Okami director Kamiya says he doesn’t want people playing the Wii version
Hideki Kamiya recommends his definitive way to play the first Okami today
Okami director Hideki Kamiya has told players he doesn’t recommend the Wii version of the game.
Okami was originally developed by Clover Studio for the PS2, with Kamiya serving as director. The game was released in 2006, with a Wii version released two years later.
The Wii port was handled by US studio Ready at Dawn, and had players using the Wii Remote’s pointer features for the game’s unique Celestial Brush features, instead of the PS2’s left analogue stick.
Ready at Dawn staff have previously discussed the challenges in the bringing the PS2 version to the Wii – it’s claimed the team “started with no assets” and had to reverse-engineer the game – and Kamiya doesn’t appear to be happy with the results.
A follower recently sent Kamiya a message on X, telling him that they had started playing Okami HD on PC. The follower asked Kamiya if he recommended they play the Wii version instead, or continue playing the PC version.
“The Wii version is not the original”, Kamiya replied. “I made the PS2 version.
“If you’re going to play it now, the best version is the HD version. Personally, I don’t want you to play the Wii version.”
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The Wii version of Okami is also notorious for its box art, which has an IGN watermark on it.
Kamiya is currently leading development on a sequel to Okami under a new studio called Clovers, in partnership with Capcom.
Kamiya left PlatinumGames in October 2023, saying he made the decision after “a lot of consideration based on my own beliefs” and suggested that he would continue to make games.
