tomonobu itagaki creator of ninja gaiden 2004 - /vr/

Anonymous10/16/25, 07:41No.12102098Tomonobu Itagaki (creator of Ninja Gaiden 2004, Dead or Alive) dead

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Anon10/16/25, 07:44No.12102104

RIP, king. Everyone will be talking about you with Ninja Gaiden 4 coming out literally in 5 days

Anon10/16/25, 07:44No.12102105

>dead...or alive?

Anon10/16/25, 07:50No.12102114

Dead or ̶A̶l̶i̶v̶e̶ RIP.

Anon10/16/25, 07:58No.12102131

RIP

Anon10/16/25, 08:02No.12102136

if it's true, RIP to a real man

Anon10/16/25, 09:02No.12102207

Greatest action game of all time. I will not be told otherwise. DMC is fine but its not NGB. GOW isn't even in the discussion for GOAT.

Anon10/16/25, 09:04No.12102212

What does he died of? I don't wanna paste the link to the xcretion, somebody just say it here

Anon10/16/25, 09:20No.12102240

RIP.

Anon10/16/25, 09:21No.12102242

>X ew

Anon10/16/25, 09:24No.12102251

Rip to a true Saturn Chad remember kiddys the definitive version of DOA 1 is on the Saturn

Anon10/16/25, 09:27No.12102254

Ruined my day rip

Anon10/16/25, 09:31No.12102259

https://youtu.be/e6KumZk8Tss >Destroyed DMC4 making the producer seethe How was one man this based

Anon10/16/25, 09:34No.12102263

RIP, a retro king.

Anon10/16/25, 09:57No.12102298

>The flame of my life is finally about to be extinguished. >The fact that this message has been posted means that time has finally come. I am no longer in this world. >(I have asked someone important to post this final message.) >My life was a continuous battle. I kept winning. >I also caused a lot of trouble. >I take pride in having fought to the end, following my convictions. >I have no regrets. >But I am filled with regret that I could not deliver new work to all my fans. I'm sorry. >That's how it is. >So it goes.Guess he was sick for a while. Translation taken from the /v/ thread.

Anon10/16/25, 09:57No.12102301

shit rip to the oatmeal cookie god

Anon10/16/25, 10:12No.12102318

rip legend

Anon10/16/25, 10:14No.12102319

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCKK MODS STICKY THIS

Anon10/16/25, 10:25No.12102327

RIP. Pin this.

Anon10/16/25, 11:57No.12102431

Wtf F

Anon10/16/25, 12:03No.12102445

>>>/v/723364948 [//boards.4chan.org/v/thread/723338203#p723364948] Kys faggot

Anon10/16/25, 13:02No.12102494

RIP brother. I still remember my shock on seeing for the first time Dead or Alive 2 for the Dreamcast. It was so above everything else it was insane.

Anon10/16/25, 13:19No.12102512

RIP. Last manly Japanese developer.

Anon10/16/25, 13:25No.12102517

RIP

Anon10/16/25, 13:41No.12102542

No fucking way. Rest In Peace. And fuck (Koei) Tecmo

Anon10/16/25, 13:43No.12102545

Wish KT would rerelease the DOA series I can't emulate a 360 and I always wanted to play 4

Anon10/16/25, 14:25No.12102590

F. NGB is my favorite Xbox game

Anon10/16/25, 14:30No.12102601

NG, DOA, FF. He delivered more than most devs. RIP Legend.

Anon10/16/25, 14:48No.12102639

>Itakagi didn't like lewd sketches of DoA girls because he thought of them as his daughters RIP legend

Anon10/16/25, 14:58No.12102656

no sticky?

Anon10/16/25, 15:06No.12102671

WHERE'S THE STICKY!?

Anon10/16/25, 15:25No.12102697

Well that's a fucking bummer.

Anon10/16/25, 15:26No.12102701

I still have him in my Mii Plaza.

Anon10/16/25, 15:35No.12102715

Rest in peace

Anon10/16/25, 15:47No.12102742

RIP, he truly was too based for this world. Also where's the fucking sticky?

Anon10/16/25, 15:59No.12102767

Does anyone have a list of all the games he worked on?

Anon10/16/25, 16:43No.12102869

You were my perfect friend, right there until the end, I'm forever missing you until we meet again.

Anon10/16/25, 17:10No.12102920

Was it the Russians or the Triads that got to him?

