Okamiden: Okami sequel confirmed

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Capcom confirmed previous rumors today and announced the first details behind the Okami sequel they've got in the works. Formally titled Okamiden: Chiisaki Taiyo (Japanese for something like "Okami Legend: The Small Sun"), the wholly original title is due out for the Nintendo DS sometime next year in Japan. A playable version will be on display at the Tokyo Game Show, which kicks off September 24.
The Okamiden project is being handled by a Capcom internal staff led by producer Motohide Eshiro (Ace Attorney) and director Kuniomi Matsushita, who worked on the Dino Crisis games and directed the group that ported the original Okami to the Wii last year. "Around December last year, Matsushita came up to me and talked about making a new Okami that could be enjoyed in portable format," Eshiro told Famitsu magazine this week. "He's very passionate about the game, and he already had a test version created by that time that was extremely high quality, fully capturing Okami's unique visuals. Seeing that, I thought we were safe to make it an official project."

For his part, Matsushita explained to Famitsu the reasoning behind making the new Okami a DS game. "As you know, Okami's visuals and game system are extmely unique," he said. "The original idea was to take what makes this game special and expose it to more people. That was why we chose the Nintendo DS -- being on a portable system will allow people to easily pick up and play it, and you can also use the touch pen as a brush."

Okamiden revisits the world of the previous game, set a few months after Amaterasu restored things to normal and left the scene. The wolf-god may be gone, but for some reason the demons he eradicated have come back to menace Kamiki Village and its surroundings. Sakuya responds by summoning divine help once more -- but what she gets is Chibiterasu, a creature that looks basically like a puppy version of Amaterasu. Is this the original hero's son or something? "That will remain a secret for now," Eshiro said, "but it's true that he's a young form of existence, not fully grown. He can use the brush and attack with the imperial regalia, but he doesn't have Amaterasu's raw power, which will be reflected both in the story and gameplay."

Basic gameplay in Okamiden will be familiar to fans of the first game. Chibiterasu will travel around the fantasy-Japanese world, fighting demons in a move to restore balance to the surroundings. As before, you'll be able to stop time and draw directly on the screen using a brush, filling in broken bridges and solving similar puzzles. The brush can also be a weapon -- draw a straight line through weaker enemies, and you can cut them in half.

A new aspect of gameplay lies in the partners Chibiterasu will work with throughout. Each partner will work in tandem with the hero in battle and exploration, and you can use the brush to move him or her independently from Chibiterasu, which is required to overcome some obstacles. "The basic theme of returning life and nature to the world is the same as in Okami," Eshiro said. "What's different is that the relationship with your partners will be given just as much weight storywise. The themes are the same, but the nuances are different."

Capcom has revealed one of these partners: Kuninushi, the young son of Susano and Kushi from the previous game. (Matsushita states that Kuninushi was born after the previous game, although how he grew up to be a regular kid in a few months' time will be revealed later on.)

It'll be interesting to see how the gameplay system works in action once Okamiden makes its TGS debut in a few weeks.














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Lol genderbender. xD

If this is true I will be super happy, Okami has long deserved a continuation. There were a few parts that could've used a bit more of an explination from the PS2/Wii game, hopefully this will clear something up.

Gotta say I'm a little eh about the whole TEAMWORK IS FANTASTIC thing, since Ammy's holy powers weren't visible to most in the original game, so I'm not exactly sure how someone riding on the back of a wolf (and a puppy, at that) will be justified.

And FFF- no super kill everything powers at first. I wonder if it'll have a Stray Bead sidequest too?

Graphics look okay so far, I'm assuming the images there are from the game in-development, so maybe it'll be less blockish. Still love the art style though.
Times like these make me happy that I bought both the PS2 and Wii versions in an attempt to get a sequel made. xD

If this doesn't come to the US I will rage so hard.

 

Well in the end they all found out about her being a god and all, so i think her power would be visible by then

I highly doubt this will not happen.


anyways super yay >:3
this makes me glad i did not sell my DS


but a Chibiterasu?


HOLY MOTHER OF GOD THAT SOUNDS SO EFFIN CUTE

and for Kuninushi, i was wondering who the hell that kid was in the pictures in issuns presents

 

Trailer.

B'awwww ;w; Chibiterasu is so cute xDD

 

I need a DS now :<

OH YEAH AND A WORKING PS2 TO BEAT THE GAME STILL

 

I hope Issun keeps his pervy-ness LOL.

 

Didn't you just get the first one, too? And your PS2 isn't working now? That sucks :'D


I like the idea that it's on the DS but at the same time it would have been better if it was the PS2 again and then made on the Wii (:L so I could actually play it)

Dunno if you'd buy a DS just for this.


Edit: If Issun is even traveling with you at all xD He better...:< even for just a little part of the story. I mean it's only a few months after so it's not like he died.


...I think.


Edit Edit: Then again he's Ammy's missionary so I guess he has to be in it.

 

I came into this thread happy and exited. Then I saw this:

No thank you. Pass.

 

Alright, bye.

I knooooooooooooooooooow D:

Waiting for a better trailer. I found the trailer from someone's journal on DevART xD

 

now we need a chibi version of hayabusa and the rest of the dog gang then my life would be perfect :>

 

^ D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww











Thank you TeaAndZebraStripes on DevART.

 

My initial emotion towards this game was "I hope it's on PS2". After reading "Nintendo DS", I sploded with happiness. And seeing Chibiterasu made me go "d'awww".

So getting this.

 

YAY!! ^^
I knew it, I damn well knew it! THe first game was too succesful for it to be left in the dirt as a series.

And we have baby Ammy with baby Susano. You can't get any cuter! It's like a fuzzy, cuddly cloud! XD

 

And with the new pictures I got it seems there is an evil puppy Ammy or something too? o_o

But I admit I lol'd.

Little puppies surrounded by darkness with lightning behind them is very, very fitting.

 

If it's Ammy's pup maybe it's the evil twin of Chibiterasu. That way my OkiAmmy theory will finally make sense 8DD

I'm actually rather interested in the game plot now; seeing a sort of second-gen of everything in Nippon would be...pretty awesome.
And maybe even a timewarp level to the timeframe of Okami, since this game seems to like to mess with with time...a lot. xD

 

It's probably the other half of Amaterasu when it wa ssummoned to Earth and split into good and evil Sun Gods or something like that.
And if you look at that pic and look at Chibi Ammy, he looks at the evil dude like 'Yeah, and?'
He a real badass puppy! ^^

 

:> yay im also an OkiAmmy fan C:

omg going to the timeframe of Okami would be awesome :0

 

I'ma lose loads of manliness for saying this, but:

d'awwwwwwwwwwww chibi Ammy is too cute :>

 

Wait... Chibiterasu seems a bit older in some of the pictures. Could it be that in the game, you have to grown her up or something?

And Evilterasu seems interesting.

 

Well like...older how? I mean not like as old as Ammy, right? I didn't see anything o: