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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |OT|
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About to play for the first time, any tips? What should I keep in mind? What should I look out for or ignore?
In terms of time, how far along into the game would I be able to do the following:
- Tame familiars (not the first one you get automatically)
- Get the DLC familiars - I read somewhere here before that you have to go to a particular place. How far is that place?
In terms of time, how far along into the game would I be able to do the following:
- Tame familiars (not the first one you get automatically)
- Get the DLC familiars - I read somewhere here before that you have to go to a particular place. How far is that place?
Audioboxer
Member
Having a blast so far, incredible amounts of hand holding though. In the first real dungeon going to help the fat cat.
One thing that is grating on me though is Olivers battle cries seem to be louder on my audio system than the rest of the game volume. The "lets do this", and especially, the "neato" chant are pissing me off.
One thing that is grating on me though is Olivers battle cries seem to be louder on my audio system than the rest of the game volume. The "lets do this", and especially, the "neato" chant are pissing me off.
distantmantra
Member
About 7-8 hours in.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
FunkyPajamas
Member
If you talk with the... little dude in charge of
Temple of Trials
That's a long time <_<
distantmantra
Member
You could probably get there in 5 hours if you don't do any of the side quests or bounty hunts.
So I can finally recruit familiars, but I'm not sure which is the way to go now. Do you suggest trying to capture them all for every area before continuing? They are...a lot. Even just the desert area seems to have 7-8 familiars or even more. I want to do the subquests and the bounties, not just rush through the main story, but I don't want to grind for hours for familiars. Any suggestions?
Sanctuary
Member
No, it's not just you. The AI will:
-tank mobs instead of sending in familiars that can actually do something.
-actually switch from a tanky familiar to themselves just so that they can use their own weak attacks.
-either not heal at all (when you have it set to keep us healthy), or blow through mana to heal non stop every time you are missing any health.
Unless you're simply trying to collect all of them just to say that you have, you can wait until later on. You'll get an award that supposedly increases your chances at taming (although it sure doesn't seem like it does anything). The downside is that once you're X levels higher than the creatures you're trying to hunt, they will Speedy Gonzales away from you constantly; vanishing into thin air. Basically, you have to weigh unintentionally grinding/leveling now vs chasing/frustration later. Unless of course you use the spell that allows you to sneak up on enemies, but that's a ways off.
RPGCrazied
Member
Finally beat it with 56 hours! That was a really short ending, and I wish all this stuff that is unlocked after you beat it was given to you before the end. Oh well, more content is more content. 
RPGCrazied
Member
Also, where is the cave at the genie steps? I've flown all over, can't seem to find it.
zyxwvu4321
Member
As I posted before, they especially suck when you get the hearts on the very first one you kill, switch to Esther, and Oliver proceeds to cast fucking Cloudburst.
It's pretty obvious where he is in Castaway Cove, but somehow I missed him twice in Fairyland, Yule as well as Hamelin. It seems like you might have to meet him in a previous town before he will appear in the next too. Missed out on some very useful spells.
Well that sucks. I completely missed him in Castaway Cove and now I'm currently stuck in
FairyLand.
once the boat is fixed.
What spell do you get in Castaway Cove anyway?
zyxwvu4321
Member
I know you have to buy everything on a row to unlock the next row. Not sure if you have to have reached a certain point in the story also, though.
Hours Left
Member
Freezasaurus
Member
The Gold Hurley code is on the back of that paper insert shrink-wrapped to the back of the guide. I almost threw it out. lol
Hours Left
Member
Thanks. I heard some people saying that the code gets emailed to you but I never received anything.
They could be mistaking it with the Griffy code.
RPGCrazied
Member
Been playing it nonstop for a week. Loved every second of it, except for the fleeting voice acting in the later half.
Xenoblade is still my top jRPG this gen, but Ni No Kuni is not to far behind.
Xenoblade is still my top jRPG this gen, but Ni No Kuni is not to far behind.
Hours Left
Member
Probably, but they were talking about the guide specifically.
Black Door
Banned
The gameplay basically reminds me of Rogue Galaxy (this time with Pokemon combat thrown in,) where the AI'd continuously waste MP using crap moves or would try to tank a boss and die, and spamming magic is the only effective strategy. It would have been nice if mons could use items in battle instead of having to L1 back to your trainer and sweat through the lag period of him actually using the item, at which point the enemy has already charged up to your position and hit you a couple more times
Freezasaurus
Member
No, what it is, is that they give you a code with the guide, then you go here to input it (Prima website registration required, of course), and then from there, it'll spit out a PSN code for you.
Freezasaurus
Member
How many discs is it? And about how much is it going for?
Well, it's only 21 songs. But they're all fantastic. Currently $35 on Play-Asia.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Yup I got griffy and I didnt pre order <3
Yeah I'm missing the last one in the first row so I can't buy them all yet.
Looking over this last page, it looks like everyone else is having the same problems I'm having with dumbass partner AI, doing things like burning through MP and not defending against the boss' special attacks. Which sucks because I love everything else about the game and would hate to have suicidal AI be the thing that drags down the whole experience for me. Is there any way to get the AI to behave? Or maybe I should try to accommodate their dumb tendencies and just load them up with familiars that can tank well? What would be some good tanking familiars? I just got to the third city, which is where the AI's stupidity really shined forth during the fight against
, being unable to defend against the boss' super obvious countdown-to-doom.
the genie
Ok good, I have recruited a couple of familiars just doing some battles, I think I'm not gonna obsess over it and move on. Too bad one of the subquest requires me to catch that...cactus..banana...thing and is one of the few that I'm missing.
Freezasaurus
Member
I stopped having that issue when I went on a Toko murdering spree and ended up with a party at Level 69.
And I just finished Perdida.
While looking online at the soundtrack I found out the credit song in English for the west. Did not know that. Seems to be sung by a kid.
Here it is, if you were curious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezZA_GYYLnE
Here it is, if you were curious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezZA_GYYLnE
You have to have the space for the file and the space to install it, so double the download size.Game unlocked in EU but now I need to download a 12GB file? Only have the 6GB file in my download list... I hope it's a problem that is fixed soon
Acrylic7
Member
how do I make it loose its defense buff?
You need to be stronger, I guess.
Dead Prince
Banned
yes. the casino.
cashed in $5k guilders for the 1K Chips.
won 1000 chips first try on the slots. fuck yeah.
cashed in $5k guilders for the 1K Chips.
won 1000 chips first try on the slots. fuck yeah.