Stage-5 might have scaled again its western operations, nevertheless it’s really nonetheless releasing new titles on this a part of the world.
Following on from a neighborhood launch of Fantasy Life On-line for cell final December, it is now launched the free-to-download sport Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds for PC and smartphones with the assistance of the Korean developer Netmarble.
As beautiful as its trailer is (that includes “precise gameplay footage” and referencing a collaboration with well-known Japanese animation firm Studio Ghibli), it appears this sport is not fairly as harmless because it appears to be like.
As highlighted by Kotaku, it is really full of “crypto nonsense”:
“that is really a gacha sport that additionally has cryptocurrency b***s*** baked into it. Netmarble have their very own cryptocurrency pockets referred to as Marblex, and as this web site helpfully factors out, gamers are in a position to take in-game gadgets, commerce them for Netmarble’s Asterite or Territe Tokens (that are currencies you possibly can commerce on Marblex), then commerce these for different cryptocurrencies.”
And this is a picture of the alternate course of, taken straight from the sport’s web site:
If that wasn’t already sufficient, the entrance web page of the web site additionally mentions the “blockchain system” in place, and the highway map for the sport consists of including NFTs in This autumn 2022…
“Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds employs a gameplay-based blockchain system, giving gamers who take pleasure in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds the chance to play to earn tokens by gameplay.
“Gamers can purchase two forms of tokens within the Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds blockchain system, and our group will do our greatest to protect the token values.”
Stage-5, as beforehand talked about, has reportedly toned down its give attention to the west. Its most up-to-date launch on the Swap was the Japan-only mech RPG, Megaton Musashi.
If all of this has in some way obtained you within the temper for Ni no Kuni, there are some glorious Ni no Kuni video games you possibly can check out on the Swap: Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch and Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. Stage-5 can be best-known for different collection like Inazuma Eleven, Professor Layton and the Yo-kai Watch.
How do you’re feeling concerning the Ni no Kuni collection being reworked right into a cell and PC sport like this? Go away your ideas under.
