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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch will be released in North America, missing its original release estimate for winter 2012 in the region. Still, that’s only a few months as winter doesn’t officially start until December 21. The new release window will put it in line with the European time frame announced in February. Thanks, Siliconera.

Namco Bandai’s announced it’s releasing Ni No Kuni for PS3 in Q1 2013 in Europe, a major shove from merely this year.

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Level-5 has said it has a number of possibilities in mind for the Ni no Kuni franchise, and doesn’t plan on the PS3 title Wrath of the White Witch being a one-off.

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Tanks, elves, tales, magic books, and a dream of flying to the moon. It’s all posted in short form below. Plenty to smile about, really.

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Now that Ni No Kuni is definitely coming to English-speaking territories, we are allowed to post and drool over Japanese trailers.

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Level 5′s announced this morning that Ni No Kuni will come to Europe and US next year via Namco Bandai.

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The PS3 version of Ni no Kuni in Japan won’t have the physical spell book that came with the DS version last year. Instead, as mentioned in the form of two information videos for the game, the book will actually come in digital form in-game instead for Triple owners. Get the videos of it below the break, via Gematsu.

The PS3 version of the Level 5-Studio Ghibli collaboration releases in Japan next month.

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A few little bits and bobs from here and there, lovingly condensed just for you. No really – you.

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A blast of piping hot news right to your face, the highlight of which is a crossover of Metal Gear Solid and the board game RISK.

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Word is coming from TGS that Level-5 (which normally sports an enormous booth) is almost completely absent from the show. Well, apart from the large banners announcing the Level-5 World convention.
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Level 5′s confirmed it’s to release Ni No Kuni for the US next year.

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Level 5′s dropped a new trailer of Ni No Kuni ahead of the game’s release in November. The trailer of the RPG, being made in collaboration with Studio Ghibil of Spirited Away and Whisper of the Heart fame, looks absolutely stunning. Someone should pick this up immediately and localise it for the west.

Ni No Kuni, following a release on Nintendo DS last year, releases in November for PS3 in Japan. Get the trailer below, via RPGSite.

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This week’s Famitsu has dropped details of a special hardware bundle for the PS3 version of Ni No Kuni in Japan. The Level-5 and Studio Ghibli collaboration, which first released on DS way back, will release in November, and will now get a special bundle to celebrate the release. The hardware, known as “The Magical Edition,” comes in a white and gold flavour for ¥33,780 (£270/$440).

Thanks, Andriasang.

It’s shorts time again. Get the sweet little stuff below.

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This week on Top Runner, a weekly NHK talk show in Japan, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino was a guest and he brought along with him some new Ni no Kuni PS3 footage.

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Level-5 held a premiere event in Japan last night for its adorable looking DS RPG Ni no Kuni.

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Level-5 confirmed Time Travellers for 3DS release at a Japanese press conference today, as well as taking the lid off a Professor Layton-Ace Attorney collaboration with Capcom.

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Level 5′s confirmed on its website its “Vision 2010″ event will take place on October 19 in Japan.

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The reveal trailer for Ni no Kuni has emerged, following yesterday’s news that the game is heading to PS3.

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Level-5 president Akihiro Hino has told Nikkei Trendy that current adoption rates of PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 pose a problem for modern third-parties.

“There isn’t a clear winning system,” said the Professor Layton creator. “This is a problem for a company like mine.”

Level 5 believes that games created for only one system won’t sell as well – plus developers who focus on 360 and PS3 are more concerned over HD format than the consumer.

“This is why the Wii has sold better than the other two platforms,” he added. “It’s a truly difficult era.”

When you factor in handheld adoption rates, said the exec, DS blows all others out of the water.

“As a publisher, we can’t just not develop for consoles,” he added.

“We considered quite a bit and have now pretty much decided on the direction that should be taken. We were able to make many popular series like Professor Layton, Inazuma Eleven, and Ni no Kuni.

“We will use such series as weapons to evolve our console business.”

Thanks, GoNintendo and Andriasang.