<s>
Ni	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kuni	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wrath	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Level-5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
significantly	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
Ni	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kuni	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dominion	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Djinn	I-Application
,	O
which	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
December	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
Western	O
regions	O
by	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
Games	O
in	O
January	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
September	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remastered	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
in	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
in	O
September	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
simultaneous	O
to	O
Dominion	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Djinn	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
used	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
to	O
its	O
full	O
potential	O
to	O
render	O
the	O
world	O
with	O
great	O
detail	O
not	O
possible	O
in	O
Dominion	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Djinn	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wrath	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
3	I-Device
games	I-Device
,	O
selling	O
over	O
170,000	O
units	O
within	O
a	O
week	O
of	O
its	O
Japanese	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
units	O
within	O
fourteen	O
months	O
of	O
its	O
Western	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Ni	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kuni	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Revenant	I-Application
Kingdom	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ni	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kuni	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wrath	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
uses	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conceived	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
for	O
Level-5	O
'	O
s	O
tenth	O
anniversary	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
Ni	O
no	O
Kuni	O
:	O
The	O
Another	O
World	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
the	O
September	O
2008	O
issue	O
of	O
Famitsu	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
Level-5	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
also	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
significant	O
differences	O
;	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
was	O
renamed	O
Ni	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kuni	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shikkoku	I-Application
no	I-Application
Madoushi	I-Application
,	O
while	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
given	O
the	O
title	O
Ni	O
no	O
Kuni	O
:	O
Shiroki	O
Seihai	O
no	O
Joō	O
,	O
known	O
in	O
English	O
as	O
Dominion	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Djinn	I-Application
and	O
Wrath	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
E3	O
2019	O
,	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
announced	O
that	O
Wrath	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remastered	O
version	O
featuring	O
some	O
graphical	O
improvements	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
on	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
remastered	O
version	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
the	O
same	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motorville	O
is	O
geographically	O
based	O
near	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Detroit	B-Application
,	O
Michigan	B-Device
;	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
town	O
was	O
named	O
"	O
Hotroit	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Studio	O
Ghibli	O
's	O
Yoshiyuki	O
Momose	O
served	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
director	O
of	O
animation	O
,	O
staging	O
the	O
scenes	O
and	O
directing	O
actors	O
during	O
the	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
sessions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
used	O
deep	O
colors	O
,	O
unifying	O
them	O
so	O
they	O
would	O
not	O
look	O
like	O
"	O
a	O
mass	O
of	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
performances	O
were	O
mostly	O
recorded	O
using	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
technology	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
manual	O
adjustment	O
by	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
"	O
more	O
anime-like	O
movement	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
characters	O
were	O
particularly	O
inspired	O
by	O
Level-5	O
'	O
s	O
previous	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Professor	B-Application
Layton	I-Application
series	I-Application
(	O
2007	O
–	O
present	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ni	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kuni	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wrath	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
planned	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
console	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
opted	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
beforehand	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
larger	O
number	O
of	O
DS	B-Device
users	O
in	O
Japan	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
found	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
allowed	O
them	O
to	O
render	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
with	O
great	O
detail	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
hardware	O
to	O
its	O
full	O
potential	O
to	O
present	O
the	O
animation	O
,	O
world	O
and	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hino	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
allowed	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
music	O
to	O
accompany	O
the	O
imagery	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
possible	O
on	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
considered	O
utilizing	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Move	I-Device
controller	O
for	O
casting	O
spells	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
fashion	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
touchscreen	B-Device
in	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
,	O
though	O
ultimately	O
decided	O
against	O
it	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
limit	O
the	O
potential	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
localized	O
version	O
of	O
Wrath	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
was	O
completed	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
submitted	O
for	O
manufacturing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ni	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kuni	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wrath	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metacritic	O
,	O
which	O
assigns	O
a	O
normalised	O
rating	O
in	O
the	O
0	O
–	O
100	O
range	O
,	O
calculated	O
an	O
average	O
score	O
of	O
86	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
85	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
and	O
84	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colin	O
Moriarty	O
of	O
IGN	O
named	O
Ni	O
no	O
Kuni	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
RPGs	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
exclusives	O
,	O
and	O
Kevin	O
VanOrd	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
joins	O
the	O
group	O
of	O
greatest	O
RPGs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
Joystiqs	O
Sinan	O
Kubba	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
story	O
lacked	O
the	O
charm	O
that	O
the	O
art	O
style	O
possessed	O
,	O
while	O
Polygons	B-General_Concept
Philip	O
Kollar	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
art	O
style	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
motive	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
felt	O
was	O
predictable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
side	O
quests	O
also	O
received	O
praise	O
;	O
GameTrailers	O
felt	O
that	O
they	O
provide	O
insight	O
into	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
Eurogamers	O
Welsh	O
commended	O
their	O
variety	O
,	O
while	O
Polygons	B-General_Concept
Kollar	O
conversely	O
found	O
them	O
uninteresting	O
and	O
"	O
single-minded	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kotakus	O
Schreier	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
combat	O
never	O
feels	O
unfair	O
,	O
although	O
criticized	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
during	O
the	O
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygons	B-General_Concept
Kollar	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
sloppy	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
frustrating	O
"	O
combat	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sterling	O
of	O
Destructoid	O
favorably	O
compared	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
to	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
VIII	I-Application
,	O
praising	O
the	O
orchestral	O
qualities	O
and	O
"	O
sense	O
of	O
fun	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
seven	O
days	O
of	O
its	O
original	O
release	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
Ni	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kuni	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wrath	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
sold	O
over	O
170,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
shipped	O
over	O
1.1	O
million	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
3	I-Device
games	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ni	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kuni	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wrath	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
received	O
multiple	O
nominations	O
and	O
awards	O
from	O
gaming	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Level-5	O
announced	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
titled	O
Ni	B-Application
no	I-Application
Kuni	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Revenant	I-Application
Kingdom	I-Application
,	O
during	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
Experience	O
event	O
in	O
December	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
hundreds	O
of	O
years	O
after	O
Wrath	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
White	I-Application
Witch	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
new	O
cast	O
of	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Delayed	O
twice	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
Revenant	B-Application
Kingdom	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
on	O
March	O
23	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
