During today's Tokyo Game Show 2022 Xbox Stream, Bandai Namco announced the debut of the Ni no Kuni series on Xbox systems. The remastered version of the first entry, Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered, is available today for purchase and via Xbox Game Pass. The sequel, Ni no Kuni: Revenant Kingdom, is set to launch sometime in 2023.

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[DinohScene]

That took WAY longer then needed.

NNK2 was supposed to be Xbox at launch...

 

[tech3475]

I'm curious as to why it took this long, was it the publisher not wanting to spend the money porting it or something like Sony paying to block the port?

 

[seseiSeki]

It probably took so long, because this is a Japanese game and the Xbox is just a big joke over there, so they don't really care.

 

[Marc_LFD]

It probably took so long, because this is a Japanese game and the Xbox is just a big joke over there, so they don't really care.

Yep, Xbox was never very popular in Japan so a lot of Japanese games outright ditch the platform even though that's a financially bad decision (the customers in the West/Asia would buy it)..

J-Stars Victory wasn't released on Xbox 360/One either.

 

[seseiSeki]

Yep, Xbox was never very popular in Japan so a lot of Japanese games outright ditch the platform even though that's a financially bad decision (the customers in the West/Asia would buy it)..

J-Stars Victory wasn't released on Xbox 360/One either.

Exactly.
A game from Japan's biggest franchise, Monster Hunter World, wasn't released on Xbox in Japan, which is most baffling to me. The game is already in Japanese, there is an Xbox port, they just chose not to make money

Or maybe there's more behind these decisions, like Microsoft store fees or something.

 

[wiired24]

So happy about this! One of my favorites

 

[IluaLinerin]

Exactly.
A game from Japan's biggest franchise, Monster Hunter World, wasn't released on Xbox in Japan, which is most baffling to me. The game is already in Japanese, there is an Xbox port, they just chose not to make money

Or maybe there's more behind these decisions, like Microsoft store fees or something.

You forgot that the XBOX sold like what ¿100 units? if i remember correctly the number of XBOX one's sold in japan was less than a thousand, setup discs, logistics etc for what? 60000$ (60$x1000 units) it's not even a joke.
The xbox situation in japan during XBOX one/PS4 was so bad that it's not even funny, i think they are doing way better now with the series S and X now though.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Exactly.
A game from Japan's biggest franchise, Monster Hunter World, wasn't released on Xbox in Japan, which is most baffling to me. The game is already in Japanese, there is an Xbox port, they just chose not to make money

Or maybe there's more behind these decisions, like Microsoft store fees or something.

I think he meant Japanese companies ditching the Xbox altogether not that they won't release games on Xbox in Japan. The latter kind of makes sense, considering nobody there owns an Xbox.

 

[seseiSeki]

You forgot that the XBOX sold like what ¿100 units? if i remember correctly the number of XBOX one's sold in japan was less than a thousand, setup discs, logistics etc for what? 60000$ (60$x1000 units) it's not even a joke.
The xbox situation in japan during XBOX one/PS4 was so bad that it's not even funny, i think they are doing way better now with the series S and X now though.

I know, that was what my first comment was about.
I just meant, that an Xbox version already exists and the game is already in Japanese...
Besides, like Marc mentioned: There's also people in other Asian countries who couldn't buy Japanese games on Xbox in their region, because they didn't release on that console over there, regardless of an Xbox version existing in the first place.

 

[IluaLinerin]

I know, that was what my first comment was about.
I just meant, that an Xbox version already exists and the game is already in Japanese...
Besides, like Marc mentioned: There's also people in other Asian countries who couldn't buy Japanese games on Xbox in their region, because they didn't release on that console over there, regardless of an Xbox version existing in the first place.

Im pretty sure they released them digitally though.