Raggs Plays Okami [31] [LEMUR MAN!] [Oki]

OMFG AN UPLOAD!? Yes, indeed it is. Possk is still busy and quickly editing her TCT parts, so I quickly recorded this in my spare time (since my remaining parts will build off of her’s). Almost Christmas and such and I’ve finished with classes (and passed all my stuff! Yay!). Oh, and happy holidays! I was going to say it, but I didn’t want to make this 2 parts. Blame Oki for not shutting up.

Info: Oki is a pain in the ass both in the plot and in this battle no matter how cool he looks with his shapeshifting, poofy pants, pointy hair, and mask. The first stage is more or less a rehash of Rao and Waka (well, except his flying swords are icey), but his second stage gets a fresh lifebar and becomes loosely based on the Kusa 8 (except a lot more annoying since he can freeze you and create clones). I am so happy I picked up fireburst!

The next part will be of the Bandit Spiders, since the last spider is at the far end of Kamui near Wep’keer. Then I’ll head back to Ryoshima Coast for the other one. If you remember in my Catcall Tower recording, I accidentally fell into the N Ryoshima cave when I was searching for brush upgrades.

Raggs Plays Okami [30] [NOT A DAMN POKEMON RIP-OFF!] [Ninetails]

There are craploads of Japanese shows, games, works of art, etc, that show multi-tailed foxes (with 9 tails too). It’s mythology! Even Ninetails’ role and actions in the plot reflect that (like possessing women and being a crafty trickster). I may not know a lot about Japanese mythology, but I know a little bit when it comes to kitsune.. Pokemon isn’t special except with being the franchise of the most famous example, so stop putting it in a bloody pedestal! I know I ranted about this in the video, but it really pisses me off when people say Okami and Digimon ripped off Pokemon and they ALWAYS use Ninetales vs Kyuubimon as an example (regarding Pokemon vs Digimon).

Trust me, I have several examples of Pokemon basing their designs on mythological creatures. For one example, Skarmory is like the metallic Stymphalian birds from Greek mythology among other kinds of metallic birds.

Ok, *cough* well, this is the last video I have. All these should last you until I can find the oppertunity to do the next sub-boss. I have to say I’m quite happy with how this fight turned out. My first time (rematch included) was hideous and smelled of noob. NOW I can finally have my revenge!

Info: Ninetails is one of the harder fights in the game (which doesn’t say much, but meh), and he loves to brag about it. It’s complex in regards to how many stages he has and how many moves are in his arsenal, but the real kick is in his ability to draw on your canvas (and using your brush techniques against you). He is the ONLY BOSS that can do this (but someone else later can) and makes him a huge pain in the ass. Regardless, he has to be my favourite boss in the game. Once he raises his sword and gets struck by lightning, he divides into creatures represented by how many tails he has (minus one? Never counted). They are annoying as hell and can easily overwhelm you before they return. Once you get rid of them all, he is left with one and the battle becomes a million times easier except for the fact that he’s also a million times faster (but also tires easily, limited in attacking, and is fragile).

Raggs Plays Okami [29] [Cheating Is Fun!] [Oni Island]

*whistles innocently*
(got shortcut from here)

Oni Island is COMPLETE…except for the boss. Boss is next part. Er, still nothing else to say.

Raggs Plays Okami [28] [THUNDER CAT!] [Oni Island]

Oh come on, I couldn’t have been the only one thinking that.

Mmm, I love thunder. Never been able to use the secret technique (that you get later), but thunder in general is just so freaking sweet.

We’re a little over halfway through the dungeon now. One more part of dungeon and then boss time. Not much else to say really. More stuff happens in the next part.

Raggs Plays Okami [27] [Hiya Tobi!] [Oni Island]

I don’t like you *glares*.

Here begins the Labyrinth Of Torment, a series of death courses and races in Oni Island. All races (to my knowledge) are mandatory, so don’t screw up unless you hoarded health items or have the string of beads. Thankfully I have both, because I fail a lot here (though one of the courses decides to fail too).

