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5 Jun 2008
DS News | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

Publisher Tecmo's share price has plummeted more than 10 percent since news broke that Tomonobu Itagaki had both sued the company and handed in his resignation.

Earlier this week it emerged that Itagaki had filed a complaint with the Tokyo District Court against his employer Tecmo for unpaid completion bonuses, and against the company's president for "unreasonable and disingenuous statements" made towards him.

He announced that ...

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4 Jun 2008
DS News | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
DS - Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - Tecmo: Itagaki lawsuit a

Tecmo has defended its position in the conundrum over Itagaki's resignation and lawsuit against the company announced yesterday.

The company says the "unpaid completion bonuses" Itagaki speaks of were an agreement of previous management, and that Itagaki had been paid his dues in the form of annual bonuses. ...

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3 Jun 2008
DS News | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki is leaving Tecmo and has filed a lawsuit against the company for "unpaid completion bonuses" over Dead or Alive 4.

Itagaki's translator contacted Kotaku yesterday, telling them: "At approximately 2:30 PM Japan Standard Time today, June 3rd 2008, an official statement from Tomonobu Itagaki was sent by fax to major Japanese news outlets."

In the official statement, Itagaki said: "I, ...

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21 May 2008
DS News from N4G | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
DS - Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword gets a European release date Rob Hearn of Pocket Gamer writes: "It's a good day to be a European. Not only has Nintendo confirmed the imminent arrival of three vaguely interesting DS colours, but we've learned that Bangai-O Spirits is getting a European release, and the keenly awaited Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword has got date we can write in our diaries.

[...] The game's due out on June the 27th."
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16 May 2008
DS News from N4G | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
DS - Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - Ninja Gaiden creator to embark on new action franchise Speaking to press at a Ninja Gaiden 2 event being held in London today, Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki has offered further insight into what he plans to do next.

"I love the action game genre, in particular I am very focussed on movement and the animation. One of the precepts I always have for my games is making sure that the animation of all the characters is as fluid and as cool looking as they can be," explained Itagaki. "I think that I'm going to continue to explore the action genre and do something that allows me to go in directions that I haven't been able to go with the Ninja Gaiden series, with an entirely new franchise."
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13 May 2008
DS News from N4G | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
DS - Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - Nintendo Channel DS Demos: Get 'em Before They're Gone  Those who didn't take advantage of certain Nintendo Channel downloadable demos for the Nintendo DS, such as Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword and Cooking Mama 2 are now officially out of luck.
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3 Apr 2008
DS News from N4G | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
DS - Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - Ninja Gaiden DS gets European release Ubisoft has announced plans to launch Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword in Europe this June.
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29 Mar 2008
DS News from N4G | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
DS - Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - Team Ninja Reacts to Kanagawa Rampage It wasn't until Team Ninja's Yosuke Hayashi stepped off the plane from Japan earlier this week that he heard about the connection some in the Japanese media were trying to draw between his recently released Ninja Gaiden game and the rampage of a disenfranchised gamer at a shopping center near Tokyo.

"We were just talking about it. We didn't fly in until last night and I didn't know about it until I got off the plane," Hayashi said through a translator Wednesday afternoon. "They told me there is stuff going on in the media in Japan, there is a game that was involved and it just so happens it was Ninja Gaiden DS."
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27 Mar 2008
DS News from N4G | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
DS - Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - Hyashi at NYC Nintendo Store signing latest Ninja Gaiden Gamertell reports that Director and Producer Yosuke Hyashi was at the New York City Nintendo World Store today (March 26, 2008) signing copies of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword for the DS.

Everyone who bought the game also received a special sword stylus. The updated article includes an image of the autograph and the bagged stylus.
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24 Mar 2008
DS News from N4G | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
DS - Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - Japanese Wii Owners Finally Have Exciting DS Demo Downloads TVGB: "I don't know if it's because Nintendo is a Japanese company, but they often bless Japan with games and services well before the rest of the world. One of these features is the Everybody's Nintendo Channel on Wii, which has been live in Japan since November 27 of last year. While Nintendo has announced plans to bring this channel to North America and Europe, they have yet to announce a specific date."
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