Itagaki Likes Ps3

[Pumpkin Head]

http://games.kikizo.com/features/itagaki_interview_jul06_p3.asp

Kikizo: I am guessing you're thinking seriously about PS3 stuff right now, what can we expect from you on the PS3 side of things?
Itagaki: Of course I am a developer and a programmer, and I am very curious about the PS3 architecture, so I am studying all about it. Last year I did not have enough information on it! But now I know enough about it, I think it's a pretty exciting time.

[cliffbo]

rubbing my eye.... yes its true... good news? surely not!

[venomv]

I don't really like DOA, but I wouldn't say no to Ninja Gaiden.

[Handycrap101]

You think NG will appear on PS3?

[LaLiLuLeLo]

well itagaki works on whatever is the most powerful console at the time. So, we'll see. Maybe an original title. I couldn't care less though.

[VG Aficionado]

I couldn't care less about DOA, but I'm partially curious about Ninja Gaiden. After all, I have some good memories of Master System's original title. It was really tough by the way.

[Applefiend]

And of course if he knows a thing or two about getting the best out of the nVidia GPU in XBox 1... He can do the same for the GPU in PS3.

[Mitri]

hmmm....even though DOA is my favorite fighting series(no not for the females but for the gameplay and because i love seeing hardware pushed to the max graphically at that time) i could live without it. there's always something else. what's good out there?

[woundingchaney]

I would like to see a DOA on PS3 as well as a NG.

[yoshaw]

Allow me to piss off a few of the Itagaki fans(if there are any)

I hate people like him with an attitude. Gimme the humble Fumito Ueda, Kojima and Miyamoto(just saying) and I'll be a happy PS3 owner.

Him? He's just gonna jump ship as soon as there is another next-gen console. Talk like he owns everyone else on it too and begone with another one soon after. Not really a dependable fella and I don't respect him for that alone.

PS: I don't care if anyone disagrees with me. It's my personal opinion of the guy, that's all. Don't jump on me!

[woundingchaney]

I know what you mean by humble, I mean give me a humble Kutaragi anyday. :quagmire:

[yoshaw]

I know what you mean by humble, I mean give me a humble Kutaragi anyday. :quagmire:

Kutaragi who?

:pope:

[gljvd]

And of course if he knows a thing or two about getting the best out of the nVidia GPU in XBox 1... He can do the same for the GPU in PS3.

the two gpus have basicly nothing in common. Your talking about a gpu that is 5 years old

[Goki]

Nothing in common ? How about being made by the same company for a start....

[nemesis121]

NG will never be on PS3, unless MS is dumb enough to not pay for and exclusive deal.

[GTShotoKen]

NG will never be on PS3, unless MS is dumb enough to not pay for and exclusive deal.

Hey it could happen...look at GTA.

P.S.- Wow, I haven't posted in a while. I have a lot of threads to catch up on.

[satriales]

Allow me to piss off a few of the Itagaki fans(if there are any)

I hate people like him with an attitude. Gimme the humble Fumito Ueda, Kojima and Miyamoto(just saying) and I'll be a happy PS3 owner.

Him? He's just gonna jump ship as soon as there is another next-gen console. Talk like he owns everyone else on it too and begone with another one soon after. Not really a dependable fella and I don't respect him for that alone.

PS: I don't care if anyone disagrees with me. It's my personal opinion of the guy, that's all. Don't jump on me!
So your reason for hating him is because he likes to develop games for the most powerful hardware? I think I'd do the same if I was in his position.

Personally the only games of his I've played are the DOA games and I hate them, but I think I'd like Ninja Gaiden if I ever played it. I couldn't care less if he develops for the PS3 though.

[xbdestroya]

More developers = more better; I'm not sure where personal feelings on Itagaki factor in on it all.

Ninja Gaiden and DOA are both ok in my book... and yes, DOA for the girls. :smoke:

[GTShotoKen]

More developers = more better; I'm not sure where personal feelings on Itagaki factor in on it all.

Ninja Gaiden and DOA are both ok in my book... and yes, DOA for the girls. :smoke:

Hells yeah!!!!

But I fell so dirty at the same time.

Am i supposed to feel this way xbdestroya...?

[yoshaw]

So your reason for hating him is because he likes to develop games for the most powerful hardware? I think I'd do the same if I was in his position.

