As with many JRPG soundtracks, they tend to lean toward the heavy guitar or loud brass and quickly bleed into one-another.

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Add to this pile the new trailer for a mystery game from Monolith Soft, the makers of the excellent Wii JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles.

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Fans of Hayao Miyazaki rejoiced when it was announced Studi Ghibli and Level-5 were bringing their epic JRPG, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, to the US and Europe.

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As JRPG translations go, this is actually reasonably peppy.

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