GamesRadar - Okami

Okami (PS2) is the Capcom Store's Deal of the Week (News)

Oct 3, 2009

Capcom Unity: "This week's deal of the week over at the Capcom Store is Okami for the PS2 for only $9.99. If you haven't checked out it out yet, this is the perfect time to buy. If you have any doubts at all, the game is currently sitting at a score of 93 on Metacritic."

Okami, Shadow of the Colossus Honored at CEDEC Awards (News)

Sep 3, 2009

Anoop Gantayat: The second annual CEDEC Awards ceremony was held earlier today, closing off the second day of the three day CESA Developers Conference in Yokohama.

Okamiden to be revealed in next Famitsu issue (News)

Aug 27, 2009

According to a Japanese retailer, Okamiden will make an appearance in the next Famitsu issue.

The Top 7... Deadliest shark attacks (Feature)

Aug 3, 2009

In real life, everyone knows sharks are perfectly lovely creatures that hold down good jobs, drive responsibly in hybrid cars, and almost never prey on humans. In popular media, however, they’re vicious aquatic bastards who like nothing better than to sneak up on unsuspecting swimmers and devour them as gruesomely as possible, preferably in front of an audience. ...

Okami - The Top 7... Shark attacks (Video)

Aug 3, 2009

An engrossing adventure every bit as good as the best Zelda games. Its visual style, gameplay and humor make it an absolute must-have.

Before and after: the games that changed during development (Feature)

Jun 15, 2009

Splinter Cell Conviction

Sam Fisher’s gone through some midlife crisis-sized changes over the past couple of years. One minute he’s a tortured emo agent on the run, with as little respect for the law as he does for kept facial hair. The next he’s a malicious murderer, who makes Jack Bauer look like Jack Osborne.

Above: From badly groomed to just plain bad

The Conviction of 2007 has heavy influences from ...

The Top 7… greenest games (Feature)

Apr 20, 2009

How noble, the human species! Once a year we selflessly take a break from wrapping products in toxic plastics and burning piles of old tires to appease this stupid, stupid planet we live on. How dare it demand more trees, breathable air and animals that don’t choke to death on our trash? ...

Some hope for an Okami sequel (News)

Apr 15, 2009

-Okamis director, Hideki Kamiya, stated recently:

"The last male character I want to touch upon is Issun in Okami. He isn't a playable character, not to mention you don't really see him during gameplay (LOL), but I think that people who have cleared Okami realize that he was a great main character. Conceptually, Issun is a childish character who manifests this immaturity in his extreme perversion and foul mouth; however, he is also a good-hearted, loyal, and compassionate figure. As Okami is an adventure game, Issun holds a special place as the character with the largest number of lines I have ever written, and as you move through the game, I think he is also the most fleshed out of my characters. Among all the characters I have created, he is the only character that hasn't been used by another creator, and even now, he is a character whose story I feel I'd like to continue some day."

Okami on sale for $20 (News)

Mar 31, 2009

Capcom's visually stunning title Okami has been placed on sale for the price of $20 for both Wii and PS2 versions of the game.

Okami sold well on Wii after all? (News)

Mar 22, 2009

Valay of NintendoEverything.com reports:

"This is pretty interesting. In the past, some comments made by Capcom representatives didn't exactly make it seem as though Okami was doing too well on Wii in terms of sales numbers. However, comments from Capcom Product Manager Colin Ferris indicate that the the game "definitely did well" after all.

This is what Mr. Ferris said about Okami on a recent Inner Party podcast.

'As for the Clover IPs, we did just release Okami on the Wii. And it did have some very good success on the Wii. It definitely did well. So we were excited about that. As for revisiting some of them [Clover IPs], you know, I can't rule anything out but we don't have anything planned.'"

Musical review of Okami (News)

Dec 27, 2008

TVGB: "I've heard of haiku game reviews, but the musical game reviews of Rebecca Mayes really elevate the weird artistry of expressing one's opinion via the interwebs to another level. After receiving more than 10,000 listens to her first song "Press A," which catalogues the relationship-rending dangers of playing WiiSports with your boyfriend, Mayes has returned to lyrically lambaste our favorite furry sun goddess in "I'm A Wolf.""

