I'm still having mixed feelings when it comes to the upcoming Okami for the Nintendo Wii. Sure the chance to experience hideki kamiya's labour of love on a higher definition graphics with widescreen is appealing but i'm also well aware that hideki is no longer with Capcom. To add to my fears, Capcom decided to draft a couple of outsiders, namely the guys at Ready at Dawn and assign them to do the port. First things first, what happened to the remaining members of Clover studios who were absorbed into Capcom and were earlier working on Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles? and secondly, Okami is a distinctly Japanese-favoured game as were Clover Studios, having a bunch of Yanks messing around with the original game just doesn't sit well with me.
Thankfully, Ready at Dawn seems very respectful of the original game and promise not to change anything at all though i still feel once the original visionary leaves the project, any attempt to improve upon the game and deliver the definitive version just feels empty and souless. Separate Ways was a great addition to the Playstation2 version of Resident Evil 4 but the bonus costumes and all additions just didn't felt like they were meant to be there, as evident by the last iteration of Resident Evil 4 on the Nintendo Wii. As far as i'm concerned, Shinji mikami delivered the first and best iteration of Resident Evil 4 when it debuted on the Gamecube, all other version were just poor imitators.
Hideki may have left Capcom but his legacy there lives on through this latest iteration of Okami, i just hope Ready at Dawn gets it right and not splatter their names over his in the ending credits...
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