Crash Station
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Really? Fuck, I'm only a little bit taller than a 13 year old boy. Though I could have swore most of my friends were under 5 at that age. I must have been 4'9 or something.
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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |OT|
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Really? Fuck, I'm only a little bit taller than a 13 year old boy. Though I could have swore most of my friends were under 5 at that age. I must have been 4'9 or something.
I hit 6' in middle school, then I hit a ceiling... I have not grown an inch since.
Sanctuary
Member
Average. That counts people shorter and taller. I'm 6'4, which is definitely nowhere near average. My mother is 5'10, and was taller than most around her in jr. high, same with a female cousin.
I guess Oliver is just at the extreme end of the short spectrum. Still looks like a 10 year old. ;p
zeopower6
Member
You're pretty nitpicky. Esther's around the same age as Oliver, I think, though it's never really stated, and the difference between their heights is about where it would be if she were 13 as well or a bit older.
I'm guessing a lot of people are thinking of this when they think Oliver, but he's really not that tiny later on, lol.
Sanctuary
Member
You're pretty nitpicky. Esther's around the same age as Oliver, I think, though it's never really stated, and the difference between their heights is about where it would be if she were 13 as well or a bit older.
I'm guessing a lot of people are thinking of this when they think Oliver, but he's really not that tiny later on, lol.
I don't know how old Esther is supposed to be. I just assumed she was around the same as Oliver, but other people keep claiming she's 16. No idea where they are getting the info from.
And no, I'm not thinking of 3-5 year old Oliver. Like I said, put him next to a fire hydrant and then tell me he looks okay. Unless that hydrant is supposed to be three feet tall (which it isn't). You can also have him walk up to any woman on the street and he'll be right below her breast. He's much shorter than average for his age if he's truly supposed to be 13.
Hell, most people that I've shown the game to ask me if the main character is supposed to be eight years old.
Crash Station
Member
Yeah, Oliver is totally going to have a massive growth spurt.
Just look at Lucien.
distantmantra
Member
I just finished Hamelin and went over to Ugly Duck Island... no Tokos to be found. Just a bunch of Mites and Lumerlin things...
That's why they're rare, but... they show up in battles with them, as well as by themselves. I saw them in sprite battles the most, and a few times against mites. Sticks around and you'll end up fighting them nearly every other battle or so.
Kill them before they get the chance.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
I'm saving money for the half million trophy... Just finished a boss fight and I now have 499,994 guilders. 
Veil is your best bet. Not only will they not run on the map but you'll always get the first strike so you should be able to prevent them from fleeing.
Veil is your best bet. Not only will they not run on the map but you'll always get the first strike so you should be able to prevent them from fleeing.
Most people, if they need to ask, likely are not aware of veil and either haven't got to that point, or haven't been following the Horace line of sidequests.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
I have no idea how or when I got veil and wrote it off as useless since the only reason to use it would be to avoid a fight. Yeah I was wrong there and thought other people might be thinking the way I did.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Read the OP?
It's just a really charming RPG game that is pretty accessible for people who aren't normally into RPG's. Great graphics, nice music and a good (I think so, anyway) story.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Im 40 hours in the game and who the fuck is horace?
Ghost kid, gives out riddle and stuff.
Every town you visit, he is there and has riddles for you to solve, then he gives you stuff.
TalesOfWin
Banned
Game is good, no doubt about it. But so far 4 hours into the game I cant help to feel a bit bored. Hopefully it gets better. And I am pissed why you cant zoom in on the worldmap. Sometimes I have a hard time seeing which enemy that is coming towards me.
Crash Station
Member
Do you like JRPGs from the 90s? If you do, you now understand why people are going crazy over it.
I'm saving money for the half million trophy... Just finished a boss fight and I now have 499,994 guilders.
Veil is your best bet. Not only will they not run on the map but you'll always get the first strike so you should be able to prevent them from fleeing.
How do I get that? Is it a spell?
Yep, you get it by doing all the Horace sidequests in each town, this spell is received as a prize in
Perdida
HylianScribe
Member
Just finished errand 78 and wrapped up the trophy for doing all errands. Also got the 1000 battles and 2000 glims trophies. Just a few more trophies left.
If you have absolutely no idea, go to Ding Dong Dell and on the map, you'll see a little area to the right of the castle entrance (second screen). The icon should be flashing iirc. That's Horace.
