If you watched The Game Awards last week, you’ll already know that legendary game developer Hideki Kamiya, known for the Bayonetta series as well as the inception of Devil May Cry, is once again back working with Capcom under a new studio named ‘Clovers’. This, and the company’s first game—a sequel to PS2 cult classic Okami—are obvious references to the long-defunct Clover Studio, which is where many of PlatinumGames’ early employees came from, and which developed the original Okami.
That wasn’t the only Capcom throwback at the Game Awards, though. The venerable game studio is also working on a new game in the long-dormant Onimusha series, known as Onimusha Way of the Sword. As the company notes on its investor relations site, this will be the first game in the Onimusha series in over twenty years. If you’re not familiar, Onimusha was the series that inspired Devil May Cry, in a very direct fashion.
Of course, the most exciting news for the author is indeed the Okami sequel itself. Not only is the game a beloved classic, the sequel is being created by many of the same people who made the original game—a dreamlike scenario for those of us who had long since given up hope for another release in the franchise after the cute-but-unsatisfying Okamiden on the Nintendo DS. Let’s hope Capcom has the guts to reimagine some of its classic franchises in fascinating new ways.