Oliver's emotional story & quest in a strange new world combines western & Japanese styles of gameplay. The player enters the magical universe of Ni No Kuni & begins the journey with Oliver, meeting all kinds of people on the way. Yoshiyuki Momose from Studio Ghibli supervised the storyboards for the in-game 3D cut-scenes & provided stage directions for the motion capture sequences, bringing all his expertise from the animation world to bear on the game's story. During their travels with Oliver, players will be able to immerse themselves in a series of incredible environments, landscapes & cities, as if they were entering an animated movie universe inside a video game. LEVEL-5's mastery of the genre results in a game that offers the best of a RPG & more: a free roaming map, varied transportation systems, a tactical yet easy to handle combat system & a myriad of secondary quests, mini-games & bonuses.