official Facebook Game designer Tomonobu Itagaki announced Thursday that he has died. Itagaki’s “last message” on the account stated that if the message were published, it would mean that he had passed away. Itagaki is 58 years old.
The message is translated as follows:
My final words:
The light of my life finally dimmed.
If this news is sent out, it means that the moment has finally arrived. I am no longer in this world. (I am asking my loved ones to post this final post.)
My life is one battle after another. I keep winning. I also got into a lot of trouble.
I am proud to say that I stayed true to my beliefs and fought to the end. I don’t regret it.
However, I am very sorry that I cannot deliver new works to all my fans. sorry.
That’s it.
[In English] that’s all.
Itagaki Tomanobu
Itagaki joins Tecomo (after New Tekmore) worked as a programmer in 1992. exist Tecomohe will launch what is perhaps his most famous series, the 3D fighting game series dead or alivethe first one debuted in 1996. The series spawned four sequels (although Itagaki wasn’t until dead or alive 4), and derivatives such as Dead or Alive: Beach Volleyball. He also developed Ninja Gaiden series, based on TecomoThe NES game series of the same name. first one Ninja Gaiden The game debuted in 2004 and spawned two sequels in 2008 and 2012 (although Itagaki only worked on the first and second games in the series).
Itagaki resigned New Tekmore just before release Ninja Gaiden II In 2008, he founded Valhalla Game Studios in 2009, and the developer released its first game, Devil Threereleased for Wii U in 2015. The PC version is called Devil Third Online Launched in 2016, but it’s over Service started in 2017. Itagaki Resigned August 2017 from Valhalla Game Studios.
Itagaki announced the establishment of a new studio in 2021, called Itagaki Games.
Source: Tomonobu Itagaki Facebook account, Famiton pass Noriko Yashima
