Itagaki says Ninja Gaiden Sigma was 'no good'

Having interviewed both Itagaki and Hayashi, let me say that the latter is a far nicer person to be around.

Well that's a no-brainer. XD

Didn't nab Sigma, tried the demo but it didn't grab me. Meanwhile I'm still trying to beat Bael's ugly-ass face into a pulp in Dante Must Die mode. Ah well.

Since when has the lack of evolution (let alone revolution) caused anyone to think less of a next-gen game? I've seen repeat after bland repeat get high marks on all three consoles. If you're going to judge Ninja Gaiden by that measure, then everyone had better start casting a harder light on when reviewing the next shooter, sports, racing, or fighting sequel to hit the shelves.

Ugh the guy is just hyping up his new title. The fact that he basicly gets payed by MS completes the picture.

What a dick!!

besides water combat, survival mode new textures and lighting, Sigma had little to offer really from NG Black.

the inclusion of Rachel IMO, weakened Ryu's story of vengence. the DCTF was pretty laggy as a weapon.

Sigma managed to make water look worse for some reason, and even tho the game is installed it finds ways of loading, MIDFIGHT, halting the action.

there's some minor mishaps like 2 extra costumes missing and Ryu's afterimage missing from every move it involved.

i'd be disappointed too if my game design was messed with. but all that aside he was kinda harsh.

but damn does Ninja Gaiden 2 look good. :D

so lack of evolution or revolution does not a AAA title make? WHAT THE FUCK IS HALO 3 THEN!?!? cause i dont see any (re)volution there. does anyone?

Eggy's right sadly. Moneysoft is paying a ton of money to an "exclusive" 360 title.

Sigma was awsome. I also loved ninja gaiden on the ds too. But wow what an ass. They are also charging to 2 bucks and 50 cents for extra skins that are on the disc for the 360 version. Also the camera is not working too well on NG 2.

I hope that Ninja Gaiden 2 is ported to the PS 3. I also have a wii and ds so I'm not really a fanboy. It's just sad that microsft is paying so much money to have GTA 4 dlc and Ninja Gaiden 2. Sony should at least buy back the games or something. They have the money to do this. They aren't poor.

Overall, buying three consoles gets a little to expensive. I also don't justify buy a 360 if it's not going to outlast a 20 year old NES or SNES, Sega, hell Neo-Geo too. Even the dreamcast is still doing amazing for outlasting a xbox. Granted I know that they have "fixed" the issue with better processors but jeez I also hear that the issue of red ringing is still there. The problem with the 360 was that microsoft treated gaming hardware like software which windows it's the best operating system even though it's the most widely used. Although Live is what the 360 got right and coming out sooner too.

I'm going to still hope that Ninja Gaiden 2 will be ported over to the PS3 maybe by 2009. Since Sigma was clearly the better port over the original xbox versions.

Itagaki is perfect for Microsoft, he fits right in there. This is just to make Microsoft look like a better console, hes kissing their ass all the way. IMO its just sad.

Besides every review I've seen says Sigma is the definitive version of NG1, so screw him. NG2 won't beat the original anyways.

I've always assumed the man to be a prick. This kind of proves it.

Itagaki is a butthead, a MS whore, a sexual harasser and an idiot. Let him have the 360. I feel bad for the other guy though. He needs to get a new job elsewhere.

Since when has his games ever been bleeding edge? The damn series has been re done about a 100 times since it came out in 2004(?). They guy is also a fake. Trying to act all tough and macho when back in 2000 he was a skinny nerd with a pocket protector. And realized people weren't interested in that. So he gave himself this tough guy image. Guy is a fucking joke.

who cares I traded in my 360 last year, and NG2 looks like the same engine with more blood.

I actually hope the owner of tecmo makes him do a port sigma was supposed to expand the audience not innovate i liked it and ninja gaiden 2 is one of two games that make want a 360 sometimes

oh i dont think they will actually do it or at least not anytime soon just wishful thinking

I have a PS3 and a 360, and I haven't seen one game on either platform that I say... wow, that couldn't have been done on the other system. What this really boils down to is politics... not hardware. NGS and NG2 aren't great because of the platforms they run on... its the games themselves that make them what they are.

