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Watch the newest Big in Japan with Richard Eisenbeis. As he takes us on a tour of the Ghibli Museum. I want the kitty bus in my living room. Watch the video tour at GameZone.com.
"Critical Gamer writes: One of the glaring problems of this generation of consoles has been its failure to produce truly great traditional Japanese RPGs. Certainly there have been plenty of solid efforts, and the likes of Lost Odyssey, Eternal Sonata, Resonance of Fate and Final Fantasy XIII all have their charms. We have even had excellent deviations from the standard style of Japanese RPGs with the strategy focused Valkyria Chronicles. But looking back at the 128, 32 and 16 bit eras it is ha..."
"Critical Gamer writes: If there were any doubts that the DS version of Ni No Kuni was going to be something special, they can safely be put to rest. Ni No Kuni has perhaps the most interesting and unique peripheral ever to be integral to playing a game; a spell book. This isn’t a digital representation tucked away in an item menu – this is a real, full-sized, beautifully designed actualisation of a spell book, with a glass gem imbedded into its hardcover. Everything about it is exceptionally ..."
Level-5 has released the first direct-feed screenshots of the recently-announced Playstation 3 version of their collaborative project with Studio Ghibli, Ni no Kuni: The Another World.
Ni no Kuni: The Another World, which was originally announced for the Nintendo DS, will be coming to the Playstation 3 as well according to the latest Famitsu issue.
The Tokyo Game Show 2009 trailer for Studio Ghibli and Level-5's upcoming DS RPG, Ninokuni: The Another World, is now available:
Ninokuni: The Another World releases in Spring 2010 in Japan. The game's official site can be found here.
Wired's Chris Kohler went hands on with the DS RPG Ninokuni: The Another World, the collaborative game effort between game developer/publisher Level-5 and legendary animation studio Studio Ghibli.
Ninokuni is a standard RPG with unique elements, with your requisite battles, NPC-talking, potions and magic spells. In battle, you can have your basic RPG-type system with a twist: you can manipulate the positions of your party members with the stylus.
The game is set to release in the sprin...
More information is now available for Level-5 Vision 2009, the developer/publisher's conference to showcase its upcoming titles and to announce new projects. There are a total of nine projects being showcased at the August 25th conference, three of which will be new projects announced there.
The confirmed projects:
Japanese developer/publisher Level-5 has announced that they will be holding their conference, level-5 Vision, once again this year, with an unspecified date. More information is expected to be released on July 17th.
At last year's Level-5 Vision, the company announced Ninokuni: The Another World their collaboration with Studio Ghibli, PSP titles Cardboard Senki and Ushiro, along with Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel and Inazuma Eleven 2 for the Nintendo DS.
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While at the TGS 2008, GameKyo stopped off at Level-5's booth and snapped some pictures of the 'Magic Master' book, which will be used by the protagonist throughout Ninokuni.
Developed and published by Level-5, Ninokuni features a teenage boy who accidentally killed his mother through the power of his magic. When greeted upon by a fairy, he get transported into Ninokuni and will see some old friends.
The game will be released next year in Japan.
Courtesy of blog Wii @ Everyday comes the scans from the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu for this week, with new game announcements and more images of those known upcoming games.
Games featured: