According to the outlet, two separate retail chains in Europe listed the game in their internal physical release calendars for December 12.

As is always the case with such listings, there is a chance this information could turn out to be inaccurate, but the fact that it appeared in two separate retailers located in different parts of Europe lends some weight to the report.

The game was developed by Clover Studio, a now-defunct subsidiary of Capcom that also produced the Viewtiful Joe series.

Okami garnered universal acclaim on its release for its beautiful visuals, which were inspired by traditional Japanese sumi-e paintings, and its Zelda-like gameplay.

A Wii version was released in 2008 and added motion controls for the game's Celestial Brush system, while an HD port for PS3 arrived in 2012.