GDC: Team Ninja doesn't need Itagaki

By Ellie Gibson Published 25 March, 2009

"The DNA is still there," says Hayachi.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 producer Yosuke Hayachi has said Team Ninja is getting on just fine without its founder, Tomonobu Itagaki.

You may recall that Itagaki once told CVG that if Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was released for PS3, it would be "a loss of face for everyone involved".

At a press conference in San Francisco, a member of the audience asked why Itagaki is so against the Sigma series. "Maybe we should ask him, huh?" joshed the translator.

"Personally there's nothing that I would have against the Sigma series," said Hayachi. "The DNA still exists as Team Ninja, even though the faces may change. The leader has changed, and the person called the creator was has left. But the essence, the DNA is still there.

"There's no reason why I personally would be against the Sigma series still being there, adding more and being a different branching out of the series," continued Hayachi. "I'll be able to prove that with my game, and not have to speak about my game."

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is out this autumn.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Xerx3s #1 3 years ago

    "Team Ninja doesn't need Itagaki "

    Well see about that when he releases his next game. As for sigma...

  • JahB #2 3 years ago

    "There's no reason why I personally would be against the Sigma series still being there, adding more and being a different branching out of the series,"

    translation: "Itagaki is gone, let's milk the cash cow. Watch out for our upcoming Wii conversion."
    Edited by JahB at 25/03/09 @ 09:11

  • nickthegun #3 3 years ago

    To be fair, his last two games have been a wobbly tit simulator and a half finished, buggy disappointment so I wouldnt be worried either.

  • Monkey_Puncher #4 3 years ago

    I just hope they sort out the fugly art style, that shit was nice last generation but it looks like a shiney version of Power Rangers these days.

  • mega7ech #5 3 years ago

    @Coin-Op

    "He's probably sitting in a bar somewhere, smoking a fag, cursing Devil May Cry and PS3 while looking at some cleavege on a innocent girl working behind the bar"

    Lols! You just know that's so true! :)

  • oupe #6 3 years ago

    @mega7ech

    Sounds pretty good actually, just add some beer.