Except the newest Tomb Raider, much like Dead Space 3, had a bloated development cost, so even selling 4 million units couldn't cover it. But Level 5 and Bandai Namco aren't as stupid as Square Enix or EA. They don't bloat their development costs and just expect their games to sell 'X' amount of millions. Ni no Kuni was a great game made on a modest budget, and even though it sold less than half of what Tomb Raider and Dead Space sold it has earned Bandai Namco more money. A similar thing happened for Bethesda and Arkane Studios with Dishonoured, another great game on a modest budget.

Games like Ni no Kuni and Dishonoured are proof enough that the way the major publishers go about business is stupid. Throwing more money at a project doesn't earn you more money. And instead of seeing their mistakes both EA and Square Enix just bitched about the sales of their games. Both companies are run by a set of idiots.

For an RPG by Level 5 the sales have been good. Dark Cloud, Dark Chronicles, Rogue Galaxy and White Knight Chronicles weren't great sellers themselves, and the only reason Dragon Quest VIII and IX sold well was because they are Dragon Quest games, and in Japan they are guaranteed to sell millions. And the best part is that Ni no Kuni made more money than Dead Space 3, and Dead Space 3 sold more. In in retrospect which games performed the best? The one which made Bandai Namco and Level 5 money, or the one which didn't make EA any money because of the bloated development costs?

Since my One Handed skill reached Level 100 I've been able to decapitate people. I don't have control over it, it just happens sometimes. Y'know, when those cinematic 'finisher' kills happen and the game camera swaps from being first-person to looking at your character do the last attack on an enemy.

I'd love to see it happen, and I think the 3DS would be a more viable option for Nintendo than the Wii U. If Nintendo went back to the classic 2D style with A Link Between Worlds I hope to see a new 2D Metroid as awesome as Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. That'd make my day.

I got it at launch, and bugs and glitches were all over the place. It was a real mess. Some of them were genuinely funny at first (I saw a head roll UP a hill), but after a while the humour simply disappeared. Playing Skyrim now is almost a different experience for me compared to launch.

I've always thought the combat (whether weapon or magic based) in The Elder Scrolls series was boring, non-compelling and repetitive. But the joy of the series comes from the pure sense of exploration. None of the games in the series are perfect. In fact they are far from being perfect, each games has its own significant flaws. But their great sense of adventure keep me hooked for hours.

I'm sure the original version for the DS was turn-based. I'd love to see that version remade for the 3DS.

I think they are.

I'd love to see the DS version remade for the 3DS.

Ni no Kuni is awesome, so I'm glad it reached a million sales. Let's hope for a sequel. Level 5 are by far the best JRPG studio in the world right now, and they have been for quite some time (sorry Atlus).