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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |OT|
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PRjumpman124
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They confirmed it'll be on PSN that day.
Dead Prince
Banned
who. namco or sony ;P
RPGCrazied
Member
38 gig or something, good luck downloading that. lol
I'm torn. The game looks, visually, fantastic but the entire cast being a bunch of what appear to be 8 year olds is putting me off as I prefer RPG's with a more mature story. I'll wait for reviews and some real feedback on the game before I decide on whether I'll make the jump or not.
38GB is nothing. Needing 76GB free to download and install is the real catch.
It's 18 GB I believe, it's just you need 36 or 38 open to install.
But that's still really damn big, I think it's basically only there for people who somehow have amazing internet but no stores to buy it from quicker than it can download (or can't hit one up for whatever reason), or more likely are all for going pure digital.
zeopower6
Member
They did?
https://twitter.com/TriggerRedd/status/290931879371227136
LEVEL-5's Project Manager said if not same day, it'll be close.
The game is 19GB, it's 38GB to download/install.
Ah, that's a relief. I may leave my Wizard's Edition unopened...but if I were going to buy it on PSN I may as well just pre-order at Gamestop for the steelbook...so many tough decisions.
Are Ghibli movies not mature enough for you?
zeopower6
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Just an FYI, that was a size for the All in One Edition in Japan. I don't know why that one blog posted "The (Western version of the???) game is up in Japan!" when it's been out there since July, but I am pretty sure the Western release will be a bit bigger.
http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/jp0720npjb00238_00harddiscgame300r.html
Expect more like 21/42GB.
Deified Data
Banned
I've found that the age of the protagonist rarely has anything to do with the maturity of the content. Gears of War isn't particularly mature.
Grave of the Fireflies is the only one that would be legitimately scarring.
... And Princess Mononoke maybe.
Hopefully it will be available at a reasonable time. But since this is GCT, can't really tell.
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Deleted member 57681
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Anyone know if this game has a mandatory or optional install and how big it is?
zeopower6
Member
Actually, would kids get scarred by that movie? I don't know if they would know what is going on at a certain age and kind of just tune out compared to adults who pretty much are scarred!for!life after watching.
There are a lot of Ghibli films with 'darker' sides to them though that children in the West probably should not watch. (though in Japan, that level is like 'eh our preschoolers can handle it' but that notion has changed a bit since they've even edited blood out of Dragon Ball recently)
I read a report that the Japanese edition's is 3300MB. Probably should expect about the same for the Western version.
That's because today's kids are pussies. Or you're underestimating them, I don't recall much out of Ghibli that'd really be out of place in a Disney movie, Princess Mononoke and Grave of the Fireflies (which I haven't seen yet) being THE exceptions. Not unless I'm both underestimating and misremembering what happens at the start.
... Actually, I just remembered Up's opening sequence. You're definitely underestimating.
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Deleted member 57681
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Thanks, that should work out.
Maybe I'm over thinking things, but there are points in a lot of the movies that would like give kids nightmares, but then again, as someone mentioned, some Disney movies have similar moments.
That's assuming it's from disc, I think. Actually DLing from PSN would require the full disc space, I would think.
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Deleted member 57681
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Sure, was talking about from disc.
Also, I know "Long live the king" scarred (hoho!) me :<
Oops, I actually didn't see you original question. My apologies. 3 gigs definitely isn't that bad of an install.
I guess some kids will just think some of the Ghibli stuff, that I think scars them, is actually awesome instead. They really have no reason to get emotionally involved in the stories, and won't understand many references or what is going on.
TimeEffect
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can tc edit in review scores to op?
Deified Data
Banned
The former has quite a bit violence, gore, and scary scenes while the latter is just soul-crushingly depressing (
carrying around your dead's sister's ashes and bone fragments in her favorite candy tin until you die of starvation yourself-depressing
And that's why they're the exceptions: they're both much darker or at least more gruesome. But stuff like Laputa, Porco Roso, Spirited Away, and Ponyo along with way more are mostly or entirely non-issues for kids. And I'm guessing Ni No Kuni at its worst will be more Up than Grave of the Fireflies.
SolidSnakex
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I believe that Aeana has said that it's Level 5's highest user rated game on some Japanese site. It just didn't sell all that well.
PRjumpman124
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Reluctant-Hero
Member
We're in luck then Hero
*high five* Best coast triumphs again.
zeopower6
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The game has a 4/5 on Japanese Amazon with about 200~ reviews.
It could be Famitsu though or something, I don't know. But anyway, main issues were kind of obvious, but people were able to look past those for the most part and gave 4 or 5 star reviews.
Just glancing over the contents of negative reviews though, it seemed like these were common:
- story is the ~same~ as the DS game (I thought this was covered by Level-5 at some point)
- needs professional voice actors, not ones that are not famous
- could be too difficult for children despite being 'marketed as kid friendly' (probably why the easy mode was added)
- feels SLOW, script was stale
- expected something more like Ghibli, didn't meet expectations (however, I think these people may have set their bar a bit high)
- main character is too young for PS3 userbase
Dug up a few 4gamer ratings... http://www.4gamer.net/games/114/G011461/
It's pretty high. 89/100 average user ratings.
Dead Prince
Banned
i wonder. if there's a set number for these WE or they just plan to open and get as many more orders in with a slight delay in shipping?
I must've forgotten that one, was
Haku seriously injured at one point in dragon form
shooting off a guy's arms with a single super charged arrow... shot with an arm coursing with liquid tentacles.
Like I was saying, there are scenes that could be scarring, but I guess it all depends on the children involved and how shielded they were before seeing the movies.
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Deleted member 17706
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It's definitely not a bad game, but I think a lot of people may have a hard time getting into it like I did. Everything but the visuals seems really uninspired. It's all put together really well, though, and it's definitely very polished, but I don't know--it just seemed kind of boring to me.
I should probably back to it at some point.
I had a similar impression after playing the game for a few hours and only with two party members. I think "unreliable" would be the best word to describe the combat system. Maybe it gets better later on--I don't know.
zeopower6
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It doesn't sound like they let you... but there is a Credit Card option if you don't want to use PayPal.
Reluctant-Hero
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I read somewhere in the last few weeks that the US will have 7000 WE sets allocated to Namco Bandai. If this is true, I expect the Club Namco site to be hammered, possibly crash, and quickly sell out tomorrow.
Seems pretty well received then, I was probably thinking about sales then.
That is weird, since I have seen screens with 4 characters...(maybe they mean 3 playable at a time). Also, if properly leveled, I imagine that doesn't become a huge problem. I can see the AI causing some problems sometimes, but if properly prepared, I'd think you can overcome your issues.
I can't as my credit card isn't a US one. I can put my US shipping address in but I'm sure it'll reject my payment if the billing address doesn't match.
If it doesn't check via Paypal I'm thinking that might be a way around it though. Otherwise I'll really need help from a US person!
zeopower6
Member
That is quite the issue...
I wonder if I should try getting one tomorrow morning just in case.
I know right
I even called my bank to see if they'll allow my US shipping address to temporarily be my billing address for my CC, but not dice.