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Reaper527

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"At approximately 2:30 PM Japan Standard Time today, June 3 2008, an official statement from Tomonobu Itagaki was sent by fax to major Japanese news outlets. In the interest of fair and expedient reporting of this story throughout the English-speaking world, I have been asked by Itagaki to convey this statement to you. Herein find attached Itagaki's official statement, in English, for the benefit of your readers.

"...You will likely have questions regarding the content of the statement, or about Itagaki's future plans. I am afraid that I will be unable to answer such questions for the time being; however, rest assured that more information will be forthcoming as soon as it is deemed appropriate to do so."


full story at the following link

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168056

i wonder if he'll go to another company, or just start his own. i also wonder if any of his team will also leave tecmo and follow him.
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pingrr

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Ninja Gaiden Creator Itagaki Leaving Team Ninja, Suing Tecmo
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2008, 01:04:00 PM »

I would bet he is probably looking into starting his own company.
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twistedsymphony

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Ninja Gaiden Creator Itagaki Leaving Team Ninja, Suing Tecmo
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 08:25:00 AM »

wow... I guess this means that Code Chronos will never see the light of day.

to be perfectly honest his games were getting a little stale... hopefully if he creates his own studio we'll see some fresh new ideas out of him.
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