Okami (or sequel, we're not sure yet) coming to!...

Eteric

Nintendo DS!

Makes me hug the shit out of my DS. I love this thing.

Kuratosu

Makes sense.

undeinPirat

I think the painting on this would be amazing, because you know... you would actually be painting.

slash000

Sweet deal. Color me excited!

YggiDee

Today, just today, I was seeing a copy of Okami in EB and thinking... "I would murder my entire street if it would get me an Okami sequel. Maybe on the DS, for awesome fucking painting."

I guess I have some work to do then.

Edit: So while I have an apparent psychic link with the Gods, are there any other requests out there?

Senicks

Here's to hope that it not a DSi exclusive because I just won't buy a DSi since I have the DS lite.

Still, I'm very impressed with the graphics for a DS, could be a good looking as the DS Zelda games

Unco-ordinated

If this is a port I might be interested but a sequel? Not touching it. Just take a look at the last few sequels to Kamiya games where he didn't direct the sequel. RE3? Mediocre. DMC2? Shit. Viewtiful Joe 2? Mediocre. Capcom really don't have anyone that can design games as well as he can.

Xenogears of Bore

Okami is boring.

DS doesn't help with making it less boring, only maybe helping with the controls.

Hell this is the one Clover project where a different team doing the sequel could only help.

Cowbomb

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

If this is a port I might be interested but a sequel? Not touching it. Just take a look at the last few sequels to Kamiya games where he didn't direct the sequel. RE3? Mediocre. DMC2? Shit. Viewtiful Joe 2? Mediocre. Capcom really don't have anyone that can design games as well as he can.

To be fair, RE4 and DMC3 are fan-fucking tastic, so Okami 3 should be pretty good...

UncleSporky

Aw man yes, this will be great.

Rollout

Having recentled refinished 100% Okami on the Wii, I can't say no to more painting fun.

While I think the DS is underpowered for this kind of game, I enjoyed Phantom Hourglass and it wasn't a graphical masterpiece. Hopefully, this could warrant a high budget sequel/prequel/port/remake if it sells enough.

MinionOfCthulhu

Issun better not be in this goddamnn game.

Olivaw

I liked Okami lots

Therefore I will like this lots

UncleSporky

Rollout wrote: »

Having recentled refinished 100% Okami on the Wii, I can't say no to more painting fun.

While I think the DS is underpowered for this kind of game, I enjoyed Phantom Hourglass and it wasn't a graphical masterpiece. Hopefully, this could warrant a high budget sequel/prequel/port/remake if it sells enough.

Judging by the screens it'll look just fine, in my opinion. It's only slightly below Square-Enix level.

Cowbomb

UncleSporky wrote: »

Rollout wrote: »

Having recentled refinished 100% Okami on the Wii, I can't say no to more painting fun.

While I think the DS is underpowered for this kind of game, I enjoyed Phantom Hourglass and it wasn't a graphical masterpiece. Hopefully, this could warrant a high budget sequel/prequel/port/remake if it sells enough.

Judging by the screens it'll look just fine, in my opinion. It's only slightly below Square-Enix level.

Capcom can do some crazy stuff on the DS. Did anyone else play that Viewtiful Joe game a few years ago? It looked amazing.

MinionOfCthulhu

Cowbomb wrote: »

UncleSporky wrote: »

Rollout wrote: »

Having recentled refinished 100% Okami on the Wii, I can't say no to more painting fun.

While I think the DS is underpowered for this kind of game, I enjoyed Phantom Hourglass and it wasn't a graphical masterpiece. Hopefully, this could warrant a high budget sequel/prequel/port/remake if it sells enough.

Judging by the screens it'll look just fine, in my opinion. It's only slightly below Square-Enix level.

Capcom can do some crazy stuff on the DS. Did anyone else play that Viewtiful Joe game a few years ago? It looked amazing.

Played like shit though. Horrible, horrible.

Unco-ordinated

Cowbomb wrote: »

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

If this is a port I might be interested but a sequel? Not touching it. Just take a look at the last few sequels to Kamiya games where he didn't direct the sequel. RE3? Mediocre. DMC2? Shit. Viewtiful Joe 2? Mediocre. Capcom really don't have anyone that can design games as well as he can.

To be fair, RE4 and DMC3 are fan-fucking tastic, so Okami 3 should be pretty good...

Eh, DMC3 was worlds better than DMC2 but I don't really think it lived up to DMC1. And RE4 was directed by Mikami, who doesn't work at Capcom anymore either.

Dirty

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

Eh, DMC3 was worlds better than DMC2 but I don't really think it lived up to DMC1.

Yeah, it didn't live up to DMC1, it blew its fucking doors off. Were you wanting more whiny emo fill-your-dark-soul-with-liiiiiiighhhhht animu bullshit?

Rollout

I don't deny the possibility of the game coming out looking actually great, but the game will probably be criticized for being on the DS instead of a console, not matter how great it could look like.

Brainiac 8

Wow, that is an unnexpected turn of events. very cool news though.

Unco-ordinated

Dirty wrote: »

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

Eh, DMC3 was worlds better than DMC2 but I don't really think it lived up to DMC1.

Yeah, it didn't live up to DMC1, it blew its fucking doors off. Were you wanting more whiny emo fill-your-dark-soul-with-liiiiiiighhhhht animu bullshit?

Nope. I just wanted a good setting, very little backtracking, interesting bosses and no Dragonball Z cutscenes.

Xagarath

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

Dirty wrote: »

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

Eh, DMC3 was worlds better than DMC2 but I don't really think it lived up to DMC1.

Yeah, it didn't live up to DMC1, it blew its fucking doors off. Were you wanting more whiny emo fill-your-dark-soul-with-liiiiiiighhhhht animu bullshit?

Nope. I just wanted a good setting, very little backtracking, interesting bosses and no Dragonball Z cutscenes.

Thoroughly concur.
Plus DMC1's genuine B-Movie atmosphere was much funnier than 3's forced one.


Anyway, Okami DS.
Very promising.
Hopefully a sequal.

Lunker

Fuck yeah, DS. I saw the explosions over at GAF regarding the graphics, but just like with FF 4 Warriors of Light, I'll reserve judgment until I see it in motion, like pretty much every DS game ever. And really, the fact that the franchise is getting a sequel after bombing hard on both the PS2 and Wii, both epicly huge market leaders, should highlight why Japanese developers heart handhelds and why low dev costs are pretty freaking important. Not having Clover at the helm makes me cautious, though.

PaperLuigi44

Oh hell yeah. I don't care what people say, I loved Okami, more is always better.

Lunker

Proper details—it's definitely a sequel.

Okami Set for DS
Take control of baby Okami in an all new adventure.
by John Tanaka


September 1, 2009 - Last week's big 7-Eleven reveal, Okamiden, has turned out to be a DS title. As promised, this week's Famitsu got the first word on the new game.

Fully titled Okamiden: Chisaki Taiyou, the followup to the critically acclaimed PS2 original puts players in control of what appears to be a new wolf character, Chibiterasu. Picture a baby version of Okami main character Amaterasu, right down to the red marks. We can't share the artwork with you until Capcom provides official online media, but one word comes to mind when seeing Chibiterasu: adorable.

Okamiden follows the events of the original Okami by a few months, in a world now restored to peace. Issun, Amaterasu' guide from the original, accompanies Chibiterasu to Sakuya, the girl who called Okami to the world in the original. Sakuya asks Chibiterasu for some form of help.

You take control of Chibiterasu in a game whose fundamentals appear rooted in the original Okami. Just as you did in the original, you'll be exploring the game's brilliantly colored (well, for the DS) world while combatting monsters and solving puzzles. Much of the gameplay is being kept under wraps at present, but the combat system does appear to resemble that of the original.

The switch to the DS brings about some major changes thanks to the stylus. Capcom will be letting you use the stylus to make direct drawings with your Celestial Brush. Your uses of the brush once again include such things as drawing circles to make trees spring to life with flowers and drawing lines to slash enemies.

Also new for Okamiden is the presence of a partner character for Chibiterasu. Accompanying the baby wolf on his adventure is Kuninushi, the son of a swordsman named Susano who appeared in the original (as you play through Okamiden, you'll apparently find out why Kuninushi is suddenly able to have a son despite there being only a few months gap from the original).

The two characters will have to work together. As an example, there's a section of the world where the two have to cross a crumbling bridge. They wouldn't be able to get across with Kuninushi riding on Chibiterasu's back. To clear this part of the game, you'll have to make use of the stylus to draw out a path for Kuninushi to follow on his own. Once Kuninushi crosses to the other side of the bridge, you can directly move Chibiterasu across the bridge.

The original Okami was the swan song for Clover Studio before key members of the studio went on to form Platinum Games. From what we can tell, Okamiden is being developed within Capcom. The game's producer is Motohide Eshiro, producer of Ace Attorney Investigations and director of Onimusha 2. The game's director is Kuniomi Matsushita, a planner on Dino Crisis who went on to direct the Wii version of Okami.

