Ōkami

Ōkami
Developer(s)	Clover Studio, Ready at Dawn
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	NA April 15, 2008 AUS June 12, 2008 EU June 13, 2008 JP October 15, 2009
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	Wii Remote + Nunchuk
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	ROWP08, ROWE08, ROWJ08
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Ōkami​ is an action-adventure video game. Set sometime in classical Japanese history, Ōkami combines several Japanese myths, legends 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 distinct sumi-e-inspired cel-shaded visual style and the Celestial Brush, a gesture-system to perform miracles.

Problems

Celestial Brush Freeze

Using the Celestial Brush's rejuvenation skill will cause the game to appear frozen; audio and video will both be stuck. If you continue to hold B for 5-30 seconds (depending on your system), it will unfreeze and the brush will work as normal. Refer issue 8452. Fixed by 5.0-7714 and 5.0-9638.

Where the rejuvination skill is first used

Enhancements

Blur

If using higher IR bloom effects result in multiple offset images creating an off putting effect.

Okami blur

Anti-aliasing Limited Brush Range

When using anti-aliasing the relative input for the Wiimote to use the brush with a gamepad, the brush doesn't reach the full screen width. Refer issue 8452. Fixed in 5.0-7714.

Limited Brush Range

Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Ōkami since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r3109

r4357

3.5-2368

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5.0-20166 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r7408	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 3.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	Considerable graphics problems. Ran slow at times. EFB to RAM requirement is probably the culprit for the speed issues, as EFB to Texture was a considerable speed boost; however it resulted in graphics errors. Unable to complete the game due to the river crash.	MayImilae
r7436	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-Q820 @ 1.73 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M	Graphics were exactly identical to what normally is shown on the actual Wii console itself, however it still has the fan menu not in the right position. As for the randomized text bug is fixed and no longer needs Accurate Texture Cache to fix the problem. The game still crashes occasionally, sometimes even freezes with the sound stopped at a certain point. So be sure to save often if playing this on Dolphin. Also, painting the river with the celestial brush or any place that requires the rejuvenation brush skill will freeze for about 12 or more seconds and then unfreeze, so make sure that you hold down the A button (or whatever key you've set the A button to) while waiting for it to unfreeze.	Platinum Lucario
r7553	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 3.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	Still has the graphics problems at higher resolutions then Wii native (480p). The brush no longer crashes the emulator, and the holding B trick allows bypassing the freezing rejuvenation brush. Still doesn't run so hot, thanks to my 4 year old core 2 duo.	MayImilae
r7626	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 3.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	Thanks to 3.0, the EFB effect can be avoided, without tons of hassle. Which is good, cause the EFB effect is even worse now.	MayImilae
4.0-1522	Windows 8.1	Intel Core i7-3820QM @ 2.7 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M	Turning off AA fixed issues with the rejuvenation brush not working. Even though it is tempting, I would avoid using Texture EFB Copies with the IR set high. I would suffer with RAM EFB Copies, and set the IR low, as that allowed me to see the screen when using the brush. Turning off OpenMP Texture Decoder improved performance. The crash listed above (Random Freezes With Sound Ending In Loop) only occurred twice in 25 hours of gameplay for me.	snippetcultural

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - Ōkami (1080p HD) - Nintendo Wii

Okami on Dolphin Wii/GC Emulator (720p HD) Full Speed

Okami Dolphin Wii Full Speed (r6145)