Ni no Kuni for PS3

[varkias]

Anyone aware this game is currently being translated and coming out here early next year?  The videos look pretty interesting, they have a Hayao Miyazaki feel to them.  I'm not much of an anime fan but I love Princess Mononoke and some of his other movies.  If you know more please share!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aAs-vZ4rZE

[varkias]

I see now that Studio Ghibli (Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, Spirited Away etc)  is involved, hence the resemblance.

[jcalder8]

I haven't heard about it but it looks interesting. I'll check it out more once there is a release date.

[psydswipe]

Yeah, I read about that back when it was only for Japan and then last October Namco Bandai announced they are bringing it to the US. What I recall most is that the price was quite high for a regular release in Japan. I'll assume in the US it will be the regular $59.99; Japan was charging about double that when it released.

[amauriel]

OOOooooOOOOO!!! I had never heard about the U.S. localization.

*squee*

I love Studio Ghibli.

[varkias]

haha @amauriel... It kinds of feels like Dragon Quest XIII too.

[soera]

Why ... why ... why did I click that video? Im regretting it now ... cause Im going to buy the hell out of that game and play it and lose my family. That shit looks AWESOME! And Ill be damned if I dont have a septum ring and going to have a lantern hanging from my nose soon.

[varkias]

There is an article and video with some English voice-over work today on Joystiq, can't wait.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/ni-no-kuni-trailer-bums-us-out-but-not-because-of-the-english-v/

[scott]

Pre-ordered. Along with The Last Story.

[amauriel]

Wasn't sure if you guys even knew about this, but originally that game was both DS and PS3. I was more pumped for the handheld...but I guess that's no longer a viable option.

http://tinycartridge.com/post/21287948388/level-5-abandoned-ni-no-kuni-ds-localization

[matt]

They've taken over a year to localize it and it will also include the original Japanese dialog with English sub-titles for you snobs out there.

[soera]

Any mention anywhere of a release date other than "next year" ?

[psydswipe]

Any mention anywhere of a release date other than "next year" ?

Namco held Global Gamer's Day in Las Vegas recently and stated Q1 2013. That's quite a ways off so they probably won't get any more specific for a while.

[soera]

Yeah just read the new post on RPGFan that just mentioned the same thing. Hopefully if I get a pre-order in quick enough, Ill be first in line for a collector's set too. I kind of got shafted on the Diablo III one cause the day they mentioned a release date was the cut off for getting that. Since no date is listed for this one, Ill get my pre-order in asap.

[darko]

I was following this pretty closely for a while when it was still under production. It looks fantastic and I'll definitely be picking it up.