In an interview with Famitsu, the two revealed a surprising start for Okamiden. In December of last year, Matsushita approached Eshiro and said that he wanted to make a portable version of Okami. Not only that, but he'd already created an advanced prototype. After seeing the prototype, Eshiro decided to turn it into a full product.

The magazine asked Matsushita why he wanted to bring Okami to a portable system. His response was that he wanted to give as many people as possible a chance to know the charms of Okami's visuals and game systems.

We already know the charms of Okami (it was our game of the year in 2006), and now we look forward to getting another look at the game on the small screen. Okamiden isn't due out in Japan until 2010, but we'll hopefully get a sneak peak at the Tokyo Game Show later this month.

More like "Ubisoft presents: Imagine Okamiz" :rotate: I'm just kidding—there aren't a lot of portable action/adventure Zelda-ish titles outside of, well, Zelda.

cloudeagle

Ah crap, so much for the thread I made on this.

Anyway, DS. Makes sense.

maximumzero

I called it.

UncleSporky

maximumzero wrote: »

I called it.

maximumzero wrote: »

For all of you that didn't believe me with the new DSi colors:

I fucking called it.

gah why are you doing this all over the place

cloudeagle

UncleSporky wrote: »

maximumzero wrote: »

I called it.

maximumzero wrote: »

For all of you that didn't believe me with the new DSi colors:

I fucking called it.

gah why are you doing this all over the place

What's hilarious is that he never, ever, ever listens to other people in return. Especially when they offer to send him the Metroid Prime Trilogy poster for free after he griped about not getting one 47,000 times.

Brainiac 8

Noone offered to send me their MP poster.

:P

Lunker

Sorry to repost, but just for the new page:

Proper details—it's definitely a sequel.

quote:
Okami Set for DS
Take control of baby Okami in an all new adventure.
by John Tanaka


September 1, 2009 - Last week's big 7-Eleven reveal, Okamiden, has turned out to be a DS title. As promised, this week's Famitsu got the first word on the new game.

Fully titled Okamiden: Chisaki Taiyou, the followup to the critically acclaimed PS2 original puts players in control of what appears to be a new wolf character, Chibiterasu. Picture a baby version of Okami main character Amaterasu, right down to the red marks. We can't share the artwork with you until Capcom provides official online media, but one word comes to mind when seeing Chibiterasu: adorable.

Okamiden follows the events of the original Okami by a few months, in a world now restored to peace. Issun, Amaterasu' guide from the original, accompanies Chibiterasu to Sakuya, the girl who called Okami to the world in the original. Sakuya asks Chibiterasu for some form of help.

You take control of Chibiterasu in a game whose fundamentals appear rooted in the original Okami. Just as you did in the original, you'll be exploring the game's brilliantly colored (well, for the DS) world while combatting monsters and solving puzzles. Much of the gameplay is being kept under wraps at present, but the combat system does appear to resemble that of the original.

The switch to the DS brings about some major changes thanks to the stylus. Capcom will be letting you use the stylus to make direct drawings with your Celestial Brush. Your uses of the brush once again include such things as drawing circles to make trees spring to life with flowers and drawing lines to slash enemies.

Also new for Okamiden is the presence of a partner character for Chibiterasu. Accompanying the baby wolf on his adventure is Kuninushi, the son of a swordsman named Susano who appeared in the original (as you play through Okamiden, you'll apparently find out why Kuninushi is suddenly able to have a son despite there being only a few months gap from the original).

The two characters will have to work together. As an example, there's a section of the world where the two have to cross a crumbling bridge. They wouldn't be able to get across with Kuninushi riding on Chibiterasu's back. To clear this part of the game, you'll have to make use of the stylus to draw out a path for Kuninushi to follow on his own. Once Kuninushi crosses to the other side of the bridge, you can directly move Chibiterasu across the bridge.

The original Okami was the swan song for Clover Studio before key members of the studio went on to form Platinum Games. From what we can tell, Okamiden is being developed within Capcom. The game's producer is Motohide Eshiro, producer of Ace Attorney Investigations and director of Onimusha 2. The game's director is Kuniomi Matsushita, a planner on Dino Crisis who went on to direct the Wii version of Okami.

