Okami was released on wrong console at wrong time

ONM: Okami is one of the best games on the Wii but it was a flop when it was originally released on PlayStation 2. With Okamiden just a few months away, Capcom producer Motohide Eshiro has told Official Nintendo Magazine why such a critically acclaimed game didn't do the business.

[PirateThom]

Hasn't the same sort of mistake been made again with the 3DS launch?

Do Capcom hate the franchise that much?

[Cajun Chicken]

Course not. They hate Powerstone more, even when the sequel was so well received.

[Active Reload]

"Hasn't the same sort of mistake been made again with the 3DS launch?

Do Capcom hate the franchise that much?"

I don't see much logic in that statement. Where else would they release the game? XBLA? PSN? With the 3DS being new hardware, launch titles usually do particulary well in sales with such an occurence. Add to the fact this game will potentially be able to be played in 3D, that further enhances my statement.

[Smacktard]

Uh... I think you're missing the point, Active Reload. It's NOT being released on the 3DS. It's being released on the DS, right before the 3DS is due to come out. That's why Capcom is dropping the ball. Be more informed when you try to argue a stance, please.

[Pozzle]

Capcom seems to hate a lot of their franchises lately (*cough*ResidentEvil*cough*)

[-Alpha]

Oh God, thank you! It's as if they intentionally hurt their best work.

Power Stone and Okami deserve better.

Coincidentally I'm playing through Okami these days. Fabulous game. Perhaps it was on the wrong console but if it wasn't on the PS2 I'd have no chance of playing what is now one of my favorite PS2 games.

[ps3rider]

EPIC Micky launched on the wrong console

[LoaMcLoa]

1.3 million players in the US tells you're wrong.

[matey]

2.3 miilion sold in US 1.1 million in UK alone god only knows what its wordwide sales was wrong console it wouldnt have hit them numbers on both 360/ps3 combined specially with 50% of the gamers being Graphic geeks that can only look at grey graphics.

[jc48573]

There is something wrong with this world, but we all have to deal with it. People are just slow.

[Megaton]

Is there a single person working on Okamiden who worked on Okami? I know Clover shut down and the heads built Platinum Games.

Okamiden looks to me like a Devil May Cry 2. An attempted Capcom cash-in on the original's success (in this case critical more than financial success) without the original creator having any involvement. Conveniently, they'd be screwing with the works of the same guy as well.

[Stealth20k]

okamiden broke 100k so why are they complaining and its very much critically acclaimed in its own right

[TheDivine]

It was hard for me to find on ps2. Every game store i went to 4-5 years ago said it wasnt released in english or had never heard of it. Finally found it online. Great game. Its no wonder it didnt sell if gamestop, best buy exc never even heard of it.

[Perkel]

Right... when it will sell on Wii people will say. Correct console.

People should also notice that Okamiden isn't a new game/franchize it is weell known and acclaimed title that was released in PS2 Era.

I perssonaly own Okami for PS2 and it was mindblowing 50h+ game. So when it will sell on Wii it won't be "thanks to Wii" but "thanks to 1st PS2 edition that gamers love"

People should really play Okami for PS2. It is in top 5 games for ps2 in my book.

[Venoxn4g]

but at least it sold more than double than PS2 version and devs got some profit.. this is very very overlooked title, that many many gamers should play it, like adventure RPG's or not.. they should try any of those 2 versions (personally I liked wii version more, because visuals were a little bit more appealing for me, PS2 version is darker..) but none, the less, it should sold about 3 million, that's for sure :)

[Xof]

My memory is that Okami was a big hit on PS2, and the Wii port was generally regarded as inferior.

[matey]

try better graphics by far on wii and its port ground up it would destroy ps2 i have both copies

[ChickeyCantor]

A big hit?
It was overlooked, ignored practically...
This reminds me of the older discussions about how hardcore the PS2 gamers are.

[PirateThom]

Largely overlooked on both platforms.

The PS2 at the end of its life and the Wii at the start of its life.

To argue otherwise is pointless. Fact is, the game sold like garbage and didn't deserve it.

[AEtherbane]

Okami is still in my top 5 games of all time. Arguably still the best game i've ever played.

[oneangle]

Truly one of my all-time favorites if not the best I ever played. I wish there was something new for the consoles. I felt that this game showed how creative Japanese developers were back then, now they seem to be having an identity crisis over there...just pumping these games on to hand-helds only.

[lizard81288]

Awesome avatar. Threads of Fate is a great game

[lizard81288]

Okami for the wii has bad controls, yet again a good case of force waggle. they made it so you couldn't button mash, but now you have to time your swings. i'd rather button mash, then to get a 3 hit combo only. its been along time since i have played it though.

supposedly, there is a patched version that allows for button input.

Okamiden looks good, but i think they should bump it for the 3DS. from what i have seen of Okamiden, its very pixely. when you have to use the stylist, like in Okami, do the freeze screen, then move it to the bottom screen, then when your done, it moves back to the top screen.

sadly, as good as all Clover games were, they all sold badly, God Hand, V.Joe, and Okami, even though they have gotten high scores, and became player's choice.