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PorkChopTD on 16 March 2009

I just picked the game up on Friday, and it is excellent.  I will go as far as saying it is the best game I own to date.   I am only 5 hours in right now, and I am just amazed at the colors and gameplay.   I think I may have to get Zelda TP now, because people keep comparing it to that.  Don't get me wrong I have fun with games like Boom Blox, RRR and Mario Party 8.  The fun just doesn't last. 

PS.  If you don't have Okami get the F*** out there and pick it up



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antfromtashkent on 16 March 2009

Look at the sales for it :)



griffinA on 16 March 2009

Because they're aren't any games similar to Okami on any system.

The only games that are similar to it are Zelda games which is what Okami is based on.



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BxN on 16 March 2009

Because there's none, even on the others consoles.

Okami is a true, unique, artistic masterpiece. I'm glad I found a copy for PS2 a few years ago.


This game will never grow old, no matter how gaming evolves.



jefforange89 on 16 March 2009

Because crapping out shooters, plastic guitar games, yearly sports games and mini-games makes more money.



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Dannagar on 16 March 2009

There isn't more games like Okami on Wii because no one buys them. If you're only buying Okami now, you've waited well past the point were it could have made a difference for Capcom. The game is considered a financial failure on Wii and PS2.



 

 

 

 

 

filanime03 on 16 March 2009

Like everyone else are saying no one buys them. People prefer a more simple minded games in which publishers and developers like they could make a new game less than a year and make profit out of it.



Majin-Tenshinhan on 16 March 2009

Honestly? I think people get discouraged from making a game as big as Zelda/Okami, and then given Okami's sales people were even more discouraged. They simply don't think it's worth the risk... They might be right, but atleast Nintendo manages to pull off Zelda.



appolose on 16 March 2009

Well, Okami's artstyle was pretty unique, so that might have put people off from buying it more (and I wonder if Capcom bothered to advertise it much). But I don't think this one games less-than-stellar results turned off other developers from making similar games; it's not that old of a title, and I'm sure they would have noticed it's uniqueness would have lent itself to lower sales.
But yes, go and buy this game now, everyone.



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theRepublic on 16 March 2009

Anyone that likes Zelda games should buy Okami.



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