Ni No Kuni Wrath of the White Witch | The Completionist

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Ni No Kuni returned with Wrath of the White Witch, spearheaded by Level 5 and brought to life by Studio Ghlibli. The animations are beyond your normal jrpg and the developers behind the game are very experienced with some hit games. How do these two elements combine? Watch and find out in my Ni No Kuni review!
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Ni No Kuni Wrath of the White Witch was a joint effort. Ghibli on the outside and Level 5 on the inside. Bringing the two together was astounding and now with Ni No Kuni 2 announced (Ni No Kuni Revenant Kingdom) I'm so happy I was able to complete this game after all this time. Think Pokemon combined with Final Fantasy and then Miyazaki and you get Ni No Kuni. Play as Oliver as you set off on your journey to save your mother, meeting new friends and monsters along the way.
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[@ThatOneVideoGamer]

What are your favorite and least favorite familiars?

[@Red-ot8et]

The Completionist mine is the Mediocrist and his *BEARS*

[@jamesdwhite873]

With Oliver I used a Dynamite, Dragamuffin and Sweetpea Sprite. My Dragon was a beast at level 27 Psych Up then Earsplitter would take out most enemies.

[@geno685]

Dinoceros's line was OP, give him earsplitter and watch them all fall down (except bosses, they don't like to fall down), Griphy(Griffy?) was also a life saver (literally) for Esther, rivaled my dinoceros in power

[@averythomas8098]

The pods from Nier:Automata

[@jamesa.646]

Jeremiah Hall Hahahahahah, hilarious dude, you should be a comedian

[@strain42]

90% of my problems with this game would have been solved with the implementation of a block button rather than having to cycle through the menu to find the defend option.

[@Aereto]

Strain42 Or get to dodge... Kingdom Hearts be proud on that dodge roll.

[@skulllatte3352]

Japan needs to learn that there a more than 4 buttons on a controller.

[@pogologo123]

Skull_Latte well they learnt that in the new game

[@88oscuro]

My biggest issue was how Familiars went to level 1 after metamorphic.

[@SBaby]

I never had a problem with them going back down to level 1. This game is easy enough that you can get them back up to their previous level pretty quickly, and their stats are all the better after it.

[@golgarisoul]

Poor Jirard. Jrpgs aren't friendly to completionists.

[@pious83]

You would have thought he'd learn after the _Golden Turd_ he received in Breath of The Wild...

[@ShadowWolfRising]

It would be if he just played the Suikoden games.

[@Aereto]

And then there's putting the Lore together. As someone who put the pieces together for 1, putting together from 2 hurts at the feels. Of course, there's the DS, then there's the PS3 for Ni No Kuni. I am playing 2 to help me see which of the two is it following through.

[@ChocoboKid216]

Unless they're sadistic.

[@SBaby]

But he IS supposed to be a completionist.

[@davidsweeney4090]

Those cut scenes and overall art work style are five star. Incredible.

[@Wruce_Bayne]

It's wild how the game is simultaneously shallow and deep. The wizard's companion is tremendous and actually having to write things down from it for problem solving was a treat, I just wish there was more involvement with it, hat off to the localization team as they did a really good job.

[@noraa1]

I love watching Oliver go up and down stairs it makes you feel like someone actually took time and care to make this game!

[@draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978]

There's so many small quirks like that. Even how Oliver opens his mouth very slightly when he begins walking.

[@AndresLionheart]

11:33 That's Lord High Lord of the Fairies to you!

[@Equ3strianGam3r]

He claims that the game goes full Bambi with Oliver's mom dying at the beginning. However, I've never cried while watching Bambi but, the scene with Oliver's mom in this game really gets me every time that I see it.

[@duchessedeberne3909]

Jirard, now you can replay it on Nintendo Switch!

