Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered Reviews

YES! the game is fun and simple, although the combat is a bit tedious. It's overall an okay game.

Great animation, great history, nice gameplay.

Beautiful animation and story. Enjoyable characters. This is a game I have wanted for years and now finally have a chance to play. What a wonderful experience

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a game I can recommend for the age range it was designed for. This is truly an RPG lovingly crafted to tell a story for young children and built around the idea of a much younger crowd. Don't expect to be challenged by the gameplay, the themes of the game, or by any of the puzzles that it throws your way, if you're over the age of ten. Where the game excels is introducing difficult subject matters, divorce, survivor's guilt, spousal abuse, eating disorders, depression, etc, and making them child-friendly and creating heart-warming resolutions to them. The storylines are easily digestible and offer moral lessons that would be great to sit down and enjoy with a young child, and even playing alone as an adult, can tug a heart string. Sadly, if you strip back the child-like wonder of the Ghibli visuals, the pacing of the game is incredibly bad and the gameplay itself is dull and devoid of much meaningful interaction. While I know the White Witch portions of the story were added in later and not part of the original game, it's painfully obvious how tacked on it is. The pacing also suffers from how abysmal the experience gain in the game is. You don't need to grind much along the way, but actually having a very powerful team is a slog to achieve. As an adult, this game feels tedious. But if I was playing it with a young child, I can see how much wonder and excitement it would give. How it could work to teach valuable life lessons and how handle problems, and how they'd giggle at some of the silly monster designs. Its a definite buy for a youngster interested in the world of Roleplaying Games, but isn't ready to get thrown into deeper philosophical questions or overly complex mechanics. Its safe. Its cozy. Its not too challenging, and you won't have to answer any weird questions about it. Meanwhile, for teenagers and up, it's going to feel a bit too babyish to hold much interest.

love the characters. i've watched stampylongnose's playthrough quite a few times growing up, so i'm thrilled to finally play this myself. the game and story isn't perfect, but i think it's still well made. ALSO READ YOUR WIZARD TEXTBOOK!!! THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF IN THERE!!! DO NOT OVERLOOK IT!!!!! i'm super impressed by it so i hope everyone appreciates it too

This is among the best RPG I have ever played. It combine aspect of Final fantasy, Digimon, and such. The atmosphere is very Ghibli Studio alike. If I have to give it a score, the gameplay is 9/10. the story is 8/10. but the graphic? Since I'm a ghibli fan I will outright give it 11/10.

I LOVE THIS GAME! The art style is so amazing, and the story is so heart warming! I see myself smiling at the smallest things, and the combat is actually difficult and requires effort. 10/10!!!

game has a fun, unique story. a beautiful artstyle the soundtrack,and game play is great. only issue is it can feel unbalanced at times

I played this game at least 3 times since 2013 + a few beautiful Ghibli cutscenes + AWESOME music + lots of awesome creatures for battle (you can feed them treats :D and name them and try to find the best combination for your team) + genuinely the best, most intricate and creative in-game book (wizard companion) I've ever seen. It can be used as reference for several items and creatures + beautiful (sad) story (although the original one might be a bit more well-written) + cool characters + great world building + wonderful scenery + hidden locations throughout the world + enjoyable side quests + you can create some items through alchemy instead of buying them + magic :) + you can ride a dragon - battles and leveling can get grindy and tedious - some characters may be annoying - some side quests can be tedious - the team mates can be insanely incompetent during battle - collecting the creatures you want can be incredibly grindy

Do you love studio ghibli? If the answer is yes, play the game. If the answer is no, play the game anyway. Enough said. This game is awesome. It runs super smooth on my macbook and that says something. Super grindy but you get a free movie since there are animated cutscenes all the time.