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The full title of the PS3 game is _Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch_.
Google Translate
[fails](https://translate.google.com/#ja/en/%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD) when
I try to use the kanji, and the closest I can get is by writing the whole
phrase in hiragana, which Google [translates
to](https://translate.google.com/#ja/en/%E3%81%AB%20%E3%81%AE%20%E3%81%8F%E3%81%AB):

> The country of the

However, the title would become _The country of the Wrath of the White Witch_
, which doesn't seem to make sense. Of course, this is dependent on a Google
machine translation, so it might not even be reliable.

So I am wondering, what does _Ni no Kuni_ mean given the context of the game?


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What does Ni no Kuni mean exactly?


According to the Ni no Kuni [article on
Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni_no_Kuni), it literally means Second
Country or Country of Two.

So the final title is either:

  1. The Country of Two: The Wrath of the White Witch
  2. Second Country: The Wrath of the White Witch

Despite the difference in wording, they generally mean the same thing, which
in essence is a country with two sides to it, e.g. two faces, dimensions, etc.
This makes sense since the premise of the game is to travel between Oliver's
world – world 1 and the parallel world – world 2 – world of magic (which is
magically linked to Oliver's world) in order for Oliver to find a way to save
his mother.


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