{"id":68946,"date":"2026-06-29T17:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=68946"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:19:08","slug":"hideki-kamiya-jokingly-proposes-a-resident-not-evil-cozy-life-sim-featuring-a-retired-leon-kennedy-and-fans-actually-want-it-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/hideki-kamiya-jokingly-proposes-a-resident-not-evil-cozy-life-sim-featuring-a-retired-leon-kennedy-and-fans-actually-want-it-to-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Hideki Kamiya jokingly proposes a\u00a0\u201cResident\u00a0not-Evil&#8221; cozy\u00a0life sim featuring a retired Leon Kennedy,\u00a0and fans\u00a0actually\u00a0want\u00a0it to happen\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hideki Kamiya<\/strong>, who was a game designer on the original Resident Evil and the director of Resident Evil 2, recently congratulated the series on its 30th anniversary,&nbsp;expressing awe&nbsp;at how big the franchise that&nbsp;kickstarted&nbsp;his career in the&nbsp;game industry has become over the years.&nbsp;He cheered&nbsp;on the&nbsp;development team&nbsp;at Capcom&nbsp;for their hard work&nbsp;and, as customary,&nbsp;jokingly asked&nbsp;them to add a non-scary mode.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Kamiya\u2019s dislike of&nbsp;the&nbsp;horror&nbsp;genre&nbsp;is well known at this point, that didn\u2019t stop his fans from asking him&nbsp;to return&nbsp;to direct a new Resident Evil game,&nbsp;preferably&nbsp;one&nbsp;in which he\u2019d give his own take on Leon&nbsp;Kennedy&nbsp;and Claire&nbsp;Redfield\u2019s story as they grow older.&nbsp;\u201cYou can even make all the enemies look like tofu or something,\u201d one desperate fan said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30ab\u30d7\u30b3\u30f3\u3055\u3093\u3001\u3053\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u30d0\u30a4\u30aa\u30cf\u30b6\u30e9\u30ca\u30a4\u3084\u3064\u3092\u3054\u6240\u671b\u306e\u58f0\u304c\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u96c6\u307e\u3063\u3066\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u30d2\u30de\u304c\u3042\u3063\u305f\u3089\u88fd\u4f5c\u306e\u3054\u691c\u8a0e\u5b9c\u3057\u304f\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3057\u307e\u3059\u2026\u50d5\u3082\u904a\u3073\u305f\u3044\u3067\u3059\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9wuYE78yCl\">https:\/\/t.co\/9wuYE78yCl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u795e\u8c37\u82f1\u6a39\ud83c\udf40 Hideki Kamiya\ud83c\udf40 (@HidekiKamiya_X) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HidekiKamiya_X\/status\/2071431885448990839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Kamiya&nbsp;didn\u2019t&nbsp;entertain&nbsp;the idea of making a survival horror&nbsp;game, he&nbsp;responded with an unexpectedly detailed concept for&nbsp;a kind&nbsp;of&nbsp;cozy,&nbsp;slow-life&nbsp;Resident Evil game&nbsp;starring a retired Leon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If I made it,\u201d he says \u201cit&#8217;d be a game where a retired Leon spends his days in the countryside fishing, gathering wild vegetables, baking bread, walking his dog, tending&nbsp;to his&nbsp;garden, driving&nbsp;50 kilometers&nbsp;to the nearest general store, inviting his old friends over for barbecues, fixing his elderly neighbor&#8217;s oven, and selling homemade lemonade at the local festival. 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