August2022
News Disgaea 7 Officially Announced For Switch, And Things Are Getting Bigger
Out in Japan in January
Nippon Ichi Software has revealed the next entry in the popular Disgaea franchise. This over-the-top strategy RPG series' new entry — Disgaea 7 — launches in Japan on 26th January next year, and the developer also shared a ton of details about the game. An English localisation hasn't been announced yet, but we usually get...
January2022
News The Cruel King And The Great Hero Gets New Trailer To Showcase Akito Shikata's Music
It's so CUTE
NIS America's beautiful storybook game, The Cruel King and the Great Hero, is due out at the start of March — the 1st in North America, and the 4th in Europe — and to hype up the game, they've just released a new music video for the track 'Txilrcka'. The Cruel King and the Great Hero is a 2D side-scrolling role-playing game from...
October2021
News Disgaea's Dev Cooks Up A New "Survival Strategy" Dungeon RPG For Switch
The food fight begins in 2022
Nippon Ichi Software - known for series like Disgaea - has announced a brand new food-themed "survival strategy" dungeon RPG for Switch and PS4. It's launching exclusively in Japan next year on 27th January. It's titled Shikabanegurai no Boukenmeshi and requires you to lead a group of adventurers out of a dungeon by...
July2021
Matters Of Import Fuuraiki 4 Is The Perfect Holiday For People Who Can't Go On Holiday
A write good ride
Fuuraiki 4 is a recently released “travel adventure” for the Switch (and PlayStation 4), and the latest entry in a series that debuted on the original PlayStation all the way back to 2001. The game casts you in the role of a writer travelling around the Gifu region of Japan during the summer, aiming to outperform your peers in...
News NIS America Is Bringing 'The Cruel King And The Great Hero' To Switch Next Year
From the director of 'The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince'
If you liked 2019's The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince, then you'll be pleased to know that the director of that particular game – Sayaka Oda – is working on another offering which is also Switch-bound. NIS America has revealed that Nippon Ichi's The Cruel King and the Great Hero...
March2021
News NIS Classics Volume 1 Brings Retro JRPGs Phantom Brave and Soul Nomad To Switch This Summer
Over 60 hours of gameplay, plus a swanky limited edition release
Did you ever play Phantom Brave: We Meet Again on the Wii, or Soul Nomad & The World Eaters on PS2? If you did, then you'll be pleased to know that they're both coming to Nintendo Switch as a package - and if you didn't, now's your chance to catch up on some of Disgaea developer...
News Dood! Disgaea 6: Defiance Of Destiny Will Come To Switch This June
The Limited and Unrelenting Editions come with fancy goodies, too
Since January, when we found out that Japanese mag Famitsu had rated Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny 33/40, we've been starved of news about the upcoming turn-based tactical RPG. Thanks to the New Game Plus Expo, an online showcase that took place earlier today, we now finally have a...
December2019
News Get Excited Dood, NIS America Is Teasing New Announcements For PAX South 2020
Could they be Switch related?
NIS America – a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software – is teasing new announcements for an upcoming video game event. This time all will be revealed at a PAX South 2020 panel, which takes place in San Antonio, Texas on 17th January next year. According to a press release via email, the localisation, marketing and...
August2019
News NIS America Revealing A "Mystery Title" At PAX West 2019
Exciting news, doods
NIS America, a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software, has announced it will be attending this year's PAX West in Seattle, WA from 30th August to 2nd September. It promises to "heat up" the show with six playable titles. One of these is a "mystery title" that has not yet been announced. Three of the titles currently on the list are...
June2019
News Disgaea 4 Complete+ For Switch Comes To North America And Europe This October
Now give us the rest of 'em, dood
At E3 2019, Nippon Ichi announced Disgaea 4 Complete+ was coming to the Nintendo Switch. Weeks later, it has now been confirmed the game will arrive in North America and Europe on 29th October. Fans in Oceania will, unfortunately, have to hold out until 5th November. The updated version of the fourth entry includes...
May2019
News Disgaea Developer Nippon Ichi Software Facing Serious Financial Troubles
This is bad news, dood!
Nippon Ichi Software, the Japanese developer and publisher best known in recent years for its tactical role-playing series Disgaea, is reportedly facing serious financial troubles. This information comes from multiple Japanese media outlets, as translated by the Twitter user HDKirin. For some time now, the long-running...
February2019
News To All Mankind, A New Adventure Game From NIS, Is Coming To Switch
It's a Tokyo jungle out there
According to this week's Famitsu, Nippon Ichi Software is teaming up with Acquire to bring To All Mankind (or Jinrui no Minasama e to give its Japanese title) to Switch and PS4. It's in development and there's no word yet on a release date. Set in Tokyo, details are a little sketchy, but the game appears to take place...
March2010
First Impressions Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
"You're a shining star, no matter who you are..."
Sakura Wars is a rather interesting series of games and one of Sega's biggest franchises in Japan, though oddly only the spin-off anime has been seen elsewhere – until now. The fifth Sakura Taisen game (as the series is known in Japan), So Long, My Love is the first to get localised for Western...
February2010
News More Viral Survival Details Break Containment
Get your shots here
We first brought you news on NIS America's upcoming WiiWare game back in December, and now we've been infected with some screenshots and an official press release. Viral Survival (JP title: Escape Virus) is an "escape" action game where you control a DNA unit and dodge through enemy virus attacks. If you save a...
December2009
News Viral Survival: NIS America's Next WiiWare Project?
ESRB listing reveals what could be another downloadable gem from the highly-esteemed firm
NIS - or Nippon Ichi Software to close friends - is no stranger to WiiWare. The company, which is famous for the best-selling Disgaea series, has already dipped its toe in the WiiWare waters with the bizarre Let's Hitchhike, which is out in Japan now. However,...
