Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

January 21 - January 27

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Do you remember my wait for a proper jRPG to give our Game of the Week title to? Well, my geeky gamer potty-dance is over. I have a copy of Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch burning a hole in my desk today. I've left the guide in its shrink-wrap, just so I don't commit a heinous grade of fiduciary misconduct here and start reading it during working hours. It takes the honors for this week.

However, there are a couple interesting honorable mentions if you're not up for sacrificing a couple work-weeks full of hours to playing a Miyazaki film:

Strike Suit Zero is a Kickstarter alumni that's finally ready to try its wings. Zoom through space in a transforming robot, dog-fighting your way through swarms of enemies. It's out on the PC now, and console versions are set for later in 2013.

Last week's winner, DmC: Devil May Cry, hits PC. This one's just as polarizing as its predecessors. If you liked the old mowing-the-digital-lawn style, they're distributing the original games as DLC. If you liked Enslaved or Infamous, this one might be up your alley in its own right.

PC
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Enhanced Edition
- Croixleur (download - $5)
- Dawnstar (download)
- DmC: Devil May Cry
- ShootMania Storm
- Strike Suit Zero (download)
- The Cave (download - $15)

Xbox 360
- The Cave (XBLA - $15)

PlayStation 3
- Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (PS2 Classics)
- Mad Dog McCree (PSN)
- Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
- The Cave (PSN - $15)

Wii U
- The Cave (eShop - $15)

Vita
- escapeVektor (PSN - $10)
- Gun Commando (PSN)

Nintendo 3DS
- Cocoto Alien Brick Breaker (eShop - $5)

Comments

The Cave was robbed!

Yay!

I'm sad that the Cave isn't cross-play on the Vita. I'll probably just grab it in an upcoming Steam Sale, anyhow.

Oh snap, The Cave is coming out tomorrow! Gotta play that sh*t! Love me some Ron Gilbert!

Ni No Kuni thread here

Strike Suit Zero is apparently $20. Unlocking on Steam tomorrow.

No mention of my birthday? Or Vrikk's?? OMG, GWJ, I thought we were friends!

This is the first week to be threatening to my pile. I cannot afford a game with long time investment like Ni No Kuni, but the Destructoid review has my interest piqued. Sadly, the review also has me pondering whether I should wait on it anyway. But even then, The Cave sounds really interesting and from what people have spoken of the new Devil May Cry I may actually enjoy it.

But I must save my cash, and hope that progress can be made on the pile.

Quintin_Stone wrote:

No mention of my birthday? Or Vrikk's?? OMG, GWJ, I thought we were friends!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VRIKK!

cube wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:

No mention of my birthday? Or Vrikk's?? OMG, GWJ, I thought we were friends!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VRIKK!

Yeah Vrikk, have a great one!

ccesarano wrote:

This is the first week to be threatening to my pile. I cannot afford a game with long time investment like Ni No Kuni, but the Destructoid review has my interest piqued. Sadly, the review also has me pondering whether I should wait on it anyway. But even then, The Cave sounds really interesting and from what people have spoken of the new Devil May Cry I may actually enjoy it.

But I must save my cash, and hope that progress can be made on the pile.

Ni No Kuni is also on PSN. If you don't mind taking a pass on a physical copy (which are apparently in very short supply), scarcity shouldn't be an issue.

Ni No Kuni and The Cave (assuming it actually releases on time) for me this week

I just bought Strike Suit Zero, despite some mixed early reviews. I can't resist space shooters, and combined with Transformers? Yup.

Ni No Kuni is a definite, but not for a week or so.

Ni No Kuni is now added to my "if I ever get a PS3 list".

Almost bought The Cave, but I'll probably hold off until I've exhausted my time with Skyrim.

I was under the impression that The Cave was already out? I remember it hitting PS Plue a few months back.

This article has me wanting to go get Ni no Kuni off of the PSN store now. I've been interested in it for a while now. Though, my JRPG backlog is big enough as it is...

EDIT: oh shoot this article is really freaking old
Sorry for being so ignorant, guys! I'll try to be more observant next time.

A few months? Almost a year now. Spammer bumped the thread.

garion333 wrote:

A few months? Almost a year now. Spammer bumped the thread. ;)

I do agree with everything you are saying.

Quintin_Stone wrote:
garion333 wrote:

A few months? Almost a year now. Spammer bumped the thread. ;)

I do agree with everything you are saying.

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