MS08: Interview Of Itagaki

by Snoopers-

Last week was held the Xbox 360 Showcase in San Francisco, and we've had the great opportunity to spend some quality time with the bests game designers of the Microsoft pool. Last friday we started with Shane Kim, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Games Studio. Today we go on with the creator of the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series, head of Team Ninja and Katana enthusiast, the uncompromising Tomonobu Itagaki and his Ninja Gaiden 2.

[turbogeekx]

I can't stand this guy. He's always been so full of himself and his games aren't even that good.

[juuken]

Not to mention that his face looks as if it went through a grinder.

[WildArmed]

He disses GoW and DMC like his games rock.
It sucks to be him... His game got a worser Meta rating then Ninja Gaiden Sigma that he called "not good". LOL
Atleast Sigma was 60fps and 1080p... much better than NGII. XD
Just shows that Ita is an idiot. In no way does he respect the 360's power or PS3's power.

I mean seriously, Ninja Gaiden is good and all, but dont make yourself look like an idiot.
Dont rush a game, Xbox is more than capable of the good garphics

[Breakfast]

lol..."worser"...i dont why that makes me laugh.

But, yeah...Ninja Gaiden rocks, not too sure about NG 2...God of War rocks, and DMC has the boring-est gameplay.

Itagaki talks alot, but made one of my favourite games ever. Im sure NG 2 will be equal, too, or greater then the first...i cant see a step backwards...

There you go...the Breakfast round-up.

@ Boot

lol

[bootsielon]

You meant worsererer.

[Megaton]

He's got the ego of someone who has accomplished 10x as much, yet the people who have perhaps earned that arrogant sensibility don't exercise it nearly as much as he does.

He should go back to the basics and make a Ninja Gaiden game with a camera system that doesn't seem like it was created at the dawn of 3D gaming, then he can work on his mindless trash talk towards everything even remotely resembling competition.

[jollygoodchap8]

Randomly warping through time from the mid 80's couldn't have been easy for him.

I'm sure the 80's metal scene missed him when he left.

[deeznuts]

"lol..."worser" ...i dont why that makes me laugh. "

If you're going to laugh at his choice of words, maybe you should ensure at least that one line is correct.

[Breakfast]

""lol..."worser " ...i dont why that makes me laugh. "

If you're going to laugh at his choice of words, maybe you should ensure at least that one line is correct."

wow...im off my game today. bubble, for putting me in my place.

[projectile]

Ninja gaiden sigma is not 1080p. It is 720p that is scaled up to 1080p. Thats is the same as NG2. Every game on the 360 can be scaled to 1080p from 720p.
Source: http://forum.beyond3d.com/s... - the site that busted halo 3 and cod 4 for beeing sub 720p.

[deeznuts]

Hey, I give you props for owning up.

[Condoleezza Rice]

I mean,jeezus...

Anyways,hopefully Itagaki will announce the Camera Patch soon.

[Kleptic]

this guy is the exact reason it is funny when Japanese developers claim that every other demographic of society has arrogant people, and that they are not...

Itagaki is the biggest douche in gaming...NG, NGB, and NGS were all great...I am sure NG2 is awesome as well (albeit no better than any of the other NG games)...but Dead or Alive was always second rate imo...and all the sex games that spun out of that franchise were simply jokes and nothing more...

Cliffy B. used to run his mouth like this before...except he delivered on it...he told everyone that Gears would set the bar on consoles at the time...it did exactly that...but notice the trend...Cliffy B. has sounded somewhat humbled for Gears 2...the competition has definitely brought some guns out...so Cliffy isn't shooting his mouth off anymore, and it won't come back to haunt him...Itagaki hasn't shut his mouth since 2004...and has been beating his chest about NG2 for the past year...and look what happened...its not the best action game ever made...and it looks like its just turning out to be a average-decent game definitely worth renting, but possibly not buying...its just NGS with a bit more gore and new environments...and apparently a crappy framerate (Itagaki's complaint, not mine)...

[ISA_Scum]

"Yes, our game bombed. I insulted everyone and now my game is only an A-AA title. But it's not my fault. My Dev team sucks ass. Useless fools. And the 360 is terrible hardware. And critics obviously don't know how to use my camera properly. Framerate is overrated, only idiots would criticize that!"

