History VideoGame / Okamiden

The game is on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. Gameplay is very similar to the original game, with the Celestial Brush adapted to the DS's touchscreen. A new addition is partners, who fight alongside you in battle and can be controlled with the Guidance brush technique.

* OnlyOneSaveFile: The game has only one save file, a stark contrast to its predecessor which had ''30''; this is because the game was released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and, on a technical level, it already pushes the system's capacity to the limit (the first game, meanwhile, was benefited by the vast space and specs provided by the UsefulNotes/Playstation2 and the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}). Unfortunately, there's a good deal of collectibles that are {{Permanently Missable|Content}} -- some of which are tied into NewGamePlus functionality.

* {{Bishonen}}: Pretty-boy Waka makes a brief cameo, and new character Genji is an even more effeminate man, with skimpy clothing and a face rendered like other beautiful characters, including Waka.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Kurow is a doll of Waka [[CloningGambit brought to life for the express purpose of being]] [[ExpendableClone a seal for Akuro, to hold him long enough]] for Chibi to [[KillUsBoth kill them both]].]] Needless to say, he's not happy about it.

* CameraScrew: Since you have no direct control over the camera in combat, it's perfectly possible to end up in situations where you're blindsided by enemies or have a hard time getting what you want on camera to use a brush technique on it.

* BareYourMidriff: Nanami and Charity are female examples, while Genji makes a male one.

* RealMenWearPink: Kurow and Waka wear pink. Genji not only wears pink, but [[BareYourMidriff bares his midriff]], has a heart-shaped decoration behind his head, a flower on his shirt, and a heart-shaped fan. [[ViewerGenderConfusion Players may be forgiven for thinking he is a she when he first appears.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Near the end, Manpuku, Kagu and Nanami break the boundaries of time and space to join Chibiterasu and Ishaku in the final battle.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: Pretty-boy Waka makes a brief cameo, and new character Genji is an even more effeminate man, with skimpy clothing and a face rendered like other beautiful characters, including Waka.

** Likewise, Chibi's sword Divine Instruments are as long as he is, although they are wielded magically without touching them, so their size isn't a factor for using them.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Sure, you might have once again saved Nippon from eternal darkness, but [[HeroicSacrifice Kurow doesn't make it]]]].

* BoozeBasedBuff: Sake returns to boost your offensive and defensive capabilities.

%%* CelShading

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* {{Counterspell}}: The Final Boss has its own version of the Celestial Brush and often nullifies your brushstrokes by crossing them out with his own. (Fortunately, this rule works both ways.)

%%* DiscOneFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:The Underground Ruins.]]

** As soon as time travel gets involved and the game goes back to 100 years in the past, the player knows from the first game that Shiranui is going to die after traveling to the future to help Amaterasu and then back in time to save Nagi. [[spoiler: However, what really does him in is protecting Kamiki Village from Akuro's attack in the past.]]

* DubNameChange: As with the previous game, there are a few of these. Some, like Kagura becoming 'Kagu', may have been to distinguish her from the similar-sounding Kaguya.

* FeedItABomb: The Demon Nut enemy can be dispatched by using Bloom to open its mouth when stunned, then planting a Cherry Bomb in it.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Chibi gets various nicknames from his partners over the course of the game. One of them, "Mutt", is less than polite, and it's given by [[spoiler: Kuni, who has been selected and influenced by the evil Akuro for the entirety of the game.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: Yami (the BigBad from the first game). Although Amaterasu defeated him, his evil power remained, although divided into five pieces (Master Anura, Bullhead, Renjishi, King Fury, and Akuro). This game has a tendency to contradict itself, though, as it states in other places that Akuro was the Greater Scope Villain of the first game, having control over Orochi and Yami.]]

* HyperspaceArsenal: Chibi can carry all of his weapons, consumable items, treasures, scrolls, etc. in his inventory, despite not having pockets.
* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:Susano's reaction to Kuni's declaration that he's going on a JourneyToFindOneself, though it was to ensure Kuni wouldn't have anything holding him back from his journey.]]

* IHaveManyNames: Each of Chibi's companions gives him a nickname in the absence of knowing his real one. None of them are flattering.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Oh yes. Each main character has their own theme tune, and some of the lesser characters do as well - such as Susano.

* MagicalDefibrillator:
** Chibi and Kagu find a man passed out in the street. After they unsuccessfully try to find a doctor, the nearby Raiden (who is a lightning ghost) advises them to use his power. They give him a good shock of electricity which miraculously cures the man without leaving a bruise or burn.

%%* {{Miko}}: Miko Cho and, later, [[spoiler: Kagu]], who are shrine priestesses with exorcism-based holy powers.

* SympathyForTheDevil: When Kagu finds out the story behind Sen and Ryo, she says she almost feels sorry for them.

