Hideki Kamiya has been a key figure at PlatinumGames for over fifteen years, having helped found it in 2006 alongside Shinji Mikami and Atsushi Inaba. Like your two colleagues, in any case, you were once part of Capcom, so it is not at all surprising to know that, now that you are free, you have started thinking about your glorious past again.
In the fifth video of the “Kamiya Responds to Your Comments” series, the legendary Game Designer confessed that from time to time dreams of making game remakes on which he has worked in the past, above all Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe and even the most “recent” Bayonetta. Kamiya knows well that portings of some of these titles already exist, however he would like to develop real remakes with updated graphics and a “more sophisticated” game design.
It is not the first time that he has indulged in thoughts of this type, having already happened to think back with nostalgia to his past games. In 2021, for example, he expressed the desire to achieve a new Okamigiven that he considers the first game “unfinished”, e a new Viewtiful Joe, having already prepared a story for a hypothetical chapter of the series.
Currently, remember, Kamiya is on a “forced” break, given that by contract he cannot work for other companies for a year after the separation from PlatinumGames, which took place at the end of 2023. Who knows, maybe Capcom will decide to entrust him with one of those projects one time he will be back in business… In the meantime, the good Kamiya continues to manage his YouTube channel, launching, from time to time, suggestions of this type to make his large group of fans dream.