This morning we gave you the news of the Japanese release date of Okami HD for Nintendo Switch, and today we are happy to confirm that the same date also applies to our shores.

Okami HD will in fact be available from August 9 on the European and North American territories, and at the same time the announcement has also arrived the opening of pre-orders on Nintendo eShop.

This new version, as evidenced by the gif below, contains touch controls that will allow you to untangle some game situations without putting a hand to the controller (s).

The title was launched at the end of last year on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, proposing a new remastered version of Amaterasu’s highly acclaimed adventure.

To find out more, you can consult our review of Okami HD.

Okami on the Nintendo Switch on August 9th! & # 128396; eShop pre-orders are now live. pic.twitter.com/Zme3OATasF†“Okami (@OkamiOfficial) May 16th 2018