Ni no Kuni’s (DS) Tokyo Game Show trailer. All the talk for this Level-5/Studio Ghibli collaboration project seems to be for its high definition PS3 edition, so here’s me remind you all that the RPG’s DS version releases first in Japan this December, and there’s a new trailer for it!
I saw indie developer Phil Fish (Fez) lamenting this morning that Studio Ghibli’s animation is being wasted on “a boring, tired turn-based JRPG affair”, which is a sentiment I’ve heard a few times before.
Would you agree? While there are plenty of boring JRPGs to go around, I think Dragon Quest IX (which Level-5 also worked on), though not the most innovative title, proved there’s still room for developers to create new and fun experiences with the old formula/template.
And what’s to stop people from criticizing any new and attractive title that emerges from the backs of other decades-old genres? (e.g. “It’s so sad that the gorgeous Machinarium is just a boring, tired point and click adventure affair”, “It’s so sad that the gorgeous Limbo is just a boring, tired puzzle platformer affair”)
[Update: JC wrote a great preview of the DS version.]
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See also: More Ni no Kuni trailers, media
[Via DiaBleu]
