In remembrance, I will wiggle each of my boobs independently and in defiance of realistic physics
“Dead” it is, I guess.
Japan has one of the longest average lifespans in the world. If their artists are clocking out in their 50s, they are literally being worked to DEATH!
Reportedly, Itagaki was an alcoholic and chainsmoker. I don’t think he cared much to live long and, TBH, his games reflected it. I can’t think of anything more YOLO in gaming than that staircase fight in NGII. Man designed a fight to break the console and bragged about it.
Damn I didn’t see this coming, hit unexpectedly hard. I just played through all the Ninja Gaiden games just recently as well as his Samurai Jack game and was so pumped for both his next project as well as NG4. He was a legendary character and whatever you think of him he was a colourful figure on the scene and will be missed for that if nothing else.
Controversial figure. IDK if I ever liked him, TBH. Even though he was cleared of the sexual harrasment charges, he still admitted to having an affair… and he gave us one of the best action games of all-time. Weird guy.
Hopefully, he’s at peace now and whoever was affected by his weird life decisions is at peace as well.
Now that he’s dead, will Team Ninja and Tecmo stop holding vanilla NGII hostage out of spite?
