Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch is an epic role-playing adventure centred from two legendary Japanase studios Join the intimate & heart-warming tale of a young boy named Oliver & his journey to a strange world to learn magic & bring his mother back from the dead Oliver&s emotional story & quest in a strange new world A new kind of RPG that combines western & Japanese styles of gameplay A unique companion-based combat system The creative genius of two legendary Japanese studios A visually stunning experience with anime-style cut scenes Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch tells the tale of Oliver a 13 year-old boy from Motorville whose mother dies when saving him from drowning Completely heartbroken his tears bring to life a doll his mother gave to him
- who reveals himself to be Drippy a fairy from the magical parallel world called Ni no Kuni a place where Oliver may be able to find his mother again & so Oliver sets-off to this new world armed with a book that will teach him the magic he needs to find his mother Along the way he meets many new characters strange versions of people he knows from his own world include Esther an adventurer who is missing part of her heart – in the real world she is Shelly a sick girl who cannot leave the house Together they explore the land encountering more friends who help him learn & grow formidable foes to fight & strange creatures that Oliver can collect & build into a menagerie The gameplay of Ni no Kuni embraces all that you would expect from an RPG keeping the traditional Japanese elements that make for great escapist adventure & adding new features for an experience like no other As you&d expect there&s a free-roaming map to take across the unique world of Ni no Kuni itself varied transportation systems to get you around & many secondary quests mini-games & more Ni no Kuni also introduces a new menu-driven combat system that means that you can choose who takes on your foes – you or one of your pets You can control this with a real level of specific detail or pre-set instructions for your companions & colleagues with options like & Provide Backup& & Keep us Healthy& or & Do What You Like& & when you do enter into combatyou&ll be greet with even more dynamic visuals as the action plays out All of this is delivered by the imagination & talent of two of Japan&s leading creative studios – LEVEL-5 & Studio Ghibli LEVEL-5 are the renowned studio behind the Professor Layton Inazuma Eleven & Dragon Quest games & bring all their experience in crafting story- & character-driven game mechanics to Ni no Kuni The art design & animation comes courtesy of the legendary Studio Ghibli the anime producers responsible for films like Spirited Away Princess Mononoke Howl&s Moving Castle & more & who even bring the acclaimed composer of many of these films Joe Hisaishi to produce the memorable score for the game The result is a game that expertly & seamlessly fuses the skills & genius of both creative forces visually stunning with fully produced anime-style cut-scenes powered by a cel-shaded graphics engine that produces cinema-quality real-time animation Ni no Kuni offers you a world of environments landscapes & cities an animated movie universe inside a video game