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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch review: sitting a spell.

    The long-awaited Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch has finally been released. Does it meet the high bar set by its pedigree?
    Feb 11, 2013 11:45am PST
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch review: sitting a spell.

    The long-awaited Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch has finally been released. Does it meet the high bar set by its pedigree? : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      I just finished it last night. About 44 hours. Good review. : pgharaviThis person is cool!
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        How close am I to the end? Right now I am getting the second of the three stones needed for the wand. : DimmonaThis person is cool!
        • you have a while to go. double digit hours, I think. : pgharaviThis person is cool!
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      grrr That makes me not want to bother to continue playing. I'm ~8 hours in and I've started to feel the g... : smackncaThis person is cool!
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        I actually got the game, took time off for the game and then got my typical "game could suck" fear - have... : abrasionThis person is cool!
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          It's basically a throwback to 16-bit RPGs w/ some Pokemon thrown in. How much of the charm and idiosyncr... : pgharaviThis person is cool!
          • I played Chrono trigger (emulated) about 6 years back and it slowly devolved from a game and world I foun... : abrasionThis person is cool!
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          I don't know how this will sway you, but I typically don't like anime or JRPGs at all, and I am loving th... : Rauol DukeThis person is cool!
          • It's people like you and a few other types I don't see as sperglord JRPG people which give me hope I stil... : abrasionThis person is cool!
    • I really hope PS4 is backwards compatible. And doesn't have a crap controller. : Alexrose
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      I want to love this game, but this review nails one thing right on the head: how they handled familiars i... : EntityThis person is cool!
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        You quit 10 hours in? That's like, just after you get the ability to capture new familiars. You don't kno... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
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          maybe he didnt realize he could have a high level familiar and bring in two noob familiars on the bench a... : scatterblack
          • Yeah I can see how this might be a bigger pain later on, but I'm right about at that 10 hour mark and new... : Rauol DukeThis person is cool!
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            I did. But at the same time I thought, 'these benched guys are always going to be significantly weaker th... : EntityThis person is cool!
            • I ignored the sign system. : pgharaviThis person is cool!
            • I also ignored the sign system : Pfunk2k2
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      i heard there were "power level" pets in the game that allow you to handle this specific problem. : scatterblack
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        Yeah there's a specific familiar that appears in three different parts of the game that gives massive exp... : Malku
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          tokocolds. someone said you could infinitely farm them to catch up low level familiars. : scatterblack
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            They are at the end of the game. Literally, the last hallway...haha. I got one (by accident) and got 24... : pgharaviThis person is cool!
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              There's a middle ground one as well right outside Perdipa as well. That ones the easiest to farm because... : Malku
              • Also worth mentioning is the 2,000 Toko and re-casting whatever spell sends you back and forth to Motorvi... : pgharaviThis person is cool!
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              ah bummer : scatterblack
              • http://www.ign.com/wikis/ni-no-kuni-wrath-of-the-white-witch/Grinding_EXP : pgharaviThis person is cool!
            • what is the diff between easy and normal anyway? abilities of enemies? more hp? : scatterblack
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              Thank you for this comment, when I do play it, easy it is. : abrasionThis person is cool!
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                imo this is one of those games where easy = normal and normal = hard. perhaps if MP wasn't so limited, b... : pgharaviThis person is cool!
                • I appreciate your info, it might make me actually enjoy this game, damn hype train, weakness for ghibli a... : abrasionThis person is cool!
          • That version doesn't show up until the final dungeon. There's other ones that come earlier. : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
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      Its a terriffic game, overly critical review for me. : apocreg
      • Agreed. : moco300
    • I'm about 50 hours in and I'm still loving it. I would caution that the game is extremely punishing if yo... : Pfunk2k2
    • Aww kinda lackluster huh? I really wanted to play this too : bolneze