It's a perfect game for those who love Japanese folklore, there's nothing I dislike about Okami.

waitwaitwait they released a switch port?!

@@Konpekikaminari yep, when in Handheld Mode you can use the touch screen to use the Celestial Brush or the gyro controls when docked.

Is it worth buying the Switch just for Okami? I’m very torn on whether I want to shell out the cash.

@@mercedeswalt6621 Perhaps not *just* for Okami, but it's probably the best version of the game yet thanks to the touchscreen for the Celestial Brush.

Praise it man, praise it.

+Arno Xu Joseph Campbell/you for the win.

Yup. Yup.

+Arno Xu you sir... are true..

wow man that´s deep

Thank you for telling me about who is Amaterasu. But dude that meaning of Okami that you learned me was interesting.

But hear me out: What if Okami was a girl?

@@originalph00tbag you mean Amaterasu and yes it is a girl.

@@SilverBlazer565 i'm pretty sure originalph00tbag's comment was a play on the old "what if zelda was a girl?" joke, where people thought that the title "the legend of zelda" was referring to the protagonist

Okami is amaterasu, we are a wolf who rules the sun

yes!, I really miss this game!

I couldn't agree more

This was my favorite ps2 game. C'mon capcom when the sequel or the remake for PS4.

REMAKE CONFIRMED FOR DECEMBER!!!

I just bought the remake, my first time playing and it's amazing!

You and me both!

I'm sorry for your loss

I feel sorry for you...i remember aswell when i Play first time this game. I was about to go and see with my girfriend....which is my wife now, we got 2 kids, many years passes...😢

I’m so sorry for your loss…

泣けるじゃねーか

Sorry to hear that.

Once you reach where this song plays it will bring tears to your eyes. :)

@@barrettfenwick8028 it's challenging for me to cry over anything like games, movies and all that. the movie Mysterious Skin didn't make me cry so let's see what I'm in for

@@barrettfenwick8028 He probably will have cried due to the scene right before that music kicks in. "Thank You".

There are no words that can describe it, that's how beautiful it is. It does have it's flaws but not to the point where it ruins the game. :)

@Brythonic My biggest one for me, and this may come as a nitpick: Orochi at the start of the game was painted as the big main bad, you take him down and all is well and good. But when you do kill him, the game says "psyche, there's an even bigger villain out there." For me, that put the pacing off balance.

@Brythonic There are multiple flaws with the game, such as Issun pointing out blatantly obvious things, and on the other hand, pointing out stuff so that the player can't figure stuff out on their own. The pacing of the game in the beginning is also very slow, but it's an RPG so I understand why. The way the game recognizes brush techniques is also bad sometimes (Tried to do catwalk and it thought I was drawing the infinity sign, like what?). Some would say the game is too easy, but that's not a problem, more about what the focus went into, having a game easy doesn't mean it's bad. I however disagree with Orchestra Gamer up there about the pacing, when you kill Orochi with Susano, you're supposed to think the game is over, but then you learn that there are even bigger journeys ahead, it makes the game feel HUGE and it puts an even bigger emphasis on the word "epic". The only other complaint I have with it is that Yami has little to no backstory whatsoever, it's just kind of... There. At least with Orochi you have a personality. But maybe that's the point, I know it's kind of meant to be good vs evil and nature vs technology in the end, but that main antagonist was so weird to me. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this game. One of, if not my all time favorite games. The visuals? Stunning. The music? Absolutely breathtaking. But no game is perfect, and this is no exception. I will say this game is a prime example of what games could be, and if they ever made a sequel to Okamiden (Or maybe a prequel where you play as Ammy on the celestial plain as it gets attacked by Orochi) and if they fix the problems that Okami had, that would probably go on to be THE BEST game of all time. I would give the game a 9.9/10. Because even with those problems, they pale in comparison to the absolute mindblowing love and affection this game has put into it. Nearly everything with the game is perfect, and who knows, maybe everything will be perfect with it one day.

@@2urh I believe this is where my friend gave up playing. He just couldn't believe it wasn't over because getting that far took forever.

