Best of the Decade: Okami
Mon, December 20, 2010 at 10:08 PM 
Okami
Platforms: Playstation 2, Wii
Release Date: September 19, 2006 (PS2 version)
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Clover Studio
Despite the immense popularity of the Zelda series, there aren’t as many competitors to the franchise as you’d think there might be. Epic adventure games full of dungeons and gadget collecting do show up every once in a while, but the Zelda series is largely left to itself.
This is a shame. The Zelda games are some of the best around, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other compelling ideas that could be injected into its brand of adventure gaming. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone would take the basic framework of Zelda and rethink it, making it into a fresh, modern game that takes exciting liberties that the well-established and stagnant Zelda franchise can’t afford to?
Enter Okami.