Ōkami

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Year: 2006
Platform(s): PlayStation 2
Designer(s): Hideki Kamiya
Developer: Clover Studio
Publisher: Capcom

"From its humble beginning to world-changing end, Okami offers a complete, visually distinct epic that borrows the best aspects of one of the most revered series of all time. It also brings new ideas to the table, like Amaterasu’s Celestial Brush that lets her draw over reality with swaths of black ink. These powers could damage enemies, but their true purpose was healing Ammy’s poisoned world; by the time you were done with an area, formerly barren patches of land were filled with lush, blossoming vegetation. It’s this hands-on beautification that made Okami so endearing, making us feel as if we’d actually had a hand in restoring Nippon to life." - Games Radar

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