Itagaki: putting Ninja Gaiden on PSP would upset fans

via joystiq

Team Ninja founder Tomonobu Itagaki has always been known for commentary and behavior that, relative to most of the world, is pretty out there. His latest outlandish claim comes from an interview with GamePro where he explains why we'll likely not see a Sony PSP version of Ninja Gaiden.

Itagaki said that the design philosophy for the PSP is akin to that of a home console as opposed to, for example, the Nintendo DS' design as a portable platform. In that mindset, he said, the PSP's goal would be to replicate the home experience. The clincher: "I think if I were to develop this game [Dragon Sword for DS] on the PSP, most of my fans would be upset."

Using his same logic, consumers who buy the PSP want games that replicate the home console experience for play wherever they go. So no, we don't think fans would be upset if Itagaki gave them a Ninja Gaiden title that felt and played like its home console brethren -- it's exactly what they would want, in fact.

Dragon Sword, with its stylus-driven control scheme, is due out this Autumn.

Thats quite stupid of him to say that, there's a huge fanbase on psp, that favors Ninja Gaiden, its pretty stupid of him to even think the PSP isnt worth for a game like Ninja Gaiden.

it wouldnt upset me. i would love it on psp

That guy is mental, I'd love to play Ninja Gaiden on PSP!

He probably feels the PSP couldn't do justice to the Xbox version, and I'm inclined to agree with him.

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Originally Posted by Basil Zero

Thats quite stupid of him to say that, there's a huge fanbase on psp, that favors Ninja Gaiden, its pretty stupid of him to even think the PSP isnt worth for a game like Ninja Gaiden.

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Agreed. Although i'm not a big fan, its a fun game, so this guy can STFU about that...

wtf? why would it upset anyone? ya took a crazy pill this mo'ning huh?

The control mechanics of the PSP would (and have already), upset me more.
I sorry that most of you feel this way, but, I have to agree with Itagaki on this one.

The PSP, is just not suited to pseudo-3D Games.
There actually being no ~Right-Hand-Side Analog-Nub~ on the PSP, to help control the Camera. :(

...Hopefully the PSP² will correct this deficiency.

wtf its coming out for the ds so why not have it on the psp

I think he is saying that porting the DS title over to the PSP would upset fans as it is a (more gameboy with a stylus) scaled down game, and that he feels that the fans of the PSP would want a game more comparable to what you would see on home consoles (xbox GC ps2/ps3). I don't see here where he is saying no title for PSP just not a port of the DS title

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