Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn (2010) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn

Ni no Kuni is a series of role-playing games developed by Level-5. The series chiefly follows the young Oliver, and his journey to another world to save his mother and stop the beckoning evil. The games…

9 December 2010

What Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn is

Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn is an adventure game developed by LEVEL-5 and released in 2010. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ni no Kuni is a series of role-playing games developed by Level-5. The series chiefly follows the young Oliver, and his journey to another world to save his mother and stop the beckoning evil. The games utilize several magic elements, allowing players to use magical abilities during gameplay, as well as creatures known as imajinn/familiars, which can be tamed for suitability during battle.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ni no Kuni series

Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn is the first of 13 entries we hold in the Ni no Kuni series. The next entry was Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch in 2011.

See all 13 Ni no Kuni games in release order →

What it launched against

Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn launched on 9 December 2010, within three weeks of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Gran Turismo 5.

Released around the same time: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Gran Turismo 5.

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