Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Help a usurped king fight a coup and reclaim his throne

- Andy Kelly

The first Ni no Kuni was a collaboration between developer Level-5 and Studio Ghibli, the legendary animation house behind the likes of Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle. It was a grand, sweeping fantasy RPG with the lavish feel of one of the studio’s animated epics. Unfortunately, it never made it to PC.

The sequel, Revenant Kingdom, is once again developed by Level-5, and although Ghibli is not involved this time, the groundwork it laid in the original – as well as the return of composer JoeHisaishi – means the new game still has traces of that familiar spark. And because it’s set hundreds of years after the events of the first game,new players won’t need to be familiar with the story to enjoy it.

You play as the preposterously named Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum, a boy king who is usurped and teams up with a gang of sky pirates to reclaim his throne. In this world, rival clans of cats and mice are at war, and Evan finds himself being swept up in the conflict as he fights to reclaim the city of Ding Dong Dell.