[@JacaboBlanco]

It's so fucking good on switch..perfect for the system

[@kendralockyer385]

Duchesse de Berne YES JUST BOUGHT IT

[@threepercentclay]

The switch version feels like it was meant to be on the system

[@butelekbutelkowany8375]

Wait really? I completed the game back in 2013 on PS 3 but maybe i should play it again on Switch for the nostalgia run. Or just play again on my old dusty PS 3 beacuse it is still working

[@rumputpanjang7380]

@@butelekbutelkowany8375 play on the switch it's much better

[@chronocrosser]

Totoro is not Ghibli's first feature-length movie. Laputa, Nausicaa, and Grave of the Fireflies all came before it.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

I know that Nausicaa was made before the company was officially founded. I don't know about the others.

[@trod146]

Matthew Alder just because it was made by some of the same people doesn't mean it was their first films. As far as ghibli goes totoro was the first produced by the company

[@joshua7426]

Castle in the sky was the first film by ghibli

[@Swordslinger-hb1ns]

I fuckin hate Laputa aka Castle in the Sky. Almost as much as princess monokai

[@gzus98]

I don't think he was saying it was the first film ever. I think he mentioning that Totoro was one of the first films to be popular in West

[@chaosdestructionlove]

Thrilled to hear Jirard talk about this, got a huge fondness for this game even though I was never able to play it. Plus the Welsh fairies made me happy as a welsh woman, can't wait to get my hands on ni no kuni 2 now that I actually have a console it's on!

[@wyattpg13]

The first ni no Kuni is also being remastered on the ps4

[@jordanrock3494]

Free on gamepass lol

[@JacaboBlanco]

Playing this again on switch. Such a beautiful game in every single way. LOVE the second one but the first is just something special

[@DaakkuuYRS]

Ni no Kuni was the game that brought me to play JRPG. Before Ni no Kuni I played only a few JRPG (like Pokemon, and FF13 that I got stuck on the start. and Ar Tonelico). But after some time, I started other JRPG, and highly enjoyed them. "Tales of" became my favourite game series (which I played all the games on PS3, Including Vesperia), and Tales of Xillia is still my favourite game since I played it. I then play Nights of Azure, Golden Sun, Shining Resorance, and White Knight Chronicles, Disgaea, Ateleir, and Time and Eterinty. Most of that is thanks to Ni no Kuni.

[@themichaels]

This is the first game where I've completed all side quests. I was not ready for it to end.

[@stephm6870]

Oh this takes me back! I bought NNK when it was first released when I was living in the middle of nowhere, Korea, to pass time. Holy smokes did it do just that! Two and a half gameplays and over 200 hours of dedication was put into this. I loved this game! This video makes me want to dig up my old copy and play it again,

[@ajapplesauce]

Yet another inspiring episode! Thanks and hope you enjoy Ni no Kuni II, Jirard.

[@natetroxide]

"My favorite scene was none of it!". That got me. 10/10

[@redseagaming7832]

Natetroxide actually I kind of enjoyed Final Fantasy Spirits Within Myself if you forget it's a Final Fantasy sort of thing you can actually enjoy it for the story it is. It's not bad

[@natetroxide]

Aside from the joke I referred to, I do agree with you. Sometimes people will hold on to certain things, story or plot or characters from other entries into a series and dictate something solely on that, when it doesn't have any connection to it other than the name. Sometimes, if you just take a step back and look at something for what it is and stop looking at what it isn't, its not that bad.

[@peterpan-hl4bf]

Hey, I saw that movie in theaters!!!

[@wade_says]

This is one of my all time favorite games. So much charm.

[@jayglenn837]

I think I threw up a little when you said Dorito-flavored Mountain Dew...

[@ThatOneVideoGamer]

hahaha it looks so gross

[@peterpan-hl4bf]

Me too

[@CaffineAdict2000]

The ultimate gamer drink

[@charliechan6892]

@@_understandable that might be good, it's all about texture, I dont wanna drink doritos unless I'm forced to

[@TheGoldenBolt]

Not the best game mechanically, but MAN I absolutely loved Ni no Kuni. My special edition of II just got here, I can't wait until I get to review it next month!

