European fans of Ni No Kuni flooded Twitter with excitable hashtags today as news began to filter through of a breakthrough in the campaign for full localization. Determined followers of the Level 5 / Studio Ghibli PS3-bound RPG have discovered that a trademark application has been filed in the EU for a property known as Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – massively raising hopes the game will see a release outside of Japan and North America.
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Awesome, though amazon usually give’s us one of an item on import, and the ps3 GAMES are supposedly region free unless locked to NTSC which i heard is rare, so either way, its mine, though that does mean upgrading the firmware on the ps3, so no more mario kart
on the plus side i might actually use it. its not even plugged in. Though firefly on blu ray came today so it may get a spin, but as my tv is 720p and my laptop is over 1080p, maybe i should get a blu ray BD – rom drive. hmmmmm
i think most UK gamers will think the same – getting a US import is not really a major deal as they aren’t locked down. poor old french, german, and spanish gamers get nothing though… harsh.
funny thing is, this news about the trademark hasn’t really spread outside of france – where the trademark organisation is based. wouldn’t surprise me if it turns out to be nothing – if you’re releasing a major IP in international markets, you’d be a fool not to protect it in every jurisdiction. doesn’t mean you intend to market your IP in those places… but that would make more sense if they’d registered the trademark application ages ago – it seems odd to leave it to now….
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