Friday, April 17, 2026

Ghost of Yotei star Erika Ishii says she’d ‘soar’ on the likelihood to play Atsu once more


Erika Ishii has stated that she’d “soar” on the likelihood to play Atsu once more.

Ishii is nominated for Performer in a Main Position at the 2026 BAFTA Video games Awards, which is able to happen on Friday from London. She’s joined by Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and The Nice Circle), Ben Starr & Jennifer English (Clair Obscure: Expedition 33), Tom McKay (Kingdom Come Deliverance 2), and Aaron Paul (Dispatch) within the class.

Talking to VGC forward of the present, Ishii shared that she’d like to return to Atsu’s world, ought to the franchise select to revisit it.

“Atsu will at all times have a particular place in my coronary heart,” Ishii stated.

“It’s wild that, after three years of attending to dwell on this character, it’s really easy to type of identical to pull out the voice once more or to know, oh, sure, that’s how she would react.”

Nevertheless, Ishii additionally shared that if Sucker Punch have been to proceed setting every recreation within the franchise in a distinct interval with a distinct principal character, she’d like to see that as properly.

“I at all times, I actually, actually love that they do anthology tales. The concept of the title being the exceptional factor and the way every one who assumes the mantle grows in that second in time, by which we play their recreation, is so compelling to me. I really like anthology sequence, however sure, any alternative to revisit Atsu’s world once more, I might soar at, completely.”

VGC’s Ghost of Yotei assessment awarded the sport 5 stars and stated it “delivers on the promise of Tsushima with a touching samurai epic”.

Ghost of Yotei fulfills a lot of the promise of Ghost of Tsushima, delivering a massively fulfilling open-world recreation that nearly rids itself of Tsushima’s bloat,” we wrote. “Pacing points and a few underdeveloped villains apart, Yotei improves on the unique recreation in each division, and delivers best-in-class visuals and music.”