[@Sniperbear13]

i agree. wasn't a big fan of combat, but it was a great game. i am planing on getting 2 ASAP, because im a real sucker for base building in RPG's.

[@toddm7367]

2 is amazing really. My only complaint on it is its way to easy combat wise and the rpg part of it Story is great so far. Only 5 hours in and level 15 or 16. Have fun with it

[@devilcraft4281]

The Golden Bolt's Game Reviews Seriously, Ni No Kuni is actually in my top 5 favorite games of all time. Love this game.

[@devilcraft4281]

The Golden Bolt's Game Reviews Can't wait for you to do a review on Ni No Kuni 2, if you're willing to do it.

[@matthewkaponits2998]

The Golden Bolt's Game Reviews I

[@ChengHorn9]

This game touched me so much and so deeply. Words cannot describe it's magic. I am truly grateful that it was made.

[@andreweilermusic]

Same

[@Orpheus_Vault]

Don't forget that Level 5 made Yokai Watch.

[@lillith7257]

Imo their two best games series are Ni no Kuni and Yokai Watch

[@sebastienv5557]

@@lillith7257 both are good series. For me Professor Layton is one of my favorites

[@cyborgfranky3871]

Opened up my ni no kuni 2 collectors edition earlier......love it

[@iceandspec]

Man I still need to finish this one. Great video as always! 🙏🏼

[@JacaboBlanco]

Me too. I used PS now to play it but eventually cancelled the sub after I beat a bunch if the games

[@leedleore6236]

Loved this game, thanks for covering it.

[@LucidProtean]

YES! This is my favorite JRPG of all time. I’m so excited to get my Collector’s Edition of Revenant Kingdom!

[@pop-tartdepression393]

Just waiting for school to end to pick up my pre ordered copy

[@2kidsentertainment842]

Amazing game but persona 4 golden is better :p

[@egegoogog1608]

Im waiting for mine to come!!

[@HanndyJobs]

This game has my soul

[@bingusdingus7787]

Joshua Serrano amazing game but persona 3 is better

[@happypluto6870]

This was such an amazing episode!!!! I’m so glad you completed this game!!!

[@dragonrider2495]

This makes me so happy. I love your videos but after a sorta crappy day it makes me happy to watch you complete one of my favorite games

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I just finished playing this for the first time and despite its few flaws (the familiars and rare items were a bit much. Also the dragon riding music) I loved it. I'm older and have neither the time nor the wrist strength to play a lot of games anymore, so it's really nice to have a bright, simple game like this, even if I could see the ending coming a mile away.

[@jjm6187]

One of my favorite games from last gen. I was giddy when I heard it was coming to switch!

[@SSBJack911]

One of my favorite PS3 games. Just listening to this again while I platinumed Revenant Kingdom

[@BlueEye096]

Been waiting for this! I loved this game so much! I played it for like 3 weeks straight without break until I finished it.

[@03youdontknowme]

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[@davidsmith7752]

Actually, you don't need Seek Fortune to find the secret chests. The locations are marked as keyholes on the maps in the Wizard's Compendium.

[@lillith7257]

Yes but seek fortune basically charts out their exact locations As looking to the wizards companion and back to the map is tedious and more difficult than just simply using the spell

[@davidsmith7752]

@@lillith7257 Yeah, but it's still really nice to have some of the stuff in the level range when you get access to the area, and lots of the stuff near the cities isn't useful for anything other than vendor trash if you wait on Seek Fortune.

[@Iyasenu]

What! I didn't notice that at all! The only secret treasures I'd found were just me mashing A at "suspiciously empty" pieces of the world map. Well, this is certainly a cool thing to learn since I'm playing through this on the Switch years and years after having first played this back on the PS3.

[@MyNameIsHeyo]

oh my gosh I love this game i'm so glad you did an episode on this

[@sane6413]

I love Ghibli and I love this game seeing jirared complete this game makes my day

[@codenamelj]

Now what got me hooked to leveling 5 was their hidden gem of a game called "Rogue Galaxy". It ended up being one of my all time favorite classic games of the ps2 era

[@alucard2057]

Great show as always! You should complete crypt of the necrodancer.

