Level-5 president Akihiro Hino today mentioned during an interview panel of a Sony Computer Entertainment Asia press conference near Tokyo Game Show 2011’s venue, that its role-playing game Ni no Kuni will be released in North America early next year for the PlayStation 3 platform. This PS3 version of the game starts off the same as the DS version of the same name, but the story is told differently after the game’s midpoint. According to Hino, the PS3 will have additional story content that will pick up where the DS version ended.
The player controls a 13 year-old boy named Oliver, a resident of Hotroit City, whose mother, Arie, dies suddenly. A doll, given to Oliver by his mother, reveals itself to be a male fairy named Shizuku, who gives Oliver a magic book that allows him to go to the world of "Ninokuni," a reality parallel to his own, where the fairy says the boy may be able to revive his mother. There, he encounters alternate versions of people he knows.
As Oliver, the player takes part in battles using the magic book given to him by Shizuku. The magic book contains various spells that are activated using drawings with the stylus. During battles, players will be able to arrange their characters anywhere on the bottom screen to implement various tactics. For example, a character that can block certain attacks can be placed in front of the others to shield them. The game will also include a book that is supposed to represent the magic book from the game and is required to play the game. In it players can find a bestiary, short stories that offer game hints and other info that the game will refer to.
Level-5 also revealed that both versions of the game are being developed separately from scratch, and as such will feature different data, artwork, graphics, specifications and story developments, while only retaining the same "story axle". The PlayStation 3 version will feature graphics and visuals replicating Ghibli’s traditional animation style and its artwork for the game.
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