NWR recently had the opportunity to sit down with Hideki Kamiya, director for Wonderful 101 and supervisor on Bayonetta 2, and one of the topics explored was how the game creator felt about difficulty levels in action games.

"I have sort of a certain vision for how difficulty should be in games," Kamiya told us, going on to say that he grew up in the 80's "where there was a lot of technique, a lot of skill, required to beat games."

However, the action game aficionado admitted that not while "that's something that will appeal to other players who like action games," there are other people who would want to experience his games as well. For example, he talked about how in "Bayonetta, there might be players that aren't necessarily that interested in action games or good at action games that want to play the game because of the style presented." With The Wonderful 101, Kamiya said that "there might be players who just want to experience playing ... that don't necessarily have the technical ability."

Ultimately, he went on to state that despite his personal vision that appeals to action game experts, he thinks his games "should be available to people who don't have the technical abilities as well."

Our full interview with Mr.Kamiya will be going up soon, including his detailed thoughts on difficulty levels and how he handles easy modes. Until then you can see what we thought about both the east and normal difficulty modes in Bayonetta 2 here, as well is how we thought The Wonderful 101 stacked up here.