Ni no Kuni

[NeoCracker]

The more I get into this game, the more engrossing it gets.

I like the Idea of basically borrowing a person's excess emotions, such as enthusiasm, to share with others in the world who need it due to the curse of Broken Hearted Ness, as well as people having soul mates between the two worlds, people who are connected with each other.

It's pretty simple and basic, not really complex, but still holds a fun bit of Ghibli whimsy you'd see in some of their less serious movies. (So, the ones not like Mononoke). This game definately has Charm.

Edit: Also, Pokemon isn't the right game to compare it to. Due to the nature of how your Familiars work in this game, I'm much more inclined to say it's more reminiscent of Persona then Pokemon, as the Familiars you summon out can be out one at a time, and share your HP and MP while having varying stats and abilities. So much more like Persona and Quest 64 mixed then Pokemon and Quest 64.