The Kotaku team is irrationally excited about God Hand. And that's not some ass-kissy thing I'm throwing out there because the Clover localization dude threatened to read the site after our interview—it's the truth.

I wanted to find out how the hell a game like God Hand is pitched. Producer and Clover Studios prez told me "Shinji Mikami [Resident Evil 4 and God Hand director] came to me with a poster. It was an image with two fists and had a very cool style. He said, I want to make a game like this. We wanted to make an original, fun game."

While God Hand kicks major ass in the action department, it's not the most unique game graphically. Especially so when compared to other Clover titles like Okami and Viewtiful Joe. Inaba explained that "We've become known for cel shaded games, but we thought a more realistic approach would be better. We wanted the focus to be on the gameplay more so than the graphics." He also mentioned that when one is presented with the goodness that is God Hand, "You get a different impression of the game when you play with the controller than when you look at it."

So what's so great about the gameplay then?

"My favorite part of God Hand is the ability to use the right stick to evade enemy attacks," he said. "Once you learn how to use that it becomes a cool fun game to play. Some say its very hard but you have to learn how to use this."

When asked about next-gen, he said he's "interested in the hardware and I'd really like to make a game on the PlayStation 3" but that "When you consider how much detail you have to put into next-gen games, it's an annoying time to be a developer. With all of that detail, costs will rise. People who see your games pick on things we never thought of." To remedy this, he suggested that other developers use graphical approaches like Okami.

We didn't have much time to go into much else, as we were primarily focusing on God Hand, but hopefully we'll speak again soon. Keep watching this space for more God Hand love hyperbole until its release next month. Michael McWhertor

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