Level-5 and Studio Ghibli collaboration Another World delayed for DS
Epic RPG won't fit on a DS cartridge
If there's one thing Japanese game developers know, it's how to make epic, sprawling RPGs. Creator of the massively popular Professor Layton series Level-5 has been preparing a 10th anniversary celebration by working with renowned animation company Studio Ghibli on just such an RPG for the Nintendo DS.
The game, entitled Ni no Kuni: The Another World looks set to be one of the biggest games the handheld Nintendo platform has ever seen, with a full orchestral score, a trademark Ghibli storyline bulging at the sides with surreal characters and out of control magic, and a massive 4GB DS cartridge.
Unfortunately, it now seems this monumental collaboration is taking longer than expected, and has been bumped back until 2010 - and that's for the Japanese release.
Localisation of a massive RPG like this will be a monumental task, and coupled with the expense of the memory-heavy cartridge it could be a very long time - if ever - that we see a worldwide release of Ni no Kuni. a real shame, considering this is probably the game that RPG fans have been waiting for since the day the DS hit the shelves.
We'll keep you updated.