{"id":1125336,"date":"2026-02-02T01:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/58BUXmM5ZQK6sMZ3mZMS8n"},"modified":"2026-02-02T01:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:55:41","slug":"capcom-says-okami-sold-quite-well-actually-and-its-wanted-to-do-a-sequel-for-ages-but-was-waiting-for-the-stars-to-align","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/capcom-says-okami-sold-quite-well-actually-and-its-wanted-to-do-a-sequel-for-ages-but-was-waiting-for-the-stars-to-align\/","title":{"rendered":"Capcom says \u014ckami sold quite well, actually, and it&#8217;s wanted to do a sequel for ages but was waiting for &#8216;the stars to align&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Capcom&#8217;s announcement of a sequel to<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/okami\/\"> \u014ckami<\/a> came as a big surprise last year, not least because the original is notorious for being a commercial flop. But in a recent interview, Capcom producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi pointed out that \u014ckami&#8217;s reputation for underselling is no longer deserved, and because of that the publisher has wanted to do an \u014ckami sequel for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/capcom-says-it-was-always-looking-for-the-opportunity-to-create-a-new-okami-but-needed-certain-key-people-in-place\" target=\"_blank\"> IGN<\/a>, Hirabayashi observed that while \u014ckami did undersell on its initial launch in 2005, its various ports have provided a consistent trickle of sales across the last twenty years, racking up a total of 4.6 million units across its different versions. &#8220;I know specifically that people are still enjoying this game, just from the numbers. Normally when we look at games, the sales sort of slow down and they decrease steadily,&#8221; Hirabayashi told IGN&#8217;s Rebekah Valentine.&#8221; But for \u014ckami, we see that it&#8217;s been a steady stream of people always enjoying the game. So in that way \u014ckami is a very, very unique IP.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, Capcom has been eyeing an Okami sequel for years. But Hirabayashi says the publisher &#8220;needed to have certain key people in place&#8221; before pursuing the project formally. When Hirabayashi says &#8220;key people&#8221;, he means \u014ckami&#8217;s original director Hideki Kamiya, who until recently was busy at PlatinumGames, as well as several other \u014ckami veterans employed at Machine Head Works. Given the dispersion of \u014ckami&#8217;s talent, Hirabayashi says &#8220;it took a bit of time for all the stars to align.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kamiya, for his part, was likewise convinced to pursue an \u014ckami sequel due to its enduring popularity, albeit from a less commercial perspective. &#8220;Just hearing all the cheers from the fans pushed me,&#8221; Kamiya told IGN. &#8220;Without everyone&#8217;s voices out there, without everyone cheering us on, we wouldn&#8217;t have moved forward with this. So thank you very much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u014ckami took a long time to wend its way onto PC. But it finally arrived in glorious HD form in 2017. Former Edge deputy editor Chris Schilling sang its praises for PC Gamer at the time. &#8220;There\u2019s something in the way Okami directly involves you in the telling of its story\u2014essentially casting you as an artist retelling a fable in the strokes of your brushwork\u2014that feels strangely magical,&#8221; he wrote in his<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/okami-hd-review\/\"> review<\/a>. &#8220;There\u2019s a sense of wonder in even the simplest interactions, whether it\u2019s gentle dabs of ink producing stars to complete constellations, a crescent to accelerate nightfall, or a snaking line traced to a floating bloom to spirit Amaterasu upward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"c0f72708-7839-49c8-b8c8-b6f903104613\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/capcom-says-okami-sold-quite-well-actually-and-its-wanted-to-do-a-sequel-for-ages-but-was-waiting-for-the-stars-to-align.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"c0f72708-7839-49c8-b8c8-b6f903104613\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/capcom-says-okami-sold-quite-well-actually-and-its-wanted-to-do-a-sequel-for-ages-but-was-waiting-for-the-stars-to-align\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capcom&#8217;s announcement of a sequel to \u014ckami came as a big surprise last year, not least because the original is notorious for being a commercial flop. But in a recent interview, Capcom producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi pointed out that \u014ckami&#8217;s reputation for underselling is no longer deserved, and because of that the publisher has wanted to do an \u014ckami sequel for a while. Speaking to IGN, Hirabayashi observed that while \u014ckami did undersell on its initial launch in 2005, its various ports have provided a consistent trickle of sales across the last twenty years, racking up a total of 4.6 million units across its different versions. &#8220;I know specifically that people are still enjoying this game, just from the numbers. Normally when we look at games,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/capcom-says-okami-sold-quite-well-actually-and-its-wanted-to-do-a-sequel-for-ages-but-was-waiting-for-the-stars-to-align\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1125337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[23,748],"class_list":["post-1125336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-action","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Capcom says \u014ckami sold quite well, actually, and it&#039;s wanted to do a sequel for ages but was waiting for &#039;the stars to align&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Capcom&#039;s announcement of a sequel to \u014ckami came as a big surprise last year, not least because the original is notorious for being a commercial flop. 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