split/screen co-op

Elvis Presley by ~dancingonthemoon on deviantART

I feel compelled to quote that verse from an Elvis Presley song when it comes to Japanese games.

I am currently playing Last Window: The Secret of Cape West and am once again amazed by the slow pace of the action and the endless dialogues. The characters say something, which could fit in two sentences, in ten. The explanation of very simple actions or emotions is discussed and analyzed in lengthy conversations that are truthfully boring.

Okami by MochiKome

I just read a very fine review of Okami over on Action Button Dot Net and, it being one of my all-time favourite games for precisely the same reasons that made the reviewer like it, I felt the urge to comment. However, one has to be logged in to do so, and I couldn’t find the registration page. (I know, I suck like that. If you find it, please point me to it via the comments. Thanks!)

Please go and read the review here, because it is completely worth it; and check out my comment after the break.