Famitsu traveled to Namco Bandai’s Las Vegas event last week to interview Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino, which is maybe a little weird. Buried in a long discussion about Ni no Kuni for PS3 is a question about the localization prospects of Ni no Kuni for DS, which, again, is a little weird coming from Famitsu.
The answer is not encouraging. Hino said that because of difficulty translating the bundled Magic Master book, and the difficulty of selling such a bundle outside of Japan, plans to localize the DS game were “abandoned.”
The PS3 game is still coming out, due in the first quarter of 2013, and looks really pretty.
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oh come ON i know so many people would buy this
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aw man. That stinks!
Pfft. I can read Japanese. GIVE IT TO ME RAW, BABY!
Awwwwwww- DAMMIT.
THIS IS HORRIBLE NEWS. They better be working on a 3DS game to make of for this!
EXCUSE ME? DIFFICULTY TRANSLATING? Give it to me, I’ll translate this shit for you just release it! And I’LL buy the...
A shame. At least the incredible looking PS3 version is still coming out!
I know but I don’t own a PS3 ;_;
what. What. WHAT.
yaaaaaay oh wait I mean nooooooo this is bullshit
But the book was needed for certain parts of the game. Not only that it kind of ruins the experience if we were to get...
sob at least i can play the PS3 game….
dude I know right D: I WANTED THIS SHIT SO BADLY
WHAT. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GAME. WHAT. SOMEBODY TELL ME ITS NOT HAPPENING. WTF. LIKE SRSLY. I NEED THIS.
D: D: D: D:
I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS THOUGH AND I DON’T HAVE A PS3… ; A;