Hideki Kamiya records a series of interviews with his colleague and friend Igumi Nakamura. For those who do not know him, we are talking about the author of Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, in this case he decided to directly contact the Japanese publisher Capcom, with whom he worked. For a long time, until Ask them to make Okami 2 and Viewful Joe 3A sequel to two of his works.
Between serious and facetious
Okami is a game released in 2006 that received great acclaim from the press. It was his last game at Capcom. Soon after its release, the company shut down the internal studio that developed Okami. Many developers (including Kamiya) found Platinum Games. But almost 20 years later Kamiya seems to want to retrace his steps in some way.
“The story stopped halfway through, so sorry to leave it at that,” he commented. “I believe it's the duty of authors to create sequels that fans love. Although I may sound presumptuous, it's been a while since I've handled Okami. But I still feel I haven't fulfilled my duty. So Capcom, please, let's do this together.“
Nakamura, who worked with Kamiya as an artist on Okami, added a “please.” It was his first role in the video game world after joining Capcom at the age of 19. Also, this isn't the first time the two have discussed making a sequel; They'll be back in 2019 with “Okami Will Be Back!” They also recorded a video announcing that. Although their security wasn't enough to convince Capcom. This time the film is different, because Kamiya is unemployed after leaving Platinum Games. On the other hand, Nakamura has his own studio where he directs the horror game Kemuri.
Okami continued the conversation with a second series that Kamiya would like to restart, similar to the Viewtiful Joe series. Obviously, although there is a continuity in this case, He feels he has left things unresolved. Of course, a recent Capcom fan poll had a lot of calls for Okami's sequel, but Kamiya saw that Viewful Joe wasn't mentioned. “That's because eight people have played Beautiful Joe,” he joked. “It also stopped the game halfway through, so I had to finish it. The last time Capcom did a poll, Viewful Joe wasn't included as an option; so I replied, 'I'm Hideki Kamiya, making a sequel. To Viewful Joe.'”
It's hard to say how serious Kamaiya is about what he's saying He lashed out at Capcom for not including his opinion in the survey results: “The director himself says they're going to remake the game, but they don't even want to talk about it. What the hell, Capcom? Where did my opinion go? They post other players' comments like 'Resident Evil came first.' I always wanted to.' These comments are important, but it would have been nice if they had asked me as a director, and Nakamura's laugh says a lot about the seriousness of the conversation.
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