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Hideki Kamiya Talks About Why He’s Making Sol Cresta, And What’s Next For PlatinumGames

The answer is “because he wants to”.

“It may sound surprising to some people that PlatinumGames is working on ,” says Hideki Kamiya in an interview with Cutscenes, a YouTube channel that creates documentaries about Japanese creatives. ” we haven’t built the studio with the sole purpose of making action games.”

Kamiya’s studio, PlatinumGames, is best known for their work on Bayonetta — a chaotic, inspired-by-the-Old-Testament hack-and-slash game about a witch in a tight-fitting jumpsuit made out of her own hair. It’s unusual to see them working on a game like Sol Cresta, a retro-style vertical shooter that “bears the soul” of ’80s arcade games, Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta.

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