Nope that's not my reason.

I have an opinion that is different than what you want to word it as! :duh:

[EvilTaru]

Personally I don't give a smurf what Itagaki thinks of the consoles, is he making a PS3 game? Or is he not? It's a very simple question. If he's not, then he needs to get lost as far as my PS3 game purchases are concerned.

[venomv]

I wasn't trying to say I think the PS3 would get a Ninja Gaiden game. Just that if it did I may get it.

[RavenFox]

Ninja Gaiden Black is confimed for PS3. I read it somewhere. Plus Itagaki all I have to say is keep your crappy DOA games off the system. Fix them or keep them.

[raVen]

we have virtua fighter and tekken exclusive so I'm good as far as fighting games go... Ninja Gaiden on the other hand, well thats a different story. I'd much rather see a new IP tho.

[Domination]

http://games.kikizo.com/features/itagaki_interview_jul06_p3.asp

Itagaki has a lot of stiff competition he's going to be facing on the PS3. I hope he is ready. That's all I have to say.

[Applefiend]

The DOA games have improved a lot since their last outting on PS2. You can't do cheap counters anymore and there's a lot more depth since the old days. An enhanced DOA4, cos most people thought DOA4 had great backgrounds but underwelming characters, would go down very well.

And remember DOA4 is online, and online fighters are very rare on Playstation.

You know, more the merrier...

[Beenie Man]

I hope he is thinking of making a new IP for the PS3(or making NG2 multiplatform).

[LaLiLuLeLo]

doa's gameplay is just really buttonmasherrific imo. in virtua fighter, button mashing is null and void from the start (to the point where it's not even funny. I just tell my friends before turning it on, 'don't try to button mash, it's no use). In tekken, I can at least shut down anyone who is a button masher, so the skill heirarchy is there. But my roommate who has a 360 and doa4, I can beat him sometimes (after not playing a doa game since doa2hardcore) just by timing my mashing.

[Applefiend]

I'd rather play Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter, Tekken, or even the new 3D Mortal Kombats which are suprisingly good, certainly.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

exactly. mortal kombat...eh....I lost interest around trilogies. never got interested again playing the new ones.

[Applefiend]

Grab Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance for PS2 out a bargain bin, you'll be amazed by how good this game is.

The recent 3D Mortal Kombats are better than DOA, absolutely. But they don't get the love, shame.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

it's midway's own damned fault for running the franchise into the ground before deciding to actually make good games again. as a result they lost money on all those flops and lost the overall positive gamer image of mk series.

[OmniCloud]

Yeah...the system wasn't bad at all-I would Whoop on my cousin severely with Sub-zero-but it is Midway's fault for losing that good image. Whatever tho-Soul Calibur, Tekken, VF, and DOA are the top guns now...

[woundingchaney]

The new mortal kombats are horrible, I cant believe anyone can play those games.

As far as DOA being a button masher, well to a point I agree although playing skilled players a button masher will lose everytime. I like DOA for what it is and it is not a deep fighting game, although it is a gorgeous fast paced online brawler.

[OmniCloud]

The new mortal kombats are horrible, I cant believe anyone can play those games.
I dunno bout anything recent wounding, but I remember Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance was out around the time of Tekken 4 and I played it more than that game...The combat system wasn't deep-but it was easy and surprisingly fun.(even though the characters looked liked molds of clay..lol)

[woundingchaney]

I dunno bout anything recent wounding, but I remember Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance was out around the time of Tekken 4 and I played it more than that game...The combat system wasn't deep-but it was easy and surprisingly fun.(even though the characters looked liked molds of clay..lol)
LOL chock it up to difference in opinion but the last few MK 3d fighters have been hideous. IMO

[Domination]

The new mortal kombats are horrible, I cant believe anyone can play those games.

As far as DOA being a button masher, well to a point I agree although playing skilled players a button masher will lose everytime. I like DOA for what it is and it is not a deep fighting game, although it is a gorgeous fast paced online brawler.

They aren't for everyone. I'll admit that. But they weren't to bad, IMO. The new MK series, I believe, are nothing more than an instant fix. In other words, they are designed for the general audience to quickly jump into and start playing. So I would probably classify it as a more family friendly game with a gory touch. :)

[Smokey]

i win alota games being a button masher & all lol :)

[cpiasminc]

The new mortal kombats are horrible, I cant believe anyone can play those games.

