Resident Evil 2 director Hideki Kamiya has brainstormed his concept for a ‘cozy’ Resident Evil spin-off, during which Leon Kennedy grows greens and goes fishing.
Clovers boss Kamiya, who labored on the unique Resident Evil and directed its sequel, not too long ago made headlines for a video during which he revealed he wished Capcom to make a ‘non-scary’ mode to Resident Evil video games.
“I’ve been saying without end they need to make a non-scary mode,” he stated in a video posted on Clovers’ social media accounts earlier this 12 months. “I simply wish to benefit from the puzzles and the fight,” he added. “I don’t want the scary stuff…”
In a brand new publish acknowledging the Resident Evil sequence’ 30th anniversary, Kamiya once more shared his need for Capcom so as to add a ‘non-scary’ mode.
Reply to a fan, Kamiya later brainstormed what his personal ‘cozy’ Resident Evil recreation would seem like, together with barbeques, visiting buddies, and strolling the canine.
“If I made it, it’d flip right into a recreation the place retired Leon goes fishing within the countryside, forages for wild veggies, bakes bread, walks the canine, [and] tends a house backyard,” he wrote.
Kamiya added that retired Leon would “drive 50 km to the overall retailer for provides, invite previous buddies over for a barbecue, repair the neighbour grandma’s oven at her request, promote do-it-yourself lemonade on the native competition… however that’d be cool, proper…?”
The previous PlatinumGames VP not too long ago reunited with Capcom by way of his self-funded studio Clovers, which is engaged on a sequel to his 2006 journey recreation Okami.
Chatting with VGC final 12 months, Kamiya stated he hoped to repay Capcom’s confidence by delivering a recreation that earns a fair deeper belief between the pair.
“In fact, on the small scale we’re at proper now, making this subsequent Okami recreation is all that we will deal with, however as we scale up and grow to be greater, hopefully that would imply doubtlessly engaged on the subsequent Okami recreation, or a brand new IP with one other writer, or one other Capcom IP. Any of these prospects would make us very pleased.”
Capcom introduced the subsequent Resident Evil entry, Resident Evil Veronica, on the Summer season Recreation Fest earlier this month, and VGC heard from the sport’s producer on the way it’s rebuilding the basic entry for a contemporary viewers.
