NIS Reveals Three New Games, Plus Another Disgaea
See Full ImageWe know there are plenty of Nippon Ichi fans out there. We know there are some of you who don't want to admit how many hours you've dumped into the Disgaea franchise over the years.
So this piece is definitely for you. NIS America has announced three new games - all of which will be coming to the US - and although Disgaea producer Souhei Niikawa did say they're limiting the number of titles they release in a year, it's so they can "improve the game quality and increase customer satisfaction." Leading the charge is Z.H.P. (Zettai Hero Keikaku), which should be a lot like Disgaea. They call it the "latest dungeon RPG" created by the Disgaea 3 team and it was made specifically to "surpass" the aforementioned long-running franchise. This one is headed to the PSP this fall and the team says they're just "as excited as the time when we first developed Disgaea." Cladun: This Is An RPG is also for the PSP; it boasts custom characters and randomly generated dungeons with standard hack 'n slash gameplay and this too will be in stores in the fall. The last game is Ar Tonelico: Knell of Ar Ciel, which is the final entry in the series saga and will release exclusively for the PlayStation 3 in spring 2011.
But they're not done. You didn't really think they'd abandon the name "Disgaea," did you? No, the latest entry will be released in Japan for the PS3, and they'll be ready to release more information at this year's Tokyo Game Show. NIS didn't say if this one would be coming to North America but as all Disgaea games have in the past, we'll just assume. So there you go. That enough JRPG love for you?
Tags: nis america, rpgs, disgaea, nis
7/17/2010 10:41:33 AM Ben Dutka
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BigBoss4ever
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:21:16 AM
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frostface
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:37:10 AM
They had a setting in the option menu that you could smooth out the characters with but they still looked terrible. Why include an option to make them look better when they could of just designed better looking characters from the start.
However I have the Disgaea game they released on the psp and thats enjoyable enough.
Btw anyone have Vandal Hearts Flames of Judgement? I'm considering picking it up on the PSN but there's no review on this site and mixed reviews on youtube, although mostly positive.
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DeathOfChaos
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:05:59 PM
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Snaaaake
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 6:25:52 PM
I spent over 150 hours for each Disgaea series, there's just so many things to do.
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Banky A
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 6:21:29 PM
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Highlander
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:31:44 PM
Ben has a new language filter to stop naughty words, it it wasn't on I'd probably fill a page with angry and foul mouthed thoughts.
:(
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Lenoxseer
Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:51:43 PM
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kraygen
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 12:06:58 PM
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Last rebellion was a huge let down and as for the Knell of ar ciel, don't know anything about the previous installments.
I'm pretty skeptical, but I'd be interested in some more info as I do love jrpgs.
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hellish_devil
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 1:17:39 PM
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As for Disgaea 4, it'll indeed come to NA. It wouldn't make sense that NIS America mentioned it and then not bringing it
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DeathOfChaos
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:07:13 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 2:26:36 PM
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sonic1899
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 5:25:44 PM
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Highlander
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:32:16 PM
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Ar_tonelico
Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 6:38:51 AM
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Kevadu
Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 1:34:24 AM
TheHighlander, when did anyone say the battle system would be turn-based? I've actually played the game and the battle system is great. It's a lot of fun and feels more natural with regard to defending your revytails. There's actually less button-mashing in it than AT2, which I suppose could technically be called turn-based but was certainly nothing like a traditional turn-based RPG anyway.
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Snaaaake
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 6:21:14 PM
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Can't wait!!
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Alienange
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 8:57:31 PM
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Ar_tonelico
Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 6:35:06 AM
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Cladun is basically just a short way of saying Classic Dungeon and will be a PSP PSN download.
I hear Zettai Hero Project will keep the anime character cameos so that's exciting news.
Disgaea 3 was really meant for PS2 according to NIS and so with playing the awesome game known as Trinity Universe, I hope this new one(if it's Disgaea 4) looks more like that even though graphics don't really matter in videogames especially in low budget titles.
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Kevadu
Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 1:39:31 AM
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One of these days I'll have to actually play Disgaea 3...it's been in my possession collecting dust for a couple of years now and I haven't even taken it out of the shrinkwrap yet. I like the games and all, but they are such huge time commitments I haven't gotten around to it.
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Ar_tonelico
Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 6:52:47 AM
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Ultimate_Balla
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Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:16:29 AM