The art style was also inspired by Studio Ghibli's other productions. The game's animated sequences were produced by Studio Ghibli, while the original score was co-composed by Joe Hisaishi. While players navigate Oliver throughout the game's world, other characters can be controlled during battles against enemies during these battles, players use magic abilities and creatures known as 'familiars', which can be captured and tamed.ĭevelopment began in 2008, simultaneous to Dominion of the Dark Djinn. The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on foot, by boat, or on a dragon. Players control Oliver, a young boy who sets out on a journey to save his mother. The game is a significantly enhanced version of Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn, which originally released for the Nintendo DS in Japan in December 2010.
It was also released for Nintendo Switch in September 2019, alongside a remastered version for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4. It was released for the PlayStation 3 in Japan in November 2011, and published in Western regions by Namco Bandai Games in January 2013. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a role-playing video game, developed by Level-5.
