May 8th, 2008 Seth Killian
For anyone still sleeping on this gem, Eurogamer has brewed some coffee and you need to smell it:
“The danger with Okami is that people will be so busy looking at how pretty it is, they’ll fail to appreciate just how brilliant it is underneath as well. Okami is an astounding videogame. Its world is living and organic, infused with ideas of mythology and natural beauty and influenced by several areas of the Japanese aesthetic, from sumi-e to architecture to religious and ritual tradition, as well as by other games as diverse as Zelda and Devil May Cry.”
“Okami should not be a little-known classic. It is an item of culture, informed by thousands of years of Japanese art and mythology and fashioned into perhaps the most thoroughly beautiful thing that gaming has to offer.”
“It’s as well-designed as Zelda, as involving as Final Fantasy, and as beautiful as anything you’ve ever seen; it belongs with the best of the Zelda series at the very apex of its genre.”
You asked for it, we listened, and made Okami on the Wii a reality. Read the review, then buy it today!
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April 18th, 2008 Chris Tou
Those guys at Gametrailers, with their fancy equipment and actual skills, have once again done what we wish we could have done: They’ve made a video comparison between the awesomeness that is Okami Wii, released this earlier this week, and it’s original DNA clone, Okami PS2. If this video, and the awesome prospect of Celestial Brushing with the Wiimote doesn’t convince you to buy Okami Wii, your video game heart must be black, or at least some shade of dark gray.
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April 2nd, 2008 Colin
Sometimes my job is really fun, as is the case today. In working towards the release of Okami, we have been providing our partners with some amazing pieces of Okami art in order to put together beautiful articles about the game. Just take a look at the latest EGM or Play (with POSTER!) to see what I’m talking about. In fact, we’ve given them so much art, they’ve never used it all. Ten DVDs full of art go a long way, let me tell you.
To celebrate the launch of Okami on the Wii, we wanted to find a special way to thank all the vocal Okami fans that encouraged us to take a second shot at success with this title. We looked at special tiny art books for preorder, but the format didn’t do the art justice and we wanted to reward the fans of the PS2 version as well.
So, without further adu, I’d like to present http://www.okamiart.com. This is a collection of almost every piece of Okami art we’ve made, set up in beautiful gallery form for your downloadable pleasure. Working with our friends at Udon, there’ s also a beatiful large art book you can order from the site.
Featuring original art, character art, backgrounds, desktop downloads, chat icons, and even a user fan art section, http://www.okamiart.com is everything you ever wanted to see of our favorite goddess turned wolf.
Also, in the coming weeks, we’ll be having some fan art competitions both on http://www.okamiart.com and our friends over at DeviantArt.com. With some amazing prizes, you should get drawing today and submit them to our expert panel of judges for both internet fame and some exclusive Okami items.
Thank you again for all your support and remember to buy Okami for the Wii on April 15th!
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March 26th, 2008 Chris Tou
This week’s Zero Punctuation review by Yahtzee is of Zack & Wiki, which was inevitable, given Yahtzee’s well-known love for adventure games. Zack & Wiki is an awesome game that everybody liked, but no one bought, a genre that Capcom specializes in, what with Okami suffering the same fate…
As usual, click on the image above to see the slightly NSFW review and meeting your monthly quota of Roberta Williams references.
For those of you keeping count, that brings to a total of 3 Capcom games (DMC4 & RE:UC are the others) that Yahtzee has reviewed now. Since he only does one game a week, either he really loves us, or we’re using up our quota way too early.
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March 11th, 2008 Chris Tou
This week Toys “R” Us is offering a special deal where if you purchase the recently released Super Smash Brothers Brawl, you automatically receive 50% off the purchase price of a select list of games. While the list games that the discount applies to is mostly unimpressive, a purchase of Zack & Wiki will qualify for the 50% off discount.
If you’re still on the fence about Zack & Wiki, why not try out the Z-Dub Flash Demo and see how awesome it is for yourself?
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February 14th, 2008 Chris Tou
Today we bring you the first in a series of interviews with Daryl Allison, Sr. Producer here at Capcom, who will be giving us a sneak peek into the upcoming Okami for the Nintendo Wii. Best of all, he will be fielding user questions! If you have burning Okami Wii question, ask us in the comments. If Daryl answers your question, you may win a special prize!
First of all, can you tell our readers who you are and what you do here at Capcom? What is your role on the Okami Wii team?
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January 30th, 2008 Chris Tou
Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw has revolutionized the art of game reviews. Long worded, big blocks of text? So 90s. Video review? So early 2000s. The best game reviews on the Internets may just be the ones done by Yahtzee each week with DIY Flash animations. Each week Yahtzee’s reviews combines just the right amount of quick-wit, stick figure animations, and a machinegun-like narration style.
Best of all, he’s never one to mince words.
This week, however, to both our horror and joy, he’s putting our own Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles under his microscope. Luckily, he actually kinda liked it in his own special way.
Check it out by clicking on the image above, but be warned that it’s NSFW (not safe for work) and definitely intended for an M-rated audience only.
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January 22nd, 2008 Tiffany Thai
Hello, Tiffany Thai here.
I work in the wonderful and exciting world of Finance here at Capcom, so I’m not exactly wrapped up in the day-to-day process of game-making. I do, however, follow the industry and have a pretty decent understanding of what goes into game development. As an opinionated female gamer, I am hoping to offer a unique perspective on the industry and will do my best to provide interesting and honest commentary.
Let me just say up front that I am certainly not a ‘hard core’ gamer. In fact, I think I am just the type of market demographic that Nintendo is targeting with the Wii. I generally prefer games like Mario, Zelda, and Zack & Wiki – games heavily focused on gameplay and simple yet high quality art styles.
Ok, let’s get on with the show.
Speaking of “the show,” I’ll use this entry as the first of many calls to reinstate E3 to its’ former glory. It was precisely the spectacle of the show that landed the industry on the 6 o’clock news and caused a world-wide buzz. It was a party! Of course, you can’t complete this carnival atmosphere without the reinstatement of the “Booth Babes.” Why were they banned in the first place? You can’t even get in to the convention unless you are 18+.
Let’s not kid ourselves. We are not selling dish washing detergent or wine, we are selling entertainment. Looking at hot chicks peddling games is entertaining. I mean, come on, we are selling some of the most over-the-top violent and sexualized entertainment ever (no need to name names) and we want the most visible industry event turned into a stuffed-suit marketing exercise? No thanks.
The new name for E3 is “The E3 Media & Business Summit.” Sounds like a riot. Wait, actually it sounds like a bunch of old guys meeting to discuss political policy related to effects of digital information and its impact on global stability. The production of E3’s tagline used to be “E3: Where Business Gets Fun.”
I think I preferred that one.
And so do these girls…
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January 15th, 2008 Chris Tou
It’s official. Both the GameSpot reviewers and its readers has confirmed what we knew all along: Zack & Wiki, despite their cutish looks and child-like charm, is more than a match for the formerly most powerful duo of them all, Batman and Robin. They went on the hunt for some bearded dude’s treasure, and came back with GameSpot’s Best Adventure Game of 2007 Award instead.
Not only that, but they are currently running away with the Readers’ Choice votes as well, receiving twice the votes of their next closest competitor and a few presidential candidates.
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January 8th, 2008 Seth Killian
Okay, there’s no eagle. But we’ve got better–a birdman! A Harvey Birdman. Yes, Harvey Biiiiiiiiirdman lands someplace near near you today. In a shocking turn of events, we here at the official Capcom blog (yes I am linking back to myself, so what?) think it might be worth your time. Like, actually. Read on for exactly why.
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