Okami to Hit DS in 2010!

Nice job on the article Prosody! I just found out about this a little while ago and I have to say that I am completely shocked yet extremely excited about this! Quite possibly the best news that I have heard all year!

Yay but how are they going to combine regular movement and combat with the brush? Having the player switch between the buttons and touchscreen doesn't work very well...

@KDR_11k

My thinking is that the game may be all touch screen based. Kind of like LOZ Phantom Hourglass. Although Phantom Hourglass did have an overhead view, and by judging the middle screenshot in the pic, this game does not look overhead. I’ll be interested on how the control scheme works.

Wow; all I've got to say is I'm EXTREMELY EXCITED!! I think now’s the right time for an Okami sequel; so good job Capcom... keeping yourselves so secretive & surprising us like this! I think a DS sequel will be fantastic; for it might be a new direction other than on consoles… granted I did also want a direct sequel on the Wii!

I rented Okami way back in November 2008; & from the little bit I layed I loved it from the start! I've also been contiplating long before then if I would like the game; so goes to show that I was impressed!

Plus about this annoucement:
You know, when I was just first looking at the scan; the middle picture kind of looks like that’s a guy! I took a closer look & it looks like the back of Ameritsu; did I spell that right, LOL?! And I’ve got to admit the graphics for this game will be pretty sweet if they’re part 2D like that!

And I might be the only one who looking forward to this Okami sequel on the DS; for I think it’ll be a great new direction other than the console games!

Sorry if this is a stupid question but what genre are you refering to in the article?

Is it new or another remake?

Never played Okami before. I was going to pick it up for Wii,but i didn't because Nintendo power suggested i try the ps2 version. Is it that bad on the wii?

I wonder who's developing?

@KDR_11
I'm guessing D-Pad plus touch control. Hopefully with an option for you lefties out there. I doubt it's an all touch controlled action game. It may not be THAT ambitious.

I hope it's not all buttons and touch pad though. I'd hate to play traditionally only to have to get out the stylus every few minutes. cough GTA cough.

Fantastic news.

I used own the PS2 version but didn't complete it. I bought the Wii version and thought it was a better fit for the Wii tbh. Loved it to bits.

Same game or new one?

I'd get it either way!

looks awesome, never played through the first though. It felt so lonely playing it lol. Might try it again before this is out.

Never expected this, I was hoping for a sequel. Still, this is pretty sweet for DS owners.

YAY

Day. One.

Genre is action-adventure RPG isn't it?

YESSS!

Best news I've heard all week.

Except for maybe that Evil Genius was 50% off on Steam...

Hell yeah!

YES!!! this makes getting my first ds an even more + now

@KDR_11
"Zack & Wiki" is pretty much an all touch screen game and it worked great. "All touch screen" wouldn't really be "ambitous".

i want to be happy but with the fact that it will follow the same story it seems over done but with touch pad i am liking it

Remember, it's hitting JAPAN in 2010. There's no official knowledge of it even heading over here, as nice as that would be.

Sequel? If not then I'll have no need for this one, yea sure the controls are a bit a pain sometimes on the Wii but it plays fine other than that.

Hopefully this will sell better too, we need a sequel! lol

Those graphics look gorgeous!

I'm curious how (storywise) they're making another (unless its somehow a port) since Okami (Ps2/Wii) wrapped things up nicely. Oh, to anyone who's considering getting the original, I had no problems with the Wii controls. Now go get it.

The only possible downer is that the original development team, Clover, were paid off by Capcom and are now doing other stuff as Platinum Games. But hopefully the Capcom in-house team can do this wonderful game justice on DS.

It actually looks quiet good from the images. Hopefully it'll turn out great.

struggle? speak for your self. I never had problem with the wii mote. I had problems with the game itself: heavy load in text, slow pace, and very very very very boring.
Pass.

CTRL F: Bahamut ZERO

Where are you dude!?

could be awesome, the only real flaw with okami wii (aside from deleting the ending), was not telling players ingame the very easy way to draw straight lines 100% of the time

yesssss!

Freaking sweet, stylus for the drawing...I am so there. I was thinking of how the stylus would be much better for this game when I was playing the PS2 version couple of years ago.

Okami on the DS maybe it might be a DSi game too ^^ you could use the Camera or play music from the game on the go that would be awesome ^^

YEEEESSS!! The moment I've been waiting for has finally arrived! Day one purchase for sure!

It's sad to see Okami on DS and not see Bahamut_ZERO. Too bad he's no longer around; I would have liked to see his reaction.

On-topic: I may have to put this on my list. I've heard the Wii version is pretty great, so we shall see.

Chibiterasu? I'm sorry, but that's the most awful choice of name ever. And only three months? Then how in the hell does Susano have a son? I can't link you to it right now, but there's a article on Joystiq that says the dude on...Chibi is his son.

So far, this is looking awful.

hell yes, do want. while I certainly hope it doesn't suffer for being a DS release instead of being for the Wii, I do greatly anticipate the increased precision of the celestial brush. holy crap, getting through some of those long slash sequences with Susano was hell. D:

I'm so pissed that people don't know about this game or don't appreciate it. This game is the poo!!! I have it both for the PS2 (beat it...twice ^.) and the Wii (beat once) and I think the controls are very easy.

So...is this a sequel or a remake?

Sounds like a new game if you read #40