Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, a PC and mobile spin-off, heads west this summer – Rock Paper Shotgun

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   <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ni-no-kuni-cross-worlds-a-pc-and-mobile-spin-off-heads-west-this-summer#comments">     3       </a>   <br>A lot of JRPGs are gorgeous, but the Ni no Kuni games have the borrowed luster of Studio Ghibli's involvement. That's why I'm interested in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds. It's not quite the third game in the series, but rather a PC and mobile spin-off currently available in Asia that's making its way west this summer.   <br>All the Ni no Kuni games are about players from our-ish world being drawn into a fantasy land, and so it is in Cross Worlds. You're a player of a new virtual reality game called Soul Divers, who quickly realises that the world you're connecting to isn't virtual. Adventure ensues.  <br>Much of what follows seems familiar from the previous games in the series. There are splashy battles, an anime world to explore, and too-cute familiars to make fight on your behalf. Each player also has a Kingdom of their own, which they can customise and defend in ways that seem to evoke a similar system in Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom.  <br>It also, I should add, evokes the structure of several other mobile RPGs. It's hard to tell from the trailers or from <a href="https://ninokuni.netmarble.com/">the official site</a> how much of your time will be spent doing story quests a la the previous games, and how much will be spent doing rote battles and grinding for daily XP rewards so you can unlock a new paint for your kingdom's roofs. There's also no official confirmation of platforms that I can find for its "early summer" release, though a PC version is currently available in other territories.  <br>I'm choosing to be hopeful. I mean, just look at the screenshot at the top of this post. Don't want to hug some fantasy sheep? To further underline the Studio Ghibli influence, here's an animated trailer:  <br>             <a href="/authors/graham-smith">Graham Smith</a>         <br>         Contributor       <br>           Graham used to be to blame for all this.         <br>Subscribe and get access to supporter-only articles, an ad-free reading experience, free gifts, and game discounts. 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