In an interview with Famitsu, the two revealed a surprising start for Okamiden. In December of last year, Matsushita approached Eshiro and said that he wanted to make a portable version of Okami. Not only that, but he'd already created an advanced prototype. After seeing the prototype, Eshiro decided to turn it into a full product.

The magazine asked Matsushita why he wanted to bring Okami to a portable system. His response was that he wanted to give as many people as possible a chance to know the charms of Okami's visuals and game systems.

We already know the charms of Okami (it was our game of the year in 2006), and now we look forward to getting another look at the game on the small screen. Okamiden isn't due out in Japan until 2010, but we'll hopefully get a sneak peak at the Tokyo Game Show later this month.

I didn't finish Okami on PS2, but it felt fresher to me than most of the recent Zelda titles; it could have done with some trimming of fat, from what I've heard, but I'm always excited for a chance at a good portable action/adventure title.

Brainiac 8

Well, it looks like I need to get ahold of the Wii Okami and play through it.

UncleSporky

Lunker wrote: »

Chibiterasu

awesome

cloudeagle

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

Noone offered to send me their MP poster.

:P

You want it? The person who I offered to send it to completely ignored my PM, so it's yours if you'd like.

maximumzero

cloudeagle wrote: »

UncleSporky wrote: »

maximumzero wrote: »

I called it.

maximumzero wrote: »

For all of you that didn't believe me with the new DSi colors:

I fucking called it.

gah why are you doing this all over the place

What's hilarious is that he never, ever, ever listens to other people in return. Especially when they offer to send him the Metroid Prime Trilogy poster for free after he griped about not getting one 47,000 times.

I don't recall anyone on the board here offering to send me a poster.

There's a guy on Cheap Ass Gamer that PMed me with an offer, however, and I took him up on it.

cloudeagle

maximumzero wrote: »

cloudeagle wrote: »

UncleSporky wrote: »

maximumzero wrote: »

I called it.

maximumzero wrote: »

For all of you that didn't believe me with the new DSi colors:

I fucking called it.

gah why are you doing this all over the place

What's hilarious is that he never, ever, ever listens to other people in return. Especially when they offer to send him the Metroid Prime Trilogy poster for free after he griped about not getting one 47,000 times.

I don't recall anyone on the board here offering to send me a poster.

There's a guy on Cheap Ass Gamer that PMed me with an offer, however, and I took him up on it.

I sent you a PM on Saturday.

maximumzero

cloudeagle wrote: »

maximumzero wrote: »

cloudeagle wrote: »

UncleSporky wrote: »

maximumzero wrote: »

I called it.

maximumzero wrote: »

For all of you that didn't believe me with the new DSi colors:

I fucking called it.

gah why are you doing this all over the place

What's hilarious is that he never, ever, ever listens to other people in return. Especially when they offer to send him the Metroid Prime Trilogy poster for free after he griped about not getting one 47,000 times.

I don't recall anyone on the board here offering to send me a poster.

There's a guy on Cheap Ass Gamer that PMed me with an offer, however, and I took him up on it.

I sent you a PM on Saturday.

I apologize, but I haven't received anything from you.

The last PM I received was actually from Brainiac on the 21st.

cloudeagle

Well, then I apologize for getting annoyed. Looks like we're the victim of a glitch.

At any rate, glad you got your poster.

So, Okami! Wonder if Capcom will be able to recapture the magic now that Clover is gone. I direct your attention to every Viewtiful Joe made after the first one.

maximumzero

cloudeagle wrote: »

Well, then I apologize for getting annoyed. Looks like we're the victim of a glitch.

At any rate, glad you got your poster.

So, Okami! Wonder if Capcom will be able to recapture the magic now that Clover is gone. I direct your attention to every Viewtiful Joe made after the first one.

Y'know I thought Viewtiful Joe on the DS wasn't too bad, for what it's worth.

I need have to play Okami. I was hoping I could find it in a store for $20 like I found RE4, but I'm having little luck. I'll probably have to end up ordering it online soon.

UncleSporky

I played some of the DS Viewtiful Joe, it was pretty graphically amazing at that period of the DS's life. While it wasn't the best, would you Viewtiful people say it was still better than the other console sequels?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCC9_U7QW2Y

Timestones

cloudeagle wrote: »

Well, then I apologize for getting annoyed. Looks like we're the victim of a glitch.

At any rate, glad you got your poster.

So, Okami! Wonder if Capcom will be able to recapture the magic now that Clover is gone. I direct your attention to every Viewtiful Joe made after the first one.

That's funny, I thought the original Viewtiful Joe was the only one not made by clover. :P