The Top 7... Little heroes in big worlds (Feature)

Oct 20, 2008

Our weekly Top 7 lists usually cover timeless topics that could probably post any point throughout the year. But this week, with the newly released, critically fellated LittleBigPlanet inspiring countless cases of tiny heroes roaming gigantic worlds, we wanted to be a bit timelier and celebrate the very best of the very small. ...

Okami, Odin Sphere, and Disgaea joining PS2 Greatest Hits? (News)

Aug 7, 2008

Spencer reports:

"After so many reprints of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness I'm surprised it isn't already Greatest Hits game. In September it probably will be."

Top 10 Entries on Top 10 Lists (Feature)

Aug 1, 2008

If you’ve been reading gaming lists - magazine, internet or bar napkin - for as long as we have, then you’ve probably noticed a number of inclusions that seem to always make it. It’s like you can’t have a “Defining Moments”, “Worst whatever” or “Underrepresented blah” list without mentioning what every reader assumes will be the top pick. ...

Here's to you Capcom: Okami Italian translation! (News)

Jun 14, 2008

Recently we heard that Capcom simply didn't have the time to translate Okami into Italian.
After this unbeliavable decision and working hard for three months, a group of fans decided to translate by themselves Okami into Italian language. Now their project is finished and it's ready to be downloaded in PDF and TXT formats.

Capcom steals own artwork from IGN for Okami box (News)

Apr 20, 2008

Fragcast reports on a slight mistake by Capcom: "No, it's not Aprils fools day - though I did have to check. The American boxart for Okami hides an embarrassing secret..."

Five reasons you suck if you don't play Okami (Feature)

Mar 26, 2008

If you didn't go out and buy Okami, you suck. Period. Okami is one of the best games that hardly anyone played. Despite having received rave reviews and numerous awards - including our very own “Too Beautiful to Live” accolade - sales for the title were lackluster. What the hell, gamers? Do you want to play crap like Deer Hunter 17 and Bratz: Inappropriately Sexed-Up Pre-Teens all your life?Luckily, the Wii version of Okami is just ...

Okami: PS2 vs Wii video dogfight (News)

Mar 18, 2008

Where did we come from? Why are we here? Does Okami look better on the PS2 or Wii? We like to ask the important questions here at GamesRadar. Although we’re still working on finding the answers to your existential dilemmas, we did manage to capture a ton of footage from the PS2 and Wii versions of Okami for your viewing pleasure. Hit up the player below to find out which wolf comes out on top in our comparison video. ...

Okami - PS2 vs Wii comparison (Video)

Mar 18, 2008

An engrossing adventure every bit as good as the best Zelda games. Its visual style, gameplay and humor make it an absolute must-have.

Top 7... Death Rattle Games (Feature)

Mar 10, 2008

We'd like to think that every developer sets out to make the perfect game. But as budgets swell, stockholders throw tantrums, and release dates draw near, there's a whole myriad of snafus can explode in the face of well meaning folks. Plenty of games spit in the eye of gamers’ expectations and miscarry at retailers every year - that’s not special. These games are the great white whales that tanked so hard they dragged entire companies down with them. ...

Okami dev critical of current games market (News)

Jan 16, 2008

Jan 16, 2008 Choosing a console to develop for in the current generation is a tough decision it seems, as ex-Clover boss and Okami producer Atsushi Inaba points out the issues with all three platforms. Inaba, who's now in the top seat at the newly-formed Seeds studio, highlights Nintendo's dominance of software sales with its first-party titles as the key problem with Wii and DS. "The Wii and the DS are selling very well, but in terms of software Nintendo is obviously the best-selling ...

2007's worst kept gaming secrets (Feature)

Dec 18, 2007

18th Dec, 2007 There are some things that developers and publishers just don't want you to know. And given the unnaturally high number of game announcements, hardware revelations, industry shake-ups, and all round cool things going on this year, they've wanted you to not know a lot during 2007. Thankfully though, the internet exists, and thus nothing is sacred. That's the eternal irony of the games industry. It's a business which tries to shroud itself in secrecy, but whose patrons congregate ...

