Legendary Japanese dev goes in hard on Switch 2 leakers: 'A filthy desire for approval that lacks a shred of rationality—The worst of scum'
Nintendo finally revealed the new Switch 2 handheld console yesterday after months and months of rumours and speculation. While most people just seem to be happy that there's finally confirmation, one person can't seem to look past the leaks that led up to its announcement.
Hideki Kamiya, the game designer of Devil May Cry, Okami, Bayonetta, and currently directing Okami 2, has decided that those who leaked the Switch 2 just before its release deserve some eternal punishment (via Eurogamer). «I hope that all of the people who leaked Switch 2 information/those who helped leak it will be cursed for the rest of their lives to always have poop on the soles of their shoes when they get home.»
I can only assume this is said in a kind of jokey frustration, but even so, a curse that plagues people to drag poop through their house every time they come home sounds like a creative and likely very effective curse, to be sure. But he doesn't stop there.
«The shitty leaker only acts for his own pleasure and self-satisfaction—not only is he not contributing to anyone's benefit, he is incurring all sorts of opportunity losses and has done nothing to be proud of in front of others,» Kamiya says. «He is the worst of scum, so he should be covered in shit from head to toe and thrown out of the atmosphere.»
New leaks about the Switch 2 surfaced just days before the official reveal. Even if the photos were blurry, they dampened the big surprise a bit. A couple of former PR managers even mused about how the leaks would affect company morale ahead of the launch: «I am 100% sure that they are really mad, to the most severe level» (via GamesRadar).
スイッチ2の情報をリークしてた奴ら／リークに加担してた奴らは全員この先の人生ずっと、家に帰ったら靴の裏に必ずウンコ付いてる呪いにかかれ……と、大神の発表でサプライズをユーザーのみんなと一緒に楽しめた今、心底思う…糞リーカーどもは一人残らず呪われろ…January 16, 2025
I don't doubt that everyone over at Nintendo is likely very upset about that whole situation, but even still, I think Kamiya takes the cake: «These damn leakers are in a position of responsibility where they
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