Celestial Brush

Unique to Ōkami is the Celestial Brush. Players can bring the game to a pause and call up a canvas, where the player can draw onto the screen using the left analog stick to control the Celestial Brush. While many gamers felt that the Celestial Brush aspect of the game would have made Ōkami a better title for Nintendo's Wii console, Atsushi Inaba of Clover Studio has stated that Ōkami is primarily an action game, and the Wii controller would not be well suited for the overall gameplay contained within the game.[3] This feature is used in combat, puzzles, and as general gameplay. For example, the player can create strong wind by drawing a loop, cut enemies by drawing a line through them, or create bridges by painting one amongst many other abilities. These techniques are learned through the course of the game by completing constellations to release the Celestial Brush gods from their hiding spots. The Celestial Brush bears similarities to the use of mouse gestures to perform miracles in the desktop computer game Black & White, in which the player, just like in Ōkami, takes on the role of a god. You basically control the very fabric of time but your ink pots will run out if used too much in one go, making you lose your powers for a short period of time.