Author Topic: S-E planning Tecmo acquisition, Itagaki laughs (Read 4062 times)

Crushed · « **on:** August 28, 2008, 09:47:16 PM »

http://kotaku.com/5043307/square-enix-plans-to-take-over-tecmo

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Today at 1pm Japan Time, Square Enix will be outlining its plans for a friendly takeover troubled game maker Tecmo. Square Enix's takeover would help the company gain a stronger foothold in the U.S. market with popular Tecmo titles like the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive games. What's more, Tecmo's games will help strengthen Square Enix's current portfolio, which is heavily dependent on RPGs.

Uh, wow.

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Ninja Gaiden with graceful Amano art would be beautiful.

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2008, 09:48:13 PM »

Doesn't SE already own part of Tecmo?

cool breeze · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2008, 10:01:04 PM »

Itagaki compares S-E to a Battleship, and Tecmo to a tugboat.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2008, 10:09:01 PM »

Itagaki bailed just in time!

MCD · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2008, 10:11:33 PM »

NG3 QTEs confirmed.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2008, 10:12:34 PM »

I'll post the same thing I posted on a lesser forum

DOAX v Girls of Final Fantasy = billions of sales.

Rman · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2008, 10:13:59 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on August 28, 2008, 09:48:13 PM

Doesn't SE already own part of Tecmo?

No, that's Taito.

Jabberwocky · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2008, 10:45:33 PM »

This is so awesome. Imagine all the awesome crossovers that could happen now. I'm not going to lie, I'm somewhat of a SE fanboy, and acquiring Tecmo will only further their position as best company ever.

Square + Enix + Taito + Tecmo = legion of cool (Taito is a pretty lame company but they have ZUN so that makes them a little ok in my book)

MCD · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2008, 10:50:34 PM »

only thing interests me here is S-E budget and game engines, both things tecmo lack at the moment.

tiesto · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2008, 11:12:22 PM »

Weird, S-E is the last company I'd expected to be interested in Tecmo... but they bought Taito, so who knows? I'd be all for a Mighty Bomb Jack RPG!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10 on:** August 28, 2008, 11:31:47 PM »

This certainly came out of left field.

Jansen · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2008, 11:47:59 PM »

those fegs are going to make some shitty ninja gaiden final fantasy mash up. i can feel it.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2008, 11:51:14 PM »

Quote from: Wicked Laharl on August 28, 2008, 11:47:59 PM

those fegs are going to make some shitty ninja gaiden final fantasy mash up. i can feel it.

I rather think FF-DQ would be a higher priority. Money waiting to be printed while Nomura fucks around with his zippers and buckles.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 28, 2008, 11:52:37 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on August 28, 2008, 11:31:47 PM

This certainly came out of left field.

This. Nowhere as odd as the S-E takeover of Taito, though.

Jansen · « **Reply #14 on:** August 28, 2008, 11:56:21 PM »

i guess i shouldn't have used "mash-up". it'll have ff cameos and perhaps sephy as a hidden boss.

cool breeze · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2008, 12:02:06 AM »

Quote from: Wicked Laharl on August 28, 2008, 11:47:59 PM

those fegs are going to make some shitty ninja gaiden final fantasy mash up. i can feel it.

Yuffie Gaiden.

I knew they would find another way to milk FF7.

Jabberwocky · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2008, 12:04:46 AM »

Quote from: Wicked Laharl on August 28, 2008, 11:47:59 PM

those fegs are going to make some shitty ninja gaiden final fantasy mash up. i can feel it.

Not necessarily. They still haven't made a FF/DQ crossover RPG (which actually makes a lot of sense and would benefit from massive sales).

What I hope they do is make an action game using Tecmo's talents. NG gameplay + Square Enix graphical art = yum yum yum.

Jansen · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2008, 12:42:02 AM »

itagaki is gone. therefore the action game talent is gone.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #18 on:** August 29, 2008, 04:06:39 PM »

funfact: Masato Kato, the director of Chrono Cross/scenario writer of Chrono Trigger, who left SE a while back but still does freelance work for them (on the recent Mana games), also did the original character design and cutscene graphics for Ninja Gaiden (NES), wrote/directed the cutscenes for NG2, and was in charge of level design for NG3. Hajime Tabata, the director of Crisis Core, Agito and 3rd Birthday, is also ex-Tecmo (he worked on the Deception series).

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #19 on:** August 29, 2008, 05:10:11 PM »

Quote from: Wicked Laharl on August 29, 2008, 12:42:02 AM

itagaki is gone. therefore the action game talent is gone.