As far as DOA being a button masher, well to a point I agree although playing skilled players a button masher will lose everytime. I like DOA for what it is and it is not a deep fighting game, although it is a gorgeous fast paced online brawler.
Well, I also find that's exactly what makes DOA a good game from a sales standpoint -- it's approachable to both casual and experienced gamers alike (boob physics has something to do with it, but that wears off quickly). A casual gamer can pick it up and play reasonably well, while an experienced player can get into it to an extent and play exceptionally well. And even without button mashing, a novice can pick it up and be able to get by without doing insane combinations and counters and just timing the simple stuff intelligently. In practice, that's actually probably the most difficult thing to do in all of game development.

My problem with the MK series is that for so long, it's been built around the opposite premise. You're completely dependent on combos, juggling, fancy moves, and just memorization of esoteric button combinations or the game is basically out of reach. Granted, if you can memorize them, you can get through the game rather easily, but you can't get by without them.

[Goki]

I used to hang around people who were sorta like Tekken champions during the days of tekken 3 and TTT. No amount of cazy button mashing could get through these guys, Fingers with infrared laserbeams to pon point exact time to press a button. These guys used to go to comeptitions and stuff ( I was well schocked then to find out there was a Tekken championships.)

[Pistolero]

Now, will this materialize into some fancy games on the system? I wouldn't count on a NG2 since fans of the first ones are Xbox adepts and I highly doubt Microsoft would sacrifice one of the rare successful Japanese franchises they've got. DOA could probably go multiplatform but, again, Microsoft would presumably not like to see system killer apps that conjure up the platform identity migrate toward other horizons...Maybe another original IP? Who knows?

[woundingchaney]

Now, will this materialize into some fancy games on the system? I wouldn't count on a NG2 since fans of the first ones are Xbox adepts and I highly doubt Microsoft would sacrifice one of the rare successful Japanese franchises they've got. DOA could probably go multiplatform but, again, Microsoft would presumably not like to see system killer apps that conjure up the platform identity migrate toward other horizons...Maybe another original IP? Who knows?
Code Cronus????????

[Domination]

Now, will this materialize into some fancy games on the system? I wouldn't count on a NG2 since fans of the first ones are Xbox adepts and I highly doubt Microsoft would sacrifice one of the rare successful Japanese franchises they've got. DOA could probably go multiplatform but, again, Microsoft would presumably not like to see system killer apps that conjure up the platform identity migrate toward other horizons...Maybe another original IP? Who knows?

I'm not fully buying the rumors on Ninja Gaiden 2 as a multi platform title. Team Ninja isn't really a large developement studio at all. So I'm thinking a multi-platform title like this would be a too much of a burden on the team. If anything were to go multi-plat, I'd wager it being something like Beach Volleyball or the DOA series since they are rather short.

[bRoNx]

I'm not fully buying the rumors on Ninja Gaiden 2 as a multi platform title. Team Ninja isn't really a large developement studio at all. So I'm thinking a multi-platform title like this would be a too much of a burden on the team. If anything were to go multi-plat, I'd wager it being something like Beach Volleyball or the DOA series since they are rather short
Fo' real?! In that case, they can keep their Beach Volleyball! I was quietly hoping for either NG2, or a new IP...but not DOA! Aw pleezzz...

For all the fans of DOA, you can always turn to the 'net for real titties! If it's the interaction you want, then a girlfriend should suffice. Hell, even a ho would be good enough for a quick 'tittie' fix. Just don't pollute my PS3 with that nipple fest of a fighter.

[Nameless]

Fo' real?! In that case, they can keep their Beach Volleyball! I was quietly hoping for either NG2, or a new IP...but not DOA! Aw pleezzz...

For all the fans of DOA, you can always turn to the 'net for real titties! If it's the interaction you want, then a girlfriend should suffice. Hell, even a ho would be good enough for a quick 'tittie' fix. Just don't pollute my PS3 with that nipple fest of a fighter.

The quote of the day, hillarious. :cheers:

[woundingchaney]

Fo' real?! In that case, they can keep their Beach Volleyball! I was quietly hoping for either NG2, or a new IP...but not DOA! Aw pleezzz...

