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Itagaki names Nintendo game as inspiration for Ninja Gaiden work, offers kind words for Team Ninja's Metroid project
June 6, 2009 by RawmeatCowboy Filed Under: Wii, Nintendo in general
A portion of a 1up interview with developer Tomonobu Itagaki...

1UP: Do you feel that your work on the Ninja Gaiden franchise owes anything to what Devil May Cry started on PS2?

TI: Nope. I actually owe thanks to the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

1UP: How do you feel about the Team Ninja-doing-Metroid-reinvention news? Is this something you would have welcomed when you were still there?

TI: Metroid is a fantastic game that I played a lot on the Disk System when I was a child. I also know Mr. Sakamoto, the producer at Nintendo, very well. He fathered Samus Aran. He's been making games since I was a child, so he's a veteran I really respect. I think [Yosuke] Hayashi will learn a lot working with him. I hope Team Ninja works hard in making a good game.

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