Okami Sequel (directed by Hideki Kamiya)

[Julius]

Capcom bringing the goods this year! 

Just beginning development. Studio will be the aptly named 'Clovers". 

Platforms and release date TBC. 

Edited December 13, 2024 by Julius

[Dcubed]

FUCKING EXCUSE ME!?!?!?

Day 1, sight unseen.  Take my damn money!!!  (please no more Orochi though).

Edited December 13, 2024 by Dcubed

[Glen-i]

5 hours ago, Dcubed said:

please no more Orochi though

Is it even Okami then? This game will have to one up the first and have 8 fights against Orochi, one for each head.

Except all 8 heads are there for every fight, and the fights are always the same. The true Orochi experience. That will get you nostalgic!

[RedShell]

8 hours ago, Julius said:

Studio will be the aptly named 'Clovers".

Whaaaat?!

A new Okami is cool and everything, but what immediately jumps into my head at the news that Clover is essentially back from the dead is GOD HAND! 
Oh man, a new God Hand (or even a remaster of the original) would be something else. Only if it were made with complete disregard for current social trends though, of course. No bloody point otherwise. 

Yeah, I know, it's not going to happen (and certainly not in the way I'd like if it did happen) but a man can dream.

[Ike]

Well I certainly didn’t expect that.

[Jonnas]

6 hours ago, Glen-i said:

Is it even Okami then?

No, that's a different thing.

[Glen-i]

Just now, Jonnas said:

No, that's a different thing.

It seems I wasn't subtle enough...

[Dcubed]

I just hope they don't turn it into open world trash.

There's a massive gaping hole left by the loss of Traditional 3D Zelda that is just begging to be filled.  All they need to do is make a sequel in the same vein as Okami and Okamiden (ideally with a lot more originality than Okamiden which, while fine, brought hardly anything new to the table).  It's basically a sure thing... which means that they're probably gonna screw it up

Edited December 14, 2024 by Dcubed

[Hero-of-Time]

I should really play the original. I've had the HD version on my backlog for ages now. Maybe one for a 2025 gaming pledge.

[Dcubed]

1 hour ago, Hero-of-Time said:

I should really play the original. I've had the HD version on my backlog for ages now. Maybe one for a 2025 gaming pledge.

I mean, considering how much you hate BOTW, Okami would be quite the nice panacea

[Hero-of-Time]

1 hour ago, Dcubed said:

I mean, considering how much you hate BOTW, Okami would be quite the nice panacea

Yeah, but I've heard Okami really drags on for far too long. It's why I've always put off playing it.

[Julius]

Bunch of new details came out on Friday per an interview IGN carried out with Kamiya, Capcom producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, and Machine Head Works producer Kiyohiko Sakata. 

Key points I've jotted down and cross-referenced below, but the whole thing is well worth a full read. I was going to stick this in a quote but that cuts off weirdly now, so:

• Capcom publishing; Kamiya directing; Clovers developing with support from Machine Head Works, staffed by Capcom vets who supported the previous Ōkami HD release. Machine Head Works have also supported on recent Resident Evil remakes. 

• being produced on the Capcom side by Yoshiaki Hirabayashi – he was produced on Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4 Remake, and has been with Capcom for several decades. In fact, he was lead designer on the cinematics for the original Resident Evil 4!

• being produced on the Machine Head Works side by Sakata – whose history with Capcom dates back to the original Resident Evil on PlayStation. He was Lead Coder on the original Resident Evil 4. 

• game is VERY early in development. Talks started after Kamiya left Platinum. Development started this year. 

• the game will be developed in RE Engine; [Hirabayashi says] "But we from Capcom, we believe that without RE Engine at this point we wouldn't be able to realize Kamiya-san's artistic dreams for this project."

• Kamiya has spent time watching back YouTube reaction videos for the announcement and fins himself crying along with fans. 

• Hirabayashi thinks the sequel is justified from the Capcom side – while not a runaway success originally, the original Ōkami is on their IR list of million+ sellers, and sales have remained steady throughout the years, making Ōkami a very unique IP for them. 

• asked about the IGN watermark on the cover of the Wii release of the game, all three declined to comment. 

• when asked about the Switch 2, both say that they can't really comment – but Kamiya does say he would like to see the Virtual Console rebooted. 

• this will be a sequel and continuation to the original Ōkami. 

• confirmed that it is Amaterasu in the TGAs trailer. 

[Ashley]

On 2/17/2025 at 12:25 AM, Julius said:

asked about the IGN watermark on the cover of the Wii release of the game, all three declined to comment

This many years later can't they just laugh and go "yeah that was a silly mistake"?