{"id":101166,"date":"2019-10-02T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/video_ever_wondered_what_an_8-bit_ni_no_kuni_would_look_like"},"modified":"2019-10-02T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T16:30:00","slug":"video-ever-wondered-what-an-8-bit-ni-no-kuni-would-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/02\/video-ever-wondered-what-an-8-bit-ni-no-kuni-would-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Ever Wondered What An 8-Bit Ni no Kuni Would Look Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae6a485e7410e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae6a485e7410e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BdH4f4CceBA?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>With software coming thick and fast to Switch these days, it&#8217;s never been easier for a game &#8211; even a <em>damn fine<\/em> one &#8211; to get lost in the crowd. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/ni_no_kuni_wrath_of_the_white_witch\"><strong>Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch<\/strong><\/a> released on Switch <em>way back<\/em> on 20th September, but we wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if it passed you by in the rush of great stuff hitting the eShop. In an effort to remind overstretched gamers that it&#8217;s available on Switch now, it seems Level-5 commissioned Dutton Films to create a new (Japanese) &#8216;trailer&#8217; &#8211; check it out above.<\/p>\n<p>This bespoke 10-minute video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UClfhcLqicImW9Se7NKaFADQ\">Level-5&#8217;s official YouTube channel<\/a> takes the game&#8217;s gorgeous Studio Ghibli art and gives it a pixel art demake. The makers call it &#8216;8-bit&#8217;, although retro enthusiasts whose pet peeve is people confusing 8 and 16-bit graphics might get a little shirty about that. It&#8217;s arguably something in between &#8211; 12 or 13-bit, maybe? Regardless, it&#8217;s a cute look at an imaginary version of Level-5&#8217;s lovely JRPG and well worth watching if you&#8217;re a fan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"NNK2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2c42722d71dac\/nnk2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2c42722d71dac\/nnk2.900x.jpg\" alt=\"NNK2\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>With so many games coming out &#8211; especially at this time of year &#8211; we expect to see more companies gently reminding players that there&#8217;s great stuff on the console which might have slipped their notice. There are plenty of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/feature_hidden_gems_on_nintendo_switch_eshop\">hidden indie gems on the eShop<\/a>, but even bigger games are getting lost now. Wrath of the White Witch is not without faults, but if you&#8217;re into JRPGs (and for some reason don&#8217;t fancy <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragon_quest_xi_s_echoes_of_an_elusive_age_-_definitive_edition\">Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of the Longest Title We Could Possibly Squeeze Onto The Box<\/a><\/strong>), we thoroughly recommend checking out Ni no Kuni. Here&#8217;s a brief extract from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/ni_no_kuni_wrath_of_the_white_witch\">our review<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is an experience unlike any other on the Switch, expertly blending standard RPG tropes with a heartwarming story, innovative art style, and an immersive soundtrack composed by some of the best in the business. In more ways than one, this is a \u2018dream project\u2019 that\u2019s very existence is a gift to fans of the genre the world over; the privilege of experiencing it is something that shouldn\u2019t be understated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dutton Films has produced pixel versions of various other media properties &#8211; head to <a href=\"https:\/\/duttonfilms.com\/pixel-art\">the company&#8217;s website<\/a> to check out some more examples (we particularly enjoyed the <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/137042635\">8-bit cinema montage<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you played Ni no Kuni on Switch? Or have you downloaded it but not got round to it just yet? Let us know below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BdH4f4CceBA?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] With software coming thick and fast to Switch these days, it&#8217;s never been easier for a game &#8211; even a damn fine one &#8211; to get lost in the crowd. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch released on Switch way back on 20th September, but we wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}