According to a Japanese gaming magazine, Studio Ghibli, the people behind Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Monoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo and other absolutely genius Hayao Miyazaki movies, is making its first video game. Ni no Kuni is a Nintendo DS game being created with Fukuoka-based developer Level-5.
The game concerns Oliver, a kid who recently lost his mother. He enters a parallel universe called "Ni no kuni" with a small, "lantern-nosed fairy named Shizuku."
The game seems slated for a Japan-only release, but I can only hope a letter-writing campaighn and a million sincere dreams bring it to the United States.
I'm not sentimental about many things, and I'm not exactly a Japan-o-phile, but I I make an exception for Miyazaki movies. If you're not familiar with these films, I envy you, because you'll have the experience of seeing them for the first time. Seriously, go get them, or, better yet, wait for a revival showing at a theater near you. You'll thank me.
Source: Kotaku
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HeiniSchplitzen
Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind is my personal fav. it would parlay into a great game with the whole Toxic jungle and stuff.But I digress, CAMPAIGN FOR THE U.S. RELEASE OF THIS GAME!!!!!
HeiniSchplitzen
Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind is my personal fav. it would parlay into a great game with the whole Toxic jungle and stuff.But I digress, CAMPAIGN FOR THE U.S. RELEASE OF THIS GAME!!!!!
TomHoang
Level 5 + Miyazaki = Awesome!
PersonaShin
I bow to Miyazaki's greatness. I hope the game does come here.
kyon69
Howls moving castle ftw!!! this has potential for a great game tho
Draug419
I've heard of this before! :D I can't wait! I heard there were some quality cut scenes in it! ^_^
jungleman67
miyazaki movies are great. any new anime coming out now sucks. im going back to 90s cartoons.
GatsuBlackSword
Level5 is developing this game! OMG so sick love professor Layton. So I'm felling this game is going to have a professor Layton vibe maybe?
Moye
*squeals*
StuntDouble2483
Sounds like a perfect fit. I spent most of last week watching Miyazaki films on DVD, and found myself wondering how awesome it would be if Miyazaki and Miyamoto ever collaborated. I guess this is the closest thing we'll ever see to that, but I can dream, right?
Phuk5tar
All I can say is that it better have a great story, or I will be very angry about Studio Ghibli jumping on the DS shovelware bandwagon.
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