The Wii gets Okami

A concept so screamingly logical that if it hadn’t come true the universe would have imploded. Okami runs on PS2 hardware. Okami includes a paintbrush control🍸 mechanic. Okami is often compared to Zelda. The Wii can beat PS2 hardware. The Wii has motion control. Nintendo fans like Zelda. And thus gamers were crying out for a port before Nintendo’s console was even releꦿased.

The fan momentum around the id♛ea steadily grew for several months until it inevitably provoked a reaction from the industry. In February IGN that a “reliable industry insider” had told them that Capcom was seriously considering the idea. The house of Ryu denied the project’s existence when questioned directly and cited the sad closure of Okami developer Clover as a reason the port was unlikely. Ports however, don’t necessarily need the original team to happen, and the rumours only grew in pace after the article was run.

that it felt that the game should have reached a wider a🅘udience than it got when it was originally released (It should have), that a slow-burning public and journalistic love for an unusual game had finally built the deserved fanbase (Ain’t that always the way?) and that th⭕e project had been in development since January (No shit). The Wii version of Okami is now in development by Ready At Dawn, a dev made up of ex-Naughty Dog and Blizzard staff and apparently full of Okami fans. Hurrah!