Ōkami

Description

From Capcom's Clover studios, the team behind Viewtiful Joe 2, comes a 3-D cell shaded action adventure in the world of feudal Japan. Ōkami tells the tale of a wolf-goddess named Amaterasu who must prevent an evil being known as Orochi from taking over the beautiful world of feudal Japan. Ōkami takes the already well established cell shading technique and turns it into a traditional Hokusai-style Japanese woodblock print visual.

To give the player a sense of being in a painting, Amaterasu is given a paint brush in which the player can cut enemies down with, create bridges or wind, and restore the forest to its natural beauty. With each defeated enemy, color returns and the natural life force slowly regenerates. While playing, players call up a canvas where they can draw with the celestial brush. New abilities and techniques are acquired as you progress.

Ōkami is filled with large worlds and dungeons to explore on your quest to restore the lush trees and wildlife to their former glory. Many monsters and large epic boss battles come between Amaterasu and her goal. To fulfill her objective there will be many people along the way that will help her if she helps them.

Alternate Titles

• "大神" -- Japanese spelling
• "Ōkami HD" -- PlayStation 3 title
• "Okami" -- Common Roman alphabet spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Animals: Dogs / Wolves
• Gameplay feature: Drawing
• Gameplay feature: Fishing
• Ōkami series
• Visual technique / style: Cel shaded

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User Reviews

Oh Amaterasu, origin of all that is good and mother to all PS2 games	PlayStation 2	Solid Flamingo (1328)
A Strikingly Beautiful Adventure	PlayStation 2	Ben K (22961)

The Press Says

Just RPG	PlayStation 2	Feb 02, 2007	96 out of 100	96
IGN Australia	PlayStation 2	Feb 13, 2007	9.4 out of 10	94
Game Informer Magazine	Wii	May, 2008	9.25 out of 10	92
GamerDad	PlayStation 2	Nov 05, 2006		90
Video Game Talk	Wii	May 05, 2008		90
Thunderbolt Games	Wii	May 14, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Boomtown	PlayStation 2	Mar 27, 2007	9 out of 10	90
Gameswelt	Wii	Jun 20, 2008	90 out of 100	90
Thunderbolt Games	PlayStation 2	Oct 17, 2006	9 out of 10	90
USA Today	PlayStation 2	Sep 28, 2006		80

Forums

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Trivia

To the dismay of Ōkami's director Hideki Kamiya, in the Wii version the entire PS2 Clover Studio Co., Ltd. staff end credits have been cut from the game. The official explanation comes from Seth Killian, Capcom's Community Senior Manager:

"The credits were removed because they were a pre-rendered movie that contained the Clover logo. We have no legal right to use the Clover logo in a game they were not involved with directly. We also didn't have the source to the credit movie itself, so we couldn't just use it and remove the Clover logo."