[GameSpot] - An Okami Developer Is Working On A Sequel Pitch For Capcom

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Okami, a cult classic PS2 game, underperformed at launch but has since done well enough to justify re-releases on subsequent consoles--most recently Xbox One, PS4, and Switch. Now, one of the game's developers has a pitch for a sequel, and she believes it might happen--if the original development team can reunite.

Ikumi Nakamura, who worked on Okami and would eventually become the creative director of Ghostwire: Tokyo (a position that she left in late 2019) has spoken to IGN Japan about her current work and life. According to USGamer, she's planning on pitching a sequel to the iconic PS2 title, and she's hopeful it can happen.

Nakamura mentions the sequel idea when asked if she has a "dream project," saying that she'll make the pitch to IP owner Capcom once the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is over. She reportedly believes that there's a good chance that the sequel could happen, but that it would be important to reunite members of the original team--she insists that Hideki Kamiya would have to direct, as he did with the original.

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