Dead or Alive Creator Tomonobu Itagaki, 58 Passes Away

He made one very good game (Ninja Gaiden remake), a couple pretty good games (DOA 1 & 2)....and some crap. I was never really keen on his shit-talking media personality, especially since he had long since admitted that it was purely a marketing campaign.

Ninja Gaiden on xbox is one of the best games of all time

It says a lot that it falls to his rival, the Tekken creator, to give the most fitting comments: https://x.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/1978773188034109651

Sad news. I played a lot of Dead or Alive 2 on the Dreamcast.

He was always on the cutting edge of boobs physic engines.

RIP King of the age 99 jubblies.

Because of his somewhat similar traits (long hair, rockstar/edgelord vibe, ego, puerile game tastes) I always thought of Itagaki as "the Japanese John Romero". A personality type for which I have a grudging respect: probably difficult as all get-out to work with, but brilliantly creative, seems like he has a lot of fun with it, and ballsy enough to defend his ideas. I'm sad he's gone so soon.

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Ninja Gaiden was great, NG2 combat wise perfected that system. Only game Ive ever gone full nerd on and completed multiple playthroughs of, I usually get bored after the first run if I even get that far. Used to chill out on master ninja listening to music and slaughtering ninjas to stop me falling asleep after training.

I was a big fan of the DOA series. Played a lot of it on the PS2. RIP

Damn too early.

One of the best movies Ive ever seen

Sad. This guy was such a force of nature and a uniquely wonderful, creative personality.