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Ni no Kuni: The Wrath of the White Witch - A young boy uses the help of monsters

Jasmin Beverungen Jasmin Beverungen Reading time 12 minutes

In addition to an emotional story, Ni no Kuni offers a lot of monsters to collect and fight.

Developer: Level-5 | Platform: PC, PS3, PS4, Switch | Release Date in Germany: February 1, 2013 | Steam Rating: 83% from over 3,900 ratings (Remastered version)

What kind of game is this? The young boy Oliver loses his mother in an accident. He falls into such deep sorrow that his tears bring his stuffed toy, Drippy, to life. The stuffed toy comes from a magical parallel world where all humans are linked with another soul. 

Oliver hopes to find his mother’s soulmate in the magical world to rescue her. To do this, he must become a powerful wizard and confront the mysterious White Queen. 

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Ni no Kuni: The Wrath of the White Witch – A young boy uses the help of monsters

How many monsters are there to collect? Although Ni no Kuni does not focus on monster collecting, there are a proud 332 familiars to collect. Unfortunately, the system was not carried over to the second part.

Pros
  • Studio Ghibli art style is simply magical
  • Lovingly designed menu
  • Familiar system is more complex than expected
  • Emotional story
Cons
  • AI of companions often weak
  • Combat system with a mix of real-time movements and action selection can feel hectic
  • High grind for certain monsters
  • Slow start to the game

On the next page, we have the oldest game on this list. While it’s the hardest to obtain, it is just as much fun as the other games.

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