* {{Nerf}}: The Rosary got nerfed like crazy from the first game. In ''Okami'', it was the weakest weapon but had a homing mechanic that allowed for massive combos and made fights go by much quicker. In ''Okamiden'', however, the homing is gone and it kind of just flails all over the place.

%%* NobleWolf: Shiranui and Amaterasu. Chibi is a little wolf-in-training.

* NowWhereWasIGoingAgain: Averted, as the Journal keeps track of major things you should remember.

* PointOfNoReturn: After you enter the Moon Cave [[spoiler: 100 years in the past]], and though you have multiple hours of playing and cutscenes left, you will no longer be able to warp back and forth.

* SaveGameLimits: Unlike Okami, which allowed you to make multiple files, there's only one save file here. Note that there are also some collectibles that are {{permanently missable|Content}}, some of which tie into NewGamePlus. N

* StewedAlive: In [[spoiler:the Moon Cave 100 years in the past]], Chibiterasu and Manpuku fall into a giant pot of soup. The imp cooking it decides to cook them with the soup, but a hungry Manpuku saves himself and Chibi from being boiled to death by [[BigEater drinking the entire thing.]]
** There is another example of this trope not so long afterward: Charity is tricked by Umami into approaching a large pot after refusing to cook for {{Orochi}}. Umami then pushes her in, but Chibiterasu saves her with Vine.

* TimeTravel: You travel to two different times: [[spoiler:nine months ago, to the time of the previous game,]] and [[spoiler:100 years ago]].

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one seems particularly interested by the white wolf puppy ridden by various children, some of whom are pretty unusual in and of themselves. No one really seems to bat much of an eye when things mysteriously fix themselves, burst into fire, or split in half, either.

** One part of the game in the Thundercloud is a RhythmGame. Oh yeah, and it's not optional either.

* YouShouldntKnowThisAlready: {{Justified|Trope}} with the Celestial Brush techniques. Chibi is definitely not the same being as Ammy, so you need to find the correct god and release/rejuvenate it before you can use its technique.

* VendorTrash: Half the things you find in treasure chests only exist to be sold.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Nanami has blue hair [[MakingASplash made of water,]] and Manpuku has red spiked hair that apparently is on fire. Several [=NPCs=], most notably those living on the Thundercloud and Genji, also have unusual hair colors. And the doctors' mustaches.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Just like in ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', NewGamePlus nets you various "spells" that change Chibiterasu's appearance, including [[spoiler: the Black Sun Chibiterasu form that Akuro takes]].

* {{Constellations}}: Like before, the Brush Gods lie hidden in constellations and must be brought out, though this is done by tracing the outline here rather than dotting in the missing stars.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** While the game is marketed for older kids, some of the dialogue comes off as harsher than in ''Okami'', with Kurow using "hella" as an intensifier at one point, for example.
** The sequence with Genji in the Sage Shrine is pretty surprising for the demographic the game is aimed at. Genji is portrayed as a womanizing menace, and he steals away Nanami and must be chased through the shrine. It's already uncomfortable, but at one point, you find them writhing under the covers of a bed. Fortunately, they emerge clothed and the chase continues, but the implications of the animation in addition to his clear intentions are more overt than one would expect.

* LeftHanging: Not only does the game "not" answer the threads left at the end of ''Okami'', [[spoiler: Amaterasu is still fighting on the celestial plain apparently]] but it adds more questions, most notably about [[spoiler:Kuni's birth identity]].

** A minor example is a small moment on the Goryeo, which is [[spoiler:the Sunken Ship before it sank.]] For a sidequest, a sailor asks you to fix a fish tank. The tank contains [[spoiler:two crabs and a shark, implied to be the vessels for the crab demons Jiro and Saburo, who combine into the shark demon Ichiro to fight Amaterasu in ''Okami''.]] If Chibi didn't fix the tank, its inhabitants probably wouldn't have become a problem in the future.

* PoorCommunicationKills: After [[spoiler: Otohime helps Chibiterasu in the past, she asks Nanami to tell the Goryeo crew that "there is no Water Dragon protecting the seas"]]. What she '''actually''' meant is that [[spoiler: the Water Dragon is no longer a benevolent guardian of the ocean, having gone vicious, and is now a serious threat to anyone who roams in the Ryoshima Coast]]. This leads to [[spoiler: the captain of the ship understanding that the monster is just a myth and happily deciding to set sail in the high seas, where the Water Dragon immediately sinks the Goryeo, killing the entire crew while Chibiterasu and Kurow can do nothing but watch with tears in their eyes]].
* PreexistingEncounters: Demon Scrolls wandering around in outdoor locations, and certain areas have ominous kanji emanating from them, which do the same thing. Every time you come into contact with one, you enter a battle, so you can see those fights coming.

%%* PuzzleBoss: Every single one.