Wow, atleast he's honest!

[LenHart]

NG2 got 7/10 from most websites

Itagaki there goes your AAA crap .

what a shame . NGS had better graphics on PS3 despite being an XBOX port and ran at 1080p at 60 fps

NG2 runs at 720 at 20 fps ...that terrible x360 HW is to be blamed

Gamereactor and most websites bashed the game for its inferior graphics

[367 To Your Ass]

i'm F#CKING tired of this go to beyond 3d, see for your self.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/s...

http://ps3.ign.com/dor/obje...

[LenHart]

beyond3d forum hahhha run by XBOTS named deep ,statix and quaz from NEOGAF forums

those guys dont even own a PS3

NGS screenshots grabbed from TV at 1080P

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar... (eurogamer)

NGS runs at 1080p NATIVE at 60 fps ( confirmed by DEV hayashi himself)

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/20...

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/20...

NGS runs at full 1080P NATIVE at 60 fps

[DevastationEve]

i noticed it a few times but who cares it's damn good game, much better than xbox's version.

(edit) those pics are up scaled read the review of where those pics originated from.

[LenHart]

Everyone confirmed it . eurogamer tested it

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/20...

GT5P,RR7, NGS,WARDEVIL,WIPEOUT all runs at FULL 1080P NATIVE at 60- fps

NGS runs at full 1080P NATIVE at 60 fps . However TECMO uses different methods to achieve that rez made possible because of the tweaks added to the latest PS3 SDK

"Speaking of which, Ninja Gaiden Sigma's 1080p support is somewhat odd. There's a touch more lag and more v-sync issues than 720p, but it's clear from the scaling artifacts that it's not a 1920x1080 game; chances are that Team Ninja are using one of the 'pseudo-1080p' modes added to the more recent versions of the PS3 SDK, where 1280x1080 and 1440x1080 support were added. Fewer pixels to render means faster frame rates, with the RSX GPU scaling up each frame to 1920x1080 before it reaches your display."

[DevastationEve]

i'm not even questioning how good the game is because i own it.

from eurogamer

http://images.eurogamer.net...

http://images.eurogamer.net...

take a good look at them, it's upscaled.

[LenHart]

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

"So much so that even though we tried to avoid capturing it in our screenshots, a couple of instances are still there in both 720p and 1080p galleries. "

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/20...

"What's most impressive, though, is the final framerate and resolution count. With some advanced effects like self-shading, you'd expect the normal 720p at 60fps or 1080p at 30fps, right? No. Team Ninja is actually delivering those advanced graphical techniques with a persistant 60fps at an astounding 1080p! Hayashi claims that no game has yet to do that, neither on the 360 or the PS3. We can't wait to see it in action."

1080P native galleries

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

@apocalyps3

I cant trust you since i am a LEAD GAME TESTER. Dont argue with me on it . It runs at 1080p native but TECMO uses some sort of indirect mapping to achieve 1080P

It is 100% 1080p native at 60 fps.

100% confirmed. I need no info since i myself tested the game .

NGS was first 720P . then at the very last moment TECMO relied on INDIRECT MAPPING to achieve 1080p native rez. that was a rushed decision. this is why on some TVs u u would get the idea that it might not be running at FULL HD

NG2 sometimes run at 20 fps though . normally it is between 25-26fps

:)

No 1080P is not effectively 2x as much pixels . It is around 70% more pixels. clarity has nothing to do here. a game could run at 1080p and has jaggies . a game could run at 1080p without jaggies and with 4x AAA

jaggies necessarily doesnt give you an indication of the native resolution . However at higher rez it is harder to do AA . that doesnt necessarily mean that the game is not running at 1080p

improper coding can also lead to jaggies

NGS as i said after testing the game myself runs at FULL 1080P native at 60 fps

[DevastationEve]

true 1080p is much smoother than what is shown in NGS, like wipe out HD, that is true 1080p and it definitely looks it.

however from what i saw NG2 didn't look like it made any real improvements, so it's maybe a rental at most.

[DevastationEve]

1080p literally has little to almost no jagged edges, even 1080p with no AA is clearer than what is depicted in NGS, look at MGS4 that is more clearer and sharper than NGS.

http://images.eurogamer.net...

http://ps3.ign.com/dor/obje...

