In an interview with Games Radar at Gamescom, the artist — who is currently promoting the upcoming game based on his Omega 6 comic — said he was incredibly proud to " work under Shigeru Miyamoto-san for so long". Who wouldn't, after all? But it goes beyond just pride — there's also a huge level of respect there.
Imamura-san told Games Radar that Miyamoto is "a really kind, hard-working person... but when it comes to game design, he doesn't accept compromise." A perfectionist at heart, then. And it shows from the many, many games Miyamoto-san has worked on over the years.
Even with that impressive legacy we mentioned above, Imamura-san told the publication that he wanted to leave some of that history behind: "I wanted to get out. And if I was going to get out and leave, I wanted to make my own IP as soon as possible."
And, fortunately, he's done that with Omega 6. He created the comic book alongside his tenure as a teacher at the International Professional University of Technology in Osaka. The video game adaptation was announced in 2022 and got its first English-language trailer earlier this year.
