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The Many Colours of Okami
1up spent all last week looking at the upcoming PS2 title Okami. A truly original story, the game tells the tale of a Japanese wolf god. A distinctive art style and inventive 'drawing' gameplay has made it a highly anticipated release for this fall. Some of the features include a hands-on with the English version, a look at what went into the localization to make the game understandable for Americans, and a great look at the art and music in the game.
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Noooo... Why do they insist on ripping out the heart of Japanese games? Mushikai isn't pronounceable? They must think we're complete morons! "Hmm, 3 syllables... They'll never make it."
Oh, and the article is VERY clear that Amaterasu is genderless... Then calls it a 'god'... And the original Amaterasu is female. Let's get more confusing next time, guys. We're haven't quite baffled everyone.
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
Technically Amaterasu is the sun goddess. The wolf form is from much more obscure mythology IIRC.
Was it just me, or was the GameCube Zelda derided for being cel shaded? So why is it that a similar cartoon like game for the PS2 not seeing this similar treatment?
(I suppose I know the answer for that... but it's still an observation.)
Tough the localization should be expected, there are too many puns in the game that english speakers will be left without (item names, play with kanji, the title itself)... hope they get it right. And someone get a book on old japanese tales, since the game is ripe with parodies and weird cammeos.
BTW, Amaterasu is called "Our mother Goddess" by the rest of the zodiac, tough her avatar as the re-encarnated shiranui is that of a male wolf (even subject to fall for cute girls).
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It's set on the moon and the main character is actually a ghost! I really can't see how regardless of it's mighty roots it can escape ultimatly get to location X killing enemies along the way and talking to NPC's to figure out that you actually need to go to location Y and get object Z off someone that wants to keep it.
Well proably because it's NOT cel-shaded. Saying it's cel-shaded is like saying Sleeping Beauty was cel-shaded just because it looks like a cartoon. It's more like some of the early 2D games with painted backgrounds.
Well I suppose a similiar argument for sex. "Oh how unoriginal. The same motions as everyone else. I want something completely original." After all the complaints it still ends up in the same old place. Small hint. it's all about the execution.
Honestly, who issued the fatwa that said that geeks should be obliged to love the manga/anime graphical style? Maybe I'm in the vanishing minority, but I'm thinking it feels a bit played-out to me.
As opposed to the 60+ years of Underwear Perverts in geek culture?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
Not that this is especially important but why does the topic line say "colours" given that the site admins have stated several times that this is an American site?
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Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
Why the hell is it written as "Okami" everywhere, when the first letter is clearly written with a macron ...? I could understand "Ookami" if you can't produce U+014C on your keyboard, but why the shortening of the first vowel?
Well, at least the Wikipedia gets it right.