Raggs Plays Okami [26] [Mad Dash To Oni Island] [Oni Island]

One of the longest/hardest dungeons in the game. Goodie. Oni Island and the boss will take up the remaining 5 parts in the recording. Here is the dash and entry into the base (…with a big cutscene in between).

Info: Oni Island’s approach is easy enough. And if you don’t make it in time for whatever reason, the game lets you try again. Once you get to the island, you’re welcomed by a series of death courses where you have to race a demon slip and then you die if you don’t make it (well, one of them glitched. You’ll see later). If you don’t have any beads, hoarding health items is a must just in case. There is a merchant, but backtracking can be a pain.

Raggs Plays Okami [25] [Outfoxed Again!] [Evil Rao]

Bah, this is painful. I actually had to use a health item for this fight. But don’t worry, this guy will get his comeuppance *rolls up sleeves*…in about 5 parts. I’m usually good at this fight and bad at the other, but it seems to be switched here.

Well, still have a few cutscenes to get through, but the entire fight is in this video.

Info: Evil Rao is your typical small sub-boss like Waka. Jumps and runs around, sends firey swords at you, just trying to be as annoying as possible. Difference here is that Rao isn’t vulnerable for as long or as frequently and she has a dive-bomb attack (the bird enemies like the Crow Tengu also have this attack).

Raggs Plays Okami [24.5] [Flashlights With Cellophane] [Cutscenes n’Stuff]

Watch if you want the plot. Otherwise nothing much happens after the first minute or so. Skip this if you want. Just escaping from the dragon (eeeeeeeeeeasy), talking to the king, Rao getting the Fox Rods, Otohime showing a vision, and running to the temple. Next part will have a sub-boss, and then it’ll be time for one of the longest dungeons in the game.

Raggs Plays Okami [24] [AMMY’S NEKKID!!!] [Inside The Dragon + Tube Foxes]

Ok, so this entire recording is nearly 2 hours long, so that’s roughly 8 videos. That should last a while. It’s made up of two dungeons (one completed here), two sub-bosses (one completed here), a brush technique, and a main boss. However, parts 1-3 will be uploaded day-after-day because part 2 is mostly cutscenes and travelling. I had a feeling that would happen, so I appologize. To make up for it, like I said, I’ll be uploading those faster and then do the rest on a typical rate. You guys chew on these videos while I go AMV with Possk.

Dragon: Easily the shortest and simplest dungeon in the game. Lots of scrolls, but none are difficult and you can avoid them anyways. It’s very pretty though. Good music too (bah, most of the music in this game is awesome anyways). There’s one lock and one puzzle, but neither are that tricky.

Tube Foxes: Again, easy. These guys (all 9 of them, but all pretty weak) can be frustrating though since they love to bounce around. Not a real threat though. The most annoying thing they can do is suck out all your ink in a matter of seconds.

Raggs Plays Okami [23] [Rambling On…*coughhack*] [Catcall Tower]

Was so not planning to do this since it’s short, easy, and only one enemy. I just used this as an oppertunity to give updates, break up the nutshell narrating, and upload something for once. We have kennel duty shifts every few weeks for 2.5 days. I wake up at 5 am, get home at 7 pm, and go to bed at 11:30 pm. Ick. Also, I have more editing to do with Possk, so I won’t sit down to do the dragon and Oni Island until next week or whenever I get good progress with our finals collab (or I might do it next week or on the weekend so I’ll have lots of videos so I can edit with Possk without feeling guilty of leaving you guys high and dry).

And Easycap’s drivers decided to self-destruct for some reason. I played it yesterday and it worked fine, but I tried it today and the drivers were apparently damaged (says device manager) and didn’t detect it. Had to wipe out that thing and install the drivers again (and it’s a very pesky thing to install *kicks*).

Info: Catcall Tower…er…has a lot of cats? All you do is jump up a tower by wall-jumping the gold parts. You can’t die, there is only one enemy, if you fail here, you have my pity. Just be sure you have fish with you or else you’ll want to strangle that stupid cat. Oh, and the brush technique is perhaps the 2nd most useless in the game, but it’s pretty neat I guess.