Japanese news site GameSpark recently chatted with influential video game creator Hideki Kamiya about his plans for the future and also why he left his comfortable job at Platinum Games to start Clovers. Kamiya says that he learnt a lot when he was at Capcom from the iconic creator Shinji Mikami and when it came down to making a decision about his future at Platinum Games he thought back to Mikami’s words and advice and decided that he needed to leave the studio.
“If there’s anything I’m particular about, it’s Capcom Production Studio 4. Studio 4 is where my career started, and where I learned from Shinji Mikami – a person who has been absolutely indispensable to my career, both as a creator and as my superior. Back then, we used to call what Mikami taught us the ‘spirit of the 4th.’ The reason I left PlatinumGames was because the company’s way of thinking was gradually shifting towards a modern model of game development that doesn’t place importance on the creators’ individuality. Even if it meant the end of my career as a creator, I couldn’t allow myself to kill my soul in order to work in an environment that I didn’t agree with.”
