Hideki Kamiya regrets insulting Okami Fan

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Summary

  • Hideki Kamiya regrets insulting a fan on Twitter following the announcement of the Okami sequel.
  • Kamiya formed Clovers, a successor to Clover Studio.
  • Fans rejoice at the announcement of the Okami sequel, while Kamiya remains outspoken on Twitter and frequently blocks users.



Hideki Kamiya, a video game director who is notoriously inflammatory and controversial on Twitter, expressed his regret for offending a fan of Okay on the social media platform. The original Okay is considered one of Capcom's cult classics and passion projects, due to its unique art style and gameplay. Hideki Kamiya is well known in the gaming industry for having spearheaded a number of Capcom's games, including this one. He is also one of the most outspoken directors in the business, next door Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada, because he's not afraid to voice his opinion on things or block fans on Twitter who upset him.

While Kamiya is well known as the face of Platinum Games, he recently left the studio and returned to Capcom to form Clovers, a successor to Clover Studio 20 years ago. The announcement of this new studio coincided with the announcement of a Okay sequel at Game Awards 2024. Another sequel Okay was one of the last games viewers expected to be announced, especially fans of the cult classic series, as there hasn't been a new entry in the series since the 2010s The Okamide.


The key image for Okami HD.

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Okami HD is heavily discounted after the sequel's announcement

Okami HD is getting huge discounts on several gaming markets after the bombshell announcement of a new sequel.

Of course a lot Okay fans rejoiced at this announcement, with Hideki Kamiya himself commenting on watching various reaction videos on YouTube. Following the announcement, he posted on his personal Twitter account (translation courtesy of Automaton), commenting on how he saw a reaction video of someone overjoyed at the upcoming Okay continuation. However, he thought the YouTuber, Skittzipoo, looked familiar, so Kamiya looked through his previous Twitter logs. Kamiya realized that she had sent him questions before, and what he did in response was to insult her. Kamiya, on the other hand, expresses great regret, saying “I want to cut off my own neck…”


Hideki Kamiya apologizes to Skitzipoo for insulting her on Twitter


In a follow-up tweet, Kamiya apologizes to Skitzipoo, saying “I love this person… I'm sorry for earlier…” Kamiya is well known on Twitter for being an incredibly outspoken person on the platform. He usually refuses to answer questions sent in English, and while some questions are asked in good faith, others are sent to deliberately provoke him, resulting in Kamiya usually blocking said user on Twitter.

After this comment has Okay the director was asked by fans if he might consider unblocking them from Twitter. In typical Kamiya fashion, he has mostly answered these requests with a resounding no, calling certain people “insects” and asking them to go away if they are going to bombard him with questions that annoy him.

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