Hideki Kamiya obtained quite a lot of pulses racing just lately due to a video on his YouTube channel. The creator, who parted methods with Platinum Video games again in 2023 and went on to kind one more studio (dubbed Clovers), often offers his ideas (typically to a fault) on a wide range of issues, together with the video games trade. Responding to fan questions, Kamiya was requested about his curiosity in remaking Satan Might Cry, the motion collection he helped to convey to life on PlayStation 2 again in 2001. Right here’s what he mentioned (scroll to the 4:32 mark if the video doesn’t mechanically take you there):
When was that? 2001?
We made that 24 years in the past. I don’t normally replay my very own video games after launch. Satan Might Cry is not any exception. However every so often, I catch gameplay clips and suppose, “Yeah, this actually does really feel like a 24-year-old sport design.” With at this time’s know-how and sport design strategy, after all I’d wish to remake it from the bottom up. If that ever occurs… properly, I don’t suppose critically except it’s actually occurring, so I don’t have something in thoughts, but when the time comes—I’ll provide you with one thing. That’s what I do.
Kamiya threw one other sport in that can get longtime followers grinning: “Additionally, let me deal with Viewtiful Joe too.” Contemplating Kamiya is dealing with improvement duties on the Ōkami sequel for Capcom, it’s not out of the realm of risk that each of those dream tasks might turn out to be a actuality. Nonetheless, in at this time’s puritanical local weather, each Satan and Viewtiful would probably see quite a lot of the content material censored or eliminated to fulfill activists. Nonetheless, it may be enjoyable to dream…
Supply: Hideki Kamiya YouTube Channel