Where is Koei Tecmo going?

[@LifeWillChange]

0:50 the LTG 50-0 story 😂🔥

[@MaelstromTheDemon]

You absolutely NAILED IT here. I'm hoping sincerely DOA comes back bigger, badder, and more jiggly than it ever was but I'd be lying if I said I had much faith in KT or Team Ninja given the current gaming climate as well as their recent output. I love the series to death (and play DOA5:LR regularly) and want to see it return to its former glory. And if the hypocrites in the FGC throw a conniption fit, GOOD. Let 'em. Some of us play fighting games to enjoy them, dammit.

[@Punishere]

This is why itagaki had the best vision. He didnt care what other people said about his game.

[@MaelstromTheDemon]

@@Punishere Truly sad that it's unlikely he'll ever return.

[@luxuriousmindset1906]

Inhave tekken but im a doa player man i want my game back

[@BlueLightningSky]

The Koei Tecmo you are referring to is long gone, I don't know where they are, apparently they're at Soleil but Itagaki isn't there either or making games so I don't know. They were gone before they even made DOA5. What Koei Tecmo does best or rather Team Ninja, is Nioh 2. Nothing they have done has surpassed that, not even when Itagaki's team was making Ninja Gaiden. If the Team Ninja of today owes anything, it's to Nioh. I still wish they could make Ninja Gaiden 4 with the lessons learned in Nioh and Razor's Edge but they know that those who care about the series will not like whatever they do so they're still hesitant to make it. DOA on the other hand is just dead. VF6 coming out will solidify that it's dead. There was a time where the success of one game could bleed into the success of a similar game next year but that's highly unlikely in today's world where these games are meant to last for years to be profitable and also expected by fans to last for years.

[@Punishere]

As far as itagaki, he is a director he still needed a good team in order to produce his best work. It is a joint operation. He lost that when he parted ways with Tecmo. As far as people leaving tecmo and it being different than it was. Street fighter 6 is no longer produced by the people that started the Street fighter franchinse and that game was a commerical success. Companies can still produce a quality product like its previous entries. DOA2 to DOA5 is another good example. Tecmo can make a DOA7 that is high quality if they wanted to.

[@BlueLightningSky]

​@@Punisheredid Itagaki lose his team? I thought that he took the staff with him after NG2 so he was there till DOA4 as well. But I still don't doubt they can make a good DOA game, I just doubt if it will be successful. DOA5 came out after TTT2 but had little impact. When SFV dropped the ball we got other 2D fighting games stepping up and taking a piece of the market.

[@Ghkijb6465]

I think KT is looking at Tekken 8 right now and getting serious FOMO. Also, I hope they realize that the cultural landscape has changed a lot since 2015. And people are burnt out on professional cry bullies. I think a DOA 7 would do really well right now.

[@im2much4u3]

If DOA keeps 3 way hold and makes throws less BS to deal with doa would thrive

[@GodKiller97]

Nice Duelists of the Roses OST

[@rrsc1986]

They earn enough with DoAXVV. So it's all about Atelier series for the west. Which I REFUSE to spend a single dime on. Because I don't give'em an excuse to stop produncing Ninja Gaiden and DoA. DoA is the best fighting system (alongside Kensei), regardless of the characters. So, it IS an eye candy (Tina Armstrong is my love), but a REAL and solid fighting game. We already lost games like Rival Schools, Rumbles Roses and Bloody Roar over BS. Not DoA as well, damn!

[@bamquazam]

I am playing Rise of Ronin when it comes out

[@athikbanget]

hey yall, grew up with namco fighters here, just wanna see how much shit I would get for these criticisms (I really want DOA to succeed) -universal mid holds must go, mids should be the offensive cornerstone, reserve mid holds to specialized characters, like maybe leifang -straight up RPS is boring, you have offensive holds, that's a good blueprint on how to shake up RPS system -as an outsider looking in, wakeup game has been looking very weak and I see no effort on improving it, could be a byproduct of making forced tech a traditional meta -you made stage transitions cool, make it meta, make stage selection a competitive decision, OWN IT -my bae ayane better be restored to her badonkadonking glory in the next game, they did her dirty in 6 -still on the fence: you know, some modest hit sparks would serve as good visual communication & add spectatorship value don't you think?

[@L3onardoSan]

Good luck making money with a Woke DOA or Ninja Gaiden.

[@Punishere]

This is why I said they need to disregard those people in the video, instead of working with them...

[@L3onardoSan]

I know, and I agree with you@@Punishere

[@luxuriousmindset1906]

Knock off the "woke" BS

[@L3onardoSan]

Me or the companies? XD@@luxuriousmindset1906

[@Frog0rnament]

Ninja gaiden had a semi-open world design with the imperial city levels way before demons souls and dark souls. Now tecmo only makes soulless (heh) rpg's that borrow heavily off fronsoft works. Sad

[@jeremiahtorrevillas4396]

Most of the innovators are fone or dead