Capcom exec Defends Okami on Wii, Hints at Enhancements (News)

Oct 25, 2007

Capcom exec Christian Svensson defends the Wii port of Okami against complains from the fans.

Okami wins Edge award (News)

Aug 14, 2007

Capcom's Clover Studio colourful adventure wins UK magazine's coveted award at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival.

A jury of five games-industry staff have voted on their favourite title of the past 12 months in the annual Edge awards--and Okami picked up the winning gong.

The award ceremony, which was the final event of the first day of the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, was presented by deputy editor Alex Wiltshire.

Capcom talks Okami 2 and Wii port (News)

Jul 26, 2007

Okami is one of PS2's best adventure games in our opinion and if designer Hideki Kamiya has anything to do with it, there'll be more epic wolf soon. Kamiya has a sequel in mind, and has revealed that it's something he'd really like to do. But unfortunately for Okami nuts, it's not his decision to make, so his hands are ultimately tied for the time being according to Kotaku. Meanwhile, Capcom's Kenji Infane is considering porting the PS2 title to Wii - something which had been rumored and ...

Okami, The Music CD (News)

Mar 14, 2007

Capcom's gone soundtrack silly! First, a Dead Rising cd is announced and a piano arrangement of Okami tunes, which will be available for online reservation starting March 30th.

The ugly truth about state of UK gaming (News)

Feb 27, 2007

Tuesday 27 February 2007 This week's UK entertainment software chart (all formats, all prices) makes us sad. It makes us sad because no matter how hard we look at it we can't see Okami anywhere. One of the most utterly original and delightfully entertaining games to ever bound its way to PS2 has vanished just two weeks after its debut at number 12, before sliding to 30 and, now, it's plummeted with a forlorn howl into the abyss... Little Britain: The Videogame, on the other hand, is still ...

10 reasons why Okami is a mad masterpiece (Feature)

Feb 22, 2007

1) It lets you control time One of the most visually-appealing and useful abilities is being able to control the time of day by drawing either a sun or a moon in the sky. Draw a moon and the bright sky will be slowly consumed by bleeding black ink, bringing with it nightfall. Draw a sun and a gorgeous spinning orb of heavenly glory makes it sparkle and scares off tougher enemies. This becomes more and more useful later in the game when certain missions only become available at a certain time ...

Okami wins Japanese Art Award (News)

Feb 21, 2007

Early 2007 continues to be a time of recognition of all things 2006, as the results from awards shows continue to pile in. The latest comes from Japan Media Arts Plaza, an online hub of "creative activities and development of media arts."

On its Web site, the association recently announced its awards for 2006, which recognize achievements in "creative media art works" using technology.

Taking the grand prize in the entertainment division was artist Hideki Kamiyama for his work on Capcom's Okami. According to the judges, the award was given for its "beautiful graphics and distinct style of presentation."Play.

Okami (Screenshots)

Feb 21, 2007

Clover vets reunite, form Seeds (News)

Feb 15, 2007

Hideki Kamiya, Atsushi Inaba, and Shinji Mikami resurface with new game development studio.

Shortly after Capcom announced the dismantling of Okami developer Clover last year, it was revealed that two of the studio's big names--Viewtiful Joe producer Atsushi Inaba and Devil May Cry director Hideki Kamiya--had already left the company in search of "fresh challenges."

They appear to have found one, as the pair are listed on the Japanese language site for upstart developer Seeds, along with fellow Clover veteran and Resident Evil creator, Shinji Mikami. While Kamiya and Inaba had left Capcom entirely, Mikami last year was still working for Capcom as a contracted producer.

Okami to sweep up at Game Developers Choice Awards? (News)

Feb 7, 2007

Gears of War, Okami and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess are among the nominees for "Best Game" in the seventh annual Game Developers Choice Awards. This year's GDCA, the awards program where honors are bestowed to developers by developers, will take place during GDC 2007 on March 7, the ceremony to be hosted by legend Tim Schafer of Double Fine Productions. Joining Gears, Okami and Zelda as "Best Game" nominees are Oblivion and Wii Sports. Out of a total of eight categories in the ...

