Okami 2 is a real thing and Hideki Kamiya is directing it

Back in July acclaimed Japanese developer Hideki Kamiya publicly begged Capcom to let him make a sequel to Okami, a brilliant 2006 Zelda-like he directed. Six months later, it seems the begging worked, because Okami 2 was just announced at the 2024 The Game Awards.

It's a pretty big deal: Kamiya—famous for titles ranging from Resident Evil 2 through to Bayonetta, but also for his amusingly prickly social media presence—left Platinum Games last year, so this will be his first game away from that studio for 15 years.