Hideki Kamiya, designer of Bayonetta, created Okami back when he worked at Capcom's Clover. In the recent issue of Famitsu (translated by 1Up), Kamiya looks back at making Okami. When I first started talking about it with Inaba, the only starting point we had for Okami was a game that depicted a lot of nature," he told Famitsu. "I couldn't say 'I don't know ...

... causing bare trees to blossom. Even the soundtrack is special. The Okami review at Gamespot -- where there are dozens of game images -- begins, There's a blissful moment in the first hour of Okami, one that is repeated several times throughout the game's ... cohesive, powerful title that simply must be played. Okami has the coolest of weapons -- a paintbrush. Gamespot again: ...the Wii ...

Okami +7 lovebars My first attempt at making LOVEBARS. size. 530 x 114 pixels chars. Okami (game), Amaterasu, Issun, Sakuya, Waka, Himiko, Rao I already have some Bleach ones made, but I'm having trouble deciding on whether to keep them colourful, or mainly black and white (because, y'know, it's BLEACH, and it works) I'll probably post both versions, so people can pick and choose ...

Hideki Kamiya has had the sort of career a lot of game designers can only dream of. Nearly all of his work -- Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Okami -- has received critical praise, and he gets the freedom to create nearly whatever he wants to in a business where actual creative freedom is a limited resource. Who's he got to thank for it? According to a Famitsu interview ...

... to sell the simple design based on the real-time strategy/rhythm series to others, allowing you to pick your high/low-tops, the laces color, and the Patapon color. If you haven't yet, you should also check out that artist's shoe designs for Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee and Okami (the former a commission and the latter of which is still on sale for a pricey £115, or around $193):

Newest obsession: Okami. Jesus christ this is an awesome game. It's pretty, it has an awesome plot, the characters are amazing, and it makes the mythology geek inside of me VERY VERY HAPPY. I thought I would totally suck at it, since I can't even draw a straight line in real life, so how am I supposed to draw it in a video game? BUT I'M ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. I'm glad I didn' ...