Anyone who’s around me for more than five minutes will probably get an earful about how much I love the work of Studio Ghibli. Creating such fanciful and critically-acclaimed tales as Ponyo, Spirited Away, and Princess Mononoke, these films are world renowned for their gorgeous hand-animated artwork and brilliant stories that speak to both children and adults alike. Mix that with the RPG wizards over at Level-5 studios (creators of Rogue Galaxy, Dark Cloud, and Professor Layton, also critically-acclaimed), you have a concoction for one hell of an experience with Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. In anticipation for the impending American release, Namco Bandai has created the Ninostarter, a program in which they have been adding more goodies to the Wizard Edition when the game reaches a certain milestone of pre-orders. Originally slated to end tomorrow, the program has been extended out to September 3rd in celebration of the Penny Arcade Expo. Also, all pre-orders of the Wizard Edition will contain a little bonus:
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. would like to further thank fans for their support of Ninostarter by including a bonus Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch music CD in every copy of the Wizard’s Edition in North America. This music CD contains a couple of complete orchestral music tracks from the game, hand-picked to show the range and emotion of the beautiful music composed by famed composer Joe Hisaishi.
The pre-order is available for residents of the US and Canada now, so go pre-order your copy before the 3rd. As of today they are about 81% toward the next bonus, so if you really want to pick this up, don’t procrastinate, as you only have a few more days left to grab it. The Wizard Edition of Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is available only through Namco Bandai’s online store, and will be available for PS3 on January 22, 2013.
I've been gaming since my dad made the bad decision of buying me a Nintendo when I was four years old. Every day I'd find myself with my face glued to a TV screen, punching away at buttons, getting furious with Bowser, Dr. Wily, and those freakin' birds in Ninja Gaiden. Since then I have failed to get my parents to play any board game with me, I sold my full copy of Earthbound with box and guide for $300 to some dude in Austria for rent money, and I still believe in Nintendo even after all these years.
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