Okami Confirmed for the Wii

The highly unique PlayStation 2 title Okami will see new life as a title for the Wii console. Boasting a beautiful visual style and a 'drawing' game mechanic that would seem to presage the Wii's motion control, it will almost certainly fit in well with the Wii's existing stable of games. Eurogamer also note that "the game lends itself rather well to the potential of Nintendo's Wiimote for control. Amaterasu's Celestial Brush - a paintbrush used in combat and for solving puzzles - is a perfect fit for the Wiimote, and so it proves, while combat will also include various "motion-controlled physical attacks"."

Comments

Hooray!

[meringuoid]

How many of us bought Wii on launch day in order to play Zelda?

Well, that's a pretty strong core market for Okami right there. I am definitely getting me some of this.

Re:Hooray!

[TuringTest]

You should take your Zelda copy back from the shelf and give it another try. Twilight Princess high points are not in the adventure (which is quite lame) but in the tourism. Contemplating dawn and sunset at different stations of the year, all while practicing fishing or climbing to the hills, is an artistic experience on its own.

The world is full with absolutely gorgeous outlooks, which change from one time to the next that you visit them if you take the time to relax and just watch. Never before, except in Severance - Blade of Darkness, I had an urge in a videogame to stop following the storyline and just sit there, watching the graphics.

Once you reach the main village, with the abundance of minigames and side-quests you may abandon the main history and still have a lot of fun with the game.

Please

[zsouthboy]

Please please please buy this game.

Seriously.

We, gamers, are not helping ourselves by buying EA-churned out crap.

Buy this game instead, and support something UNIQUE!

I was so bummed to hear that the studio had been canned.

Re:Its about time

[meringuoid]

I love how the games are starting to trickle in for this box. Seriously, the game developers get it now. This is the start of the flood.

Don't get overexcited; it's another PS2 remake.

It's only really of note because it's an excellent game, and there are clear advantages to a Wii port (i.e. Wiimote for brush + installed base of Zelda fans who'll appreciate this kind of game a LOT).

It's exclusives and new games that we want to see on Wii. Those, too, are appearing, but not in such great numbers. Maybe that's because there's a huge back catalogue of PS2 games, it's not so hard to port them, the world is full of Wii owners = profit! And it suits me because I never had a PS2. But a big new third-party release would be very nice indeed.

Here's to hoping for...

[Kilraven]

...a $29.99 to $39.99 price range, a well-done Wii control scheme, and a lot of love. Not to sound pessimistic - I do have love for Capcom, and this is not directed at them solely - but recent ports to the Wii have just felt lacking. Then again, I've been fretting over Katamari's fate on the Wii, too.

Maybe I AM a pessimist.

Re:Took them long enough

[hansamurai]

Unfortunately the creative group behind Okami has been officially disbanded. I think the real minds behind Okami are still together at a new studio but I don't think anyone knows what they're working on.

Old:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover_Studio

New:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeds_(developer)

New new (Seeds merged with some other company to form PlatinumGames)
No wikipedia article