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than k you contents We at Capcom wish to thank you for your purchase of this game and for your support! When we set out to create this game, the vision was to infuse an epic adventure with Japanese art, culture and mythology in a truly unique and stunning way. The result was this game which brings a distinctive blend of watercolor ink style to a digital platform— old meets new.
getting started – 1. Insert the OKAMI™ Game Disc correctly into the Disc Slot on the Wii Console. 2. The Wii Console will then power on automatically, and a message will display on screen. After reading the message, press the A Button. * The message on screen will display even if the Wii Console is switched on before the Game Disc is inserted. 3. Point to DISC DRIVE CHANNEL on the Wii Menu, and press the A Button. The Channel Screen will be displayed. 4. Point to START and press the A Button.
Issun , the celestial envoy There is a legend about a god that dates back a long, long time. The people – knew this god as Okami. – Okami would fly through the fields like the wind, silently watching over the life that filled the verdant lands. The people revered – Okami and held the god in the highest honor. One fateful night, tragedy struck! The peace that blanketed the – land under the warm protection of Okami was shattered. Orochi, who had been sealed away since time long past, was resurrected.
characters AMATERASU (You) This powerful god has the power to command the Celestial Brush. A century ago, Amaterasu lost the physical body that the god had been inhabiting during a bitter struggle to seal away Orochi. With the help of the wood sprite Sakuya, Amaterasu inhabited the statue of an ancient village god and returned to the world.
controls BUTTON Fan Menu • Open the Fan Menu and select one of the following options: Wii REMOTE Swing the Wii Remote to: • Charged Glaive • Fish Attack (Swing Wii • Smash Jars and Remote Up and Hold Breakable Items to charge, swing downward when • Attack/Tackle ready to attack.) CONTROL PAD (located on the other side of the Wii remote) CONTROL PAD Item Symbol Select items to equip or use. Amaterasu Symbol Enhance Divine Attributes. Brush Symbol Look up brush strokes for the Celestial Brush.
starting an d en ding the adventure STARTING A NEW ADVENTURE You are Amaterasu, the hero of this story, about to embark on a long, perilous journey. Press the Button to select Begin Story from the Title screen. Use the Control Pad or Control Stick to highlight an option on the Main Menu and press the Button. New Game Begin a brand new adventure. Continue Continue your adventure from one of your save data files. Options Change various game options (see below) .
CELESTIAL BRUSH SCREEN Once you fulfill a certain requirement in the game, you can press the Button to employ the power of the Celestial Brush. The screen will change to the Celestial Brush screen. • Wave the Wii Remote to move the brush across the screen. • Hold the Button while waving the Wii Remote to move the brush and draw on the screen. • Release the Button and, depending on the drawing, a change to the world may occur.
USE PRAISE ORBS TO RECOVER YOUR LOST POWERS! The joy of the rescued people is transformed into praise orbs that can be absorbed and stored. With enough of them stored up, you can enhance Amaterasu’s divinity and lost powers ... • ... when you need just that little extra bit of health. • ... when you would like to use the Celestial Brush a little better. • ... when you want to come back to life just one more time. • ...
mystical celestial brush powers GREENSPROUT–WATER LILY The power to make a lily appear in the water. • Draw a circle on the water’s surface to make a water lily sprout up. Amaterasu may be able to ride the lily, so it’s useful for crossing over the water to dry land. The Celestial Brush is capable of many things. Here are just a few of them. REJUVENATION A lily appears ... ... Amaterasu can ride it! The power to restore broken objects to their former splendor. • • Draw a circle on the water ...
battle WATERSPOUT The power to control and move water. • • Draw a line from the water to the place you want it to go to make it flow in that direction. Using this power, you can restore dried-up springs. Draw a line from the water to the destination ... On your journey, you will meet many monsters that you will be forced to battle. Touching the Demon Scroll causes space to warp around you and a battle to begin. ACTIONS AVAILABLE DURING BATTLE The water flows to the destination ... ...