[@chanceaaronblack2792]

Awesome man. You all did a good job, and the vid is tiiight. I hadn't seen much of this game, but now this is definently on my list to play one day.

[@Blatantlyrude]

Dude, I've been working on this game for about 3 weeks and I've finally got the plat. I just want to say, thanks. I've been watching your vids in the background while endlessly grinding for alchemy ingredients. Just knowing that someone else does this crap too really helped me finish this. I almost dropped this game at least twice. That alchemy trophy is no joke.

[@iamcolbyjack3987]

Omg this is my Literal Number 1 favorite game

[@1jidion]

"my favorite scene was none of it" i had to pause the video for a moment for a good chuckle

[@AaronGoldbergDM]

I was just looking for this video last week and realized you hadn’t made one yet. Thanks for reading my mind!

[@spitcat4759]

Thank you thank you thank you, this is one of my all re favorite games, I'm so glad you decided to complete this game

[@madengineerkyouma]

Since you mentioned Professor Layton... it would be great to watch you and Alex play one of the games on Super Beard Bros.

[@Red-ot8et]

TheDarkM YEESSSSS I could watch them actually use their brains

[@otakumarcus]

TheDarkM Yokai Watch is better

[@dark_arcane0]

Professor Layton will always be one of my favourite game series' of all time.

[@slunt655]

i've 100%ed this game twice and i'm right about to buy the second game. this couldn't have come at a better time.

[@user-kl9ff9wv2z]

shadowfan2004 if 100% you need to max out all their levels?

[@slunt655]

nah you just have to evolve all the boys

[@kendralockyer385]

Bruh the second game sucked so hard

[@totofan4ever]

I own this game but haven't tried it! This is seriously making me consider getting started! ^^ Hope you tackle the Layton series soon! ^^

[@sebieripper]

I feel like the Wizard's Companion goes so underappreciated. It's definitely one of my highlights on playing the game for a second time, it's basically a built in wiki. It shows tons of information on nearly every enemy, tons of lore, interesting stories, foreshadowing, explanations and even the map proved very useful as it showed all the rough locations of the hidden treasures and forest dweller villages. At a lot of points in the game I said out loud "I know this, I studied my wizardry!" At least 25% of my 90 hours in the game were spent in the wizards companion I honestly want one irl

[@LagrimaArdiente]

This was so wonderful~

[@braddye4983]

I rarely laugh and have a hard time doing so but did when Jirard said in regards of The Spirits Within, “My favorite scene was none of them”

[@MrDansumisu]

great episode, loved you and jesse playing too!

[@afkbender3686]

Very very cool video, I thoroughly enjoyed it! I never owned a ps3, just xbox360s, and have always felt like I've missed out on Ni no kuni. I own a PS4 now but it sadly overheats constantly, so I decided on getting Ni no kuni 2 on my laptop and I am having tons of fun. Also it runs great, maxed settings, and looks absolutely beautiful. I Subscribed and plan on watching all of your videos, based off of this video alone I expect that I will not be disappointed. Thanks for all your work and that of your team as well, please keep on creating and take care!

[@SillySausage902]

It's no surprise why this game is so beautiful, Studio Ghibli's artstyle is incredible. I didn't even know until a while ago that it was animated by Studio Ghibli, but it's obvious now that I know.

[@lajasonire7289]

That sims background soundtrack in the ad segment *nostalgia much*

[@thatguynamedethan9165]

bruh, facts

[@thelittlesonic7250]

I hadn't watched a video from you in a long time but when I saw you were covering this game I had to watch it! This is definitely in my top 5 JRPGs of all time. The fact that someone would 100% this beast blows my mind. Nothing but respect for Beardman. Keep up the solid work ^-^

[@FoCNerevar]

This was an amazing video, sir. The pokedigievolutionmon jokes were hysterical. Thanks for what you do, man.

