Capcom Should Make A Sequel To Okami Instead Of A HD Re-Release

Okami - which has players controlling the goddess Amaterasu in wolf form, and literally painting life back into the world - is regarded as a modern classic. The game "represents a pure, resolutely Japanese vision, and is all the more appealing for it.". The HD re-release of Okami, PS4 version, is currently the 18th best selling game on Amazon (or 6th if you exclude the cards, consoles, and controllers) and has consistently been in the top 30 since Amazon put the pre-order up. With all the excitement about an updated re-release, however, speculation about an Okami sequel is still rampant. Although the release of Ōkamiden helped tide fans over, there just wasn't' the depth that the original had. A sequel could explore the continuance of the original, with a new twist.

[PhoenixUp]

That's not going to happen. The creative team that created Okami got shut down with most of them residing in Platinum Games.

Capcom clearly doesn't have the talent to make a Viewtiful Joe 3 or Okami 2, so of course they're going to rerelease Okami as many times as they can. I wish they'd show the same attention to Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2.

[woodtock]

Perhaps they can outsource Okami 2 to another developer like DMC? LOL!

[XisThatKid]

On this sounds cool, where's Power Stone collection on network? AT LEAST that.

[darthv72]

A Viewtiful Joe Compilation would be sweet. VJ1, 2 and Red hot Rumble all on Switch would be an instant seller.

[DivineAssault]

Onimusha is MIA too.. I love capcom but theyre screwing up so bad right now

[AnubisG]

I keep wishing for an Onimusha collection or remake myself. Hope will never die!!!

[Eidolon]

Dude, Onimusha was the shit, so nostalgic. I'd pay $60 for the collection easily, if it has trophies, otherwise, you know, emulation.

[Fist4achin]

Capcom is definitely one of those companies that has a lot of history to pull from. I don't know why they don't. Great memories there!

[Summons75]

They could hire Platinum to make Okami 2 just like they should hire them for DMC5.

[kevnb]

I can’t imagine that.

[WeAreLegion]

No. Itsuno and his team will make DMC5. They made DMC2 (fixed what they could last minute because the original team screwed up), 3, and 4.

They are more than capable of making a great DMC5.

[Godmars290]

They're pretty much where Konami is, lack the talent to make new IPs or honestly revisit old ones, only they don't treat their employees badly.

There aren't reports of such anyway.

[WeAreLegion]

That's not true. Itsuno's team is talented enough to make it. They're just busy.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Phoenix you are might as well write this article because it seems to me that the people who write these articles are so uneducated about the subject they're not even sure who makes their games.

So do they just assume that every time we get a port or remaster there's a team that's literally making the entire game a second time from the ground up everything from scratch game play and all?

Dear God 😂😂😂
28514;.

This might be one of the most popular misconceptions inside of Gaming.

[DivineAssault]

I think both would work.. They couldnt even put Amatartsu in MvC Infinate let alone a sequel though.. I honestly believe theyre being ran by idiots right now.. So many amazing IPs that are just sitting there in limbo while they release 1/2 completed lazy titles..

[woodtock]

I think Capcom will eventually go out of business with their barebones games and constant dlc additions.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I don't see that happening I would argue Capcom was in a worse place in 2014 when they were pumping out irrelevant Resident Evil games and open to being bought out.

Capcom right now is much more conservative with their releases and it's actually helping the company no longer be in this dangerous position I don't really know if many people in this site have even read up on how this company was performing anyway.

I don't even know what you mean by your DLC comment because if people are actually purchasing it actually means they're making money.....

From what I see with Resident Evil 7 and Monster Hunter world I would say Capcom is on their way to being much more conservative and for the better.

[zielocz3k]

i wish they could at least include Okamiden remaster with ps4 version of Okami

[_-EDMIX-_]

Same

[Petebloodyonion]

Not gonna happen for a simple reason
Why invest millions of $ for a game that will not recoup the cost when you can invest next to nothing to remake a game that PPL wants to rebuy making sure a profit along the way?

[Servbot41]

It's not working anymore, at least in Europe. MvC:I sold extremely poorly in its first week.

[SarcasticDuck]

meh, I sometimes appreciate the value of a single story with no sequels, spinoffs or anything else.

[Eidolon]

But sometimes you don't?

[SarcasticDuck]

Sometimes there's plot holes that need fixing or more lore that needs to be explored

[Kosic]

It's crapcom, what do you expect? They make re-re-releases of games and they do it all over again. Can't expect much else from them.

[Eidolon]

RE7 was awesome. Any re-release was good. Wtf are you talking about?

[Kosic]

How many times has re4 been ported left right and centre?
They re-re-releases most of their games.

Yeah re7 was a decent game. No doubts about that.

But Crapcom have been one of the companies who take the easy route of re-releasing titles often.
Devil may cry, resident evil, dead rising etc.

[kevnb]

No they shouldn’t, the key people no longer work there. However this has never stopped Capcom in the past, this is why they have so many crappy sequels.

[Segata]

Why not both?

[CrimsonWing69]

Oh gee you think!? You know if they’re he’ll bent on porting PS2 games in HD make an Onimusha collection for chrissakes!

[MrSwankSinatra]

Capcom is just garbage these days, both them and Konami are nothing more, but a shadow of their former selves, constantly wanting to relieve their glory moments through tired franchises that continue to dip in quality year after year.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Not really

I would say Capcom was much worse last generation.

You had them Outsourcing multiple intellectual properties

losing developers left and right as well as making the Resident Evil games an action series that had nothing to do with the gameplay elements of the previous Resident Evil games.

You also had them last generation open to being bought out.

With the exception of Street Fighter Capcom is seeking to be more conservative with their releases in only looking to go back to the roots of many of their series which I think is a good idea for them.

Because you didn't see Resident Evil looking to be another action bro dude Call of Duty shooter wannabe

Sorry buddy, those days are over Resident Evil is back to being a survival horror game!!! 😎

[MrSwankSinatra]

"Because you didn't see Resident Evil looking to be another action bro dude Call of Duty shooter wannabe..." lmaoooo you just come off like straight clown, i didn't need to look for resident evil to be another action bro dude call of duty shooter, because i don't care about the RE franchise anymore. RE hasn't been RE since Code: Veronica so picture me puzzled to your moronic statement. In any case Capcom outsourcing has no correlation because they put out mediocre games last gen and they still do it this gen. They don't have the talent any longer to make competent games, plus they started losing talent before last generation. Going back to the roots of Street Fighter???? what are you blabbering about, most competent street fighter players that have been playing the series since the original in the arcade all agree that SFV is nowhere near as competent of a fighter as previous entries before IV were. SFV is also their weakest selling game in the main series. get over yourself, because you have no clue, nor idea to the BS that you're perpetuating on this site. Street Fighter is a series that's been outclassed by other fighters currently, so again picture me puzzled?

[Andrealsant]

Sooo... Should I tell him or will you guys break the news?
inb4 Okamiden is non-canon

[TheOttomatic91]

Why not both?

[Nybz]

Capcom should do a lot of things

[xPaYDaYx]

I agree with this but companies are too caught up right now with the whole remaster/re-release idea that they forget they can actually make games lol.

[Master of Unlocking]

Hope this will be 4K on the PS4 Pro. I'm glad I held off getting it again on the PS3. The PS4 version should offer noticeable differences with my PS2 version.

[About30Ninjas]

That Capcom bread and butter make a bunch of remakes don't get me wrong I like remakes but Capcom is over doing it