Okami 2 Studio Will not Restrict Itself To Sequels And Present IP

The brand new Clovers Studio, led by online game trade legend Hideki Kamiya, will not be restricted to “present IP”.

Chatting with Japanese publication GameSpark, Kamiya and his former PlatinumGames colleague Kento Koyama talked about how simply because Clovers was beginning with a sequel to Okami, did not imply it might essentially restrict itself to sequels and non secular successors.

The staff is definitely open to “totally new IP” and “won’t shut off any prospects” with regards to future tasks past the brand new Okami title (translation by way of VGC):

Kento Koyama: “With regards to contemplating what to work on subsequent, the studio might imagine it may very well be fascinating to make a sequel to an present IP, or a non secular successor, or a completely new IP altogether.”

Kamiya added to this noting how the studio would in fact be open to a recreation based mostly on an present IP so long as the staff felt it may add its distinctive type, and it bought that “wow feeling” from the mission proposal.

For now, the main target is all on Okami 2 which shall be directed by Hideki Kamiya however does not have a launch date or any platorms confirmed at this early stage of growth.