For all the fans of DOA, you can always turn to the 'net for real titties! If it's the interaction you want, then a girlfriend should suffice. Hell, even a ho would be good enough for a quick 'tittie' fix. Just don't pollute my PS3 with that nipple fest of a fighter.
LOL

You dont get no steenking nipple fest.

[yoshaw]

LOL

You dont get no steenking nipple fest.

Yes you do! My friends with Xbox always keep telling me how PS2 doesn't have anything like it(DOAX nude patch).

LOL :laugh:

[Black Dragon37]

This may be the first time Itagaki-san managed to contradict statements of his with reason!

He must've been at Alcoholics Anonymous for quite a while...

[Domination]

Fo' real?! In that case, they can keep their Beach Volleyball! I was quietly hoping for either NG2, or a new IP...but not DOA! Aw pleezzz...

For all the fans of DOA, you can always turn to the 'net for real titties! If it's the interaction you want, then a girlfriend should suffice. Hell, even a ho would be good enough for a quick 'tittie' fix. Just don't pollute my PS3 with that nipple fest of a fighter.

Well, there is also an up side to this as a small possibility. Since Ninja Gaiden is a more complex game than others, Itagaki may want to get the most out of it, which is probably why he searches for the most advance hardware. So I'm thinking there is a chance of the title ending up on the PlayStation platform.

[Voidler]

NG will never be on PS3, unless MS is dumb enough to not pay for and exclusive deal.NG didn't sell well enough for MS to have any serious considerations on getting it wholly exclusive

[edoshin]

I keep hearing things like "MS wouldn't allow it to go multi-plat", but oes MS even have a say in whether NG stays on their platform other than purchasing the exclusive outright?

[edoshin]

Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi had always gone toe to toe in its early days .. I didn't try Shinobi on PS2, but its seems obviously apparent that its not in the same class as NG. I would like to see a revival of Shinobi, and a brand new IP from Itagaki.

[Black Dragon37]

I used to hang around people who were sorta like Tekken champions during the days of tekken 3 and TTT. No amount of cazy button mashing could get through these guys, Fingers with infrared laserbeams to pon point exact time to press a button. These guys used to go to comeptitions and stuff ( I was well schocked then to find out there was a Tekken championships.)
Y'know, if you live in (or near) London, there is an arcade place called Casino (right near Goodge Street [Underground] Station) where T5DR is. The competitive hardcore player normally go there.

[Applefiend]

I bought Shinobi on PS2.

It was crap. Sega ain't what they used to be.

[Nameless]

I bought Shinobi on PS2.

It was crap. Sega ain't what they used to be.
Agreed...
Shinobi could have been so much more...

I would like to see a new development team take a crack at the Shinobi IP. :stirpot:

[Black Dragon37]

Hell, even Sonic isn't living up to its hype, according to some testers.

[Red_Eyes]

They should return Sonic to 2D. Very high resolution 2D sprites with very very smooth animations and high resolution backgrounds.

[venomv]

Yeah, i would probably play that, but I will never buy a 3D Sonic game now, all the ones I've play didn't live up to the 2D ones.

[Applefiend]

Yup, 3D Sonic seems done to death, a 2.5D Sonic like New Super Mario Bros would be excellent.

[Overload]

I think they're already trying that, its a game for the PSP called "sonic chase" no wait its "sonic rivals". I bet it wont even matter tho.

[Viper]

E3 impressions have given a big thumbs up to the new Sonic Wii game because of its roots in simple fast paced gameplay like we've all been asking for about a past decade.

[Killing Moon]

He's obviously gonna' make PS3 games. But he won't ever see a dime from my wallet.

[Saibo]

He's obviously gonna' make PS3 games. But he won't ever see a dime from my wallet.

I might give him a dime, if its not yet another DOA game *argh*..

if i want bouncing boobs, i'll watch porn, if i want a fighting game i'll play Virtual Fighter.

i kid, i kid. but i really dont want another DOA game. played DOA since the dreamcast..its getting old.

[Mitri]

the sonic game that i think that u are talking about overload is the one for the DS and it uses the touch screen to move sonic.

[Black Dragon37]

Let's get back on topic, please. :)