Okami, Oblivion nab top noms at GDC awards (News)

Feb 7, 2007

The Capcom game noticeably absent from the nominee pool at this week's AIAS-sponsored Achievement Awards shares the distinction of being the most-nominated game in the upcoming Game Developers Choice Awards competition.

Okami shares the honor with Bethesda Softworks' The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Each title is nominated in four categories, including Best Game.

CheatPlanet's Top 5 FAQ Submitters (Feature)

Dec 22, 2006

You turn every knob, pull every switch, press the A button, the B button, the “just get me past this effing level” button, but nothing works. After exhausting what seems to be every possible solution with no success, your burning frustration finally sears a hole through your thick ego. You have no choice, its time to put down the controller and find help. Weve all done it. Its free, easy, and available - no, not your buddys hot sister - the answer to your gaming woes. Detailed ...

GamesRadar's potentially annual Platinum Chalice awards 2006 (Feature)

Dec 22, 2006

It's the end of another great year for gamers. Two new systems launched. Two handhelds waged bloody battle. And next gen gaming got a big kick in the pants - thanks to a year of lonely rule by the Xbox 360. PC gaming fought fire with nukes, waging its battle against the console-based onslaught. In short, it ruled. How do we handle this? We're handing out our gleaming Platinum Chalice to those games and systems which gave us the business. No boring list of 37 different strategy games, divided ...

Grabbing the God Hand (Feature)

Sep 29, 2006

At this year's Tokyo Game Show, we had the luck to sit down with a very talented man. Atsushi Inaba is a maverick game creator who's had his hand in a number of off the wall game titles. He first became known for the one-two-punch of Viewtiful Joe and the incomparably complex and obscure Steel Battalion (that Xbox game that required a $200 cockpit controller.) Now, he's back with two big hits: Okami and Phoenix Wright, and topping it all off with the absolutely off-the-wall God Hand. We've ...

The Legend of Okami (Feature)

Sep 22, 2006

They say flattery will get you everywhere, and that imitation is the sincerest form of such behavior. But is there a limit to how much you can ape something before it crosses the line of "homage" into "ripoff?" Well, when the result is a game as life-changing as Okami, we're content to let it take everything that makes The Legend of Zelda a masterpiece and copy it any day of the week. Spending no more than a few hours with Okami will reveal how much it plays like a new Zelda game. You've got a ...

10 ways Okami "borrows" from Zelda (Video)

Sep 22, 2006

An engrossing adventure every bit as good as the best Zelda games. Its visual style, gameplay and humor make it an absolute must-have.

Okami (Review)

Sep 18, 2006

In our earlier preview of Okami, we boldly stated that the game would affect your life. After saving this hand-painted world from certain doom, we can safely say that claim holds up throughout the game's lengthy quest. Absolutely everything about this adventure is top of the line, blending the very best puzzle aspects of Zelda with a visual style that no other title can match. Graphics aren't everything, but in Okami 's case, they help define a universe. Whether you're searching for lost ...

Okami hands-on (Preview)

Aug 16, 2006

Some games, like Shadow of the Colossus or Ocarina of Time, have that intangible "something" that makes them more than just a bunch of polygons thrown up on a screen by a wheezing plastic box. Add one more game to that list. In our eight transcendent hours with Okami, we're already convinced this water-colored adventure will rank among the most unique, beloved fables on the PS2. Okami will affect your life. But this gushing praise wasn't our first impression. You're awoken as a goddess that's ...

Let the sun shine in (News)

Jul 27, 2006

The distinctive and beautiful Okami, Capcom's god-who's-a-dog watercolor PS2 platformer, won't be turning up over here until September. But, like a news-hunting canine with a nose for updates, we've dug up a new gameplay video to remind you why Okami will be so special. It's all in Japanese, so we're still unsure as to the finer points of Okami's plot, but here's the lowdown: the canine heroine is the physical embodiment of the goddess Amaterasu, who has beamed down to Earth to save the world ...

