In South Korea, Netmarble announced it’s developing a Ni no Kuni smartphone game. Players will build up their own kingdoms and will compete with and face off against other players. The game has been announced for South Korea, and it has yet to be announced whether or not it will be released internationally.

Ni no Kuni is getting an anime movie this summer in Japan (no word on an international release). Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino is writing the script and former Studio Ghibli animator Yoshiyuki Momose is directing. Previously, Level-5 has turned Professor Layton, Yokai Watch and Inazuma Eleven into anime.

Ni no Kuni II is getting three downloadable content packs—first, a free Adventure Pack with new bosses and quests that’ll be out August 9; then, a paid new dungeon this winter and a new story pack in early 2019. The latter two will be included with the $20 season pass.

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Here’s a two-month delay for Ni no Kuni 2, which will now be out on March 23, 2018. The sequel to Bandai Namco’s cartoony role-playing game was previously scheduled for fall 2017, and then for January 2018.

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom will be out on November 10, 2017. It’s coming to PS4 and PC, unlike the first game, which was a PS3 exclusive. Hopefully combat involves less cat-herding this time around.

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