Okamiden is a DS game

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--OkeyDokey-- said:

ClaudeLv250 said:
Jeebus, graphics whores stfu. The DS owns Japan, therefore most titles in Japan will be announced for it. It's not 2004 anymore, you should know this by now and be able to come to terms with reality.

Second of all, this is Okami we're talking about. It didn't exactly set the sales charts on fire and yet people are whning about how Capcom isn't dumping a whole lot more on this "franchise" by putting it on expensive hardware where it would most likely not make a profit. Knowing Capcom it the decision was probably Okamiden for DS or nothing at all.

Okami was critically acclaimed but was not a sales success and Clover was shut down. The game that shouldn't have gotten a sequel did, and yet all people can do is whine that it's not on their platform of choice, that the graphics aren't good enough or that the DS is 'hindering' a game designed for it from the start...

We all know it's the best decision financially. That doesn't mean we can't be disappointed, especially after getting our hopes up with all the rumors.

You said it yourself, this is Okami we're talking about. Okami would be nothing without its graphics.

*hides from Motana*

I agree Okami art is certainly part of the games charm. Without it's unqiue graphics it would probably be like Madworld in colour. It would lose the flair. The thing is Okami is about colour not triangles. Even the PS2 and Wii seemed to use really low polycounts, but effective use of colours. The DS is no different. It doesn't need high polygon rendering since simple textures in a small space will work really nicely. What will be lost however is the effect of more advanced lighting techniques that will probably be left out. Something that the PSP would be much more apt. How much that lighting will play in the long run; I have no idea, but it will nice to see.