Level5 news: Overseas market, PS3 games, JRPGs and a no for DS

Lots of news are coming in from Level5 escpially regarding their very upcoming exclusive for the PS3 Ni No Kuni ( 2013 ).

• Level 5 talks about the sequel to the PS3 game and more games from studio ghibli's saying the company would love to do a sequel to Ni No Kuni and bring more JRPGs in the future, all may depend on how well the international version of Ni No Kuni is going to be recieved overseas

In an interview with Famitsu.com at Namco Bandaia's recent Gamers Day event, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino said that, with regards to a Ni no Kuni sequel, he'd like to continue with the series if they see strong results from the overseas version.

andriasang

• Level 5 and Namco Bandai confirm the DS version of Ni No Kuni ( which is diffrent from the PS3 version ) will not be localized due to difficulties they foresaw selling the game with its thick Magic Master book
• Sony today confirms they will work closely with Namco Bandai to make the localization goes as well as possible and also confirms the international version of Ni No Kuni will have exclusive content for the Western market as well as include both English and Japanese Audio
• Level 5 explain the reason why Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is delayed till next year:

The reason for the long wait, explained Hino, is that they're taking time to ensure a proper translation. The game also has a lot of text, with over one million words.

andriasang

• Level5 CEO seemed very pleased to know the game is heading to the overseas market and appears to be confident in the game's chances for success, noting past success stories from Level-5 like Dark Cloud, White Knight and others.
• When asked about the identity of the game, the CEO answers with big hopes that the overseas market will enjoy it:

"Ni no Kuni will be a representative JRPG, and for the quality it provides,"

Level5 CEO

Links:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/04/17/ni-no-kuni-wrath-of-the-white-witch-hands-on-impressions/

http://andriasang.com/con0ow/ni_no_kuni_ps3_hino_interview/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-17-level-5-isnt-trying-to-protect-the-jrpg-with-the-very-japanese-ni-no-kuni

For more details on the game AND see the very first English trailer you can check everything right here:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/04/17/ni-no-kuni-wrath-of-the-white-witch-hands-on-impressions/

Yay, more obscure irrelevant JRPGs for me to NOT buy. Yippie :roll:

Well, I guess we're not getting a Ni no Kuni sequel then :>

The extra enhancements sound nice, kinda justifies the overly long wait.

Slashkice

According to the Artical the CEO appears to be confident in the game's chances for success in overseas market

more rpg's is always welcom in my home

Yay, more obscure irrelevant JRPGs for me to NOT buy. Yippie :roll:

StrongDeadlift

yay more obscure irrelevant comments from you! :roll:

we get it.. you dont like JRPGs

Yay, more obscure irrelevant JRPGs for me to NOT buy. Yippie :roll:

StrongDeadlift

I wonder how big is the Magic Master book that was available for the DS version. It is unfortunate because of it that the DS version will not be localized, but the PS3 version (which will be localized) has a digital version of that book.mario-galaxys

Sounds like its a really big one.. im very interested to see how it looks

It's funny how they confirmed a second time that the DS version wasn't getting localized. I wonder why they would do that.

It's not as if they never confirmed it previously or anything.

Yay, more obscure irrelevant JRPGs for me to NOT buy. Yippie :roll:

StrongDeadlift

Except unlike many of the other games finalstar hypes, this one looks good. REALLY good.

[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Yay, more obscure irrelevant JRPGs for me to NOT buy. Yippie :roll:

2Chalupas

Except unlike many of the other games finalstar hypes, this one looks good. REALLY good.

I dont "hype".. i only post news about new game releases ( which usually end up being JRPGs ) heck i havent even talked about a JRPG for over a year now. there is a diffrence between hyping a game and posting news about a game.

but yes the game looks really nice

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

According to the Artical the CEO appears to be confident in the game's chances for success in overseas market

Slashkice

Confidence doesn't translate into sales though. Not saying it can't sell well, it's just...unlikely. JRPGs face an uphill battle in the west already, and the anime-styled aesthetic on top of it will likely turn people away. The fact it's Ghibli should improve its chances, but eh. What Ni no Kuni really needs is good marketing, but this is Namco Bandai; ie the game is screwed.

Maybe if they set their expectations accordingly it'll turn out fine, but sounds like they're expecting a lot from the article.

Japanese developers and publishers as you mentioned really need to market their games, if they spend a little on marketing they will do even better, what i see is that most seem to focus on the word of mouth.

