‘This is purely my personal opinion, but I thought, ‘If I continue working here, my artistic spirit will die.’ These are the words of former Platinum Games, Hideki Kamiya, in a recent interview with Japanese outlet denfaminicogamer. Kamiya recently started a new studio with former Platinum games colleague Kaneto Koyama named Clover and will be in charge of the new Okami sequel.

Kamiya spoke on the record saying:

I can understand the way Platinum Games is as a company and its logic, and I was in the position of vice president myself, but as an individual named Hideki Kamiya, I was unable to embrace that way of thinking.

The signals sent from the cerebrum are essential for muscles. At the same time, those signals must be reliable for muscles. Until then, I had received those signals, trusted them, and worked to maximize my own strength…but with regards to the future direction of Platinum with Inaba at the helm, I was no longer able to place my trust in them and exert my strength as a muscle.

Kamiya went on to speak about how his ambition and desire to put his personal stamp on his games led him to making Clovers.

I already have a clear idea in mind. I would like to translate this vision in my head into a full proposal as soon as I am able to do so. And of course, I also have an idea of what I can do to make the project a reality. But if you ask me specifically what kind of game it will be, all I can say at this stage is, “It’ll be a Hideki Kamiya game.”

Other than a teaser image, very little is known about the new Okami sequel outside of the teaser image released earlier this year.