It certainly didn't help much that most of Team Ninja left with him.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #20 on:** August 30, 2008, 04:23:45 PM »

Quote from: Wicked Laharl on August 28, 2008, 11:47:59 PM

those fegs are going to make some shitty ninja gaiden final fantasy mash up. i can feel it.

Well one guy made FF vs DOA girls already, twice

[youtube=425,350]ryH1TB4gEUY[/youtube]

KH3 with Ninja Gaiden's fighting system? hmmmm

demi · « **Reply #21 on:** August 30, 2008, 04:30:19 PM »

Ehrgeiz II

drew · « **Reply #22 on:** August 30, 2008, 04:34:00 PM »

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #23 on:** August 30, 2008, 06:13:40 PM »

I really liked Ehrgeiz, but it wasn't a Square game anyway (and definitely wasn't an "FF fighting game", that was just Square's dumb marketing angle for the PS version). RIP Dream Factory

Mupepe · « **Reply #24 on:** August 31, 2008, 12:04:52 AM »

Quote from: Purple Filth on August 30, 2008, 04:23:45 PM

Quote from: Wicked Laharl on August 28, 2008, 11:47:59 PM
those fegs are going to make some shitty ninja gaiden final fantasy mash up. i can feel it.

Well one guy made FF vs DOA girls already, twice

[youtube=425,350]ryH1TB4gEUY[/youtube]

KH3 with Ninja Gaiden's fighting system? hmmmm

What the fucking fuck?

Vizzys · « **Reply #25 on:** August 31, 2008, 12:51:57 AM »

someone put a lot of time into animating that

demi · « **Reply #26 on:** August 31, 2008, 01:12:41 AM »

Ok that Dead Fantasy is quite possibly the most COOLEST thing I have ever seen

FUCK Is there an HD version of that???

Beezy · « **Reply #27 on:** August 31, 2008, 01:21:31 AM »

SMH at demi seeing dead fantasy for the first time. Did you miss his Haloid video also?

demi · « **Reply #28 on:** August 31, 2008, 01:22:49 AM »

No, but Halo is lame anyway

I'm gonna play this shit on my HDTV... fuckin surreal, loved every minute of it, hope he keeps doing more

I died when Kairi jumped in, didn't expect that in a "FF vs DOA" game

MCD · « **Reply #29 on:** August 31, 2008, 01:34:41 AM »

that's part 2, there is part 1 somewhere.

edit: http://www.gametrailers.com/game/6467.html

Third · « **Reply #30 on:** August 31, 2008, 08:40:31 AM »

whoa Dead Fantasy was amazing. Rinoa was abit overpowered though.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #31 on:** August 31, 2008, 08:57:16 AM »

Quote from: McDragon on August 31, 2008, 01:34:41 AM

that's part 2, there is part 1 somewhere.

edit: http://www.gametrailers.com/game/6467.html

Uh no, its both of them in the same vid.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #32 on:** August 31, 2008, 09:04:18 AM »

Quote from: Viz on August 31, 2008, 12:51:57 AM

someone put a lot of time into animating that

It is rumored the guy had no prior knowledge of animation before he made these vids (including haloid) but "grain of salt" and all

oops

onsedatives · « **Reply #33 on:** August 31, 2008, 09:09:13 AM »

Why Kairi in the video? Gay.

MCD · « **Reply #34 on:** September 03, 2008, 05:18:07 AM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=12647415&postcount=45

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Tecmo has announced that Team Ninja is working on 3 action games at the moment, and that the title they previously mentioned that's aimed at a worldwide audience will be unveiled at TGS this year.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #35 on:** September 04, 2008, 02:00:08 AM »

saw this on GAF.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=333972

Seems Koei is joining the fray to stop Square Enix?

http://jp.reuters.com/article/domesticEquities/idJPnTK018301620080904

Trade of Tecmo and Koei stock at the Tokyo Stock Exchange has been halted as of the PM on the 4th. The evening edition of the Nikkei Shinbun dated the 4th reports that both parties will begin merger discussions.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #36 on:** September 04, 2008, 02:54:56 AM »

Quote from: Groo on September 04, 2008, 02:34:35 AM

Tecmo and Koei sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
Then Square Enix comes along and NOM-NOM-NOM, buy one, get one free.

that could happen too

MCD · « **Reply #37 on:** September 04, 2008, 02:55:12 AM »

koei?

smh

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #38 on:** September 04, 2008, 12:02:49 PM »

Oh snap!

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169751

Bloodwake · « **Reply #39 on:** September 04, 2008, 12:20:10 PM »

Quote from: McDragon on September 04, 2008, 02:55:12 AM

koei?

smh

smh indeed.

Tucah · « **Reply #40 on:** September 04, 2008, 01:02:15 PM »

smh, tecmo.

koei $:-\$

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