Tecmo Koei Slices Team Ninja in Two

I still think of Tecmo Superbowl whenever I hear that name....

Glad to hear they made a profit since several companies have come up short recently. I hope this reorganization doesn't break what made them successful or help them grow too fast/big to be manageable. Also, which of those games should I check out first? I've played none of them.

Maybe they can give us the next Metroid... Said no one ever!

@EvisceratorX I found absolutely nothing wrong with Tecmo Koei's Other M gameplay. The only thing they're responsible for.
I just bought Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper. I was actually minutes away from playing it the first time. Somewhat ironic.
I hope this means more games Tecmo Koei can partner up with Nintendo for.

Honestly, Metroid Other M wasn't THAT bad. With some reworking, a sequel with improved gameplay would be great. The only thing I didn't like was the lack of pick-ups and the 1st-person segments.

I absolutely love Koei, especially their older simulations series and everything of the "warriors" series and its licensed bretheren
Im glad to hear that they are making enough profit to expand.

Woot! The only thing I'm curious about is whether or not the X360 and PS3 version of the game will come with the characters we got or if those actually were exclusives.

Does this make them Team of Ninjas?

Does this mean one of them will finally make 2D Ninja Gaiden 4?

as long as the game qualty doesn't suffer...

One team will now work itself to the bone creating major sequels and new IPs whilst the other creates nothing but fanservice spin-offs

I wants Dead or Alive 5 on Wii U!!!

They release that Fist of the North Star crap but they won't port Dead or Alive 5 to the Wii U? The 3DS game made an instant fan out of me so I'd be really bummed if they neglect to support the franchise on Nintendo's home consoles from hereon.

So that's why Pokemon Conquest looked like it had characters from Dynasty Warriors.
Omega make the Warrior series, and I don't know who does the Romance of the Three Kingdoms strategy games (the latest one is on Wii U in Japan but would be awesome in English).

@zeonox
Yes!!! I miss tecmo Super Bowl!!! Now that was a football game..

@sillygostly same here. they should've ported DoA 5 to wii U instead of giving us those dynasty warriors and fist of the north star games.

I'm rather surprised they'd need to split them up. Does this mean we'll see more Team Ninja games more often?

Hope they continue to support the 3DS.

I enjoyed Samurai Warriors: Chronicles, and loved Dead or Alive: Dimensions

I also enjoyed Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, Ninja Gaiden II, & Dead or Alive 4 (other Tecmo Koei games I've played).

I just want Fatal Frame for the wiiU now that Nintendo owns exclusive rights to the series ... unless that's expired too

@hcfwesker Yes they do own a great deal of the rights, and yes that would be awesome!
They also completely own the Spirit Camera franchise... lucky them :/

Risky move... I hope it works out for them.

Adam approves.

Great! One half can become the 'giggly-bewb physics' division and the other can be the 'awful Metroid ideas' department!!

To be serious....I'm glad to see they made (staggering) profits especially during this lame economy and at a time where so many other video game companies are reporting losses.

Give us a sequel to Other M,and Dead or Alive 5 on Wii U.

I want a Samurai Warriors 4 and Dead or Alive 5 for Wii U. Also a new Ninja Gaiden and Monster Rancher game would be great too.

I'd also love a new Samurai Warriors game and Monster Rancher on Wii U. These guys are one of my favourite publishers, so I'm pretty jazzed to see them doing well.

@C-Olimar I was hoping I wsn't just imagining that! All I can think about is holding my GamePad to the screen and using it as the Camera Obscura for Fatal Frame 5!