Historically, Ni no Kuni has taken an almost Final Fantasy-style approach to sequels.

The 2019 Ni no Kuni movie took a similar approach and did not feature direct overlap with the games.

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom follows a similar plot.

The Ghibli inspirations remain strong in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds.

Cross Worlds is slightly different in its approach, but has a similar idea.

The contemporary world feels like well in the future.

After creating your character, you see them being placed in a pod.

At the start you choose between the Rogue, Destroyer, Witch, Engineer, or Swordsman classes.

From there you are greeted by what is acting like an A.I.

character named Rania who welcomes you to the closed beta for Soul Divers.

She also mentions a corporation called Mirae.

Nothing about this seems nefarious at all.

Evermore was founded by Revenant Kingdom’s protagonist, King Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum.

Ties to previous games are more subtle at this point.

I also saw Higgledies, the collectable Pikmin-like creatures.

Rania is a hologram momentarily before turning into what appears to be a real person.

Or they could just be there so you could kick them around the town because it’s fun.

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Cluu will likely be with you for the entire game–whether you like it or not.

The Grimalkin are cat-like creatures that featured prominently in No no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Previous games did not break the fourth wall, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

You can pick the dice up and carry them around, but why would you do that when kicking them is also an option?