LEAVING BATTLE Attack the flaw! During battle, the monsters will warp space and create a barrier around Amaterasu to prevent escape. Their magic is not perfect and sometimes a crack will appear. Attack the flaw in the barrier to create a hole for escaping combat. • The barrier breaks! Sometimes the barrier around Amaterasu will not have a crack in it. In these cases, escape is not possible. fan menu : item scre en Press the Button to open the Fan Menu.
EQUIPPING WEAPONS AND ACCESSORIES / USING ITEMS EQUIPPING DIVINE INSTRUMENTS Amaterasu can equip both a main weapon and a sub weapon. Amaterasu’s attacks vary depending on the weapons equipped. Enemies are much easier to defeat once their vulnerabilities are determined and the best weapons for the fight are prepared. • Select a Divine Instrument from the list and press the • Select the Equipment command to bring up a list of weapons that can be equipped.
USING TOOLS • Select a Tool from the list and press the Button to use it. • After you select a Tool from the list, a message asking for confirmation appears. Once you confirm your selection, the Tool is used. TOOLS These objects all possess some special power that can help Amaterasu on the journey. The majority of these objects can only be used once. Here are some Tools. HOLY BONE M This bone is filled with nutritious health energy. It restores 10 units of Solar Energy when used.
HOW TO ENHANCE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES All Divine Attributes are enhanced in the same way. The following explanation uses enhancing the Health Gauge as an example. • Use the down the • To enhance the Health Gauge, first switch to the Solar Energy symbol by pressing the Control Pad 1/ 2. When the Solar Energy symbol is highlighted, hold down the Button to start using praise orbs on it. • Control Pad to select the Divine Attribute to enhance, then hold Button.
1 DUNGEON MAP VIEWING THE ARCHIVE SCREEN Inside a dungeon, only rooms that you have already visited are displayed on the map. However, if Amaterasu comes across a scroll with a map written on it, the whole map may be displayed. 1 Dungeon Name Name of current dungeon being explored. You can access lots of different, important information from this screen. Select a category of information to view and press the Button. 2 2 Dungeon Floor The cursor starts out on the floor Amaterasu is currently on.
advice for the journey ALL JOURNEYS BEGIN WITH A PATH The land is quite large and you can wander across it. However, it is very easy to get lost, so stick to the roads in the beginning to keep your bearings. Roads always lead to some destination, so you will progress just fine in the beginning if you stick to them. Also, sometimes it is helpful to climb to a high vantage point and look out over the land to see where you want to go.
WHICH POWERS TO ENHANCE... Increasing the health gauge avoids running out of health too quickly, increasing the Celestial Brush gauge lets you draw more, adding Astral Pouches gives you extra lives to work with and increasing the purse size lets you hold more money. With so many powers to choose from and the freedom to invest Praise Orbs in any ability, it might not be clear at first which power is better to enhance.
mythology AMATERASU Amaterasu (alternately called Amaterasu Omikami) is a central figure in the native Japanese religion known as Shinto. Though deliberately written to be a genderless character in the game, Amaterasu is portrayed as a woman in the context of Shinto mythology.
glossary IN-GAME KANJI OROCHI HEADS fire light lightning 38 earth darkness useless happiness love heaven evil ogre hatred curse misfortune anger illness death horror demon specter darkness water win d poison 39
BRUSH TECHNIQUES fast bin d crimson vine lotus cut bloom hydrate flashy revive seclusion bow slice stillness shine burn sparkle wall strike freeze wet evening 40 THE GODS 41
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credits R ea d y A t D a w n Stud ios (Tea m D eux ) Executive Producer Didier Malenfant Art Maxx Marshall Hisae Jo Watanabe Programming Brian Hawkins Ivanna Kartarahardja Kim Lay Frantz Joseph Duc Hoang Special Thanks Christian Svensson Ru Weerasuriya Philip Nowell Marc Turndorf Steve Fradley Stacey Ytuarte Ca p com Enter ta inm ent, I nc.
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