I was really surprised to see the following quote from Itagaki (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=189396):



Wow, I'll be surprised if we don't ever see DOA5 as I'm sure Tecmo will not abandon a reasonably successful franchise, but I guess it probably won't be produced by Itagaki.

Thats a shame because from what I hear DOA4 was a bit of a mess when compared with 3.

it's kinda sad that that drunken fool Itagaki honestly believes he achieved "the definitive fighting game" with DOA4. It's exactly that illusion that prevents him from making the DOA series from 'good' into 'great'
But I Do hope DOA5 will come and be created by someone else.

THANK GOD!!!

I hate to hear that because besides VF, dead or alive is my second favorite fighting game. I liked DOA ultamate more than 3 or 4 because 3 was too simple and 4 seemed to take on the tekken element and made the game suck.I was hoping for a five soon but I'm not surprised because the entire time the game was out we never even got any new downloadable content. I just hate the fact I spent so much time achieving an "S" ranking and getting really good only to hear that it's over. That's like me finally getting past 10th dan in VF and we hear that there will be no more VF Games..... EVER!

He was just making excuses, I'm guessing he's moving to another job or retiring seeing as he's gave up on Ninja Gaiden too.

Haha I didn't even realize there were two General forums...one VF and one non-VF.

Yeah I can't wait to see what the game can look like without that tool at the helm.

This sounds like good news to me. As a Virtua Fighter player, I always hear comments like Virtua Fighter was inspired by DOA, or that Virtua Fighter is a slower clone of DOA.

The sad thing is that DOA is just a retarded, boob-obsessed version of the beloved VF franchise and was way overrated to begin with. Good Riddance.

EDIT: No, wait, I take some of that back. DOA doesn't even deserved to be called a 'version' of VF. Its just a pervert stealing the general game engine and stupefying it greatly.

I like the DOA series(first three games and Ultimate),but I didn't like DOA4 because it felt like a buttonmasher and took away a lot of important gameplay elements from DOA 1-3 and Ultimate.

By the way, DOA 3 has three versions. DOA 3.0, DOA 3.1, and DOA 3.2.