Anon10/16/25, 17:44No.12102986

RIP

Anon10/16/25, 18:12No.12103061

sad shit man, 58 is young. dont know much about DOA but ninja gaiden is one of the best action games of all time

Anon10/16/25, 18:19No.12103074

RIP we need more dudes in gaming who insist beyond all reason that a video game should be difficult and have lots of huge tits in it.

Anon10/16/25, 18:44No.12103115

The era of JAP violence gangs is gone.

Anon10/16/25, 21:05No.12103373

What was the story behind the "sexual harrasmunt" rumor milling that got him kicked?

Anon10/16/25, 21:12No.12103390

What a boss Ninja Gaiden on Xbox barged in as a new level of action games that raised the standards immensely, it was like the Mario 64 of action games. Forever a legend RIP

Anon10/16/25, 21:58No.12103503

Crater face nip? Damn

Anon10/16/25, 22:51No.12103613

Ninja Gaiden was where video games peaked. I have never been that impressed since.

Anon10/16/25, 22:54No.12103616

I did not expect to be tearing up listening to Aerosmith today. Replaying Ninja Gaiden Black for the 20th time in this man's honor.

Anon10/16/25, 23:03No.12103634

I usually hate coomers but the boob game was funny playing it on my dreamcast as a kid, RIP

Anon10/16/25, 23:14No.12103660

MY GOAT IS DEAD REST IN POWER

Anon10/16/25, 23:47No.12103736

Best game ever to a 16 year old

Anon10/16/25, 23:54No.12103754

What's gonna happen to the DOA franchise now that the creators gone?

Anon10/16/25, 23:54No.12103756

Japanese Howard Stern

Anon10/17/25, 00:00No.12103774

Without 4chan I would never know who this is. Though I never played any games he worked on

Anon10/17/25, 00:13No.12103810

Why no sticky?

Anon10/17/25, 01:09No.12103945

Ninja Gaiden Black was a massive hit at my favela. I played it a lot on my softmodded Xbox. Great fucking game ever made.RIP Itagaki.

Anon10/17/25, 01:14No.12103954

I bought these on Steam (Master Collection) a few months ago, haven't played them yet. What am I in for, bros? I feel like playing them to honor Itagaki.

Anon10/17/25, 01:17No.12103961

Anon10/17/25, 01:33No.12103994

>first itagaki >now ace What a shitty day

Anon10/17/25, 01:49No.12104062

Ninja Gaiden Black 2 is insultingly easy, so my hopes for 4 aren't super high. RIP to a legend.

Anon10/17/25, 01:59No.12104089

FHe made the two best action games of all time. Head and shoulders above the rest. We've lost a legend.

Anon10/17/25, 02:02No.12104098

Regarding culture in general, we're falling. Just look at this board (and it still is better than most other online spaces, lmao). At least nobody will be able to erase my experience in the pre-social media world.

Anon10/17/25, 04:22No.12104538

Bumping before the spammer shoves it off the catalog. Mods, sticky this.

Anon10/17/25, 04:47No.12104628

RIP guy

Anon10/17/25, 05:01No.12104661

Beat NGII back in August for the first time. RIP ninja master.

Anon10/17/25, 05:08No.12104672

https://files.catbox.moe/wmxko6.jpg Posting my wife in honor

Anon10/17/25, 06:05No.12104754

That sucks but the 8-bit games were better.

Anon10/17/25, 06:07No.12104757

Rest in Peace, Itagaki. Thank you for DoA and Ninja Gaiden.

Anon10/17/25, 12:05No.12105245

Play Xtreme Volleyball in his honor. Rest in peace, king.

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Anon10/17/25, 17:41No.12106052

I'm glad his final work was Devil's Turd. That'd be like if Mikami dropped dead after shitting out PN03, or Kamiya dropped dead after shitting out RE0.

Anon10/17/25, 18:38No.12106152

How do so many influential Japanese artists die young? Is it just more noticeable because we know who they are?

Anon10/17/25, 22:26No.12106581

Dead Or Alive 3 is the greatest retro 3D fighting game.

Anon10/18/25, 00:30No.12106872

He looks like a native american.

Anon10/18/25, 01:15No.12106975

Thank you Itagaki

Anon10/18/25, 10:20No.12107898

F for a real one

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Anon10/18/25, 10:58No.12107957

Does anyone know any Russian language here, can anyone translate what this d00d speaks of Itagaki (apparently)?

