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Okamiden
Some games don’t get sequels, no matter how patiently we wait. We didn’t get another ICO, we didn’t get another Final Fantasy VII (though many of us are still hoping for a remake), and after playing Okamiden, the long-awaited handheld offshoot to one of Capcom’s most remarkable properties, gamers will find themselves waiting some more. That’s not to say that Okamiden isn’t a good game. This handheld iteration is, if nothing else, amusing. But the overall package—the good, the bad, and the seriously ugly—is not as impressive as it might have been seven years ago when the Nintendo DS first came out. For those who have barely touched their DS, this may not be much of a problem. Like the PS2 and Nintendo Wii original, Okamiden provides the player with complete access to a paintbrush tool (called the Celestial Brush) that can be used to color the world. But instead of spray-painting walls (as in Jet Set Radio), revitalizing decayed environments (as in Epic Mickey), or removing sludge/paint from the islands of Super Mario Sunshine, Okamiden allows you to attack, influence, and enhance the world with the simple stroke of a paintbrush.
Okamiden Review
Okami is my favorite game. From its storybook art style and lovable characters to its intricate dungeons and epic boss encounters, Okamiden's predecessor has more crowning moments of awesome than you can shake a paintbrush at. Hence, it couldn't have been easy for a new development team to remain true to Okami's pedigree (on substantially less-powerful hardware) with this sequel. However, while falling noticeably short of its forebear's breathtaking highs, Okamiden's streamlined execution still makes for a solid and charming Zelda-esque adventure. Yes, the Legend of Zelda series can be considered a genre at best and a formula at worst, but either way, Okamiden undoubtedly rides on Zelda's coattails. You guide Chibiterasu (or "Chibi," literally "Shorty"), child of Okami's protagonist Amaterasu, in a quest to subdue a mysterious evil spreading throughout the familiar land of Nippon a mere nine months after Okami's conclusion. As the overarching story progresses, you aid both familiar and new denizens of Nippon's overworld as you acquire new items and skills to fight enemies, solve puzzles, access new areas, and purge the blight on the land.
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Okamiden
Capcom's shrunken-down sequel proves a worthy successor, and carries some of Okami's best elements to the Nintendo DS's small screens. With the Nintendo 3DS hype train barreling into the gaming industry station faster than any other Nintendo handheld before it, it's somehow fitting that Okamiden quietly stakes its place in the DS library as one of the last titles for the aging-but-not-old system. In a way, it's in a very similar place as the underrated Okami -- an ill-fated PS2 game that flew under the radar late in the PS2's life cycle. But with Amaterasu playing a starring role in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Okami seeing a somewhat recent revival on the Nintendo Wii, gamers are more aware of the franchise, and will hopefully want to see Okamiden as a result. If the original game was an underrated masterpiece, Okamiden is a colorful, ambitious imitation. Although it borrows heavily from the first game and chops down the gameplay for the DS control scheme, the spirit of the franchise is still strong with this sequel. If anything, the DS stylus feels like a more natural application of the Celestial Brush, although that's really the only thing that the smaller successor has over the bigger console title. Still, Okamiden does its parental material proud.
Okamiden Review
The greatest praise and the greatest condemnation you can heap on Okamiden is that it's the best non-Nintendo Zelda game on DS. In its strongest moments, the story is engrossing, the art style painterly, and boss fights diabolical. At the same time, it's hard to create an opinion of it that doesn't compare it to Nintendo's own adventure franchise. Still, in the broad strokes, Okamiden is almost masterfully done, but the little details still need some work. Set nine months after the sun god Amaterasu returns to the heavens following the events of Okami, the world is once again falling into darkness. The titular wolf's powers are transferred to a white puppy named Chibiterasu, and the child of the last game's human hero comes along to aid you in cleansing the land. The last game's hero didn't actually have a son nine months ago, but that's just one of the many small mysteries you solve along the way. The smaller scale and younger cast never make the game feel like a dumbed-down or kid-friendly version of the original, though. Instead, Okamiden is streamlined and faster-paced in the very best ways. You explore an overworld strikingly similar to the one left behind in Okami, and even most of the upgrades, weapons, and powers you earn are unchanged.
Okamiden
When Okami came on to the scene, no one had ever seen anything like it. The gorgeous art style and music, the innovative Celestial Brush technique (where players draw on the screen to attack enemies and interact with the environment), and the sprawling quest all added up to gaming nirvana. Okamiden doesn't have that same shock value, but it creates its own identity within the framework laid by the original. Veterans of the first game will recognize many environments and characters, and certain time traveling sequences will get fanboys pumped. However, Okami rookies shouldn't hesitate to jump right into this sequel. It's completely accessible, and the entire backstory is explained right at the beginning. Okamiden begins nine months after the original when the land is cursed once again by demonic forces. Guardian Sapling spirit Sakuya once again summons Amaterasu, but gets her son, Chibiterasu instead. Issun (the sidekick from Okami) is too busy with Celestial Envoy duties, so Chibi has to recruit other partners throughout the quest to help battle the demons. The first partner is a young boy named Kuni, who is the son of Susano and Kushi from Okami.
