Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds Preview - Much More Than Just Another Mobile Spin-Off
There’s a lot to love about the Ni no Kuni series. Signature Studio Ghibli-style graphics to give that anime aesthetic, beautiful music by Joe Hisaishi, and heart-warming storylines all combine in harmony to create perfectly packaged RPGs that you won’t forget in a hurry.
The series steps into brand-new MMORPG territory with Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, which will soon be launching for PC and mobile devices. As a long-time fan of the series, I couldn’t wait to see what Cross Worlds would bring to the table, and I was thrilled to see the opening cutscene of Cross Worlds featured gorgeous 2D animated graphics (something that we sorely missed in Ni no Kuni 2), even if it was only for a brief scene.
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Cross Worlds has a sci-fi anime flair reminiscent of .hack, as the premise involves players traveling to another world via a virtual reality game machine called Soul Divers. However, as one of these players, you soon discover that this isn't just a game — Soul Divers is transporting you to the world of Ni no Kuni and placing your soul into the body of a person who lives there. With players mistakenly believing themselves to be in a game where their actions have no consequences, and with a greater threat at play, it falls to you to save the world and unravel the mystery of the admin behind Soul Divers.
There are five different classes to choose from, and each one is a set character with a handful of customisation options. For example, if you want to play as a Witch, you will always be the cat lady, but you can at least change your hairstyle and a couple of other small cosmetic things. Each account can have one of each class/character, all of which will share the
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