Stupid Never Dies Devs Explain Why Their Zombie Hero Chases One Girl, Not the World
The two developers behind this new IP are selling a small personal wish over a world-saving plot, a choice they say fits an audience that responds to underdog stories and comedic oddball crews.
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Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi and director Eiichiro Sasaki, both veterans of the Resident Evil series, discussed their new action RPG Stupid Never Dies in an interview published September 22, 2026. The game follows Davy, a zombie who wants only to bring back a dead girl named Julia. Kobayashi said the zombie protagonist came from an early budget-securing proposal, not from their Resident Evil background, and Sasaki tied the story to underdog gekokujo tales.
The zombie protagonist of Stupid Never Dies was not chosen because the team had made Resident Evil. Kobayashi said the character came from a draft proposal he submitted while the studio GPTRACK50 was being set up and securing its budget. When core members rewrote nearly everything else, he asked Sasaki to keep the zombie lead because he likes zombies.
Davy, that zombie, wants to bring back a dead girl named Julia. Sasaki said he likes the gekokujo storyline, in which the weakest mook rises through effort to beat the strong. The comedic tone grew from a wish to build an oddball crew that fights and reaches its goal together.
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