For those who may have forgotten, in June Tomonobu Itagaki, founder of Team Ninja and designer of Ninja Gaiden resigned and sued Tecmo for unpaid bonuses. Gamasutra recently published an interview they conducted with Hitoshi Hasegawa, the new head of Tecmo’s Team Ninja, and Yosuke Hayashi, the director of Ninja Gaiden Sigma. In it, they discuss the future of Team Ninja, as well as their views on developing for the three consoles.

Regarding the Playstation 3, Hayashi remarks that "we do not believe we’ve seen the fullest of its potential from any standpoint." However, when asked about the tendencies of development companies to make compromises so that games can be released on both the 360 and PS3, he says that "if we work exclusively with one console that the final product will be a better game than if we were to create it simultaneously for multiple platforms." Team Ninja wants to keep their current fan base, "and provide the most exciting entertainment content. If that lends to one console – PS3, or if that’s going to be the Wii – that’s just the direction we will go."

So it sounds like Team Ninja is open to working on projects for whichever platform provides the most exciting and entertaining product for their fans. Speaking more in-depth about the Wii, Hasegawa hinted that they may possibly release a Wii game at some point, saying, "I think we’ve mastered most of the components to make a very compelling and entertaining product using the console. We will continue to work in that path. We have a lot of Wii console fans within the company, so hopefully there’s something that we can work on."

If you own any of the three consoles, you stand a good chance of being able to play future Team Ninja products. And the more players who can experience their games, the better.