On December 16, Shintaro Kojima announced via his Twitter account he is no longer working at Capcom.
Here’s our translation of the tweet:
Shintaro Kojima:I’ve got something to report. I resigned from Capcom. I will be eternally grateful to this wonderful company and its passionate, beautiful staff. Starting now, I will support Capcom not as an employee, but as a simple fan. Thank you for supporting me all these years. For now, I’m planning to take a break. I hope to make something interesting again soon.
In follow-up tweets, Shintaro Kojima thanked the fans who played his games over the years. He also mentioned he’ll be appearing at “certain places” so fans should say hi if they spot him. It’s unclear whether he’ll stay in the game industry or not.
Shintaro Kojima joined Capcom in 1998, working as a Game Planner onStreet Fighter Zero 3. He was a Game Planner taking care of monsters on theMonster Hunterseries from the very first game on PS2 in 2004 untilMonster Hunter Freedom Uniteon PSP in 2008. He was then promoted and become one of the producers of the series. Kojima was the producer ofMonster Hunter Generations, which first launched on 3DS in 2015. An updated version titledMonster Hunter Generations Ultimatelater released on 3DS,and was also ported to Nintendo Switch in 2018. In Japan, the game is known asMonster Hunter XX(pronounced Double Cross) and still has many players despiteMonster Hunter Worldexisting.
Shintaro Kojima was also the producer forE.X. Trooperson 3DS and PS3, and of the firstDai Gyakuten Saibanon 3DS. Dai Gyakuten Saibanare the Japan-exclusiveAce Attorneygames taking place in the Meiji Era. A fan translation forDai Gyakuten Saiban 1is available, butDai Gyakuten Saiban 2is still only in Japanese.
Capcom isrolling in money nowadaysafter they released multiple awesome games this year likeDevil May Cry 5and theResident Evil 2 remake. So I’m personally wondering why he decided to leave now. There probably isn’t a “bad” reason behind it and he simply decided to move on in life. In any case, we’ll be sure to tell you if Shintaro Kojima ends up joining another studio or announcing a new game, and I wish him all the best.
