Hideki Kamiya breaks out the tiny violin for the 9 Bayonetta games he once imagined: 'I may have to take the full saga to the grave'
Hideki Kamiya, formerly of Capcom and PlatinumGames, is now out in the world as a civilian. The legendary director is responsible for some of the best action games ever made, in particular Bayonetta, but following his departure from Platinum earlier this year (a company he co-founded) it doesn't seem like he's going to be involved much in games anymore.
Hopefully I'm wrong, but at the moment Kamiya seems content to make YouTube videos showing off his ludicrous car and talking about his love of aquariums. In the latest he addresses some audience questions about his games and, when asked about Bayonetta, the violins really start playing.
«I worked on Bayonetta 1, 2, 3 and Origins,» Kamiya said. «I've talked about this in various interviews: that the Bayonetta series would consist of a total of nine episodes, and that I wanted to grow the franchise as the Bayonetta 'Saga', but it seems like I may have to take the full saga to the grave with me.»
Kamiya directed the first entry in the series, before stepping back into supervisory roles as he worked on, among other things, the ill-fated Scalebound.
«It's a shame,» says Kamiya of leaving the series behind at PlatinumGames. «It's not like I own the Bayonetta IP, but I suppose those who do will probably keep it going.»
Elsewhere in the video Kamiya clarified his involvement in the Bayonetta series generally, saying «people got the mistaken impression that I wasn't involved with Bayonetta 3, but I was indeed deeply involved. I was the director on Bayonetta [and on the sequels] stepped back into more of a supervisory role, but I still handled things like the story and character settings to keep the Bayonetta universe consistent.»
Perhaps the most amusing bit of the video, which
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