This is perhaps the only good game that has a plot of sorts. It is lined with Japanese mythology, such as Susano-O and Amaterasu. Sure you got violence like cutting the imps in half for their floral finisher, but I have never really seen blood, except in the cutscenes. Either way, the monsters burst into flowers when they die. That gives out the message that you can use your powers for good or evil...but it radiates to do more good than evil. As for the pervert of Issun? It is not that big. Any guy I know would do the same thing with Rao, a large chested priestess. He is a a human male. Nothing wrong with that. Although Sakuya's dresses are a bit too perverted. But it has funny flitacoius scene when Issun meets the Queen and he falls off Ammy's head with little hearts. This game can encourage kids to learn about different people and their beliefs and a different culture's mythology, not just Greek or Roman. Plus, you have French talking Waka, whcih will encourage kids to learn French. The sake, It is a small part in the game, beside Orochi and power-ups. I myself did not know what sake was until I looked it up, so that would just fly over kid's heads like a airplane. Overall, it is my #1 game I have ever played and if you don't have it..GET IT! Totally worth the money.

This is a fantastic game, delving kids into a solid world called Nippon, based directly off of Japanese Mythology. Almost every character has some root in the mythology of Japan, and kids can learn quite a bit about a very interesting country. The gameplay is easy to learn but hard to master, and you'll have hours of fun trying to pull of combos and moves. The characters (Except for the villains, that is) all mean well, but like any normal person have their faults, making them great characters with quite a bit of depth. The dialogue is entertaining and will bring quite a few laughs, particularly that of your one-inch sidekick, the Wandering Artist Issun. The main character herself, Amaterasu, is a sun god taking the form of a white wolf, with the power to alter the world around her using a magical brush, the Celestial Brush. The brush is legitimately useful, and you'll find yourself hanging on the edge of your seats for the next powerful ability - some are as simple as blooming flowers and making a waterspout, others can change day into night and create infernos. The puzzles can be challenging, but not unreasonably so, and the game's few faults (such as the sometimes infuriating ball-pushing physics and digging mini-games) are far outweighed by the great points: The art style is beautiful, influenced by Japanese woodblock prints and paintings, the music is well-orchestrated and always fits the mood, and the characters are so entertaining, it would be a pity to miss it.

A great game! Awesome for the Wii!

A great game. A definite must own.

This is my favorite game, yet there are some things people might not fully get. One of the most important things is this game is based on Japanese mythology. It also uses some Japanese words and one character uses some French. Sex: Sakuya dresses in some slightly inappropritate outfits. Same with Rao, a character who appears later in the game. Violence: Yes, but not that much. Language: A little. Drugs/Alcohol: A few characters drink sake, and you have to defeat one of the bosses by getting it drunk on sake. Commercialism: None. Social Behavior: Good vs. Evil, with good always winning. Educational Value: The game is based off of Japanese mythology, so it teaches kids about other cultures. Try buying a Japanese myth book and playing the game, since many characters (like Kaguya and Issun) are based off of myths. A few words/names are in Japanese, along with the roadsigns in game, so in theory it might encourage kids to learn Japanese. One character, (Waka), speaks some French, so it might also encourage kids to learn French.

First of all this game is like a zelda game like it has fun battles and puzzles. The good thing of this game is its eco friendly, the game is about like making the land tottally foresty. Anyway a great wii game. If your not sure just look it up

Clover Studio's swan song has been revived by Capcom for a "Wii-make", and while most of these go from mediocre (Rygar: The Battle of Argus) to atrocious (Mad Dog McCree? OH GOOD GOD), Okami is even more brilliant than it was on the Playstation 2. Plus, at $20-30 at most places, it's quite cheap, so you're getting more for your money. Anyways, enough about that. Okami is a tale that's infused to the brim with Japanese mythology. You play as Amaterasu, the sun goddess, who uses a calligraphy brush called the Celestial Brush in order to revive plants, repair bridges, and defeat enemies. Now, this does seem rather mundane, but it clearly isn't. There's also much comic relief in the character of Issun, the "one-inch man", who is basically your guide (like Navi to Link in Zelda: Ocarina of Time, only much less annoying). The graphics are based on sumi-e paintings, such as Hokusai's famous Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, and the overall effect is breathtaking. In terms of content, Okami's about as bad as your average shonen anime (but is much better, in my opinion). As can be expected, there's lots of hacking and slashing with the Celestial Brush, and while you can draw a line across a specific part of the body, basically dismembering it, the sumi-e art style lessens the impact quite a bit, even though there's some blood flowing. It's not like Dead Space or the Fallout games, where you can aim at a specific part of the body and graphically dismember it. Issun does provide the comic relief, but he uses some mildly foul language (though not enough to warn people about, such as "d*mn" and "h*ll") and he makes quite a few perverted remarks. Sakuya and Rao are two characters that have impressive (in the negative sense) amounts of cleavage. Finally, there's Orochi. He's a hard boss specifically because you have to make him drink a specific type of sake (Japanese rice wine, for the very few people who don't know). There are some other isolated instances of drinking and smoking pipes, but nothing too serious. Overall, Capcom and Ready At Dawn have brilliantly taken the genre-bending PS2 game/reason that video games are art and placed it on the Wii, basically unchanged. If you've never played this game before and have both a PS2 and a Wii, get this version, because it's so much more awesome to use the Celestial Brush with the Wii remote. Likewise, any fans of the original PS2 version should get the Wii version. And if you own a Wii and haven't played Okami before, what's wrong with you? Get this classic now! You absolutely won't regret it!

ok awesome game! this is how to get past the block head on oni island. first once you find the block head on oni island turn back and go into that big room with the lightnig. then on the right wall there will be a plat form . youll have to jump up to get to see it. youll know when youll see it becus it has a bomb squigal on it. then when you brake the wall youll see a vine flower . go on it. then on the wall youll see on the sied a path with pots on it. walk past it till you see tobi . jump to him and then youll be past the block head! i know this is hard to under stand but hopefully you will get what im saying once you get there.