You can get different parts for your ship, and certain combinations make your ship a bit more hardy. As far as I can tell there’s nothing like Joy Pendants/Poe souls, but there is something a bit like Wind Waker’s Chu jelly.

They’re gems. Three types for power, wisdom and courage, although I’ve now finished the game and never found out what to do with them. No one ever mentioned them, so I collected them, and then finished the game. Strange.

Re: Hearts: There is space for two rows of eight, and I finished with ten. I don’t know if there are more… You also can’t upgrade your bomb bag/quiver. Quite a bit’s changed now I think about it. It’s still Zelda through and through, and is still excellent, but it still feels a little different.

If you did food writing, would you just write about it, or would you do recipes and that?

They’ve got rid of the heart pieces?! That seems an entirely strange move - does exploring more and spending more time on the game get you anything more than if you just walked through it? I’m very excited about playing it. I shall buy it asap.

I’m still stuck on Okami, I know exactly what I have to do but I just can’t do it. It’s very irritating.

The controls are awesome to. The game no longer explains how to use items and weapons, because the controls are just that intuitive that you just know.

Also, gone are the heart pieces (thank fuck) and the wallet sizes. I’ve got well over 1000 Rupees at the moment.

Okami is coming to the Wii. It’s going to be a direct port, but I reckon using the Celestial Brush should be more fun with the Wiimote

Re: Food writer: Why don’t you give that the old college try on this here blog? Set up a new category for it or something. I’d definitely be interested in reading it x