Ni No Kuni

[syver]

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a role-playing game developed and published by Level-5 in collaboration with world-famous animation company Studio Ghibli. The game puts the player in the role of Oliver, a 13 year old boy who, after his mother's death, is transported to a parallel world, and goes on a quest to bring her back to life.

Soundtrack:

Screenshots:

Reviews:

IGN 9.4/10 http://www.ign.com/a...te-witch-review

OPM (UK) 9/10 http://www.officialp...eet-rpg-nectar/

I'm not much of a JRPG fan except maybe a few games like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy (7 & 9), but this game has had me excited since I first heard about it. Everything I've seen and heard since then have just added to that. It's coming 22 january to US and 1 february to EU. I can't wait!!!

it's also for nintendo ds if you're into that shit.

Edited January 15, 2013 by csyver

[PogoP]

I remember seeing this early last year, it looks incredible. It's a shame I don't have a PS3 though, I really want to play it!

[Kedhrin]

some of the cell shaded games on ps3 looked fantastic like eternal sonota... too bad the game was sooo fairy-like i couldn't sit through it no matter how good the art was...

and the gameplay got super repetitive... waaaaayyy too JRPG.

this definitely looks like a traditional JRPG.... but hopefully the pacing is good

Edited January 15, 2013 by Kedhrin

[Minos]

Yeah looking forward to this one

[FMPONE]

this looks really awesome. like really really awesome. dont have a ps3 tho

[⌐■_■]

in the last seconds of the trailer, the boy shouts a pornstar spell if you listen close...

[Furyo]

This has been on my top 3 most anticipated game list for nearly a year.

[syver]

in the last seconds of the trailer, the boy shouts a pornstar spell if you listen close...

maybe he's casting a summon

Edited January 16, 2013 by csyver

[AlexM]

Cant wait to play this about a year from now

Love all the ghibli movies.

[Minos]

By the way, the demo has been out on the PSN store for a while now. I tried it but couldn't understand shit of the battle system. Not surprised though, all JRPG demos are like that XD

[syver]

more reviews;

• Eurogamer – 9
  
• Famitsu – 36/40
  
• Game Informer – 7/10
  
• Gamereactor– 9
  
• God Is A Geek – 10
  
• Guardian – 4/5
  
• Meristation – 9
  
• NowGamer – 8.5
  
• OPM – 9/10
  
• PlayStation LifeStyle – 10
  
• Spong – 9
  
• Strategy Informer – 9
  
• VideoGamer – 9/10
  

[AlexM]

very nice

[-HP-]

Skill level needed to play this game: Asian

[Nysuatro]

This looks great. Big fan of Studio Ghibli.

The English ruins it a bit for me though. I English subtitels and the original voices.

[Minos]

Been playing this for the past 2 or 3 weeks and it is shaping up to be one of the best games I have played in a long time! Since I was playing Rogue Galaxy before starting this I kinda knew what to expect and I'm glad they fixed a lot of annoyances in Ni No Kuni (like super messy inventory, soul crushing crafting system etc...).

The battle system actually works pretty well (I didn't have the best impression when I played the demo) and leveling/acquiring familiars is fun (except for their level being reset to 1 when they evolve :S)

Anyway, pretty good JRPG with lots to do and no convoluted menus/storyline (like FF XIII-2) so you can actually focus on making progress instead of figuring out where to go.