Okami 2 Devs Share Small Particulars Behind The Mysterious Sequel

Okami 2 was one of many most stunning recreation reveals ever, as evidenced by the truth that host Geoff Keighley nearly broke into tears when speaking about it at The Sport Awards 2024. However there’s nonetheless a ton we don’t know in regards to the sequel to the beloved PlayStation 2 cult hit, together with its official title. That’s beginning to change now, nevertheless, as director Hideki Kamiya and the remainder of the workforce in control of growth open up in regards to the extremely anticipated challenge.

In a brand new interview with IGN, Kamiya and others laid out what followers of the 2006 recreation can anticipate from this follow-up 20 years later. The unique Okami let gamers management the goddess of the solar, Amaterasu, within the type of a white wolf with magical ink skills who units out to free a vibrant, painterly countryside from demonic curses. It was impressed by The Legend of Zelda however seemed and performed in contrast to the rest on the time.

Regardless of important acclaim and a 2010 successor for the DS known as Okamiden, Capcom finally deserted the franchise, seemingly attributable to poor gross sales. So why return to the gorgeous world of Okami all these years later, particularly when large publishers seem extra targeted than ever on blockbuster video games that promote thousands and thousands of copies? We realized the reply to “why now?” and another necessary questions in IGN’s profile of the upcoming recreation:

• Capcom needed to carry Okami again however was ready till Kamiya was obtainable once more (he labored at Platinum Video games till 2023)
• The workforce is utilizing the RE Engine that every one main Capcom video games have been adopting with a purpose to notice “Kamiya-san’s creative goals for this challenge”
• The sequel might be a direct continuation of the primary recreation’s story, which Kamiya stated he all the time felt was left unfinished (that’s Amaterasu within the reveal teaser)
• Regardless of being introduced final December, the Okami sequel has solely simply begun growth
• In speaking about updating the management scheme of the unique recreation, Kamiya stated he desires “individuals of all ages to have the ability to get pleasure from it,” even when they aren’t hardcore avid gamers
• Okami has offered higher than many individuals assume: throughout ports and the HD remaster, the gross sales are at present at 4.6 million
• Kamiya isn’t the one veteran of the unique recreation engaged on it. Kiyohiko Sakata heads up Capcom companion studio Coronary heart Machine Video games, which dealt with the HD port

Kamiya and the remainder of these concerned in Okami 2 didn’t go into way more element past that, both as a result of they’re ready to disclose it later or, because it’s nonetheless so early in growth, they don’t truly know themselves. It stays unclear simply how large of a funds and launch the sport could have, however one factor Capcom has confirmed in recent times is that even smaller releases, no less than relative to a Monster Hunter Wilds or Resident Evil 7, can nonetheless ship one thing exceptionally particular.

That’s how I felt about 2024’s Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, a beautiful motion technique recreation with a streamlined give attention to its core mechanics. Whereas some might have a want for Okami to now be realized in a sprawling open world stuffed with characters to fulfill and secrets and techniques to find, akin to how Zelda has advanced in recent times, I’d like to see the sequel keep extra targeted and never turn into too burdened with trendy AAA expectations and bloat. It may also be the one means we see Okami 2 come out a number of years from now, reasonably than being made to attend over half a decade for a sequel many people have already been dreaming of throughout a number of console generations.

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