Ōkami/Brush Techniques

Amaterasu has a total of 13 brush techniques. Some of these techniques can be upgraded through doing special tasks. These techniques are essential to beating the game and is one of the major quality that makes Okami a eunuch game.

Yomigami: God of Rejuvination
Rejuvination is the first ability and is probably the least used of all the technicues. Rejuvination will fill in broken or missing objects. To use the rejuvenation technique, press psx: R1 and begin filling in the missing item. You can tell your coloring in the right space if the ink takes on a different quality, something more like mist then ink. It is also easier to perform rejeneration using psx: T instead of psx: S because it draws a thicker line, filling up more of what is being regenerated. Regeneration usually works on broken things such as statues and bridges.

Tachigami: God of Power Slash
The second, and probably most used, brush technique is the Power Slash. Tachigami gives Amaterasu the ability to slash through enemy's, rocks and other things, although it won't be able to cut through iron or diamond until Amaterasu earns Power Slash 2&3. To perform power slash, hold down the psx: R1 and draw a horizontle line through what you want to slash. After you let go of psx: R1 the enemy or object will be instantly cut in half.

Amaterasu: God of Sunrise
The third brush technique, which apperantly Amaterasu had all along, is Sunrise. Sunrise is an awfull lot like the Sun Song in the Legend of Zelda series, except that it only turns night to day and not the other way around. Sunrise also "moves the sun" to a diffrent spot in the sky. To perform sunrise, hold down psx: R1 and draw a circle in the sky.

Sakigami: God of Bloom
The forth brush technique, and the first of three plant based skills, is Bloom. Bloom is Amaterasu's green thumb. With this brush tech. Amaterasu can make any flower or tree instantly bloom. To use, hold down psx: R1 and draw a circle around the top of the withered tree or flower and release. Make sure that your painting circle directly over the tree if the sky is behind it, otherwise the game will think your trying to perform Sunrise. Another power of Bloom is to fill in dead patches of grass. This will often cause chests and animals to appear and will give you some Praise. Also, if you plant a dot on the ground, a tree will sprout, this is mainly used as a defensive move, to give monsters an obsticle between Amaterasu and them. Even though this is ment to be a shiel, it can also be used as a sneaky attack from below. (he he he)

Hasugami: God of Water Lily
The Water Lily is imperative to have when dealing with water. Since Amaterasu can only swim for about a minute, she constantly needs to take a breather and the water lily lets you create your own. Press psx: R1 and draw a circle in the water. After you let go, a water lily will have appeared where the circle was.

Bakugami: God of Cherry Bomb
Cherry Bomb creates a large, boulder like explosive. With this, Amaterasu can blow holes in weakened structures. She can also use it as an attack against enemies to do a decent amount of damage. To perform Cherry Bomb, bring up the celestial brush and draw a circle where you want it to appear, then draw a line from the middle of the circle out toward 2 o' clock. This has to be done in two strokes. When the bomb is created, Amaterasu has a chance to roll it into what she wants to blow up. Don't worry about taking damage, the Cherry Bomb can't hurt Amaterasu. When the Cherry Bomb is pushed against something, it will blow up, destrying obsticles or damaging enemies. The cherry bomb can also be drawn in the air, just point the camera up toward the sky and draw the symbole, causing the Cherry bomb to drop down onto Amaterasu's enemys. Bakugami can upgrade this ability for Amaterasu twice, both times, adding on to the amount of Cherry Bomb's that can be on screen at once, making a grand total of three Cherry Bombs. In order to do this, one has to draw each Cherry Bomb one at a time. In between Cherry Bombs, you have to let go of psx: R1 and press it down again before the current Cherry Bomb explodes.