Farewell Tomonobu Itagaki, Team Ninja's Founder & Creator of Dead or Alive & Ninja Gaiden I-II Remake Games

[Misty Shadow 8,307]

Scary how this happened on the same year of Ninja Gaiden, one of my favorite underrated game franchises, making a shock comeback and just before Ninja Gaiden 4 is set to officially be released...

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10/team-ninja-founder-and-dead-or-alive-creator-tomonobu-itagaki-has-passed-away

Poor man has sadly died of an illness at 58. Rest in peace to him, wish the best to his loved ones. 

Edited October 16 by Misty Shadow

[Megas 28,423]

58 is really young too. I never played the DOA games but I really liked the first 2 Ninja Gaiden games. RIP

It seems like this caught everyone in the industry off guard. Harada is especially hurt from his passing