What I don't get is, why did he decide to develop NG for the Xbox/360? Xbox sales in Japan have always sucked, usually Japanese developers don't make big games for it. The best XBOX games are mostly American, where Japan is best known for Nintendo/PS titles.
Guess he really is a black sheep, and an ass.
But I would like to play NG2, but don't want a 360 until M$ redesigns that piece of sh!t. I can't believe they haven't yet. Too many people I know with many broken systems.

I'm really sick of hearing from Itagaki. When Sigma for the PS3 came out, he was ranting and raving about how the PS3 was the system of the future and that it was the best next-gen system (which was the reason NG was ported to it rather than to the 360).


Now he's singing the 360's praises.

He seriously just says whatever he's paid to say.

Have to say it too, Uncharted would not have looked as nice on the Box. Got both platforms too, haven't seen anything on the 360 yet to match Uncharted, [or Oblivion] and it's a 1st gen game! That aside, this guy is a M$ payed man... that's that.

Itagaki is just like Gabe from Valve, he's a microsoft sausage swallower. This doesn't affect me though, because i'm not a fan of Team Ninja's games. God of War>Ninja Gaiden

I've always really disliked Itagaki, purely because he was so arrogant. This reinforces my opinions.

Screw you pizza face.

Never trust a man with bad skin and sunglasses.

Maybe he should allow his 'sub-ordinate' to port NG 2 to PS3...but without the reportedly crappy camera?

Not really worried about not playing Ninja Gaiden II, not after lthe whole Sigma experience, although it's interesting that a game with almost zero replayability would appear on a console that thrives on convincing it's user base to play the same damned games over and over again.

Different strokes for different folks I suppose....

This guy is real funny because his studio has not changed much of their graphics since dreamcast. Look at the evolution of dead or alive2 first it came out on dreamcast then ps2 and it was only enhanced. After that it came out on xbox and still wasn't much of an upgrade they still looked the same. Then finally it came out on 360 and they still looked the same just with more texture and new boards. Same goes for ninja gaiden for xbox the enhanced port for ps3 looks a little better but ninja gaiden 2 looks like the same for 360. This guy is a joke.

Leave it to Itagaki to make a career out of selling the same game over and over. Anyone who has followed the DOA series knows what I'm talking about. Ninja Gaiden is no exception. NG2 looks pretty much the same as Sigma, just a few new weapons, but apart from that, nothing special. And the reason he's talking smack about the PS3 now is because M$ is paying him some top dollar to keep the game exclusive.

I'm not going to bash Itagaki because his persona is a known "phenomenon" in the gaming industry. He spouts hyperbole and vitriol in equal parts so I ignore most of the nonsense he says; good or bad.

I just wanted to start that I played NG on the Xbox and really enjoyed it. I then picked up NGB (knowing it was pretty much a remake) and abandoned it after a few days. Maybe it was just an impulse buy - maybe I thought there would be more in it than there was.

I thought of picking up NGS on the PS3 until I read more into it and it was confirmed that it is, once again, the same game rehashed AGAIN. How many times can you remake the same game? This really smacks of greedy studios churning out titles just to squeeze more coin from a licence.

I checked out the footage of NG2 and I have to say (and I'm sure someone will shout PS3 fanboy!) I wasn't that impressed. The blood was so over the top that I couldn't see what the hell was going on. It was like watching the Transformers movie but with ninjas and gore. Lots of pretty polygons flying around and no idea if it's actually any good or an improvement on the previous gen.

So, I wasn't upset to hear NG2 was staying on the 360. They can have it. I *honestly* don't see the appeal to this man's games anymore. I'm sure it will sell buckets though, and I'm sure people will enjoy it . That's the best thing about the gaming industry - not everyone is going to like the same games.

Bought NGS few months back. Played for awhile then but stopped. Started playing again the other week and got soo bored and sick of quickly. Gameplay very repetative and boring, waaay to much backtracking and $hit camera. Up to 13th or 14th chapter but not going to bother finishing it, just a big snooze fest for me. Heavenly Sword may not be perfect but certainly better than this piece of $hit.

Itagaki has always seemed like a major freak/creep to me especially because of the DOA games. Having NG 2 remain 360 exclusive is hardly going to be a loss for the Playstation community.

This game's going toe to toe with MGS4... know which one I will be buying. This wankers games are always the same anyway, they just get a little prettier with each incarnation hardly what I would call revolutionary. Is blood enough to make it feel any different, lol. Bring on Metal Gear baby!