{"id":1620291,"date":"2026-06-29T21:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/KQ4L7HbVDjchLDoBcjpmCA"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:02:04","slug":"hideki-kamiya-thinks-there-should-be-a-cozy-resident-evil-game-where-retired-leon-goes-fishing-in-the-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/hideki-kamiya-thinks-there-should-be-a-cozy-resident-evil-game-where-retired-leon-goes-fishing-in-the-countryside\/","title":{"rendered":"Hideki Kamiya thinks there should be a cozy Resident Evil game, where ‘retired Leon goes fishing in the countryside’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hideki Kamiya cut his teeth on the Resident Evil games, working as a designer on the original and director of Resident Evil 2 before moving on to other things, like Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Okami, and Bayonetta. Ironically, he’s not a big horror guy\u2014he recently expressed a desire for a “non-scary mode<\/a>” in Resident Evil games\u2014and so understandably is not very interested in returning to the Resident Evil series.<\/p>\n

But if he ever did, he would do things very differently. He would make it cozy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“If I made it, it’d turn into a game where retired Leon goes fishing in the countryside, forages for wild veggies, bakes bread, walks the dog, tends a home garden, drives 50 km to the general store for supplies, invites old buddies over for a barbecue, fixes the neighborhood grandma’s oven at her request, sells homemade lemonade at the local festival,” Kamiya wrote on X<\/a> <\/a>(machine translated) in response to a request for a new game that continues the story of Leon and Claire. “But that’d be cool, right… ?”<\/p>\n

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I think it would be cool, actually. It’s an aspect of videogame action heroes that’s not often explored\u2014what do you do when you’re not doing this?<\/em>\u2014and it’s also a fun way to introduce the series to newcomers who might not be into the usual zombie survival horror thing.<\/p>\n

Besides, if we can have a dating simulator inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos<\/a>, why not a cozy Resident Evil spinoff?<\/p>\n

Despite a history of Twitter trolling<\/a>, Kamiya does seem earnest about the suggestion. “Capcom, there are a lot of voices out there saying they want something like a [Resident Evil] that’s not scary,” he wrote in a follow-up tweet<\/a>. “So if you have some free time, please consider making it… I want to play it too.”<\/p>\n

I’m not a Resident Evil guy myself, but I think I’d give this one a look, too. And never say never: As announced at The Game Awards 2024, Kamiya is currently working on a sequel to the 2006 Capcom classic Okami at his new Clovers studio. Even if he doesn’t want to make the game himself, maybe the suggestion will give Resident Evil’s current stewards at Capcom a nudge.<\/p>\n

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