Okamiden Review
As the son of a wolf goddess, Chibiterasu was born with extraordinary powers. With a few splashes of ink from his celestial paintbrush, he can summon a bomb out of thin air, slice a boulder in half, or conjure a barrage of fire. Having such powerful tools at your disposal makes it sound as if Okamiden is another game that focuses on death and destruction, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Okamiden is a game about breathing life into a corrupted land, and as you chase away the evil demons populating this haunted world, it's hard not to be struck by the beauty bursting forth all around you. That beauty serves as the strongest incentive to explore every cove and copse, and it has to carry the load because the unimaginative gameplay fails to deliver the same enchanting pull. Forgettable puzzles and mundane combat lack the vibrancy that could have made Okamiden something special, and the clumsy controls often get in the way of your peaceful travels. Despite the prosaic backbone propping up this ethereal adventure, Okamiden exhibits such a gorgeous and enticing world that it's easy to be sucked into Chibiterasu's plight. Okamiden is the sequel to the beloved PlayStation 2 classic Okami, which puts it in a difficult position.
Okamiden Review
Following up on the critical and commercial success of Okami, Capcom hopes to reclaim some of the original's magic with Okamiden for the Nintendo DS, a sequel that is hopefully the start of an enduring franchise. In Okamiden, the player takes control of Chibi, an adorable white wolf who just happens to be the son of Amaterasu, the hero from the first game. It shares the same battle style and use of celestial brush techniques as Okami, with the addition of a brand new partner system, pairing Chibi with a variety of different buddies to help him throughout his journey. The game takes place nine months after the events in Okami, and shares not only the same gameplay mechanics, but also the same gorgeous, painterly art style and quirky sense of humor. Also like the original, Okamiden draws a healthy dose of gameplay mechanics and literary devices from a certain Nintendo franchise of the same genre, but this most certainly isn't a bad thing. Much like in The Legend of Zelda, which the creators have admitted was a huge influence, players will find themselves solving puzzles with the help of acquired items and learned abilities, stepping on switches, solving riddles left by NPCs, slashing enemies/trees/pots (yes, you even smash pots), and so on.
Okamiden (Preview)
The original Okami was an instant classic on the GameCube, PS2, and Wii, but unfortunately never seemed to get the real appreciation it deserved from audiences and only achieved modest sales. However, that isn’t stopping Capcom from exploring the original game’s universe with this great looking and playing DS title, Okamiden. Okamiden keeps the main gameplay mechanics from the console version, utilizing a Zelda-like scheme with a twist. You play as the son of Amaterasu, Chibiterasu, as he embarks on a mission to save the world. This time around he has a buddy who is around to help him out, a small boy who rides on his back named Kuni. There are elements in Okamiden that just feel write on the DS, making you wonder why the original Okami wasn’t made on it in the first place. You’re able to interact with objects in the environment with different brush strokes from your Celestial Brush, as well as perform special magic abilities that you unlock as you play. Using the stylus to draw figures in order to perform some of the game’s special moves feels like a no-brainer, and a very natural motion given the system’s innate capabilities. Graphically, the game looks fantastic, effectively capturing the look and design of the original.
Okamiden (Preview)
Welcome to the Interrogation Room, GameSpy's signature pre-release game coverage format. Here, a GameSpy editor (typically one who's relatively in-the-dark about the game in question) grills his peers for information on a hotly anticipated game -- hopefully with more entertaining results than the typical boilerplate preview would provide. Eric Neigher, Contributing Editor: Hey, thanks for kicking my ass with horrible Ryu cheese at Marvel vs. Capcom 3 before we played this game, thereby totally souring me on anything I would've seen for the rest of the day. Somehow, despite that, Okamiden made me smile. What was your general impression of how it holds up to its PlayStation 2/Wii progenitor? Ryan Scott, Executive Editor: This really strikes me as Okami: Super-Kawaii Chibi Edition. In addition to the cool watercolor/cel shading art style, everything's super cutified -- the dog's name is Chibiterasu! And hey, I have no problem with this. The celestial brush mechanics still work more or less like you remember; you draw stuff in a special subscreen in order to affect the environment (such as drawing a path across a broken bridge in order to mend it). It's a concept that feels quite tailored to the DS, and I'm, really taken with it.
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