Anon10/18/25, 11:01No.12107965

>FGC bros...not like this...why...WHY the best always go away the first? Why must I witness all the legends perish and burn out right in front of my eyes, unable to do anything or help in any way? I've been a fighting game player since 1994 and evolved into a professional tourney fighter in 1998, participating in hundreds of tournaments, events, and championships, winning small and big alike, ever since. Through my hands literal several hundred of different fighting games went through, on several dozen of different platforms. And yet I can do nothing to help my FGC senpais, my admired idols. I can only stand/sit still and watch as they disappear. Why must we as a global FGC suffer so? Why?>it hurts so fucking much >but I will not cry >devil may cry >but not me >for him >for ushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6KumZk8Tss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oth2ICQ0LMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y64hcT6iuiM

Anon10/18/25, 11:10No.12107985

Harada was reportedly so shook by the news of his senpai's and teacher's passing, that he postponed any new developments for several months. Cuckken is cooked.

Anon10/18/25, 11:17No.12107997

Fun fact: despite first Tekken coming out before first DoA, development of first DoA game actually started much earlier then first Tekken's, and Katsuhiro Harada is actually Itagaki's pupil, Itagaki is Harada's senior, senpai, and taught Harada almost everything he knows as a video game developer and project director/lead. Harada and Tekken are in eternal debt to Itagaki forever.

Anon10/18/25, 12:24No.12108153

based and redpilled

Anon10/18/25, 12:32No.12108167

Why does no other fighting game feel as good as DoA? >Street Fighter floaty >Mortal Kombat Weird inconsistent physics that feels like you're magnetically snapping at random >Virtua Fighter, Tekken Pretty good but nowhere near as nice as DoA. Dead or Alive just feels fucking good, it's honestly sex.

Anon10/18/25, 13:17No.12108239

Always sad to hear somone talented died of the old school. F from the Spectrum fans

Anon10/18/25, 17:06No.12108739

>58 Uhhh, elephant in the room bros…

Anon10/18/25, 19:11No.12109032

How can he handle Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2?

Anon10/18/25, 19:39No.12109084

That's pretty young. What was his Yakuza status?

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Anon10/18/25, 22:17No.12109389

NGB is such a tight game. Even the clunky Indiana Jones sixth generation puzzles don't bring the game down. But the non-retro NG3 with its godawful QTEs and awful gimmick bosses kill my mood.

Anon10/18/25, 23:34No.12109502

sticky when? F king

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Anon10/19/25, 00:29No.12109616

>t. ninja dog

Anon10/19/25, 01:25No.12109754

You sound like a short-haired faggot

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Anon10/19/25, 03:34No.12110027

I have some of his ges for xbox. I really ought to finish ninja gaiden

Anon10/19/25, 03:57No.12110083

Feeling very depressed. Stages of grief and all that. The loss weighs heavily on me.

Anon10/19/25, 03:59No.12110087

Ugly, angry people.

Anon10/19/25, 05:37No.12110228

https://tiermaker.com/create/dead-or-alive-including-xtreme-games-tierlist-16953647

Anon10/19/25, 09:20No.12110495

his games were literally the only games on xbox i was jealous of not being able to play since i only had the other two consoles. i did like DOA2 a lot since it was on ps2 at least.

Anon10/19/25, 12:11No.12110709

This one plays really smooth on xbone emulation.

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Anon10/19/25, 12:29No.12110748

One of the most deranged and retarded posts ever

Anon10/19/25, 14:22No.12110969

Ahh who cares about gossip. The guy made a bunch of great games.. heres from my personal collection.

Anon10/19/25, 14:31No.12110981

Here's a fun thing for DoA3. Its an official xbox magazine booster disk. The guy at electronics boutique talked me into a subscription to the magazine. They practically gave away magazine subscriptions back then. Anyway, this booster disk you could install a bonus costum pack. The most notable costumes in the pack were the short skirt outfits for Kasumi and Ayane. Once installed lots of panty flashing high kicks ensued.. Great stuff.

Anon10/19/25, 14:35No.12110991

I thank him for creating my wife

Anon10/19/25, 14:37No.12110995

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wERo9VmixrI

Anon10/19/25, 14:43No.12111006

Here's an accurate demo of what that looked like.

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Anon10/19/25, 16:35No.12111238

Someone post pics of Tina from DoA 1 please. Thank you and God bless.

Anon10/20/25, 00:03No.12112398

God rest his soul. I wish he made more games after he left Team Ninja.

Anon10/20/25, 08:53No.12113629

wait so is he dead or alive

Anon10/20/25, 12:36No.12113947

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2627260/discussions/0/669472753009644078/Get the fuck in here, bros. Show Itagaki-san your love.

Anon10/20/25, 18:27No.12114608

Daily remember that famitsu xbox japan only existed to publish DOA and ninja gaiden stuff.