@@2urh For me it was the fight with ninetails being the big bait. Orochi left me feeling hollow but the ninetails fight had almost all of the brush strokes, character deaths, there was a big emphasis on that being the end of the game. The yami fight was annoying to say the least, I despised it. But for me the big issue the game had was the camera, at times it worked fine, other times it aimed you down at the ground, acted sluggish, forced a viewpoint on you that was subpar.

Yami! Your terror ends here! You think you can get away with spreading the world in darkness?!!? THINK AGIAN! I may also originate from the darkness in people's hearts, but you're still going down! Face the true meaning of hope, justice, peace, and restoration! You may have taken my throne, but I will reclaim it!- me if I were a heartless. (Probably)

Yami... Your hubris and your reign of terror has come to an end. For the people, for the Heavens, and for all those who cry for justice and salvation, Kenji Kuranaga, the Heaven's Champion, shall endure to strike you down. The hope of the people shall NEVER be exstinguished, for the after the night falls, the Rising Sun shall always prevail!- Kenji Kuranaga, lawful good japanese bounty hunter who aliased as 'The Heaven's Champion'.

Ned Zukoski (note, this is a continuation of my comment on this chain, so don't get confused, k? K.) I am Izonoxzi Algikop! Heir to the shade, blade of the light which is hallowed, and the Grim Reaper of all Evil! You darkness ends now! FACE, MY! PAIINNN!!!!

ungodly amounts of cringe in this comment thread.

@@Hal_142 KZfaq needs a cringe alert/report button for people to click when we see this kind of stuff posted.

+Issun McGoodmage ......guesing your talking about god of war.

joe bob What about God of War? I've never played it.

Issun McGoodmage You know what you said about Latin music and it being insurmountable odds. I thought you were talking about God of War.

hey they were both going op mode at this point am i right? x) and lets not forget after you kick some ass ammys famous howl ;)

+joe bob god of war...uhhh that differs drastically from okami XDDDD

Thank you based Kamiya

It’s a Hideki Kamiya game, of course it’s amazing.

I love Okami but...the pacing? The pacing is Twilight Princess levels of bad. Actually, it's probably worse, because that game's pacing eventually gets pretty great.

Hideki Kamiya is an artist. Every one of his creations, he treats like his baby. Which... makes him a bit jaded but his work is excellent.

It makes me sad Clover is gone, but the love and joy they gave still remains

Is it weird a 9 year old me felt the same way about FF 3? :P

Please check out Bayonetta if you haven't. She is the best female character ever and the games themselves are amazing. They are made by Platinum which is the modern day version of Clover Studio, because some of the creators of that company founded it. Also, Platinum is making an Okami sequel and the guy responsible for the original game is behind it, so hopefully that will come out sometime this decade.

@@user-mu1os7me8s he meant that amaterasu wolf is girl lol

No. She has unrealistic body proportions.

@@Wallerock16 and so does mario but who gives a shit

i know you mean amaterasu lol, but i would like to add in Velvet from Tales Of Berseria

I regret never finishing the game back then more than you could ever imagine...lol

there's always next time ;)

or Marvel vs Capcom, though I feel that may have happened by now.

+Joshua Richards yeah Amaterasu is in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

Ammy for Smash 5! Let her final smash be the brush techniques!

Probably be Similar to Bowser Jr but Cooler x3

+Malcolm Fitzpatrick I am afraid but Japans secret national anthem is the Main Theme of Final Fantasy. They even used it for a militairy event.

+Foxy the Fox Network Fox lmao. Seriously?

+Foxy the Fox Network Fox No way, they really did that? You got a video for it? I want to see that.

@@ViceN53X I found that ↓ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLV1dZWnzsyUg40.html if you still curious

Well...you can still play Dark Souls...that's pretty much it tbh.

I know this is a joke, but if you really think that you need to play Nier. not as artsy as Okami but the story is great.

I just learned about Okami recently and I have to say my first thought was "HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS?" I could of had such a better childhood. The Okami franchise is definitely one of the best, least capitalized series I've ever seen, from what I've read. If Zelda can make a thousand remakes why can't I have Okami 2 (Okamiden doesn't count, even though I liked that one too)? :(

Personally I couldn't stand the gameplay. I know "I'm bad" or something but I got lost in one of the first big areas and stuck at the beginning of the game and I can't stand games that I have to use a walkthrough to enjoy. But the story, art style, and music are great imo...