Here's hoping Sony help them market this game

heck i didnt know what mass effect was/were till i ended up seeing bunch of trailers on TV then it made me familier with the series as an example. marketing is key then again marketing costs money. i wish them luck.

I watch alot high school girl animes but this game looks sightly too kiddy

thats nice...but who wants a sequel to a game that no ones even played yet?

[QUOTE="2Chalupas"]

[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Yay, more obscure irrelevant JRPGs for me to NOT buy. Yippie :roll:

finalstar2007

Except unlike many of the other games finalstar hypes, this one looks good. REALLY good.

I dont "hype".. i only post news about new game releases ( which usually end up being JRPGs ) heck i havent even talked about a JRPG for over a year now. there is a diffrence between hyping a game and posting news about a game.

but yes the game looks really nice

Bringing the news to system wars = hype. ;)

I watch alot high school girl anime but this game looks sightly too kiddy

Zurrur

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="2Chalupas"]

Except unlike many of the other games finalstar hypes, this one looks good. REALLY good.

2Chalupas

I dont "hype".. i only post news about new game releases ( which usually end up being JRPGs ) heck i havent even talked about a JRPG for over a year now. there is a diffrence between hyping a game and posting news about a game.

but yes the game looks really nice

Bringing the news to system wars = hype. ;)

Tha is why i rarely create threads on SW nowadays

[QUOTE="Slashkice"]

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

According to the Artical the CEO appears to be confident in the game's chances for success in overseas market

finalstar2007

Confidence doesn't translate into sales though. Not saying it can't sell well, it's just...unlikely. JRPGs face an uphill battle in the west already, and the anime-styled aesthetic on top of it will likely turn people away. The fact it's Ghibli should improve its chances, but eh. What Ni no Kuni really needs is good marketing, but this is Namco Bandai; ie the game is screwed.

Maybe if they set their expectations accordingly it'll turn out fine, but sounds like they're expecting a lot from the article.

Japanese developers and publishers as you mentioned really need to market their games, if they spend a little on marketing they will do even better, what i see is that most seem to focus on the word of mouth.

Here's hoping Sony help them market this game

heck i didnt know what mass effect was/were till i ended up seeing bunch of trailers on TV then it made me familier with the series as an example. marketing is key then again marketing costs money. i wish them luck.

thats nice...but who wants a sequel to a game that no ones even played yet?

kairikh

People in Japan have been playing it for quite awhile.

It's actually a bit strange they have to wait for the western market in order to decide if they will do a sequel or not. Now obviously the west is a major market, but with a JRPG I'm not sure if you can expect it to be their BIGGEST market. You'd think Japan sales could go longer way towards carrying a JRPG franchise rather than have to rely on U.S and E.U. sales.

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="Slashkice"]

Confidence doesn't translate into sales though. Not saying it can't sell well, it's just...unlikely. JRPGs face an uphill battle in the west already, and the anime-styled aesthetic on top of it will likely turn people away. The fact it's Ghibli should improve its chances, but eh. What Ni no Kuni really needs is good marketing, but this is Namco Bandai; ie the game is screwed.

Maybe if they set their expectations accordingly it'll turn out fine, but sounds like they're expecting a lot from the article.

kairikh

Japanese developers and publishers as you mentioned really need to market their games, if they spend a little on marketing they will do even better, what i see is that most seem to focus on the word of mouth.

Here's hoping Sony help them market this game

heck i didnt know what mass effect was/were till i ended up seeing bunch of trailers on TV then it made me familier with the series as an example. marketing is key then again marketing costs money. i wish them luck.

You rarely see other games ads because the companies dont bother with spending to advertise their games.. games like CoD have massive advertisment budget then again because the company is very rich

I wish they talked about their future plans for the US market.

I wish they talked about their future plans for the US market.

Yangire

The battle Robot game is what i want them to bring over! ( PSP game )

[QUOTE="Yangire"]

I wish they talked about their future plans for the US market.

finalstar2007

The battle Robot game is what i want them to bring over! ( PSP game )

[QUOTE="Yangire"]

I wish they talked about their future plans for the US market.

finalstar2007

The battle Robot game is what i want them to bring over! ( PSP game )

If they bring over Danball Senki it will be the 3DS port. The PSP is dead in the west, the anime is coming over next year so it will be even worse by then, and the 3DS is selling well. Another good thing about them bringing it to the 3DS is that the anime will last a while (if it stays around), if they decide to bring W over the PSP will be in an even worse position by then. So that means they would have time to show all of the original and then port the sequel over to the 3DS (the new system).

From what I see most new Level 5 franchises will be on Nintendo systems, the 3DS seems safer right now.