1920x1080 is 2,073,600 pixels and 1280x720 is 921,600 pixels (NO AA)....so yeah it's more than twice the pixels.

[Stryfeno1]

I gave Itagaki and his team alot of respect when I first saw DOA3 on the original xbox. The graphics for that game was simply incredible.

NG1 was a great game and I cannot wait for NG2.

[GUNS N SWORDS]

if there is any bugs that need to be fixed they can be addressed with a patch,with that being said it's going to have a lot of new costumes up for downloads, plus it's going to have the ability to record your game play and display it online, just like halo 3 itagaki said.

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

After seing this vid I'm 100% sure this dude is a transsexual

[RecSpec]

People have issues with a developer who speaks his mind...who would have thought?

[mistertwoturbo]

It's not that people have something against a developer who speaks their mind, it's just that Itagaki in particular will downplay other developers and other games as if he was the god of all developers.

[lim_ryan]

www.gamesradar.com review

1. Horrible camera that gets stuck behind things
2. Lousy level graphics that don't jibe with the pretty-looking gore
3. Punishing difficulty makes victory nigh-impossible

[Stryfeno1]

www.gamesradar.com review

You'll love:
1. Gory, slice and dice combat
2. Easy-access sub-menu
3. Punishing difficulty makes victory that much sweeter

[HateBoy]

That comment AGAIN?!?! It's like its following me...

Stop spamming asshole!

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

SS- Whats with the shades Itagaki? Whats going on behind the tint dude?

TI- I actually do not have eyes... *pauses* ... just empty, soulless, sockets...

SS- Wow, thats pretty sad dude, how do you cope?

TI- Acting like a douche of course.

[AnimeRaven]

I can say that I truely hate this guy. Somebody needs to step up and put him is his place. Hopefully that will happen soon, or even better his own words bite him in the but. NG series has always been great, but dang man don't disrespect other devs.

[STARS]

The game looks pretty decent actually, not an AAA title like Microsoft and Itagaki hyped this to be, but remotely enticing. And also, does this guy get dressed in the dark everyday thinking he's in the Japanese version of the Matrix? I got news for you "Neo," you look like a complete jack***, and your games aren't the greatest thing since sliced bread.

[LenHart]

so it is a mdeiocre game at best

no denying that

[Gabe323]

How is 3 of the 8 reviews MOST?

Gamedaily: 9
Gametap: 9
VideoGamer: 9
IGN: 8.7
CVG: 8
xboxonline: 7.5
GamesRadar: 7
Eurogamer: 7

[7h3ultim8p00]

Yeah answer him LenHart. Since all you fanboys know how to do is pull sh1t out of your ass.

[thenickel]

I actually like this guy and look forward to playing this game. NG2 is going to rock and no review or hate towards the man will change that fact!

[clintos59]

And on how he talks down on other games and his own team, I still love the Ninja Gaiden Series he has created. I just wish he wasnt such a prick especially when it comes to rating his own staffs work. I still respect him for making such an awesome series but his attitude needs to be left in the garbage. U see the guy on the side of him from his team who was also one of the guys who worked on sigma? He looked like he wanted to stab Itagaki, lol. Anyways this was a better interview and hope ninja gaiden 2 is successful and I cant wait to play it.

[bakasora]

But I like Rachel.

[chfthnder26]

y are these ps3 fans comparing NGS to NG2 who cares wut stupid resolution NGS is in the game doesnt look n e where near as good as NG2 so u guys r wasting your time stop trying to down play just how good this game is going to be i have both systems and i have played both versions sigma and black and quite honestly its the same game sony fans r just upset that they wont be able to enjoy NG2 if u guys havent been checking out some of the gameplay videos u really need to cuz then u will see that NG2 looks way better than all of the other versions in the series period

[kenjix]

Itagaki doesn't come close to Kojima in terms of game development, it's too bad he can't back up this talk with a game that compares with what his so called subordinate created. Oh well.

[HateBoy]

Bah! You all hate this guy because he has the (over)confidence none of you have (in real life mind, here you're all awesome...) and which all of you wish you had. Stop hating on a funny man who speaks his mind.