“The experience of Okamiden, in the demo, is as delightful as the original Okami game was at first blush. Beyond the demo, there appears to be a world of characters with whom to talk as well as plenty of land to explore. What I saw looked great, controlled well and managed to reproduce the fundamental elements of the PS2 and Wii’s Okami successfully on Nintendo’s DS handheld. The gameplay brush is finally in my hand, as I always thought it should be. This is the kind of game made for the DS. This is the kind of game for which I thought the DS was made. I hoped for games like this. It’s nice, years later, to see one of the few ones that may match my 2004 hopes.”

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