One of the best games ever, Okami, is getting a sequel called Okamiden. Th bad part is that it’s for the DS.
I have mixed feeling of this announcement. On the one hand, it’s a sequel to Okami, but on the other hand, it’s not a “proper” sequel and it’s on the DS. The stylus does seem like a natural choice for the brush techniques though.
Could be good.
What’s wrong with it being on the DS? It is the most successful and best console in long while, after all.
Seconded. I think a sequel on the DS will rock, and I don’t have any problem with the game using a chibi version of Amaterasu.
Okami was my very favorite Zelda game.
Seriously, it spoiled Twilight Princess for me - so many similarities.
My guess is : it sucks because the OP doesn’t own one. I don’t, either.
That sucks.
Although I have both a Wii and a DS, I’m begining to see some sort of pattern here… the sequel to The World Ends With You, a DS game, is rumoured to be for the Wii. And now we have the reverse happening with Okami.
I smell a conspiracy to “encourage” us to buy more of the other console.
Maybe, maybe not - Okami wasn’t an exclusive. I’ve got it on PS2.
That said, console exclusive games are Evil, and the proof that Satan works in marketing (well, one more proof, anyway). One of my dearest wishes is to be able to go back in time, find the father of the guy (or gal) who came up with the concept, and rip his balls off before puberty. Getting Hitler to a shrink and warning JFK can wait : some shit is serious.
That and that hand-held console games tend to be more limited in scope compared to games for the bigger consoles. Here’s a couple of pictures of the game. Chibiterasu does look awfully cute.
In fact, it was originally exclusive to the PS2.
That it’s not being made by the same creative team is a strike against it.
When I first heard of Okami, I thought it would have made more sense for it to be on the DS*. I’m glad it’s getting a DS version. Here’s hoping it will not be too limited in scope.
*Or that, when a Wii version came out, that there should have been a way to use your DS as a controller for that version.
Considering the fact that original developer Clover (now Platinum Games) hates Capcom’s guts, I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon.
Here’s a small teaser that shows a little bit of gameplay. I think they got the look down pretty well.
This finally settles the “PSP vs. DS Lite” question for me. If it comes out localised, I am buying a DS Lite just for this game!
(FFT, Advance Wars and Castlevania are just icing on the cake)
They have a newer DS now, the DSi. It lacks the Gameboy Advance slot, but adds a couple cameras, and more online options (you can download games like WiiPlay, XBLA, PSN.)
The problem is there isn’t a lot of downloadable stuff that’s very good right now, and there are a LOT of good GBA games you couldn’t play. But on the other hand, they eventually WILL start making DSi-exclusive games. And not just ones that use the camera as a gimmick, but ones that will take advantage of the better RAM and CPU.
Well, I am another who doesn’t have a DS (or any portable game system) and no intention of buying one, ever. That sucks.
Any particular reason why?
Yeah, I have a friend who works for Platinum Games, so I was surprised by the announcement.
I’m in the same camp. It’s a combination of things:
A) Not liking to play games on tiny freakin’ little screens
B) The times I would play a handheld console are when I get some of my best reading done
C) Virtually any game made for a handheld would’ve been better if they’d just made it for a real console. DS games that actually make good use of the stylus are an exception to this, but are also a tiny minority.