Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki has left Tecmoās Team Ninja. Heās been away, but has returned with a new start-up, unofficially dubbed the Tokyo Vikings.
Heās also back to fill the vacuum of Japanese game developer trash talk. From an excerpt of Itagaki interview with 1Up comes this bit about Platinum Games developer Hideki Kamiya, who is currently making Devil-May-Cry-in-heels action title Bayonetta:
1UP: What do you think about Bayonetta, as a game? Do you think Kamiya is right to follow the Devil May Cry formula so closely?
TI: If I made a similar game as a game I made in the company I quit, people would say, āWhat an idiot, canāt he make anything else?ā Well, that is more or less the opinion I have for, uh, that Bayo-something game.
1UP: What do you think of Bayonettaās character design? Sheās covered in hair.
TI: Covered in hair, is she? I dunno, Mr. Kamiya must have a lot going through his head. Well, in any case, I would first recommend laser eye surgery. Iām sure heās not that strapped for cash, right?
A bit of background: Bayonetta designer Hideki Kamiya stated previously that he had never played Itagakiās Ninja Gaiden because he said the game ādidnāt have the powerā to pull him in.
