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Ni No Kuni Coming Out Here, Professor Layton Heads to iOS

Who knows if Ni No Kuni will be any good, but man, it looks so good.

Ni No Kuni was already released on DS, but everyone's really been waiting for the PS3 one.
Ni No Kuni was already released on DS, but everyone's really been waiting for the PS3 one.

Studio Ghibli fans have been patiently waiting for localization news about Ni No Kuni, Level 5’s RPG collaboration with the famous Japanese animation studio behind Princess Mononoke and others. Even if the news was bad, at least it would put speculation to rest.

As it turns out, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch will actually come here next year on PlayStation 3, courtesy of Namco Bandai.

The news was timed to Level 5’s “Vision” event in Japan late last week. I didn’t have anything up when the event happened because everything was filtering over on a Friday night. Sorry, bros!

Otherwise, Level 5 surprisingly announced a Professor Layton spin-off, Layton Brothers: Mystery Room, for somewhere very different than DS: iOS. As this isn’t a proper sequel, it’s likely Professor Layton isn’t leaving Nintendo’s nest, but Level 5’s experimentation onto Apple’s platform is certainly an interesting move.

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@Contro said:

iPhone game:

So uh how is this related to Professor Layton?

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Delighted Ni No Kuni is coming to Europe as well.

As for Layton on iOS? Fantastic news. Loved the first Layton game and the series style of gameplay would really suit iOS.

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@Cybexx: wow awesome cover,what book is this?.

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@GravitasPrimus: It is the cover for the spell book that comes with the DS version of Ni No Kuni. It has a bunch of lore in it as well as the symbols you need to draw on the touch screen to use the game's spells. There is going to be a digital version of the book included with the PS3 version but that is not nearly as cool as the actual physical book.