Okamiden known in Japan as Okamiden: Chiisaki Taiyo is an action-adventure video game published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is a spiritual successor rather than a sequel to Okami a game released originally for the PlayStation 2 and later ported first to the Wii then to other platforms. Okamiden was designed by Kuniomi Matsushita the director of the Wii port of Okami and Motohide Eshiro producer of Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth and Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. It was released in Japan on September 30 2010 in North America on March 15 2011 and in Europe on March 18. It stars Chibiterasu a small celestial wolf born from Amaterasu the protagonist of Okami and features much of the same gameplay as its predecessor including the Celestial Brush which allows players to freeze the gameplay and draw shapes or patterns using the touch screen.