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="Yangire"]

I wish they talked about their future plans for the US market.

istreakforfood

The battle Robot game is what i want them to bring over! ( PSP game )

Ni No Kiddy?

I just wanna hear about thier futuer games since I dont really have an intrest in the ni no kuni. To me the game looks pretty and thats about it.

I'm really excited for this game. I love Level 5 and I've never been disappointed by any of their games. I wish they would jump on the HD bandwagon and make a collection of Dark Cloud 1 and 2 and Rogue Galaxy

I just wanna hear about thier futuer games since I dont really have an intrest in the ni no kuni. To me the game looks pretty and thats about it.

finalfantasy94

Fantasy Life

Time Travelers

Danball Senki W

Guild 01

Youkai Watch

Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone

All have news out related to them.

[QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

I just wanna hear about thier futuer games since I dont really have an intrest in the ni no kuni. To me the game looks pretty and thats about it.

Yangire

Fantasy Life

Time Travelers

Danball Senki W

Guild 01

Youkai Watch

Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone

All have news out related to them.

arent alot of those game only in jpn?

The news about no DS localization for Ni No Kuni isn't news at all. It's been know for a couple years now. That's why I'm excited for the PS3 version!

[QUOTE="mario-galaxys"]I wonder how big is the Magic Master book that was available for the DS version. It is unfortunate because of it that the DS version will not be localized, but the PS3 version (which will be localized) has a digital version of that book.finalstar2007

Sounds like its a really big one.. im very interested to see how it looks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkLkH99BQPs

[QUOTE="Yangire"]

[QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

I just wanna hear about thier futuer games since I dont really have an intrest in the ni no kuni. To me the game looks pretty and thats about it.

finalfantasy94

Fantasy Life

Time Travelers

Danball Senki W

Guild 01

Youkai Watch

Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone

All have news out related to them.

arent alot of those game only in jpn?

Right now at least, but they are still "future games".

I wonder how big is the Magic Master book that was available for the DS version. It is unfortunate because of it that the DS version will not be localized, but the PS3 version (which will be localized) has a digital version of that book.mario-galaxys

Thanks for the info!

I fell in love with Ni no Kuni the first second that I saw it, so I'll be getting it day-1. I'm thinking that it'll do quite well sales-wise over here, so hopefully a sequel will end up happening.

The last couple of delays for Ni no Kuni really saddened me (I'm dying to play it), but I'm glad that they're taking their time with the localization.

Ni No Kiddy?

Bigboi500

it looks liek Breath of Fire 4

therefore it's a day one buy for me!

:)

ps. i was actually hoping the monsters will evolve kinda like Pokemon. i actually wanted it to be like Pokemon, since Pokemon is one of the best open-world games out there.

Ni No Kiddy?

Bigboi500

yes, because oh god blood gore and cusswords are oh so hardcore and only for the big boys, right?:roll:

kids these days...sigh..

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Ni No Kiddy?

rumbalumba

yes, because oh god blood gore and cusswords are oh so hardcore and only for the big boys, right?:roll:

kids these days...sigh..

Ni No Kiddy?

Bigboi500

No man, it might look kiddy but it deals with mature themes. Death and stuff.

Kids don't know about death, they couldn't play this game!

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Ni No Kiddy?

Cherokee_Jack

No man, it might look kiddy but it deals with mature themes. Death and stuff.

Kids don't know about death, they couldn't play this game!

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Ni No Kiddy?

Bigboi500

No man, it might look kiddy but it deals with mature themes. Death and stuff.

Kids don't know about death, they couldn't play this game!

Wheres the PS3 games and JRPGs, all I got was Ni No Kuni

Well that sucks we won't be seeing Ni No Kuni on the DS.

But WHAT ABOUT PHEONIX WRIGHT VS LAYTON??

[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Yay, more obscure irrelevant JRPGs for me to NOT buy. Yippie :roll:

2Chalupas

Except unlike many of the other games finalstar hypes, this one looks good. REALLY good.

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]

No man, it might look kiddy but it deals with mature themes. Death and stuff.

Kids don't know about death, they couldn't play this game!

Cherokee_Jack

heck i havent even talked about a JRPG for over a year now. finalstar2007

liar

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29132073/ni-no-kuni-first-english-trailer--ps3--2013

Meh Level-5. Their games look pretty but the gameplay is bad.

Meh Level-5. Their games look pretty but the gameplay is bad.

Aljosa23

For this game the gameplay does nothing for me. However games like rouge galaxy and WKC were fun imo.