Now that I think about it, there's a certain point in the story for which you need Spirit Medium. I wonder if you can't progress unless you've activated the Horace riddles.
I love JRPGs from the 90s and I do not understand why people are going crazy over this game.
The only thing that does not reek of 90s jrpg is the battlesystem.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Ohh ghost kid. But, i havent seen him at all past mamoon.... Is that normal? Where the fuck is he..... I thought i explored all the towns.
After that, I think Castaway Cove is next... Also, he gives hints of where he's going next (not always helpful, but sometimes).
People will be upset if I don't mention that his defense tops out under 100 in form 1, about 120 in form 2, but gets into the 200s in the final forms.
His next appearance is
Castaway Cove. He didn't show up for me until towards the end of the main events there, but he appears in the middle of the bridge over the water towards the right of the map.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
What others said but also
did you answer his question in Al Mamoon?
zeopower6
Member
Yeah, he's gonna be just fine.
Honestly, just what are people seeing in Ni no Kuni who are calling this not very old school? Just about everything except the battle system is pretty old school feeling.
Oh, just beat
Shadar and all those scenes afterward aghhh! So good! I love the art + narration scenes in this game... shame there are only like two of them so far.
AbandonedTrolley
Member
Congrats, I'm not jealous.... honest!
Loving the game so far, didn't get a chance to play last night as I had company, but will put in a few more hours after work today and my Saturday evening is free too!
So Going to continue the game today once my fiance gets home.
Last night, I spent time grinding
Lots of fun.
How far am I from the end (keep in mind, I also do 'try' and do all errands and bounties I can though fast travel certainly cuts down on how long that takes me).
Last night, I spent time grinding
tokotokos, ended up taming one even though I already have a toko XD. My Dinocerus went from level 1 to a tier 3 evolution (the bottom one, cas-something?) at level 9 - 12 I think) Also main characters are now level 57/58 and I have several tier 3 familiars including Mite who I just didn't want to get rid of <3 oh and all of this was just after I got the dragon (which after I did, I went, got Dino and then went and trained it up on tokotokos)
Lots of fun.
How far am I from the end (keep in mind, I also do 'try' and do all errands and bounties I can though fast travel certainly cuts down on how long that takes me).
Like I said above, I just got the dragon, did all that and that is it. Heading to the stone place next down south though I may check out whatever competition thing is in the temple of trials first since I haven't done so yet
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
Really struggling with this game, I don't understand what I'm supposed to be doing with battles, I just spam attack, defending doesn't seem to be worthwhile unless its a charged attack.
Only 4-5 hours in and I seem to be getting pasted even from random battles.
I prefer turn based.
Only 4-5 hours in and I seem to be getting pasted even from random battles.
I prefer turn based.
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
Play like I do and use the magical L1 button to pause the game, and do it often. In a while you're going to get a feel for things
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
So what am I supposed to do when attacking, just let the enemy hit me while I'm hitting them?
Am I supposed to be fighting 2 enemies at once with 1 familiar?
Am I supposed to be fighting 2 enemies at once with 1 familiar?
Characters' own attacks seem to be pretty worthless. To do any significant damage you will either need to use familiars' attacks or your own spells. The battle does pause when you press the button to select a familiar or a spell. Also don't forget you can change targets with R1, you don't just have to attack whatever is the default. Finally don't forget to check out the Tactics command (only available on human characters, not familiars) which will let you sort of set the sort of things the other characters in your party will do (if you've gotten to the bit where you have other characters yet, that is).
You can select Defend which will considerably reduce the damage the enemy does to you when they attack you. You also don't have to wait for it to time out, so you can select Defend, let them hit you while Defending, then cancel out and hit them with a familiar or spell.
Audioboxer
Member
This game has finally entered the phase of "keep thinking about it when not playing". I got the boat last night, and finished up all the sidequests in the port.
The graphics and animations are simply outstanding.
The graphics and animations are simply outstanding.
GreenMakoEyes
Member
Ni No Kuni themed PS3 looks really nice.
strangely enough I have found the AI much better on "Do you own thing" also, anything else should be named "Act like a retard"
Was farming gold trumpy's yesterday for the end game equipment materials but Jesus is that shit boring.
This game would have been GOTG (for me) if it had been turn based, but Level 5 always go for this crappy pseudo real-time shite.