Bad news. Whatever will happen to Ni No Kuni 3? They said last year its in the works, does it mean it will not release in the west?
This is a bad way to start the week.

Level 5 and Microsoft have had a bad relationship ever since the True Fantasy Online cancellation. Their CEO would be the first to tell anyone that as well. People are dreaming if they think Level 5 would “allow” MS to buy them. Sony and Nintendo have a way higher chance of acquiring them and a better relationship as well considering the companies past exclusives. This isn’t a Todd Howard relationship we’re talking about and Phil would have to spend a lot of air fuel just to get one of their old games on Gamepass.

That’s too bad, also seems silly. Surely the cost of localizing is worth breaking into the much larger markets. I understand that their games cater to a Japanese audience, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t an audience outside of Japan.

Imagine if Microsoft acquires Level 5.
That’d be an insane addition to an already diverse first party portfolio 😊.
I’d turn into a weeabot and start liking games like No No Kuni

Level 5 has always had a tendency to burn out their properties too soon. They have been all for quick and big profits over more stable strategies, and now we see this happen after not getting a big hit in a while. Shame, but not surprising.

Yeah Level 5 hasn't been doing so hot lately as far as I know in terms of sales. I know I sure wasn't a fan of Ni No Kuni II or the Yokai Watch games. This also reminds me of what happened to Enix after the NES era. Hope things work out for them though.

Namco would probably publish it in the US as they have done with the previous two games. I honestly haven’t seen much of a push by Level-5 to self publish outside of Japan. 

Isn't Nintendo publishing YW4 in the west so maybe still hope for that.

Is anybody that surprised?

L5 has done nothing but Multimedia projects aimed a Japanese children for years. Long gone are the days when they were being tagged as the next SquareSoft. L5 has done absolutely nothing to strengthen themselves in west and is crazy because of their size. L5 has been dead to me for quite some time now.

They've been in trouble for a while now I'm more surprised people are shocked by this as last year they had problems with staff amid claims of mismanagement and abuse leading to many people leaving, even if you just look at L5 in general their output has dropped massively compared prior gens where the was always something in the pipeline keeping people's interest they've been silent these past few years and static in terms of progress.