Cockle-warming news, everybody: Capcom has confirmed it’s bringing PlayStation 2 cult hit Okami to the Wii next year.

Clover Studio’s magical action adventure game may be unfamiliar to the wider public - it hardly set tills ablaze when released on Sony’s console - but its rebirth on Nintendo’s ever-popular waggle box gives us hope that the title will finally reap the commercial success that it so clearly deserves. Slim hope, but hope nonetheless.

According to Capcom representatives, the Wii Remote will double up as Amaterasu's Celestial Brush, a paintbrush that can be used for either solving puzzles or combat.
 

Scroll down for some shots of the PS2 version in action - we’re still waiting on Wii screens, but it doesn’t harm to remind ourselves of those wonderful watercolour visuals.