging the customer before things even get off the ground.
MiguelItUp
Member
Wow, how the mighty have fallen. I can't believe folks are still clinging on to anything NFT. Especially as something business or entertainment related. Jesus Christ please let it go, lmao.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Sad news. He's had a really rough hand dealt to him when he didn't deserve it. Abandoned by THQ and Microsoft.
Hopefully this is just some investor sales pitch BS. Still always down for Itagaki stuff but NFT is bullshit. Maybe he'll realize that after the feedback he gets from this.
Hopefully this is just some investor sales pitch BS. Still always down for Itagaki stuff but NFT is bullshit. Maybe he'll realize that after the feedback he gets from this.
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Elder Legend
Banned
Is this really same genius who made Ninja Gaiden on the original Xbox? How the mighty have fallen...
Jim Ryan other Clone
Banned
I think everyone blames and get angry about NFT but until now all the NFT games were a major nothing. I would love to see a high quality NFT game to see what is this thing in action so we have better idea and subsequently to dismiss it or accept it. But for the moment there is only announcements after announcements without any substance.
splattered
Member
Yeah that game really looks like... something. Ugh. All the old greats seem to be falling into this stuff as a last ditch effort to stay relevant instead of just sticking to enhancing what made them legends in the first place. Sad to see.
ProgenitorCastle
Banned
Buggy Loop
Member
I guess there was an attempt at a return
Liamario
Banned
He hasn't been mighty in 15 years and even that was mixed reviews. He's irrelevant before this and he's still irrelevant now.
Poor Itagaki, it doesn't seem like Phil heard his plea:
https://www.videogameschronicle.com...udio-and-would-be-honoured-to-work-with-xbox/
https://www.videogameschronicle.com...udio-and-would-be-honoured-to-work-with-xbox/
MiguelItUp
Member
While you're not wrong, he was also a fairly well known figure in video games, and continues to be. I don't think I'd go so far as to saying he's "irrelevant", people still know him by name and recognize him or this thread wouldn't exist.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Itagaki, the guy who has done jack shit for generations now.
Time for his next failure.
Time for his next failure.
Liamario
Banned
He's irrelevant when he has produced nothing of relevance in recent years
March Climber
Member
He's not the first "genius" to fail when going independent.
If this next game fails I think it's time to admit that Itagaki isn't good enough without his DoA/NG team. After a few early missteps, they now seem to be doing fine without him.
Elder Legend
Banned
Oh god.... don't remind me of Keji Inafune.He's not the first "genius" to fail when going independent.
If this next game fails I think it's time to admit that Itagaki isn't good enough without his DoA/NG team. After a few early missteps, they now seem to be doing fine without him.
His ego is so inflated that if he climbed up to it and then dropped down to his IQ. He would end up killing himself.
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names are for friends
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2004:
2022:
I love living in the future.
2022:
I love living in the future.
Havoc2049
Member
The developer of Wanted: Dead, Soliel, started out in the mobile space as well. If we ever hope to have a big AAA action-adventure game from Itagaki again, in this day and age, this is probably the only path. There must be some Chinese venture capital involved as well, as Apex Game Studios already has over 100 employees with offices in Japan and Singapore.
names are for friends
Member
lmfao
this is real and not a scam btw. You'd have to be crazy to think that
this is real and not a scam btw. You'd have to be crazy to think that
SJRB
Gold Member
Dude is a relic from a bygone era, a has-been rockstar that was on top of the world for a very short time but hasn't been able to reproduce his own success ever since. Kinda sad, honestly.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
This man is the perfect example of the actions of Karma.
In his Golden Age, he made quality video games like DOA and Ninja Gaiden, he was very successful and his name was popular, his arrogance and his EGO took him very far to mistreat his staff, Then Devils Third came and karma hit him Lasted.
From being a video game personality, he is now dedicated to making low-quality games.
karma does exist
In his Golden Age, he made quality video games like DOA and Ninja Gaiden, he was very successful and his name was popular, his arrogance and his EGO took him very far to mistreat his staff, Then Devils Third came and karma hit him Lasted.
From being a video game personality, he is now dedicated to making low-quality games.
karma does exist
March Climber
Member
What's a term similar to One Hit Wonder where someone makes about 4-5ish great titles and then suddenly makes bad products, bad business decisions, and fades into obscurity? There are a few movie directors who have done this too.
Bruno_Arrais85
Member
good luck with that crap
Javthusiast
Banned
From DoA and Ninja Gaiden to shite status.
names are for friends
Member
Movies aren't really the same because the director has (in general) more control over the end product
But also, other than Ninja Gaiden Black (and maybe DOA if you're into that kind of thing (I mean fighting games not boobies)) who cares about Itagaki. Ninja Gaiden 2 sucked. Since that game in 2008 he was the director of Devil's Third and the "supreme advisor" for a Samurai Jack game. His name doesn't have enough weight to sell an NFT project to gamers lol
I do like his attitude though
Jack Videogames
Member
Fuck me dude.
Team Ninja burying NG with a terrible threequel, forgetting their roots, and settling into a comfy Soulslike niche - that's Ninja Dog behaviour.
But this? They don't make a ninja rank demeaning enough to describe it.
Ninja Fungible Token
Companion Cube
Member
Et tu, Itagaki?
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
He's not the first "genius" to fail when going independent.
If this next game fails I think it's time to admit that Itagaki isn't good enough without his DoA/NG team. After a few early missteps, they now seem to be doing fine without him.
Inafune is a total disappointment as a person, I met him in person and he is a liar and a thief. I loved Megaman, but the attitudes let me down.
Kacho
Member
Barakov
Gold Member
Kacho
Member
LOLlmfao
this is real and not a scam btw. You'd have to be crazy to think that
Can't help but laugh at this. The first half of the year was companies putting out feelers for NFT horseshit and after people rejected it they backed off almost immediately.
Then comes Itagaki and his crew months late, all like "yo you guys like NFTs?" I just can't. hahaha
StateofMajora
Banned
Ninja scamden.
He's so excited for all the hookers and blow he thinks he'll get from this.
Honestly it's sad, the first 2 ninja garden games are special.
He's so excited for all the hookers and blow he thinks he'll get from this.
Honestly it's sad, the first 2 ninja garden games are special.
yurinka
Member
He didn't make it. A team made it. He was the boss of that team.
DragoonWalker
Member
This guy was so full of hubris. I remember his interviews back in the day where he was way up his own ass talking about being like a fighter pilot flying solo in the sky.
But it was fun while it lasted, and DOA3 remains the most fun I ever had with a fighting game as a casual. Ninja Gaiden kicked my ass, but was rewarding.
At least Kojima still makes games as big as crazy as his ego, and Keiichiro Toyama is quietly making another cool horror game that already looks kinda Silent Hill.
But it was fun while it lasted, and DOA3 remains the most fun I ever had with a fighting game as a casual. Ninja Gaiden kicked my ass, but was rewarding.
At least Kojima still makes games as big as crazy as his ego, and Keiichiro Toyama is quietly making another cool horror game that already looks kinda Silent Hill.
Iced Arcade
Member
Japan's is really in love with the NFT world. Weird