Okamiden Hands-On

In terms of puzzles, this mechanic is also used indove through a nearby hole to investigate. It turns
combination with Kuna. Chibiterasu can jump, attack,out the problem was a gigantic frog enemy sitting in
and can also buck Kuni from his back. Whena chamber under the tree, but unfortunately this is
separated, you still control Chibiterasu with the D-Pad,where the demo ended.
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where you want him to go. He'll then walk and ifSmaller fights still occur as you're exploring in a
there's something for him to do at the end of thefashion similar to those in Okami. Once initiated
line, such as open a treasure chest, he'll do itbarriers go up in a circle around Chibiterasu and he
automatically.was able to fight off the enemies, collecting money
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This is useful for crossing rock bridges too fragile forrepeated a few times until an enemy is dazed, at
Chibiterasu, and seems like it could lead to somewhich point it's best to initiate the brush mode to
involved puzzles later on in the game. During mydeliver a killing strike. On the basic enemy types a
playthrough I encountered a few multistep puzzlesslashing stroke with the brush can cleave them in
where Chibiterasu and Kuni had to be movedtwo, and on clam enemies a circle drawn around
individually several times across islands of land. Asthem while dazed can cause them to flip open on the
Kuna moved he'd trigger switches that would popground, leaving them vulnerable to further damage.
bridges into existence for Chibiterasu to cross, andI'm told as you move through the game new
so on until eventually the two could meet up andcharacters will be available to use aside from Kuni,
proceed.who'll be introduced according to what's going on in
Aside from a series of tutorial stages that wentthe storyline and bring new powers into the fray.
through the basics, a small portion of the main gameThe game looked great on DS and control felt easy
was available for play. The action began in a quaintand responsive from the little I played. At this point it
town where a few villagers could be talked to, andseems like it's definitely worth keeping an eye on
then progressed underground into a large cave. ThisOkamiden, set to be released in 2011 in North
eventually brought Chibiterasu and Kuna to a treeAmerica.
that wouldn't stay in bloom, at which point the pair