Okamiden: Chisaki Taiyou DS Details
As we announced earlier this week, a sequel to the popular Okami is coming to the DS in the form of Okamiden: Chisaki Taiyou. According to Famitsu, the new game will take place a couple months after the original. For better or worse, Ameratsu's annoying, lecherous sidekick Issun is back but the lead character this time is a wolf named Chibiterasu. As the name implies, Chibiterasu is a babyfied version of Ameratsu and will be sure to charm the pants off gamers everywhere if they can stop saying "Awwwwww" long enough.
Gameplay seems to be relatively the same with the addition of the stylus as the painting tool. Seems like a natural fit for the DS and will likely be much easier than drawing with the often recalcitrant Wii remote. Another addition will be "helper characters" for the young Chibiterasu.
Aside from these few things, details are rather sparse. We do know that the game will be produced by Ace Attorney Investigations producer Motohide Eshiro and directed by Kuniomi Matsushita, the director of the Wii version of Okami.
From the sounds of it, the game is off to a great start and I'm sure there are many of you out there champing at the bit for this title's release. Hopefully you won't have too long to champ however, as the game is set to release sometime next year.
[via IGN - image courtesy Kotaku via Famitsu]
Fruit Brute
Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 2 September 2009
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
[Okie, I'll stop now] But seriously 'aww'. xD
I have to admit that depite being a HUGE Okami fan, the move to DS threw me initially, but after realising that it [I]could[/I] sell better on the DS and that stylus-only controls would be more fitting than WM+ brush controls, I've grew to be really EXCITED!
I love all the new, quirky games of this gen [even if Okami did come out on the PS2 originally]. ^-^
I am VERY VERY excited for a new Okami game, as I am still playing the first one and absolutely loving it. It's no exaggeration to say that is one of my all-time favorite games.
I hadn't caught that this would be for the DS until today, though--and that does worry me a little. As much as I love the DS, can the beauty of the painting-like graphics (which--as a result look blurry) work at the DS level? Will too much be compromised. This is one time where I would prefer a PSP title. I hope this comes together better than Chibi-Robo DS did--that game was ok, but not nearly as fun as the original.
I took 50 hours to finish Okami (Wii version) and I must say that it was one of the most rewarding games I ever played. Now that I´m a proud owner of a DSi, I´m mega happy that I´ll have a little white wolf to take everywhere with me!