In Ni no Kuni II there are well over 100 sidequests you can undertake. They're mostly a collection of sugary mini-stories that helps bring you into its good-natured, colourful, storybook JRPG world. It took a special kind of bastard to undermine the game's overwhelming positivity. I found him in Hydropolis.

We don't get to run too many Japanese games on Fine Art, so it's a pleasure tonight to be able to feature some of the work that went into Ni no Kuni 2.

Ni no Kuni II is out, and it’s easy enough that you probably won’t need much strategy to get through the story. But it’s also got some unique systems, including an elaborate kingdom-building feature that can be a little overwhelming. Here are some tips on how to get the most out of the whole game.

If you have spent the past decade wishing there was more Suikoden in your life, then oh boy do I have some news for you: Ni no Kuni 2 is as close as we've gotten since 2006, thanks to an elegant kingdom-building system that's a lot of fun to use.

Studio Ghibli might not be involved with the Ni No Kuni sequel, but that doesn't mean it isn't shaping up rather nicely.

Yesterday in New York City, I had a chance to sit down with an early build of the beautiful upcoming role-playing game Ni no Kuni 2. It is much, much different than its predecessor.

One of the biggest selling points of the first Ni No Kuni was the involvement of Studio Ghibli. For the sequel, however, the famed anime studio's name is nowhere to be found.

It is with great sadness that I report that I have delayed yet another game: Ni no Kuni 2 is now coming out in January. The role-playing game, a PS4 and PC sequel to the 2013 PS3 game Ni no Kuni, was previously scheduled for November.

Echoing Mark's thoughts, I've a good feeling that quite a few of the year's best titles will be the ones that we simply haven't heard of. Take the Nintendo Switch: nobody knows what's landing on that this year. And then every year has little indies that pop up out of nowhere, like Stardew Valley last year, or Her Story the year before that.

With that in mind, here's the games that we do know about - and the ones I'm most excited for.