{"id":3997,"date":"2012-07-22T07:13:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T11:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2012-07-22T07:13:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T11:13:05","slug":"rpg-heaven-ni-no-kuni-and-tales-of-xillia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2012\/07\/22\/rpg-heaven-ni-no-kuni-and-tales-of-xillia\/","title":{"rendered":"RPG Heaven?  Ni no Kuni and Tales of Xillia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been forever and a day since I last posted RPG\u2019ish type updates on consecutive days.<\/p>\n<p>First, Namco has an interesting preorder for Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch \u2013 something called the Wizard\u2019s Edition.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/store.namcobandaigames.com\/store\/namcous\/en_US\/pd\/productID.253168700\/Ni-no-Kuni-Wrath-of-the-White-Witch-%E2%80%93-Wizards-Edition-Club-Namco-Exclusive.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/store.namcobandaigames.com\/store\/namcous\/en_US\/pd\/productID.253168700\/Ni-no-Kuni-Wrath-of-the-White-Witch-%E2%80%93-Wizards-Edition-Club-Namco-Exclusive.html', 'Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch \u2013 Wizard\u2019s Edition');\" target=\"_blank\">Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch \u2013 Wizard\u2019s Edition<\/a> will include:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>300+ page hardback physical copy of the Wizard\u2019s Companion, the spellbook Oliver uses throughout his journey in the game. The full-color Wizard\u2019s Companion contains a bestiary of all the creatures found in the game along with in-depth item descriptions, spells and history of the other world.<\/p>\n<p>The limited-run Wizard\u2019s Edition will also contain a plush doll of Drippy, Oliver\u2019s guide through his adventures, as well as exclusive \u201cgolden mite\u201d and \u201cgolden drongo\u201d DLC familiars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don\u2019t care that much for the plush doll, but the Wizard\u2019s Companion looks to be pretty special coming in at 300+ pages. $108.89 ($99.99 + shipping) is a pretty steep hill to climb, but the game does look very charming. Not sure if this limited edition will hold its value; really depends on if it is original print Demon\u2019s Souls with mini strategy guide (the one that wore out with little use) limited, or more widely available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tales of Xillia<\/strong><br \/>\nI really don\u2019t know that much about <a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5923905\/tales-of-xillia-is-coming-to-the-us\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5923905\/tales-of-xillia-is-coming-to-the-us', 'Tales of Xillia');\" target=\"_blank\">Tales of Xillia<\/a>, but I say the more JRPGs the better. Hopefully it does well enough for Namco Bandai to continue <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2012\/07\/20\/tales-of-xillia-coming-to-ps3-namco-bandai-answers-your-questions\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2012\/07\/20\/tales-of-xillia-coming-to-ps3-namco-bandai-answers-your-questions\/', 'localization efforts');\" target=\"_blank\">localization efforts<\/a> for future JRPG goodness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been forever and a day since I last posted RPG\u2019ish type updates on consecutive days. First, Namco has an interesting preorder for Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch \u2013 something called the Wizard\u2019s Edition. The Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch \u2013 Wizard\u2019s Edition will include: 300+ page hardback &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2012\/07\/22\/rpg-heaven-ni-no-kuni-and-tales-of-xillia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RPG Heaven?  Ni no Kuni and Tales of Xillia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,11],"class_list":["post-3997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-ps3","tag-rpg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3998,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997\/revisions\/3998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}