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Okamiden

OkamidenI finally finished up Okamiden on my trusty old DS. It was just as must fun if not more than the previous installment, Okami which I played on the Wii a little while back.

It picks up right where the original left off, and using the touch screen and stylus for the brush techniques was great. I like to draw.

It was one of the better DS games I’ve played and quite possibly one of the last one’s I’ll probably play with all the new systems coming out now.

The graphics and artwork was just as good as the original, capturing the whole old school Japanese fable feel. Very cool, and still very impressive this time around. The younger versions of all the various animals was very well done.

The story, especially the ending did have a serious of twists that I wasn’t expecting. So that’s always refreshing. Chibi is my new hero. All in all an excellent game and good distraction from all my business the past several weeks.

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Mega Man 9

Mega Man 9

My brothers and I grew up on the Mega Man games back on the NES. Unwrapping the latest installment on Christmas Day always brought a good deal of cheer. So when I heard that Capcom was releasing an all new Mega Man true to the original sprite days of the NES, we just had to purchase it via WiiWare.

The game is true to the NES days. It has the same graphics we remembered so well, the 8-bit great soundtrack, and many of the enemies we enjoying shooting so much.  The new bosses are impressive, including Splash Woman, the first female boss robot. A truly great game that stays true to it’s 8-bit roots.

However, let me warn you. This is one of the most challenging games I’ve played in a long time. It’s just down right hard. I’m not sure if I don’t have the same reflexes I possessed in sixth grade or they just upped the difficulty, but it sure is a challenge. Despite the challenge, I do highly recommend you give this game a try. Especially if you played the earlier installments in the late 80’s early 90’s.

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Okami

OkamiFinished playing maybe the best game nobody has heard of, Okami.  Visually it was one of the coolest games I’ve ever played.  The art is all done in a watercolor technique, it’s very unique and pretty cool to look at.  The story is loosely based on Japanese fairy tales.

The games plays very similar to a Zelda game.  At first it was a little awkward for me, it uses the Wii remote to mimic drawing brush techniques on the screen.  At first the gestures were a bit awkward for me, but after playing it a bit they became second nature.  

This was an amazing game, and is highly recommended.  Issun is a noble little guy.