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Okami wins Japanese art award

Capcom's adventure game wins top prize at Japan Media Arts Plaza awards; DS cookbook also recognized with award.

Early 2007 continues to be a time of recognition of all things 2006, as the results from awards shows continue to pile in. The latest comes from Japan Media Arts Plaza, an online hub of "creative activities and development of media arts."

On its Web site, the association recently announced its awards for 2006, which recognize achievements in "creative media art works" using technology.

Taking the grand prize in the entertainment division was artist Hideki Kamiyama for his work on Capcom's Okami. According to the judges, the award was given for its "beautiful graphics and distinct style of presentation."

Other games recognized in the entertainment division include the Nintendo DS game Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi (Talking DS Cooking Navigator) and Rhythm Tengoku for the Game Boy Advance. Previous winners of the festival's awards include Nintendogs, WarioWare: Twisted, Pictochat, Onimusha 3, and EyeToy Play.

65 comments
gmax
gmax ranger

Cool for them.

LexLas
LexLas

They totally made the right choice, this game is very illusionistic and art award is defenitely an award it deserves. Also should be recognized for originality as it's concept is one of a kind.

gagan21
gagan21

okami deserves it :D

aerobie
aerobie

Awesome. Okami is a work of arl as well as a fantastic game. Well-deserved is an understatement.

pandaramaster
pandaramaster

Yay! Well done to Hideki Kamiyama for a grand job, you thoroughly deserve it!

vitz3
vitz3

Okami was a spectacular game which deserves this award. Good job Clover. Shame on you Capcom.

Vyse86
Vyse86

Yay Rhythm Tengoku. Here is hoping they translate that game to English some time, its well worth playing.

esmarsu
esmarsu

We must accept it, this game really has something, despite de fact that its just a well drawn cartoon, its worth the time and money that you expend in it. So I agree without any argument with this recognition.

kavadias1981
kavadias1981

Okami deserves it. I'm playing it now and it is easily the best game I have played in a very long time.

Proust
Proust

Ordered this game the other day. Can't wait to see if it lives up to hype.

Honenheim
Honenheim

3 cheers for Okami .....congrats !! and congrats to Kamiyama-san you deserve it dude

NekoTheSpook
NekoTheSpook

All right, Clover! (Or maybe I should say Seeds....) The graphics were terrific - Okami is the most uniquely styled game I've seen in a long, long time. Congratulations, guys!

red_fire4
red_fire4

nice it's good that they recognize this game

urbanlegend13
urbanlegend13

Great news ! At least some people would recognize this game.

AHDOAH
AHDOAH

Okami does have good art^^ good to hear!

crithon
crithon

"critial darlin" is a word that gets passed around a lot for Okami. I do think it's a big honor especially coming from Japan since Okami is a love letter to everything japan but the game just failed in sales in Japan. I hope this encourages more japanese audiences to take a chance with okami

Doolum
Doolum

Okami is a must have game for the PS2

sizzlemebacon2
sizzlemebacon2

"This game is sold out everywhere where I live. I want it so badly. Glad to hear its being recognised." Really? Bout' time Okami gets some respect... even if it took them long enough ????

TryMe01
TryMe01

yay! an award for a capsom game! their homeland knows true talent

OfficialBed
OfficialBed

nice nice...i wish i got to play this game

xtremeg4m3r
xtremeg4m3r

Okami wasnt a huge success in japan or in the states which is sad because games like these come only once in a decade.

RaiKageRyu
RaiKageRyu

There's no other game that defines Japanese Art as well as Okami

dmastor
dmastor

Dag i may have to Find My ps2 to play this Game.

Somini
Somini

Okami totally deserves it. Most beautiful game I ever played.

KynKoolij
KynKoolij

Okami rules. Every time I play it I can't get over the visuals.

fantasyfacade
fantasyfacade

This game is sold out everywhere where I live. I want it so badly. Glad to hear its being recognised.

vroenis
vroenis

Finally, some recognition for Okami, and as per everyone else's comments, well deserved. Also good to see Rhythm Tengoku up there, it's a brilliant game.

GrimoireMyst
GrimoireMyst

Okami really deserves it. I wish more people would pick it up so that they can make a sequel. lol

lzorro
lzorro

Hoorah for Okami

CheddarLimbo
CheddarLimbo

Well, rightly so, I should say. Okami is one of the most beautiful games in years. Period.

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