I see what you did there ;-;

...Like the fish he is you mean

randomtotallyrandom Yes, yes, when I said "bug" I didn't mean it literally lol, I know he's a fish.

That sounds almost exactly like earthbound final boss

***** this song combined with the cutscene, i just can't help but cry. its so beautiful

***** The first time I fought Yami it actually was hard. Thank Amaterasu I had some Golden Peaches used.

@lego geek Religion is mythology

This ame is terrific at explaining the mythology. The only thing it gets wrong is Susano and Ameterasu and their relationship. Otherwise...its fucking perfect

v fair. i hope you have fun looking into it :-)

@@euomu Here's your edgy award, sir.

Yes

Yas it rises once again!

Hell its about time.

@Optimus Troll bruh, the own Hideki Kamiya confirmed on Twitter

@Optimus Troll so you're telling me that the own creator is lying? Lol

@Optimus Troll and I'm saying that is already confirmed on Twitter, we still have to wait for a trailer, or whatever Calm down mate aa

That would be spectacular 😭😭💞

That would be so epic!

Unfotrunately, I think they're bringing AKB-48.

If I see Japan play this song and display a white wolf at the 2020 games I will die in a state of euphoria! :P

Japan is a secular country with 50% of the population identifying as Atheist or Non-Religious. Good luck, dawg.

That is the nerdiest, most fantasy shit, And I love it! XD Excelsior Brother! ;P

i love this song so much

Damn straight, dude knows what's up.

That cashier is a "Celestial Envoy" XD

I had picked up mine at walmart out of a nonchalant interest, lets say I got more than I bargained for lol, I've played this game on nearly every console, the fact that I still vividly remember buying it 10 years ago is truly a testimony to this game's greatness

MasoGamer that feel when i'm listening to music and i randomly find maso in the comments *tackles*

monkee goro Fancy meeting you here, Monado Girl.

MasoGamer oooh, i'm actually commenting on youtube. feels weird-errrrrm, i mean.... i'm really feeling it! am i doing it right?

thats exactly how i found this game, when he was doing his wind waker lp and he mentioned it years ago now

I had only found the game on The homebrew channel then i kept on playing it!

No his first form was how humanity destroys thing his second form is how humanity desire to burn and third form is how humanity uses machines to destroy and final form is humanity's desire to use there hands for evil

that last part about two player made me twitch in excitement. heh too lazy for anything else XD

I'm genuinely curious, where is this symbolism about Yami coming from? It's been a long time since I played Okami but I don't remember anything indicating Yami as a symbol of *human* evil, and that was not the theme of the game at all (most every threat or evil was non-human). That all seems very trite and headcanony to me, but correct me if I'm wrong.

ArcViper it is not headcannon...the word yami is Japanese for darkness, there is much Japanese folklore hidden in the game, and the Oni known as Yami is one of them

darkclawgreatonenas I know what his name means, although I'm not finding any info about an oni named Yami in folklore. Regardless, that didn't even come close to answering my question. Until someone can provide a source of some kind then I would assume that someone made the symbolism up and it spread like a meme.

DarkenMidnacrystal would her side taunt be peeing on people? I couldn't believe they made peeing and explosive dog turds buyable moves to learn in the game, first time I played. Xo

@@bezoticallyyours83 Maybe one of them, while the other is Ammy sleeping.

@@bezoticallyyours83 One of her taunts definitely needs to be Issun popping up and bouncing on her head, making his usual mumbling noises.

@@bezoticallyyours83 I spent hours grinding for that fucking move. Hours upon hours of only fishing.

@@Jenna_Talia worth it

How was the visit?

@@GracemarieJohnson2763 Excellent, it is my very first time praying to a certain deity. Many people queuing for praying to her.

ikr both the movie and this game are very alike

it isn't out in Eurpoe yet :// I want to watch it tho. Was it good?

Evoli Glaziola yes it was amazing

Same

Believe me, you will never forget the experiences on this game.

Quinton Blackburn Amen

Thanks, Kaguya.

WARRIORS OF LIGHT, TO ME! Oh wait, wrong game. My bad.

I also cried, what a master piece

Ammy is the only character that'd get me as excited as Sora.

I’m so sorry, friend.

@@LieutenantJoey "Mission failed, we'll get 'em next time!" Actually glad it's Sora, though.

