There’s an old translator’s joke that goes something like this: If you literally translated what is said when a Japanese businessman calls another businessman, you’d get two people constantly apologising. Not exactly fall over funny, but it’s true.
Level-5, the Fukuoka-based developer behind Professor Layton and White Knight Chronicles, is loving the Japanese game industry. Why? Because it has made the company lots of money and funded some swanky corporate digs.
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Role playing game White Knight Chronicles 2 is the upcoming sequel to White Knight Chronicles 1. Here is the “opening trailer”.
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This brand new look at the sequel to Level 5′s so-so Japanese role-playing game certainly looks to ramp up the excitement, the big bad guys and the JRPG cliches. But White Knight Chronicles 2 will do it in style.
Level-5, the Fukuoka-based developer behind the Professor Layton puzzle series, is working on a new game. A new game for hardware it hasn’t yet seen. Hrm.