Okami visual update (News)

Jul 27, 2006

Thursday 27 July 2006 The distinctive and beautiful Okami, Capcom's god-who's-a-dog watercolour PS2 platformer, won't be turning up over here until early next year. But, like a news-hunting canine with a nose for updates, we've dug up a new gameplay video to remind you why Okami will be so special. It's all in Japanese, so we're still none the wiser as to the finer points of Okami's plot, but here's the lowdown: Okami is the physical embodiment of goddess Amaterasu, who has beamed down to ...

Okami impressions (Preview)

Jul 19, 2006

Capcom stopped by yesterday to give us another taste of Okami, its stunning-looking Zelda -style adventure game for the PlayStation 2. We've already covered the general gameplay elements and story (you're a goddess in the form of a wolf, trying to bring back life to a world soaked in darkness), but this time, we were able to get a better look at one of the game's most potentially exciting facets: its boss ...

Sharp new Okami screens hit (News)

Jun 19, 2006

Okami is still a few months away from its US release, but Capcom has graced us with a new look at the weirdly beautiful platform-hopper that casts players as the sun goddess Amaterasu, who has taken the shape of a dog (possibly for tax ...

Okami (Preview)

Apr 13, 2006

Thursday 13 April 2006 We're hungry like the wolf for exciting, original ideas and Okami is one of the most exciting and original PS2 games since Killer 7. Originally announced almost a year ago, Okami's unique visual flair and brilliantly bizarre world is now well on its way to hitting PS2 in the autumn, so we got our hands dirty with an early version of this brilliant-looking title. In Okami you play a wolfish embodiment of Amaterasu, an immensely powerful sun god. A legendary and ruthless ...

A better look at Okami (News)

Apr 3, 2006

Sometimes it's beautiful, and sometimes it's ugly. Either way, Okami is unlike any game you've ever seen. Casting players as a Japanese sun-goddess-turned-wolf, its gameplay involves a mix of platform-hopping, traditional adventure-game quests and using a "celestial brush" to paint objects into the game world. It's hard to comprehend until you've gotten a good look at it, so click on the images tab above and feast your eyes on our new shots of the game. Showing friends, enemies and a lot of ...

Okami (Preview)

Mar 13, 2006

A few years back saw the dawn of cartoon-like cel-shading, which was as nifty as it was soon overused. Now, Capcom is pushing gaming's visual boundaries once again with Okami, a beautiful game that resembles "sumi-e," an ancient Japanese art form. It's one of those cases where we didn't know we wanted something until we saw it, and now we really, really want it. Okami means "wolf" in Japanese, and so you play the role of a white canine who's actually the earthly incarnation of the sun god ...

A Year of Hotness (Feature)

Feb 28, 2006

With Xbox 360 out (if you can find one) and PlayStation 3 just around the corner, you might think the only place left for your old PS2 is in a box in the attic. But hold that thought, and cast your eye over our deluxe selection of upcoming titles: this generation isn't shuffling off quietly. Valkryie Profile: Silmeria The original Valkryie Profile, for PSone, slipped under the radar of all but a few dedicated RPG fans. Shame, because it was one of the most exciting games to hit the genre, with ...

Okami Walkthrough (Wii) (FAQ)

Aug 21, 2008

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Collectibles Guide (PS2) (FAQ)

Jul 9, 2008

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Okami FAQ 2 (FAQ)

Jun 12, 2008

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Invincibility (Cheat)

Apr 21, 2008

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Unlockables (Unlockable)

Apr 21, 2008

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Apr 14, 2008

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Boss 1: Spider Queen (Hint)

May 25, 2007

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Okami FAQ (FAQ)

Dec 12, 2006

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Instant Kill Counter (Hint)

Oct 6, 2006

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Loading Screens (Easter Egg)

Sep 29, 2006

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Pee on Enemies (Hint)

Sep 28, 2006

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End Game Unlockables (Unlockable)

Sep 21, 2006

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Japanese Unlockables (Unlockable)

Sep 21, 2006

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Unlock Okami Jukebox (Unlockable)

Sep 5, 2006

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