Rumor? No, fact. Unless Eurogamer is really pulling our chains on this one, or it didn't do its due diligence and confirm this, Okami will be coming to Wii in Spring of 2008. Well, in Europe at least.

I have no legitimate reason to have not purchased Okami in the past - it's just one of those things I hadn't yet gotten around to, like how I hadn't purchased Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on DVD - which was one of my absolute favorite movies of that year and one of my favorites period - until literally two months ago.

For evaluation purposes, I'll probably end up picking up both versions (with the Playstation 2 edition probably at a now discount price). I want to compare and contrast the two, I wanted to buy the Playstation 2 version anyway to have Clover's lovely logo on the box, and I would have bought the Wii revision anyways in the event that it would come out. I practically know (emphasis on "practically", since no, I cannot tell the future) the celestial brush is a natural fit for an input device like the Wii Remote, but the "motion-controlled physical attacks" they mention could be disastrous. It was pulled off just fine in Twilight Princess, but it didn't feel any "better" to me (or worse, for that matter) - just different. Not everyone has been so successful with waggle combat, though.

Actually, I'd rather have a DS version. The stylus seems like an even better fit for the Celestial Brush than does the Wii Remote, to me at least.

Oh yeah: your life isn't significant until you listen to Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 66 - Bust Ghost. You crave it!