Okami Confirmed for the Wii

The highly unique PlayStation 2 title Okami will see new life as a title for the Wii console. Boasting a beautiful visual style and a 'drawing' game mechanic that would seem to presage the Wii's motion control, it will almost certainly fit in well with the Wii's existing stable of games. Eurogamer also note that "the game lends itself rather well to the potential of Nintendo's Wiimote for control. Amaterasu's Celestial Brush - a paintbrush used in combat and for solving puzzles - is a perfect fit for the Wiimote, and so it proves, while combat will also include various "motion-controlled physical attacks"."

Re:Its about time

[meringuoid]

I love how the games are starting to trickle in for this box. Seriously, the game developers get it now. This is the start of the flood.

Don't get overexcited; it's another PS2 remake.

It's only really of note because it's an excellent game, and there are clear advantages to a Wii port (i.e. Wiimote for brush + installed base of Zelda fans who'll appreciate this kind of game a LOT).

It's exclusives and new games that we want to see on Wii. Those, too, are appearing, but not in such great numbers. Maybe that's because there's a huge back catalogue of PS2 games, it's not so hard to port them, the world is full of Wii owners = profit! And it suits me because I never had a PS2. But a big new third-party release would be very nice indeed.

Re:Took them long enough

[hansamurai]

Unfortunately the creative group behind Okami has been officially disbanded. I think the real minds behind Okami are still together at a new studio but I don't think anyone knows what they're working on.

Old:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover_Studio [wikipedia.org]

New:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeds_(developer) [wikipedia.org]

New new (Seeds merged with some other company to form PlatinumGames)
No wikipedia article