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Namco Bandai has issued a response to the Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Wizard’s Edition “oversold” fiasco which distributor Digital River claimed occurred due to “an error in [its] ordering system.”

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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch distributor Digital River has apologised to customers whose orders for the very special Wizard’s Edition cannot be filled.

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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White White is rather lovely. The RPG collaboration between Namco Bandai, Level-5 and Studio Ghibli is as charming as all hell, and you can check out the launch trailer ahead of its PS3 release right here.

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Level-5 is on a bit of a roll recently. Ni No Kuni has been universally acclaimed with a set of superb review scores, and rather excitedly, the studio’s upcoming Ghost Watch title has received a chirpy new trailer.

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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch succeeds in championing a genre all too often derided. John Robertson remembers why JRPGs are the once and future king of single-player gaming.

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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch reviews have landed on the Internet, and the general consensus is that the game is a good one. Hit up the break for the scores.

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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is just a few days away, so now is the time to upgrade your pre-order to the snazzy Wizard’s Edition if you’re going to do it. To help you make up your mind either way, here’s a Namco Bandai video unboxing the contents – gorgeous packaging, plushie, art book and more.

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Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies, known in Japan as Professor Layton and the Legacy of the Super Civilization A, has a new video available courtesy of AGB. The title will be the last in the prequel trilogy for the series, and, sadly, the last featuring Herschel Layton. It’s due in Japan on February 28, and will likely head west sometime in the fall if history is anything to go by.

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Fantasy Life, Level-5′s latest 3DS RPG, is set to become a series following retail success in Japan.

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Level-5 has shared two interesting bits of Professor Layton news today – a release date for its latest game, and a special re-issue of most recent effort Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.

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Ni No Kuni has been delayed by a week, meaning it will now release on February 1 in Europe instead of January 25. Namco Bandai said the delay was due to a logistical issue and as a way of apology, is offering a downloadable Draggle familiar for the trouble. It will be available at launch. The game is still slated for January 22 on PS3 in North America. Watch a new behind-the-scenes video below, which will either tide you over or make you want it more. Thanks, Eurogamer.

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Level-5′s latest game, Fantasy Life, launched on December 27, and is going down particularly well with Japanese audiences.

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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is just over one month away; this second developer diary shows off the RPG’s gorgeous visual stylings, and explains how Level-5 and Studio Ghibli collaborated to produce the latter’s distinctive look.

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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch has gone gold for PS3, and to celebrate, Level-5 and Namco have released a ton of gorgeous screenshots. The game will be available for purchase through PSN as well as at retail in North America, Europe and Australia on January 22 and January 25, respectively, in standard both and the nifty Wizard’s Edition. This has been on our radar for ages, and we’re super excited that it’s no longer so far off. Enjoy the shots below.

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Level-5 has responded to the lawsuit filed by SEGA over patent infringement claims with Inazuma Eleven on DS.

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Sega is suing Professor Layton developer Level-5 over touch screen controls in the DS version of Inazuma Eleven, its popular football RPG series. Sega is calling for the halting of all sales of the game in Japan. Get the details below.

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Level-5 has created some of the most successful Japanese exports of the generation, yet its inner workings remain a mystery. Dave Cook speaks with the CEO Akihiro Hino to gain some insight.

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A behind the scenes video for Level-5 and Studio Ghibli’s Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch discusses how the developer attained such an authentic graphical style.

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No No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch arrives in demo form this week, the highlight of a pretty packed US PlayStation Store update. Destructoid reports the demo also arrives on the European PlayStation Network this week, on Wednesday December 5. The taster feature two environments and allows you to tackle two bosses, the Guardian of the Woods and Moltaan. Ni No Kuni, a collaboration between Level-5 and the animation masters at Studio Ghibli, is a PlayStation 3 exclusive due in January 2013.

Aero Porter is Yoot Saito’s contribution to Level-5′s Guild01 compilation, and is now available via the 3DS eShop. The creator of the Dreamcast’s legendary Seaman life sim put together an airport management game, and in this launch trailer, admits that he hopes you won’t have to “put a lot of thought into” it as you “become addicted organically” to its increasingly franctic gameplay. Also, you can make the planes pink if you want. Check it out through the break.

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