Studio Ghibli teams up for gaming goodness...in Japan

The latest issue of Famitsu gaming magazine has revealed that Studio Ghibli will be teaming up with Level5 for a new game called Ninokuni.

The game will initially be released on the Nintendo DS but will be jumping onto consoles as well. Platforms are to be determined.

Studio Ghibli will be handling all of the animation.

Don't expect this one to be released anywhere in the Western World or in English though.

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This is a big risk Ghibli is taking. I hope it's successful, or they might go belly up.
And I need my quality Anime.

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Isn't this the same game as the other one mentioned already?? (at least I know the Japanese title)

And what makes you think it won't be successful, Shawn? ._. It seems pretty interesting to me. ^^ Its likely to have quite a few people into it, maybe not at first, but still. It sounds really awesome to me. I told my friend about it and she seemed to get overly excited too, though she'll never play it. (lol, I'd buy the Japanese edition, even though I'd never be able to play it XD OK, maybe not never. I'd find some way of figuring it out. I can only read a bit of some hiragana and some kanji..)

Dang, now I want it more than ever. >.<

i really am disapointed, i think they should just stick to the original cel animations, come on, Studio ghibli games?!?!? crazy, i think this is a childrens game anyways ages 5-10

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Oh, I don't doubt that it'll be successful. Whether it'll actually be any good or not is a different matter altogether.

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Shall be good! I can feel it, as it looks rather awesome.

yea....i have this urge to buy it even though i don't even have a DS!

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Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn6SR72fVNM

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Epic. That's so awesome! *plans on buying it somehow even if it doesn't end up in the US* After all, that's what learning Japanese is for, yeah? xD

Yay! That sounds so immensely awesome!

It looks really good!

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It looks really good!

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I really doubt that it's aimed solely at kids that young, just considering the fact it's an RPG.

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It looks really good!

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crazy, i think this is a childrens game anyways ages 5-10

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I really doubt that it's aimed solely at kids that young, just considering the fact it's an RPG.

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I'd have to agree with Filter. That's why I think it won't be that huge...
Not many guys are into chibbi characters or games with kids in them...

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And you say this in spite of the ridiculous popularity of Pokemon? I'm sure a few people here would object to you saying "guys" too...

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Woow that's soo cool!! I'm going to have to buy it somehow.... And learn Japanese somehow... AAAUGH!!! WHY CANT MY SCHOOL TEACH JAPANESE??!! I want to learn it... waah... But I have to take Spanish because it's 'practical'.

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It looks really good!

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crazy, i think this is a childrens game anyways ages 5-10

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I really doubt that it's aimed solely at kids that young, just considering the fact it's an RPG.

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I'd have to agree with Filter. That's why I think it won't be that huge...
Not many guys are into chibbi characters or games with kids in them...

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But it's not chibi...

And it looks far too awesome to be a game just for kids. YAy!

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Woow that's soo cool!! I'm going to have to buy it somehow.... And learn Japanese somehow... AAAUGH!!! WHY CANT MY SCHOOL TEACH JAPANESE??!! I want to learn it... waah... But I have to take Spanish because it's 'practical'.

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Why won't this be released in English? Ghibli is pretty popular in the western world, and a lot of Japanese games are getting translated and released in English as it is. Like Professor Layton, for example. Which was also by Level 5.

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Yeah, but even if people are interested, "lack of interest" tends to be more of an excuse for laziness than anything else. A lot of things aren't released outside Japan even though lots of people want them to.

It would be good if it did get released in English though.

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I can't believe this won't be in English at some point - it'd be like Ghibli and Level5 saying 'no, we don't want more money!'

Maybe they will see how Ponyo does in the US before deciding. Fingers crossed!

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The game looks beautiful, my brother and sister both own a DS so I hope they will buy it, since I want to collect everything of Ghibli because it's so beautiful.

I'm only a bit dissapointed that this isn't a movie, I'm sure they could make a beautiful movie out of this stunning animation..

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