Ōkami is an action-adventure game for the Nintendo Wii that draws on classical Japanese mythology. Players control Amaterasu, the Shinto sun goddess, in the guise of a white wolf. The game features a unique cel-shaded art style inspired by sumi-e painting and utilizes the Celestial Brush mechanic, allowing players to create miracles through intuitive gestures to restore the world from darkness.
Set sometime in classical Japanese history, Ōkami combines several Japanese mythology and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess named Amaterasu, who took the form of a white wolf with celestial markings covering its fur. It features a distinct sumi-e-inspired cel-shaded visual style and the Celestial Brush, a gesture-system used to perform miracles.