oh you have to be shitting me.

level-5 wins!

first dragon quest, then something original and infinitely interesting (white knight), now ghibli.

this is seriously it.

now they kinda need to make a uhh. ghibli game for the PS3 or xbox.

seriously, a ghibli PS3 game by level-5 would be great. it doesn't even matter what it is!

me and my friend, the other day, were talking about how jaw-droppingly amazingly terrible it is that in japan, where a paragon of artistic conscience like studio ghibli exists, no one else in the entertainment industry tries to emulate their aesthetic (or at least their attention to detail).

level-5 is coming close with white knight story — i say this without having played it more than ten minutes at last year's TGS — and professor layton sure was successful enough. so i vigorously wish them luck.

that giant statue named "square-enix" will be pushed over by a seething mob in no time.

here's hoping for an announcement after dragon quest ix is released re: yuji horii quitting square-enix and joining level-5.

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i reckon this game will be more popular than jade cocoon was on the PSOne.