Masahiro Sakurai, Katsuhiro Harada, and More Japanese Video Game Developers Pay Tribute to Dead or Alive Creator Tomonobu Itagaki, Who Has Died Aged 58

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On October 16, Tomonobu Itagaki’s Facebook relationship revealed that the video crippled developer had passed distant astatine property 58. Tributes to the Dead oregon Alive creator person been pouring successful from fans and chap crippled developers alike, particularly successful his location state of Japan.

The pursuing station was made successful Japanese connected Itagaki’s Facebook.

“My Last Words:The occurrence of my beingness is yet astir to beryllium extinguished.The information that this connection has been posted means that the clip has yet come. I americium nary longer of this world.(I entrusted this last station to idiosyncratic important to me.)My beingness was a bid of battles. I kept winning.I caused a batch of occupation for others too.I’m arrogant that I fought to the end, pursuing my convictions.I person nary regrets.Except I americium highly atrocious that I could not springiness each my fans a caller game.That's the mode it is.So it goes.Tomonobu Itagaki”
nullTomonobu Itagaki has died aged 58. Image credit: Tomonobu Itagaki / Facebook.

Joining Tecmo successful the aboriginal 1990s, Itagaki created Dead oregon Alive, moving connected 7 titles successful the warring series, including its determination into formation volleyball. He besides played a cardinal relation successful reviving Ninja Gaiden, with 2004’s Xbox-exclusive Ninja Gaiden reboot and consequent games. However, helium made a melodramatic exit from Tecmo successful 2008, suing the institution for damages successful Tokyo District Court, a substance that was yet settled.

He subsequently went connected to recovered Valhalla Studios with erstwhile members of Team Ninja and directed Devil’s Third, which released successful 2015. In 2021, helium established Itagaki Games, with the purpose of producing a caller work, but unluckily this ne'er happened.

Tributes poured successful from chap crippled developers. On the Facebook post, Tekken bid shaper Katsuhiro Harada commented: “No mode Itagaki-san- You said to maine we’d spell retired for a portion adjacent time” — which seemingly was their past exchange. Harada followed this up with a lengthy station connected Twitter / X successful English, describing the afloat past of his sometimes rivalry-fuelled narration with Itagaki. Despite moving for antithetic companies connected competing warring crippled franchises, Harada recounts that Itagaki referred to him arsenic a “comrade-in-arms.”

Tekken 8 manager Kohei Ikeda lamented Itagaki’s passing astatine lone 58 years old: “Rest successful bid Itagaki-san, the warring crippled fable who shaped an era.”

Team Ninja Studios besides posted the pursuing effect connected X / Twitter successful some English and Japanese: “We are profoundly saddened by the passing of Team Ninja's archetypal leader, Tomonobu Itagaki. We volition transportation connected the doctrine and creativity that Itagaki-san began and proceed to make games that galore gamers volition enjoy.”

Former Super Robot Wars bid shaper Takanobu Terada recalled that “although we had nary nonrecreational connections, Itagaki reached retired to maine rather a portion agone and said ‘let’s meet’ and we ended up having meal together.” Terada besides recounted that Itagaki encouraged him, saying: “please support connected enthusiastically creating things.”

Likewise, erstwhile Dragon Quest shaper Ryutaro Ichimura reminisced astir fond memories of discussing the aboriginal of the crippled manufacture with Itagaki implicit nutrient and drink. He recalled Itagaki’s lukewarm words of encouragement, and remembered erstwhile Itagaki asked him for his autograph to springiness to a comparative who was Ichimura’s fan.

“I felt Itagaki’s kindness successful that moment, which made maine adjacent much of a instrumentality of his,” helium said. Hearing of Itagaki’s passing, Ichimura noted that “it didn’t consciousness existent astatine archetypal but erstwhile the information deed me, I couldn’t halt crying. Carrying Itagaki’s words with me, I privation to support pushing guardant and proceed to make caller works without immoderate regrets.”

And Kirby and Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai besides took to societal media to comment, simply saying: "May his psyche remainder successful peace."

Verity Townsend is simply a Japan-based freelance writer who antecedently served arsenic editor, contributor and translator for the crippled quality tract Automaton West. She has besides written astir Japanese civilization and movies for assorted publications.

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