Why Ni no Kuni’s sequel is going in a different direction

The first Ni no Kuni dazzled players with its bright, cartoon-like graphics. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is keeping the beautiful art, but it’s bringing a lot of changes to the original’s role-playing game mechanics.

Ni no Kuni II is coming out on November 10 for PlayStation 4 and PC. The first Ni no Kuni was a hit on the PlayStation 3, shipping over 1 million copies. Along with the beautiful art, it had gameplay similar to the Pokémon series. You captured monsters and had them fight for you. They could even grow into more powerful creatures after enough training. The sequel is doing away with all of that.