So, in short, Tecmo is eating itself. You may now carry on with your day.
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So, in short, Tecmo is eating itself. You may now carry on with your day.
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Reader Comments (89)
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:00PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Oh god...no, just no, thats not happening..
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Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:20PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Yeah, Itakagi better know who hes messing with :)
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Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:06PM (Unverified) said
"...Tecmo is eating itself..."
*dirty, dirty mind*
*dirty, dirty mind*
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:08PM RKN said
Why are they finally deciding to sue Tecmo now after all this time of not being properly compensated (I think since 2004)?
Were they afraid, and now that Itagaki is leaving, they have no fear? : /
Were they afraid, and now that Itagaki is leaving, they have no fear? : /
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:19PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Nobody can defeat enemies on their own
"But with my friends, I shall prevail!"
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"But with my friends, I shall prevail!"
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:12PM (Unverified) said
Keep your pimp hand strong Itagaki, keep your pimp hand strong.
"Beech bettah haf mah moneee"
"Beech bettah haf mah moneee"
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 3:30PM (Unverified) said
Enough with the fricken God Hand Sammy, I get it.
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Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:22PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
So.... Does this mean no Tecmo Bowl DS?
:(
[mumbles to himself] Readydownhuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthut
:(
[mumbles to himself] Readydownhuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthut
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:23PM FakeJamaican said
that will teach them to release their games on retarded black cartridges back in the day....
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:29PM (Unverified) said
I'm sure Microsoft would take Team Ninja and Itagaki and buy the NG and DOA from Tecmo then Tecmo would need to merge with some company like Square did with Enix cause that creator of FF left.
Microsoft better be smart with this and take Team Ninja and Itagaki and buy NG and DOA before anything they need more First party developers cause Rare seemed smart at the beginning then messed everything up with trying to get a casual audience games like Viva pinata and Banjo when they should have make another Perfect Dark
Microsoft better be smart with this and take Team Ninja and Itagaki and buy NG and DOA before anything they need more First party developers cause Rare seemed smart at the beginning then messed everything up with trying to get a casual audience games like Viva pinata and Banjo when they should have make another Perfect Dark
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 3:23PM (Unverified) said
I'm looking forward to the new Banjo game... and I'm pretty sure they made a new Perfect Dark (zero)
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Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:30PM carg0 said
now would probably be a good time to start selling that stock.
like, all of it.
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 3:20PM (Unverified) said
You're weeks late, it was the perfect time to sell when Itagaki announced his departure. The value will be in the shitter after this news.
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Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:33PM Player1 said
LOL. Remember when this story first broke and everyone was making comments like, "Itakagi is such a bitchy crybaby".
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:45PM (Unverified) said
I think that had more to do with this
"...and allegations that Yasuda "made demeaning remarks" about him to other Tecmo employees, which resulted in "significant emotional distress" and "worsening [of his] personal relationships and work environment.""
Either way, more powahr to the peoples!
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"...and allegations that Yasuda "made demeaning remarks" about him to other Tecmo employees, which resulted in "significant emotional distress" and "worsening [of his] personal relationships and work environment.""
Either way, more powahr to the peoples!
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 4:07PM SoCoolCurt said
i still think the guys a douche but unpaid wages are unpaid wages. no one is above paying what they owe.
(/in Riley Freeman voice)
"you hear that Tecmo? you gonna pay what you owe!"
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(/in Riley Freeman voice)
"you hear that Tecmo? you gonna pay what you owe!"
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 2:52PM Ozzy said
The Everyone vs. Everyone case!
attorney for the defendant is Kyle's dad
attorney for the plaintiff is Kyle's dad!
attorney for the defendant is Kyle's dad
attorney for the plaintiff is Kyle's dad!
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 3:02PM Mr Khan said
Damn that cascaded into a quick collapse
Here's hoping it doesn't impact Fatal Frame IV
Here's hoping it doesn't impact Fatal Frame IV
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 3:24PM (Unverified) said
wasn't Spielberg making a Fatal Frame movie? what happened to it? :(
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Posted: Jun 17th 2008 3:12PM (Unverified) said
M$ time to start spending that money and getting Team Ninja and Itagaki.
To me M$ doesn't need Tecmo just Team Ninja.
To me M$ doesn't need Tecmo just Team Ninja.
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 4:11PM SoCoolCurt said
i actually wouldnt be surprised if that happened. Team Ninja certainly seems to love working on the 360 anyway. oh well, i dont think they were working on another Heavenly Sword anyway and im not really a fan of the Ninja Gaiden series, so eat your heart out MS, go get em!
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Posted: Jun 17th 2008 5:50PM (Unverified) said
They have the money so paying up on bonuses shouldn't be an issue unless M$ truly wants to get sued also.
M$ nows you're chance to Rival Sony's Tekken and God of War with Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive.
M$ better acquire Team Ninja cause Tecmo just seems wasteful(what have they've done other than Fatal Frame and that Bowling thing?) and it might cause problems with people like Itagaki and Team Ninja if their former employees are at the same company.
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M$ nows you're chance to Rival Sony's Tekken and God of War with Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive.
M$ better acquire Team Ninja cause Tecmo just seems wasteful(what have they've done other than Fatal Frame and that Bowling thing?) and it might cause problems with people like Itagaki and Team Ninja if their former employees are at the same company.
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 6:05PM SoCoolCurt said
damn that was Ninja Theory wasnt it? i just thought 'Ninja' i guess. my bad, well my point is even further validated then in my eyes. go get em MS.
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Posted: Jun 17th 2008 3:50PM Pushtrak said
Tecmo are morons. You don't treat a talented team like crap and expect profits to roll in constantly. Considering how important Team Ninja were to Tecmo, this should have been even more obvious.
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 3:57PM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
"You gotta keep ya pimp hand strong in Amsterdam; that's the realest game my n***a Don 'The Dragon' Wilson laid on me, of course that was after he roundhouse'd the shit out of me for bustin' through his window while he was watchin' Shaq in Kazaam..."
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 4:24PM Slaziman said
BOOM! headshot!
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 5:00PM jynxycat said
So, these people are filing for holiday pay they just happened to not care about before ?
Me thinks they probably weren't granted any to begin with, and now think they're owed it.
Me thinks they probably weren't granted any to begin with, and now think they're owed it.
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 6:19PM (Unverified) said
they probably were owed the money just that they didn't have the balls to do anything until Itagaki went public.
M$ please get Team Ninja.
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M$ please get Team Ninja.
Posted: Jun 17th 2008 5:49PM Korova Pamplona said
Itagaki and the employees are going to open a new studio called Giant Ninja Bomb.
People will boycott TECMO games forever as revenge.
People will boycott TECMO games forever as revenge.
Posted: Jun 18th 2008 11:20AM (Unverified) said
Japanese companies never pay for overtime. I thought that was the rules?
Japanese companies work on a loyalty system, which basically meas you work 100 hrs unpaid overtime a week for the 1st 10 years, and then kick back and play golf for the rest of your career.
Darn youngsters with their western ideas!
Japanese companies work on a loyalty system, which basically meas you work 100 hrs unpaid overtime a week for the 1st 10 years, and then kick back and play golf for the rest of your career.
Darn youngsters with their western ideas!
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