

I played for about an hour and turned 200 chips into 437,000 after about 30 hands. The dealer gives you 10 random cards but, after that, it's all up to your own strategy. Platoon is the best game to play because you minimize chance. Just remember to always pair the Wizard with the Bishop. The rules sound complicated at first, but it's easy to learn once you get going. Platoon is a card game kind of like War except you only get 10 cards that you then distribute into "units." After putting together five units, you battle the other player's five units with the winner usually being the unit that has the higher amount of points. Anyone who gets to the casino should avoid the Blackjack table or the slots and focus on a game called Platoon. I haven't visited the colosseum yet, but the casino allows you to gamble for rare items or unique items that can only be won by playing in the casino.

Something else the game has in common with most Dragon Quest games is a casino and a monster-fighting colosseum. I don't want to spoil the surprises, but The Fairyground and Hamelin are inspiring. It's a lot like the Dragon Quest games, and I could see any one of the kingdoms as the focus of it's own Studio Ghibli film. I've also got a creature called a seed sprite I named SeedVishus (I couldn't fit "Vicious" into the provided space.)

Most of the monsters I've encountered have names that either make use of puns or wordplay so I'm playing along. He's a creature called a Mite so I named mine Mite Tyson. The tiny, orange horned warrior in the trailer is the first familiar you get. In some ways, it's like playing a Vestige Binder from 3.5's Tome of Magic. It takes some getting used to, but there's actually a lot of strategy involved and having more familiars to pick from gives you more combat options. A stamina bar tells you how long your current familiar can fight before you have to switch to a new familiar or tag in and do your own fighting. I think the way the familiar system in this game works would make it a great Summoner archetype.įamiliar's and their masters basically tag each other out (similar to Pokemon) and the little creatures use your HP and MP for their health and special attacks. So I've got about 10 hours logged into Ni no Kuni, and I've obtained my first three familiars.
