Ni no Kuni and Studio Ghibli: The Creative Connection

When you fight the boss Bashura, the place is surrounded by Totoro status

Still waiting to be impressed by this game.

Yes, the graphics and sound are great, but the storyline and battle system are not.

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I'm at the ivory tower about to fight the white witch, and I'm not engrossed at all. Its one of those games where all I want to do is finish it just to boost my trophy count.

Thank you level 5 love this game and you had me at rogue galaxy

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Ni no Kuni - a dream come true to be able to finally explore the world of Studio Ghibli! For so long, I desire a game that gives me the feel of what Studio Ghibli does with their films. The closes I got was with games like Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Now, Ni no Kuni, it is 100% Studio Ghibli! Hats off the Level 5 and of course, Studio Ghibli for making this game and ultimately, my dream come true.

I'm glad that actual film directors are beginning to see the potential in the gaming world. I can only imagine a Wes Anderson directed game.

A game has never charmed me like Ni No Kuni.

This game needed so many more Ghibli cutscenes. I often found myself watching an extended scene made in-engine and thinking "This would be so much better animated"

JRPG's a nutshell - explosions are shit, try some colorful stuff

I've seen most of the Studio Ghibli movies and they are amazing. Of course without Hayao Miyazaki's imput as director and screen writer they wouldn't be good. As soon as I knew Studio Ghibli was involved in making this game and was a jrpg I knew I would love it.

For the resemblance part, I also notice that some old and special characters have big round eyes. Notice the reward shop NPC in Ni no Kumi, and the mysterious old miner in Castle in the Sky. Brings back the memories.

Great studio, great game, great video and great website. Thank you Gamespot, you guys are awesome.

some pretty magical movies////I'm ganna avoid this video though as I haven't had the pleasure of playing the game yet

love Ghibli :D

As a big fan of Studio Ghibli's work i really would like to play this game but namco-bandai seems to not like the xbox or pc that much. They didn't release demon souls on Xbox or PC but did with its "sequel". whats up with this company?

I actually equated the King of Ding Dong Dell with The Cat King from "The Cat Returns"

For me, the cat Timmy Toldrum was obviously based on the catbus.

Love this game

Am I the only one who notices him pronounced "Ghibli" wrong! Seriously dude you are supposed to be a professional here. If you aren't going to pronounce it right at lest let us know that you know you are pronouncing it wrong and apology for it. The way you talk you act like you don't know what you are talking about (like your reading a script written by someone else). O by the way you pronounced "Chihiro" name wrong as well.

This video is pretty pointless, pointing out a bunch of similarities is hardly enlightening... I think anyone who is familiar with Studio Ghibli and their distinct animation style could identify the similarities.

The moment I saw a trailer for this game a few months back, it made me think it was entirely animated by SG, haha.

This game would be one of my last bunch of games that i'll buy for PS3.

Well i need to painting my gaming experience a bit i mean just how cute and vibrant ni no kuni is!

It's going to be my first JRPG!

PS4 has really put my PS3 game purchase to the complete halt...it will starts again next month with GOW Ascension and THIS GAME!

Its really amazing jrpg i cant stop playing.

"There is a plane in Porco Rosso, but wait, there's also a car in Ni no Kuni, right guys." Not sure what the point of this video was, but I had my hopes up for some kind of insight from level 5 or ghibli. Heck, I would have taken an interview with their janitor.

The White Witch kind of reminded me of Grunwald from Little Norse Prince (which isn't strictly Ghibli I know but still it's close enough). Not entirely in appearance but more demeanour.

As for Tommy Toldrum fat cats are kind of a recurring Ghibli theme, particularly in Whispers of the Heart and then brought to a whole new level in it semi-follow up The Cat's Return.

Great RPG games really help improve my English skills.

I will get ni no kuni when it will be a little bit cheaper, and also hope that there will be another rpg later from Ghibli studio but with different combat system, 'cause I'm missing combat system from Grandia 2 and 3 and FFX, X-2) Guess that I should just wait for Agnis philosophy and see what will be there.

focusing on art style is certainly not praise for ghibli... sadly the recent movies followed the same path, reusing art style and miyazaki acting as a director only, sometimes replacing another director at the last minute.

I really want Ni No Kuni, ive been planning to get it for a while now.

I hope Studio Ghibli continue to do more with video games

nice vid! definitely going to go buy ni no kuni soon