Hideki Kamiya, the man behind some of the greatest games of all time, including serving as the director of the original Resident Evil 2 (1998), has said Nintendo Switch 2 leakers are the ‘the worst of scum’.
Posting on X and keeping true to his reputation for ‘saying it how it is’, Kamiya didn’t hold back:
I hope that all of the people who leaked Switch 2 information/those who helped leak it will be cursed for the rest of their lives to always have poop on the soles of their shoes when they get home…
…Now that I’ve enjoyed the surprise announcement of Okami with all the users, I truly believe that… all those damn leakers should be cursed…
The shitty leaker only acts for his own pleasure and self-satisfaction, not only is he not contributing to anyone’s benefit, he is incurring all sorts of opportunity losses, and has done nothing to be proud of in front of others. He is the worst of scum, so he should be covered in shit from head to toe and thrown out of the atmosphere… and then stop thinking and wander forever…
These damn leakers are in a position of responsibility where they have access to information that only a very select few know, yet what they do is nothing more than an expression of a filthy desire for approval that lacks a shred of rationality; they are shameful people, so it is not the manufacturers whose secrets have been exposed who should be blamed, but these damn people, and they need to be crushed as soon as possible…
Kamiya’s joke-at-first-turned-rage is more understandable when considering the huge cultural differences between countries and their subsequent values.
Both a critic and supporter of Nintendo, Kamiya does raise a genuine point about leaking culture in general (and the internet’s notable lack of restraint), although it’s also fair to say that Nintendo waited a long, long time to announce the Switch 2, clearly due to fears of having another Wii U-sized failure.
In a nutshell: good luck, leakers! You have shamed Japan and will be crushed.
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