edit: nvm just saw the other thread YAY :P

What if they decide that Ninokuni will not be released on DS anymore but turned into a 3DS game instead? Just an idea I had when the 3DS lineup was shown at E3. I think Ninokuni would be a great addition to the early 3DS lineup and a new system would be perfect to start this new franchise which has a huge sales potential in Japan (as well as a good one in EU/NA imo).

Wenlan, I love youuuu  :)

This was already on my top 3 list...  but now with Ghibli movies on a big screen...  oh man...  this is going to be incredible !

I love the studios films - so very much looking forward to this.

I don't think so. This is a guaranteed 2 million seller (maybe more!) on the DS in japan. It'll do no good to port an almost complete game (the biggest ever for DS too) to sell less than that on 3DS. It's going to be expensive and it's going to sell less, so it's a loss loss situation.

And they won't port it for 3DS for west release too, since it's going to sell preety low there.

I'm not a fan of waiting for games for years but with this one we'll be lucky if it's fan-translated in the nezt 5 years (mother 3 took about that!), since it's a miracle now for me for it to be released here.

andre, isn't there a pretty good chance Level 5 USA will translate both versions?  It seems like Level 5 actually realizes what a big deal this game is (whether or not they realize it's a big deal in the US remains to be seen, I guess).

ehh, can somebody explain me why this is a big game? i never heard of the game nor the "famous" Studio Ghibli.

ignorance doesnt mean they arent big, both the game and the studio are popular.

You should really start watching their work, they are pieces of cinematic art, nothing less

They would translate it in normal conditions. It's their most ambitious game, so I guess they would want to make it international.

But this game is probably a year away in japan - so two years or so away for the west market (based on DQIX). This is not exactly "normal conditions" for the DS market since by that time the 3DS will completely overshadow the DS in the west - and sales will suffer bad, I don't think they'll compesate the huge efforts and costs of localizing a game that big. That's why I don't think it's very likely a release.

They'll probaby use the PS3 version to "internationalize" the franchise instead. But even then, if it gets released in the next 2 years, lol... because going by the DS version, this can be also a game released next to PS4 launch.