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Ni No Kuni: The Kotaku Review

It would be easy, while reviewing Ni no Kuni, to sit at my desk and fling adjectives on the page like a fantasy novelist. I’d call the game whimsical, charming, beautiful, fascinating, smart, pleasant, challenging, slow-paced, grand, surreal and aggressively colourful.


Before You Start: Tips For Playing Ni No Kuni The Best Way

There’s a lot to love about Ni no Kuni, the wonderful PlayStation 3 role-playing game that came out last Tuesday. There’s also a lot to worry about. Between side quests, creature collecting and all sorts of tricky boss battles, it can be an overwhelming game for new players. Fortunately, new players have Kotaku. Here are some helpful tips for how to maximise your Ni no Kuni experience.


eBay Seller Moves Over 200 Copies Of Ni No Kuni Special Edition

Many of the people who pre-ordered the special edition of Ni no Kuni from publisher Namco Bandai’s online store still haven’t received their copies. There seem to be all sorts of issues surrounding inventory and distribution of the new PS3 role-playing game. A lot of people are pissed off.


Ni No Kuni Pre-Orders Experiencing Issues Getting The Game In US

A whole bunch of people who pre-ordered Ni no Kuni are having all sorts of issues getting their copies of the PS3 role-playing game, which came out Tuesday.


Tekken Is Getting Its Very Own Virtual (And Real-Life) Card Game

The King of Iron Fist Tournament will be raging on in 2013, this time with the fiercest weapon of them all: playing cards. Namco Bandai Games has just announced Tekken Card Tournament, a mobile/real world card game that is set to launch “in the next few weeks.” Tekken and card gaming: a match made in… somewhere weird.


That Crazy Crossover RPG Project X Zone Is Coming To Australia

Project X Zone, a strategy-RPG and crazy collaboration between Namco Bandai, Sega, and Capcom, is coming to North America, Europe and Australia later this year. The 3DS game features characters and worlds from all sorts of games, from Darkstalkers to Valkyria Chronicles to Street Fighter.


What Some Japanese Developers Are Looking Forward To In 2013

And so this is 2013, and what have we done? Another year over, and a new one’s just begun… Holiday songs aside, 2013 is upon us, and that means reflecting on the past year and looking forward to things to come. This week, Weekly Famitsu asked several Japanese game developers about their plans for 2013.


Here’s What The Developers Of Dark Souls II Can Do To Make It Better

Good morning! I want to take this opportunity to talk about Dark Souls. And since you’ve probably heard its praises sung a thousand times over, I’m going to instead talk about everything that could be done better in Dark Souls II.


Two Similar Franchises Become Even More Similar

Monster Hunter, the franchise that breathed life into the PSP, and arguably one of the biggest reasons that the 3DS outsells the DS in Japan. In the latest incarnation of the series, Monster Hunter 4 players will be able to wield not just one, but two new weapons with which to combat giant predators.


In This Gundam Game, You Are Models

Here’s the trailer for Gundam Breaker, the upcoming Gundam game that uses Gundam models of various scale (both large and small). It’ll be out on the PS3 and PS Vita next year.


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