** [[spoiler:Akuro after he takes on Chibi's appearance, gaining his own Celestial Brush that can change reality and cancel Chibi's.]]

** It wasn't just Susano/Nagi and Ammy who cut off Orochi's heads; [[spoiler: Chibi helped out both times, too.]] Not just that, but [[spoiler: Nagi needed Chibi's help to kill Orochi with the Celestial Cleaver move. Susano didn't, though.]]

* RunningGag: Chibi getting a humiliating nickname every time a new partner comes around.
* SaveGameLimits: Unlike Okami which allowed you to make multiple files, there's only one save file here. Note that there are also some collectibles that are {{permanently missable|Content}}, some of which tie into NewGamePlus. N
* SceneryPorn: Being a sequel to VideoGame/{{Okami}}, this should be expected. One standout example is the brand new area of Yakushi Village, where the game starts.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:It turns out that the game is a story being told by the adult Kuni. And once again, we're left hanging over the hinted "next story".]]

** Doctors Redbeard and Bluebeard have the healing herbs from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' on their floors, for one.
** One of the fishermen in Ryoshima Coast greets Chibi with "Yo, dog." (referring to the popular "Yo dawg" image macro). The Tanuki does the same thing.
** Examining the one of the sets of herbs in the upstairs of a house in Yakushi Village with Kurow as a partner will cause him to exclaim "[[Film/DudeWheresMyCar Dude, where's my herbs?]]"

* SpinOffspring: Kuni is the child of Susano and Kushi [[spoiler:although he is adopted]], Amaterasu is Chibi's mother, and ''all'' the various brush gods apparently now have children.

** When Chibi first meets her, Nanami asks where he's been and where that blond kid he was with is, as well as calling him Squiddy. [[spoiler: Later, Chibi travels nine months back into time accompanied by Kurow, who you've met at that point, and meets Nanami when she helps Chibi find the Knowing Jewel, as well as giving Chibi said nickname. And then there's the whole Orochi, Amaterasu, and Shiranui time loop from the first game...]]
** Chibi rescues [[spoiler:Shiranui from the Ice Room 100 years in the past, which in turn allows him to show up and save Ammy and, later, Chibi in return. Without this aid, it's highly probable that Ammy would never have been born/reincarnated, and thus neither would Chibi.]]

* StewedAlive: [[spoiler: In the Moon Cave 100 years in the past]], Chibiterasu and Manpuku fall into a giant pot of soup. The imp cooking it decides to cook them with the soup, but a hungry Manpuku saves himself and Chibi from being boiled to death by [[BigEater drinking the entire thing.]]
** There is another example of this trope not so long afterward; Charity is tricked by Umami into approaching a large pot after refusing to cook for {{Orochi}}. Umami then pushes her in, but Chibiterasu saves her with Vine.

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* TakeYourTime: Played straight except during the aforementioned ColossusClimb, which has a five minute timer. Any other time, feel free to run around doing sidequests while the world is in danger. It's not going anywhere. {{Justified|Trope}} before [[spoiler: you finish off King Fury, since Akuro's plans cannot go forward before then.]] After that, not so much.

* TimeTravel: You travel to two different times: [[spoiler:nine months ago]] and [[spoiler:100 years ago]].

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Chibi and Kuni, and to a lesser extent, Nanami and Kagu,]] to [[spoiler: Akuro, who tricks them into destroying the vessels of Yami so he can regain their power, setting his plan in motion.]]

* WarpWhistle: Origin Mirrors with an X eventually become warp points, allowing access between Agata Forest and Ryoshima Coast as well as fast travel to the areas within the two halves of the map.
* WaveMotionGun: Akuro's most powerful attack in-battle (which [[ThatOneAttack also restores his HP]] if he successfully uses it).
* WhamLine: When Chibiterasu confronts Akuro near the end of the game, the demon addresses him by a familiar nickname: "[[spoiler:We meet again, Child of the Sun. [[DemonicPossession Or should I say...Mutt?]]]]"
%%** [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn You should be more humble. After all, you are in the presence of the Dark King.]]]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Waka. Some even think he TookALevelInJerkass. [[spoiler:Stopping evil? Awesome. Using Kurow as a doll/sacrifice to trap Akuro, leaving Chibi to kill him? Not so awesome. Though to be honest, the game doesn't make it clear just how involved Waka was in this plan.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Nanami has blue hair [[MakingASplash made of water,]] and Manpuku has red spiked hair that apparently is on fire. Several [=NPCs=], most notably those living on the Thundercloud and Genji, also have unusual hair colors. And the doctor's mustaches.

* AerithAndBob: Most of the characters have Japanese names. Then there's Charity, who is never mentioned to be foreign and looks like any other young Japanese woman in the game. And then there's Grimm.

* MonsterSobStory: When Kagu finds out the story behind Sen and Ryo, she says she almost feels sorry for them.