Hideki Kamiya called out “shutty leakers” after Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal, saying they “must be cursed”.
Earlier today Nintendo finally announced its Switch 2 console after months of anticipation and anticipation.
After the announcement, Kamiya (game developer of Okami, Bayonetta, Devil May Cry and more) took to social media to express his frustration with those who leaked Switch 2 information before publication.
“I hope that everyone who leaked Switch 2 files/people who helped leak it will be cursed for the rest of their lives to always have poop on their shoes when they get home,” he began, jokingly enough (via machine translation).
Kamiya returns to surprise reveal of the Okami sequel in development from last year’s The Game Awards. “Now that I have appreciated the warning of Okami along with all the users, I really believe that … all the damn leakers should be cursed,” he said.
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He continued, referring to theoretical leakers as “the worst of scum”.
“The shitty leaker is only for his own pleasure and self-gratification, not only is he not helping anyone’s benefit, he has wasted all his time, and has done nothing to celebrate in front of others,” he said. . “It is the worst form of abomination, so he should be covered in feces from head to toe and thrown out of the place… and then stop thinking and walk eternity.”
He ended the thread with one more air of frustration.
“These damn leakers are in a position of responsibility where they have access to information that only a very select few know, but what they do is nothing more than an expression of the desire for approval without a shred of rationality; they are ashamed, so it is not the company that their secrets are revealed should be blamed, but these evil people, and they should be crushed as soon as possible,” he said.
The speaker Kamiya is known for his hot use on social media, but when his thread has a passion to begin with, there seems to be an incredible amount of real anxiety.
In fact, leakage has become an industry-wide problem. In recent years, many big announcements – from Nintendo and other studios – have been leaked before release. This week, former Nintendo employees said that the company will be “very, very upset” by the Switch 2 out, because of their “disruption”.
Kamiya’s Okami sequel, thankfully, wasn’t leaked before it was revealed. It was created by his new studio Clovers.
The Switch 2 still doesn’t have a firm release date, but it was finally announced earlier today along with a teaser of the new Mario Kart game.
