Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch, the PS3-exclusive Level 5 RPG, will not be released in Europe until the first quarter of 2013.
Publisher Namco Bandai has confirmed that the game, a collaboration with revered Japanese anime company Studio Ghibli, will be released with a choice of Japanese or English audio, with subtitles in French, Italian, German and Spanish, according to Eurogamer.
Level 5 CEO Akihiro Hino said: "We have worked very hard on Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch and it has been a great honour to collaborate with Studio Ghibli and [composer] Joe Hisaishi, so it was important for me that players outside Japan have the best experience of the game we can give them.
"To make this possible, we decided to invest the time in localising the game so that as many people as possible across Europe can enjoy the full experience in their own language."
While it's heartening that Namco Bandai is taking the localisation seriously, it's disappointing news given that it was originally expected to be released early this year. Ni No Kuni was released in Japan for DS in 2010, with the PS3 release following last November.
Source: Eurogamer
Comments
1Great that Namco Bandai is going to localize it seriously, but I was so looking forward to this game in early 2012 and now I've to wait a full year more... -_-
Anyway, my pile of shame is still more than enough, so I think I can handle this.