@@stryfe8959 You mean this? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/btGKadGC1JPOo4U.html or this? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLGPp9CkysDImYk.html

​@@gatlingpea9067 "A Failed Dance" will do. lol

Didn't you mean... Ammyversary? I'll let myself out.

Felt this years ago. But there's always a time where I come back to it thanks to nostalgia ^^

I have twice beaten it, the Wii version.

asimb0mb I relate to this Soooo much.

Honestly

I prefer Dialga's fight to the finish, personally. Grew up with PMD2.

no

SPUNL7 Me too, every time. This song has literally put me to tears lmao I just can't help it. It's too beautiful, too moving to not.

Search "Undertale - His Theme OST". Also, learn the story in the game Undertale.

Derpy Derp To bad i'm not interested in that Ridiculous Franchise.

+SylveonMoon Eh, not any more ridiculous than japanese mythology. It's actually quite close to how the fanbase hypes it up. Not quite, but still close. But even I, with my fanaticism about it, can't quite understand how in the world did it come up in this video's comments. I know it comes up everywhere, but damn.

I got crippled by that Undertale comment, not because It's undertale but because It doesn't stand as a beautiful piece of music as said In the comment...

I think The Sun Rises is the more beautiful one here. Coming from someone who has played Undertale, but hasn't played Okami. Need to play it though

oi

whoever this is should feel honored to listen to the soundtrack of one of the biggest masterpieces in video game history***

Literally who

"literally who" "whoever this is" LMAO gotta love people

They're seriously porting Okami to everything nowadays, and I have no problem with that whatsoever. Just wish Platinum Games (who contain the remaining original dev team for Okami) and Capcom (who still hold the rights to the IP) would team up to do some other game in that game world. Not an Okami sequel since I think it ended perfectly, but another story set in that world.

And I am glad of it, because I finally get to play it, though I have to admit I suck at playing, but it is so beautiful I don't even mind! Also, bought the entire game soundtrack, because the music is too good not to.

@@reginal.898 I am glad every time they put Okami on a new console because then more people get to experience what I think is the greatest game ever made.

Okami Souls pls.

@@corrinflakes9659 Dark souls is what happens if you lose against Yami

Going to have to put in some work if you want to hear this theme in game

@@twikki9071 It's not work if you're having fun

True, fantastic experience all the way through :]

Same honestly

omg its so cool people are still playing, even if its only a few! this is a seriously underrated game

Emily M I hear you. I got it for the PS3 last year, and it was AMAZING! Definitely one of my favorite games! Got the sequel for the halibut, but I've yet to play through all of it. I love what I've seen of Okamiden already, though!

Run through the streets of Manhattan throwing Okami instruction manuals at people.

***** Hel yea XD

He probably would have been taken to jail. Then again he could keep throwing manuals at the cops and his cellmates so the message can be spread to all.

They're merely appreciate Art when they see it. As this game, is one form of Art itself.

That crossover was the reason I played this game!

oi

🙏

She literally destroyed Yami near the end of the battle.

I love that the fact that the final boss is not particularly hard or challenging, because it is not supposed to be. With your best bud Issun's help in restoring the faith of the people across the country, what chance does the King of Eternal Darkness (lit. translation of the Japanese name of Yami, 常闇ノ皇) stands before the Goddess of the Sun?

@@kd0079 I just wish Yami's health bar was longer so I could hear the theme a bit more.

I cried during the boss fight :')

BEST. LIBRARY. EVER.

Hands down THE GREATEST game ever TO be made or that EVER WILL be made!!!!!

oi

oi

You sound like someone who would enjoy the _Pokémon Mystery Dungeon_ series. I really, REALLY recommend you to give 'em a try (the second one, _Explorers of Sky_, has kind of an unequaled story). Had _Blue Rescue Team_ (the first one) and Explorers of Sky for YEARS until I decided to play them. I wouln't be exagerating by saying it's one of the best decisions I ever made.

***** I-I was reffering to Pit ピット...

***** Oh But emulators exist y'know. It just takes some minutes to download it.

It's the game that got me interested in Japanese culture and the first one I ever completed at 100%. There is a second one though, it's called Okamidēn and it's on NDS. It even has an English localisation !