#ds
With a touch screen and microphone, the DS has seen some pretty unique games over the years. But wielding the handheld and a giant book at the same time? That's new! More »
#studioghibli
Ever wonder what the name of that weird little lantern-nosed guy from upcoming DS/PS3 role-playing game Ni No Kuni is called? His name's Shizuku. And he is adorable. More »
#tgs
During Sony's TGS press conference, a short clip was shown which gave us our first prolonged look at the gameplay for upcoming Level 5/Studio Ghibli RPG Ni No Kuni. Or, at least the PS3 version of the game. More »
#ds
Ni no Kuni, a collaboration between Japanese developer Level 5 and animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli, wowed us yesterday with the PS3 version's glorious trailer. Don't forget, though, that the game is also coming to the DS. More »
#level5
One of the best-looking games due for the Nintendo DS is now one of the best-looking games due for the PS3, with this weeks' Famitsu reporting that Level 5's Ninokuni is getting a major facelift for a home console. More »
Those of us gamers looking to recreate the Studio Ghibli movie experience of a young child being drawn into a magical hidden world will just have to be patient. Ni no Kuni, the DS RPG co-created by Level-5 and the legendary animation studio, has been delayed until this fall. (It had previously been delayed from last year to this spring.)
Not much of an announcement of the delay was made -- just quite indication from various Japanese gaming news sources that Ni no Kuni's scheduled release window had been changed to the fall. Perhaps as some consolation, some new screenshots were released, depicting Oliver and a friend working on a car (seen above). If you'd like to know if this is a game worth waiting for (even if a localized version has not been announced), please direct your attention to our impressions of the TGS demo.
- takes place in Hotroit, an industrial city that looks like it’s stuck in the 1950s
- Oliver and his friend Mark are a pair of pre-teens that are working on a secret car project
- One night, Oliver sneaks out to test his car while his mom is sleeping. He meets up with Mark to [...]
#nintendods
Studio Ghibli, the animation studio behind classic anime like My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service, is making a Nintendo DS game title Ni no Kuni with Fukuoka-based developer Level-5. It is Studio Ghibli's first venture into video games. More »
