http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/nis http://kotaku.com/tag/nis The lovely-looking 3DS remake of side-scrolling action game Cave Story has been bumped from a summer release to November 8, the same day as Modern Warfare 3. Good luck, Cave Story! Its publisher attributed the delay to: "additional game improvements." More »
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This is a "wooden horse", used for torture in Japan during the 15th century's Warring States Period. These days it's used in S&M play. But it apparently won't be torturing the ladies of popular Japanese role-playing game Disgaea 4. More »
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NIS America's random dungeon grindfest Z.H.P: Unlosing Ranger VS. Darkdeath Evilman is coming to the PSP October 26, and it's bringing the "sexy-jiggly boobs" with it. More »
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After a seriously disastrous year, Nippon Ichi Software falls back on a proven breadwinner to help heal its wounds, readying Disgaea 4 for release on the Japanese PlayStation 3 in February. More »
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The developer behind the Disgaea series, announced its financial earnings. You may want to sit down. More »
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NIS America's latest Prinny Bomb communication announces that Disgaea Infinite is on the way to North America. We'll see it in May. More »
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Here's the teaser site for upcoming role-playing-game The Last Rebellion. Click on the link below, but beware of the theme song, which can only be described as Japanese hair metal meets Irish folk music meets I-don't-know-what-the-fuck. More »
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PS3 role-playing-game Cross Edge features characters from game players Capcom, Gust, Idea Factory, Namco Bandai and Ippon Ichi in turned-based battles and cosplaying. More »
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Last night in San Francisco NIS America held a special party for their upcoming PSP game Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?, featuring a giant drunken Prinny and the incredibly sexy Prinnymobile. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5108581&view=rss&microfeed=true Disgaea 3's due in, oh, a couple of months in the US, but you wouldn't know it from how quiet everyone's been. What, no hype left for Nippon Ichi and Disgaea? No love for Stupid Hard Levels? For switching seats with classmates? Come ooooooonnnn. Maybe this English-language trailer for the game will get you in the mood for throws, and Prinnies, and combat of a tactical nature. More »
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The folks at CrispyGamer got a chance to corner NIS America's PR Manager Jack Niida to talk a bit about the much anticipated release of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness on the DS. It's a short interview, but there is some interesting information in there including some talk of the game appearing on other consoles. Since the game will probably mostly be purchased by fans of the franchise, the obvious question would be, what's new? More »
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The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has been poked and prodded by the folks at Akayuki.com, revealing a game that's been rumored since the middle of last year, Disgaea for the Nintendo DS. According to the translator the game is titled Disgaea DS: Prince...and that's all we've got. Simply an announcement that the game exists. No screens, no interesting tidbits, and no telling if the prince in question is Laharl or the aging pop sensation. I'm sure that most Disgaea fans are with me when I say that just knowing it's coming is enough...for now. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=364036&view=rss&microfeed=true If I could be called a fanboy of anything, Disgaea is that something, to the point where I would proudly pay $30 for a game called "Etna Sits On Your Screen And Blinks Every Now And Then". Luckily for me, Nippon Ichi hasn't figured this out yet, and still insists on releasing full games with 9,999 levels of adorable strategy RPG goodness. The announcer in this extended Japanese trailer for Disgaea 3 shares my enthusiasm. If I ever learn to speak fluent Japanese I will be terribly disappointed if I don't sound exactly like him. As it stands I actually plan on importing the game when it comes out late next month, and then bugging the hell out of Ashcraft for translations every couple of minutes. More »
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Say "Nippon Ichi Software" turned-based strategy games come to mind that have made the Japanese developer. NIS created an American arm (NIS America) to help localize games like Disgaea. But what else does the subsidiary do? Next February, it's bringing over Jaleco puzzle game Puchi Puchi Virus. Says NIS America president Haru Akenaga: More »
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If a recent interview by RPGamer with NIS America is accurate, it will be. The interview, which consisted of reader and interviewer questions posed to Nao Zook, a NIS America rep, went over many points, manygeared toward what popular Japanese franchises might get localized. When asked what franchises NIS themselves would like to see brought stateside, Zook responded with the personal picks of some of NISs localization team with titles like Super Robot Wars, Suikoden 1+2 and Popolocrois. One clever reader, however, got straight to the point. More »
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