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Ni no Kuni Game Inspires Real-Life Curry

The Japanese food company House Foods will sell an instant curry dish inspired by the upcoming Ni no Kuni: Shiroki Seihai no Joō PlayStation 3 video game. The "Ni no Kuni Desert Oasis Curry" box (pictured at right) will be available starting November 14 for 298 yen (US$3.88). The "Desert Oasis Curry" is a special item the main character Oliver eats in the game. The curry will contain potatoes, carrots, and beef in House Food's original curry sauce.

Level-5's upcoming role-playing adventure game features animation by Studio Ghibli, and it is a companion to the Nintendo DS game Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madōshi, which shipped last December. In both versions, Ni no Kuni follows a boy who can move from his home world to the world of "Ni no Kuni" via a magical book.

Ni no Kuni: Shiroki Seihai no Joō will ship in Japan on November 17 for the retail price of 8,800 yen (about US$114), and an English release will follow in early 2012.

[Via IT Media's Net Lab]

Update: Typo fixed. Thanks, kedie.