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ÅŒkami
is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for PlayStation 2 in 2006 in Japan and North America, and in 2007 in Europe and Australia. After the closure of Clover Studio a few months after the release, a port for Wii was developed by Ready at Dawn, Tose, and Capcom, and released in 2008. Set in classical Japan, ''ÅŒkami'' combines Japanese mythology and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess, named Amaterasu, who took the form of a white wolf. It features a sumi-e-inspired cel-shaded visual style and the Celestial Brush, a gesture-system to perform miracles. The game was planned to use more traditional realistic rendering, but this had put a strain on the graphics processing of the PlayStation 2. Clover Studio switched to a cel-shaded style to reduce the processing, which led to the Celestial Brush concept. The gameplay is modeled on ''The Legend of Zelda'', one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaterasu (ÅŒkami)
, also known as , is a character (arts), fictional character from Capcom's video game ''ÅŒkami''. She is a white wolf based on the Japanese goddess, , in Japanese mythology. Amaterasu also appears in the Marvel vs. Capcom (series), ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' series. Since debuting in ''ÅŒkami'', Amaterasu has garnered mostly positive reception from both Video game journalism, video game publications and Fan (person), fans, often included among the top Capcom characters, best Canidae, canine characters in games, and one of the best video game protagonists overall. Appearances ''ÅŒkami'' According to the character's backstory, Amaterasu originally existed in the Celestial Plains, ruling over the Celestials and the mortal world as a protector deity. Alongside Waka, she battled Orochi, the eight-headed serpent who attacked and wreaked havoc upon the Celestial Plain. Waka told Amaterasu that Orochi could only be defeated by the Chosen One, a human named Izanagi, Nagi. Hearing this, she dragg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clover Studio
was a Japanese video game development studio founded by Capcom. The studio developed the PlayStation 2 port of ''Viewtiful Joe'', both versions of ''Viewtiful Joe 2'' for the GameCube and PlayStation 2, and the PS2 titles ''ÅŒkami'' and ''God Hand''. The name "clover" is an abbreviation of "creativity lover" as well as the Japanese syllables mi ("three") and ba ("leaf") coming from the names of Shinji Mikami and Clover's Atsushi Inaba. The studio consisted largely of existing Capcom R&D talent, who had formed the company (then called Studio 9) to give themselves greater executive control (and thus creative freedom), like Sega's semi-autonomous studios in the early 2000s. The studio focused largely on creating new intellectual property rather than sequels. When these failed to perform on par with Capcom's more popular series, Capcom attempted to merge the studio back into their internal R&D. Those at the studio chose instead to leave the company, and Clover was dissolved. Some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
