On its face, Okamiden isn’t the most exciting game to report on, but I was still able to write an exciting preview thanks to the engaging questions I asked during my one-on-one interview and demo with a Capcom developer. I got him to explain to me how the game series is “sort of cursed.” The first game, Okami, was critically acclaimed in 2006, but it came out for the PS2 weeks shy of PS3‘s exciting launch. Okamiden, the Nintendo DS sequel, is scheduled to come out this month, 12 days before the Nintendo 3DS.

Read my preview of this “cursed” video game on Gaming Target.