1/5/2024 0 Comments Ni no kuni golden glimsIt’s always hinted, but never explicitly stated, making for a more interesting and involving narrative for an inquisitive mind. The experiences faced by the young Oliver, are enough to make anyone retreat into a fabrication in the recesses of their mind. There are hints throughout, that the fantasy world you’re spirited to, is just that… a fantasy. in the process stopping the evil Shaddar, who is stealing portions of peoples’ hearts. The story starts out with its feet firmly planted in the realms of reality and promptly burrowing deeper into the rabbit-hole.Īfter a traumatic experience in the ‘real world’, Oliver is promptly whisked off to a parallel version of his reality by his stuffed toy, Drippy, who came to life after being activated by the tears of the crying boy.ĭrippy claims to be Lord, High Lord of the fairies, in a land called Ni No Kuni, where Oliver may be able to fix the cause of his recent trauma. Oliver, a boy of thirteen, lives in small-town America, called Motorville, complete with white picket fences and OCD afflicted gardeners. Ni No Kuni is no different – except the story is much more relatable than your standard JRPG fare. Most JRPG’s are focussed on the aforementioned stats and stories. The JRPG evolution has arrived! I don’t mean to sell it short (I was actually impressed) as this really is a big deal in a genre more interested in stats, than aesthetics and immersion. One of the things I noticed, and I know it doesn’t sound very impressive on paper/the internet, is how the main character actually has a dedicated animation for descending stairs. (Unless you are a kid and then you’ll just feel like you, I suppose, albeit with a happy eyeball). At times, you actually feel as though you’re inside of a Ghibli classic and you feel like a kid again. The animation, in the Ghibli created cutscenes especially, is remarkable. Vivid strokes of colour dance across the screen as the characters interact animatedly. The Japanese animation inspired visual design feels like injecting a rainbow into your retina, or getting slapped by the ocean on a summer’s day. The game is the end result of a collaboration between Dark Cloud creators, Level 5 and Studio Ghibli, who are basically the Japanese Disney creating classic anime films such as Spirited Away. Then it grabbed me by the nipples with its arresting visual flair. A recurring question entered my mind as I booted up Ni No Kuni: is this the game that will spark the evolution of the JRPG? Or is it a mutated abomination?
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