[@dragonchi26]

Shoutouts to that stand-up routine by those 2 faeries...I loved that shit. It was legit pretty funny.

[@ZenithAndCrew]

Yeah. Not gonna lie, this was one of the toughest platinum trophies I earned in terms of sheer length. Only Diablo 3 came close.

[@IronsaintEntertainment]

Me and my brother will attest to that since we wound up getting the Platinum as well and 100%ed the game.

[@argylega]

See I don't get that - I plat'd this game in just over 90 hours. D3 took WAY longer.

[@Macktastic7]

Getting the scrolls lol geez I spent an entire day dedicated to acquiring them

[@robertquigley8119]

97.5 hours finished my platinum. A lot of grinding items towards the end but I loved it haha

[@edgeofablade8982]

Zenith Will Review I found the Alchemy trophy especially challenging, it took forever to get the scrolls and kaleidoscopes.

[@elisabethr.8997]

I already completed this game. And I loved every minute of it.

[@TheSpiritualGeek]

I don't think words can express just how absolutely excited I am that you finally are covering Ni No Kuni! It's one of my all-time favorite games, and the impact and affect it had on me during an extremely hard time of my life was super meaningful. For real, I know that JRPGs take a while for you to cover because of how long they take but this is fantastic and further secures how good I feel about finally covering this game on my own channel. Can't wait to hear what you got to say on the sequel!

[@Zoruchan]

Phew this was a lot of memories but I need to replay this so I can beat it XD I didn't get but about 30 minutes or so from the end of the White Witch's "castle" and then I started college and couldn't play games anymore.

[@OffToBattle]

FYI. "A land far, far away" is how the title should come off, not literally. (imho) Fairy tale vibes. Nice video and I picked up the sequel today.

[@shinoakeem]

No lies just saw your channel and watched the video intro about 15 times. Level up and beard mode dwl. Crazy

[@ThePunishersRevenge]

Holy crap! you completed this monster of a game. Top work dude!

[@Manawolfman]

Welcome to Japanese RNG, the evilest of all RNG.

[@samuelziants5007]

Yesyesyeayesyesyesyesyesyesyeayes!!!!!!!!!! I love you and your beard! I preordered the sequel after making this game my favorite of all time. Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom comes out in 5 minutes. I'm ready to explode!!!!!

[@MabusTheDark]

Freakin' Sims 3 music is total earworms. Great video!

[@MahatmaGandalf1]

Duck and Throw!!! Great game and fun to see you play it. Looking forward to see you finnish it. Thx for many great videos.

[@faidou9954]

Why does it seem like most Level-5 games have this whimsical vibe to it?

[@nerdperson9990]

*(Sees title) *(has war flashbacks of 100%ing the game) *(Salutes) "Good Luck sir"

[@djkinkled273]

That's what I needed to hear at the end, after about 90 hours of gameplay my journey comes to an end. While I did not complete it entirely its been a lot of fun and memories were made.

[@zfighter3]

What a great channel I've found. Exceptionally articulate host too!

[@Gehab]

Lmfao that description of you as 13 is something we can all relate to I think. *Spot on.*

[@Kronem_]

Tbh I thought Oliver was like 8 years old at first

[@Shark-Fist]

Another fantastic video, Jirard! I know how much time and effort they take, but I always look forward to hearing you talk about JRPGs. Can't wait to see your Persona 5 video whenever it's ready.

[@brandonloaiza8595]

the effing rare alchemy parts after the game is over is what I've never been able to complete, I haven't finished your video but if you did... YOURE A GOD I played the game with the Japanese voices I've never played it in english I should tho lol

[@austinschmidt6854]

I love this game. When I saw this, I dropped everything

[@francisreuter6294]

so did i just as i was about to continue playing this exact game

[@fairywind4378]

Please, please, please complete Xenoblade Chronicles. These two games are my favorite games of all time.

