One of the highlights of today's Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2022 stream was the announcement that Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered was coming to Xbox Game Pass - in fact, it's available on the service right now!
The beloved RPG from LEVEL-5 was first released all the way back in 2010 for the PlayStation 3, followed by a remastered edition in late 2019. On Xbox, we've been treated to the latter version, which is described as follows:
"Journey back to the other world in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered. LEVEL-5’s classic tale returns better than ever, with improved graphics and performance.
LEVEL-5's mastery of the RPG genre is combined with Studio Ghibli's world-class animation and music composed by the renowned Joe Hisaishi. A rich mixture of familiar RPG elements, expertly crafted and designed, and featuring dozens of locations to explore, hundreds of creatures to battle, and a wealth of quests and secrets to uncover."
Another exciting announcement today was that Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom is also coming to Xbox (no word on Game Pass yet), although we'll have to wait until 2023 for that one.
But back to the first game - here's a closer look at some Wrath of the White Witch screenshots:
Have you played the Ni no Kuni series before? Tell us what you think of it below!
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Wow is that how long it's been, I remember getting it day one with the wizard companion book.
Everyone new to this series is in for a treat, and this is also the game that got me into Studio ghibli, their art style is so unique.
For me personally though the second game is much better and loads to do, there's town building, bounties, tonnes of side quests, three different battle styles throughout the game, and then there's the DLC which adds quite a lot to do, infact have they mentioned if the second game comes with the DLC?
Downloading now. This looks like a perfect palate cleanser for TLoU2.
Haven't played it yet but had it on my ps5 in the backlog. Good to see more of these games are coming to Xbox, even if it's older games its a start, slowly we're getting more and more Japanese games on Xbox which gives me choice where to play a game and the Xbox only people a chance to also enjoy these games
I only played the demo for the first one back in the day, but I could never like it. I love Level-5. I wanted to like it but... I don't know. Still, it's great news anyways.
actually it's 2011 game so 11 years...
Nice. Always wanted to play this game but didn't own a PS3 and just never got around to it on PS4. Maybe I will start it here soon.
I couldn't get into it but think it's a nice addition for gp
Are the battles turn-based?
I can’t really tell from the trailer.
@SplooshDmg
No worries. I couldn't care less about trophies in games in general so I'm good 😎
@JoakimZ in the first game you send out creatures and control them to move around and fight by pressing different attacks like Pokémon, or you can control your human character instead and let the creatures auto attack whilst you just pick commands and move around.
And in the second game you play solely as human characters and is hack and slash.
Two very different games in my opinion for actual game play.
https://youtu.be/JNo9kFZv-ww
One of my all time favorite RPGs, this game had more heart than just about any game I’ve ever played.
I really hope people give this game a go. First off, I want people to enjoy the wonderful world of Ni No Kuni.
Secondly, I hope a high number playing this game will show Phil that we need more games like this on Xbox. We need the variety.
I think Ive been watching too many wrestling clips on YouTube because I read the headline in The Rock's voice!
@rhyno_888 The PS3 version was an enhanced version of the DS game from 2010 I believe.
Another Japanese game coming to Xbox is always good news and this one looks interesting.
So many happy memories of this. I played it in 2013 and just last year when it was remastered. I. Still tempted to play on gp again, but I really shouldnt.
The sequal was also excellent, even if the ghibli artists had gone by then. Ill definately dive back into that when that hits gp.
I envy those of you playing for the first time. Like many level 5 games, it has magical moments that stay with you...
This game been on my backlog for so long. Not likely to be pushed to the top yet, but I'm likely no longer going to be playing it on PlayStation (nor Switch... yes I bought it twice... trice... I'll likely pay for the digital xbox version... dont judge...)
So happy it's finally on Xbox
Was so excited to finally try this when it was ported to PS4/Switch, but the combat system is genuinely one of the worst I've ever seen in an RPG. It actually killed my enjoyment of the game to the point where I stopped playing.
Hoping the sequel is less of a disappointment.
This game has some flaws: the combat system gets pretty repetitive, and the game dragged well past its welcome.
But it is worth a play: it is visually brilliant. More than that, it has a really big heart, with an emphasis on the power that comes from being a nice, good person. I was charmed by it way back in the day.
If you only game on Xbox, do yourself a favor and play this one. It's excellent.
Superb game if you just play it, enjoy it for the story and move on. For completionists the game is an awful grind that has horrific RNG and zero respect for your time.
@Ralizah I heard the sequel has more action in the combat. Not sure.
Awesome news, definitely gonna play this, gonna reshuffle backlog, this game seems to take a while.
Honestly it was one of the games (along with Xenoblade Chronicles, and later Dragon Quest XI S) that reinvigorated my love of good JRPGS. It's such a good game once you get into it.
A seemingly simple story on the surface that has hidden depth and a LOT of heart. A great soundtrack and one of the best localisations efforts of any game ever.
If that even slightly resonates with you don't miss out
@mousieone Can't be worse than the original game's system. Which is a shame, because, setting aside the broken combat, the story and aesthetics are extremely charming.
@Ralizah well it’s comings so I guess we get to see.
@Ralizah @mousieone NNK2 has real time hack/slash combat instead of turn based.
@Shigurui @Ralizah see I knew I heard that. I wasn’t sure but I heard the combat got an overhaul. Thanks!
@mousieone It's a very different game altogether really. It still has the Ghibli art style and Chibi style overworld but they added a bunch of new things like tower attack/defence battles and you actually build and raise your Kingdom and do research. It doesn't match the original story wise and there's barely any spoken dialogue, opting for text instead but I enjoyed it much more than NNK.
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