So word around the translated inter-webs shows that not only is humble Itagaki San hitting Tecmo where it hurts (wallets), but that basically all their employees have suddenly grown some stones and are filing a similar suit.

As you may or may not recall EA had some similar issues raping their employees of their labored hours without fair compensation. Those kids stood their ground in court and finally got paid out accordingly, as well as set some standards here in the good ol’ US of A for software giants. Let’s hope that if these Japanese developers and staff are accurate in their claims that the court system will rule in their favor as well.

Or if worse comes to worse, Microsoft of Japan may just have a nice little in house Japanese development studio to help win over the local populace with bouncy fighting games and ninjas.