[@Cat_Sidhe]

It's so nice to see someone mention Dark Cloud when talking about Level 5 :D

[@bobban_2]

Great job Jirard, color me impressed. I for one never had the patience to complete Ni No Kuni You Sir, are a Completionist champion for the ages ;D

[@manaphy0993]

I'm currently playing on the switch and I finally caught a toko. 10 hours later it is finally level 5. This is going to take a while.

[@adamsherwani3971]

Please Complete the original Devil May Cry games

[@edgeofablade8982]

I swear to god, I had a flashback when I heard the music. I must have listened to it a hundred times over, and it’s still pretty good

[@mushmak]

I Played this game a few years back and I loved every minute of it

[@drvolvega]

I didn't know you had a girlfriend. Good on you man! You deserve all the love you can get... from us and from your gf!

[@HandmadeGoose97]

he mentions her on beard bros all the time, you should watch it it's tight #pikagate #wheat #stillcops

[@drvolvega]

Oh! Thanks for informing me man! Il'l be sure to watch it!

[@folksurvival]

Creepy comment.

[@DerikTheCreator]

I fucking love you so much for this, Gerard. I've wanted to see you complete this for a while. This game is a huge undertaking! You're doing God's work, son, keep up the great work

[@TheCreepypro]

props to you for doing this cause rpg's rarely have a 100% completion reward it is getting to the point where I don't want you to do them any more but that being said this does look dope and I love rpg's and Studio Ghibli but never played this one so I'm going to get on that right now

[@royperez4123]

I just platinumed this game last night. Nearly 100 hours, had the game for a long time. Big congrats dude. Hope you enjoy the sequel.

[@RothurThePaladin]

Castle in the Sky was Studio Ghibli first film.

[@Imal00ter20]

Nope, it was Nausicaa.

[@benjabooty]

Imal00ter20 Nausicca was made by Miyazaki but I believe it predates Studio Ghibli. could be wrong tho

[@dancerfromsamoa]

Ben W yup, Nausicaa was made while Miyazaki was still in Toei, but it's still considered a Ghibli film.

[@MarioLuigi0404]

Castle in the sky is a good move. Maybe not the first, idk, but it's a good movie.

[@blossomingbeelzebub]

Imal00ter20 nausicaa wasnt made by ghibli technically. It was made by ghibli staff, but before ghibli came to existence.

[@dr3amwatcher960]

One day completion beard boy will 100% complete sunset overdrive. If you do see this and you wanna try and 100% sunset overdrive. *you have my condolences*

[@DaddyGamerReviews]

One of my favorite games of all time! Every time I fired this game up I was awestruck by just how beautiful the game was, like playing a painting. This episode was a pleasant surprise and I'm even more excited to dig into Revenant kingdom

[@JustJohn816]

I really do have to thank you for avoiding story spoilers, i was afraid i couldnt finish the episode

[@nicksmi56]

MAN, I love this game! This was actually the first JRPG I ever beat and is pretty much responsible for getting me into the genre in the first place despite being surrounded by it growing up. A lot of fond memories with this one ^_^

[@basbruines890]

Level 5 is one of my favorite development studio's and they have brought some of my favorite games. Even some that arent as popular

[@jordanrock3494]

Dark cloud 2 is still one of the greatest arpgs. Imo it still holds up/ is more innovative then 99% of games still coming out.

[@Timmah200]

The music in this game is absolutely stunning.

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

I remember playing a demo of this back in the day, and really wanting to get a PS3 just for it. I never did, but even still it remains one of my all-time favourite RPGs.

[@GhibliNova]

Is Xenoblade Chronicles in the pipeline? I know its hard to restart after getting so far in but Id really like to see that game on the show. All three for that matter :)

[@PolskiChuj69]

PLEASE DO A REVIEW OF GOLDENEYE FOR N64!!!

[@AbsurdoSol]

Can’t wait to play the sequel!! Btw the Penguin familiar FTW 😄

[@YoTyr0ne]

1 of my just 3 platinum trophies, i loved this game sooooo much