{"id":18447,"date":"2022-05-31T11:28:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=18447"},"modified":"2022-05-31T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:28:44","slug":"that-lovely-looking-ni-no-kuni-mmo-is-full-of-cryptocurrency-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=18447","title":{"rendered":"That lovely-looking Ni No Kuni MMO is full of cryptocurrency woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nNi No Kuni: Cross Worlds, a smartphone MMO version of the beloved Studio Ghibli\/Level-5 RPG series, is now available globally. &#013;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nBut since its worldwide release, the game&#8217;s deep links to cryptocurrency and upcoming plans for NFTs have come under the spotlight (thanks, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/ni-no-kuni-studio-ghibli-cryptocurrency-crypto-nft-scam-1848994266\" rel=\"noopener\">Kotaku<\/a>).&#013;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPlayers can earn Territe, a currency which can then be exchanged for &#8220;Territe Tokens&#8221;, in game from monster battling, completing various daily missions and other grinding mechanics.&#013;\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>A lovely trailer for Cross Worlds, featuring music from series composer and Studio Ghibli collaborator Joe Hisaishi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nTerrite Tokens can be exchanged, sold and purchased on publisher Netmarble&#8217;s own MARBLEX platform, and transferred for other types of planet-burning crytocurrency via external crypto exchanges. &#013;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the same for Asterite, a further currency which can be exchanged for yet another token system (Asterite Tokens) from weekly\/monthly rewards or the game&#8217;s PVP arena. &#013;\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<a target=\"_blank\" data-lightbox=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/crypto.jpg\/BROK\/resize\/1920x1920%3E\/format\/jpg\/quality\/80\/crypto.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"content_image\" height=\"388\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/crypto.jpg\/BROK\/resize\/690%3E\/format\/jpg\/quality\/75\/crypto.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/crypto.jpg\/BROK\/resize\/690%3E\/format\/jpg\/quality\/75\/crypto.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/crypto.jpg\/BROK\/resize\/1380%3E\/format\/jpg\/quality\/75\/crypto.jpg 2x\" width=\"690\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Your handy guide to Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds&#8217; cryto integration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nAs for NFTs, these are not in the game yet but soon will be.&#013;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s something starkly depressing about the game&#8217;s content roadmap, which includes the following simple bullet point for Q4 2022: &#8220;Add NFTs&#8221;. Full points for transparency, I suppose. &#013;\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<a target=\"_blank\" data-lightbox=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/addnfts.jpg\/BROK\/resize\/1920x1920%3E\/format\/jpg\/quality\/80\/addnfts.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"content_image\" height=\"388\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/addnfts.jpg\/BROK\/resize\/690%3E\/format\/jpg\/quality\/75\/addnfts.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/addnfts.jpg\/BROK\/resize\/690%3E\/format\/jpg\/quality\/75\/addnfts.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/addnfts.jpg\/BROK\/resize\/1380%3E\/format\/jpg\/quality\/75\/addnfts.jpg 2x\" width=\"690\" \/><\/a><figcaption>NFTs: coming Q4 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Apart from the sad fact all this simply exists in the game at all, players have also called out how the game&#8217;s mechanics &#8211; including its PVP offering &#8211; is being exploited by those who simply want to pay for its best gear and monsters.<\/p>\n<p>Fancy something more wholesome? The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/looks-like-ni-no-kuni-2-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch\" rel=\"noopener\">enjoyable Ni No Kuni 2 finally launches on Nintendo Switch this September<\/a>, following its original release for PC and PlayStation back in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    function appendFacebookPixels() {<br \/>\n      if (window.facebookPixelsDone) return;<br \/>\n      !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)<br \/>\n      {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?<br \/>\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};<br \/>\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=&#8217;2.0&#8242;;<br \/>\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;<br \/>\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];<br \/>\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,&#8217;script&#8217;,<br \/>\n      &#8216;https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js&#8217;);<\/p>\n<p>        fbq(&#8216;init&#8217;, &#8216;560747571485047&#8217;);<br \/>\n        fbq(&#8216;init&#8217;, &#8216;738979179819818&#8217;);<\/p>\n<p>      fbq(&#8216;track&#8217;, &#8216;PageView&#8217;);<br \/>\n      window.facebookPixelsDone = true;<\/p>\n<p>      window.dispatchEvent(new Event(&#8216;BrockmanFacebookPixelsEnabled&#8217;));<br \/>\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    window.addEventListener(&#8216;BrockmanTargetingCookiesAllowed&#8217;, appendFacebookPixels);<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/that-lovely-looking-ni-no-kuni-mmo-is-full-of-cryptocurrency-woes\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds, a smartphone MMO version of the beloved Studio Ghibli\/Level-5 RPG series, is now available globally. &#013; &#013; But since its worldwide release, the game&#8217;s deep links to cryptocurrency and upcoming plans for NFTs have come under the spotlight (thanks, Kotaku).&#013; &#013; Players can earn Territe, a currency which can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[36],"tags":[52,3339,8609,8608,3943,3750],"class_list":["post-18447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-full","tag-kuni","tag-lovelylooking","tag-mmo","tag-woes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ni_no_kuni_cross_worlds_screen_1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18449,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18447\/revisions\/18449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}