![]() ![]() Once you've got your head around the basics, you'll then be introduced to the game's amazing little Higgledies, collectible element-based sprites who follow you into battles and have their own tweakable abilities and skills, including firing off large cannons, blasting foes with powerful dark energy, wind, fire and water attacks, as well as providing healing for your party. For players who just want to bash away and not engage with this stuff, there are semi and fully automatic modes available that switch your weapons around for you as your Zing meter fills, giving players of every ability the chance to just enjoy smashing baddies. As you bash away at enemies here you'll fill up a Zing meter on each of your weapons as you use them, top it out and it'll enhance your attacks, as well as enabling you to pull off some special charged manoeuvres. ![]() These are then enhanced by a bevvy of neat wrinkles that keep you on your toes as you dance around your foes. ![]() The new real-time action you'll engage in as you take on the many wonderfully named enemies found across this world is immediately engaging stuff fast, flashy and easy to get your head around.Įvan and his ever-growing party of pals have light and heavy attacks, magic-based skills and ranged attacks as the base of their offensive powers. And the battles here, especially in comparison to the turn-based affairs found in Wrath of the White Witch, are a real revelation. That joy is bolstered further in Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom by an opening twelve hours that never takes its foot off the gas as it barrels you from place to place, layering on combat mechanics, introducing large scale skirmishes, flinging you into puzzle chambers, and pitting you against a host of excellent boss battles. However, as the story begins to find its feet, as our heroes join forces with a motley crew of friends and adventure out across the many regions that make up the world map here, there's joy to be found in how this boy king begins to learn, grow, and discover himself through the actions and deeds of the brave people and creatures he meets along the way. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)Īs far as the narrative goes here, it definitely doesn't rise to the same level of delightfully Ghibli-esque weirdness or carry the same raw emotion as its predecessor and, especially early on, we found ourselves having a tough time caring for the rather brattish Evan and his troubled little rich boy plight. And with that our adventure begins in earnest. Struggling to understand what's just occurred, Roland is dragged immediately into an ongoing coup, taking up arms alongside House of Tildrum's teenage king (and walking hair disaster) Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum as he attempts to escape the clutches of the evil Mausinger and his armed thugs.Īfter a few brief skirmishes that teach you the basic ins and outs of the game's excellent real-time combat - during which Evan and Roland also learn the true extent of Mausinger's treachery and lose a treasured companion - Evan announces that he's going to strike out and build his own kingdom, a kingdom in which everyone can be truly happy and at peace. Set some 100 years after the events of Wrath of the White Witch, this sequel kicks off with an explosion in an unnamed, US-like city that knocks President Roland Crane unconscious, during which time he's magically transported to the colourful kingdom of Ding Dong Dell. This is a wonderfully well-crafted adventure that hits the ground running, nails pretty much every single gameplay mechanic it introduces across its 50-hour core campaign and, we're happy to report, lands on Nintendo's hybrid console in truly excellent condition. Level-5's Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom originally released on PS4 back in March 2018 to pretty much unanimous critical praise, and playing it now in this latest Switch iteration, it's really not too hard to see why.
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