NIS America Announces The Longest Five Minutes And Penny Punching Princess For Switch

Nice. The premise of "The Longest Five Minutes" sounds really intriguing.

The Longest 5 Minutes looks and sounds similar to Half Minute Hero. I think that was NIS also, so that makes sense.

These both have my attention!

I got real Earthbound vibes from Longest Five Minutes. Will keep an eye on that one for sure.

@buildz These are excellent announcements, especially for those who want Switch to take Vita's place as the home of quirky Japanese RPGs.

Watching that trailer for The Longest Five Minutes felt like the longest 5 minutes. Is this a Switch or a GBA game?

The premise of The Longest Five Minutes sounds interesting, especially if it's not just a plot thing, but a core part of the gameplay.

The trailer seems to hint you have to keep switching between the hero's memories and the final boss battle, I really hope it will be as creative as it tease.

@ricklongo Ya, I got that a little bit too. I loved Earthbound. That game was of its time and pushed the hardware back then. Games like The Longest 5 Minutes aren't pushing any boundaries though. They're cheap and hope to rely on peoples nostalgia for that era.

Enough with all these 2D, sidescrolling, retro, pixel art, platforming games. The Switch has some power, what's the point in having it if all these games look like they're from 20 years ago? $55 for a "Limited Edition". They're taking the Wii-Wii.

@imgrowinglegs thought the same. Wish Half Minute would hit Switch, I miss it.

I'm just glad NISA are going all in. Can't expect full support from them just yet but having Disgaea 5 and these two titles coming next year is a very good start. Hopefully they'll release Disgaea 6 on Switch too!

I dunno it always seems presumptuous to me when a developer releases a collectors edition before anyone knows if your game is any good yet.

Idk, I like the premise of both of these but retro graphics are becoming overplayed... I'll have to wait and see.

Also the second title really gives me Tingle vibes, an RPG where the core mechanic is money?

I truly see the Switch getting tons of Japanese third parties just like the 3DS.

Disgaea 5 must have sold really well. Think it had as many preorders on Switch as the game actually sold total on PS4. Which is astounding given there's only 5 million Switch owners right now. Looks like NIS is slowly but surely migrating their games over to Switch. Excellent news. Cause Switch needs the support of Vita owners.

@ThatNyteDaez
And don't forget Tohou Kobuto V: Burst Battle for Nintendo Switch (edit and Nights of Azure 2)

And all 4 NIS games 5 NIS games thus far (Disgaea 5, Tohou Kobuto V, Longest 5 Minutes and Penny Punching Princess edit and Nights of Azure 2) have received or are receiving Special Edition physical copies.

Both of these games lost me partway through the trailers.

Every once in a while I will hear people complaining about a game being made with retro graphics. I often wonder what the big deal is though. A game having older style graphics is not always a bad thing, and it makes sense that they would put it on something like a Switch and other systems because they want to make money.

Graphics don't always make a game bad, gameplay does though.

Bye PS Vita.

@Kalmaro I personally love the retro graphics.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE GBA style Switch game. Switch is being flooded with them.

Hmmm maybe...hmmm

I'm a sucker for retro graphics, and the premises of both games seems interesting. I just preorder them both and hope they're fun.

Heh. Before I needed at least two systems: one for my niche handheld Japanese games, and one for my Nintendo games. Now those two areas of interest are converging.

On topic, though: The Longest Five Minutes seems interesting. Penny-Punching Princess... less so, but I'm still open.

@Jessica286 Same here. I think the game looks just fine.

Preordered both. Generally I like anything NISA puts out that isn't anime fanservice, so these are right up my alley.

The other two they are offering (for future Switch release), not so much.

So Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland reskinned? Lol

Ooo! Two RPG retail titles announced at the same time!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Well, I never liked Earthbound because it pushed hardware. That was the quirky writing, lovable characters, classic RPG gameplay and music. As long as this game gives us that, I'll be satisfied.

And come to think of it, I don't think Earthbound pushed hardware at all back when it was released, as there were already many more technically advanced games, graphically or otherwise, by 1994/1995.

These trailers don't really slow is much about the games. I'm hoping non -le physical exists by the time more info comes out. 5 minutes looks great. Penny.... What is it?

@Equinox
Both games are coming to vita on same day as switch, plus many more that aren't coming to switch. It's far from taking the niche market from vita, if anything it's the ps4 that's getting most exclusives that don't make it to vita. It would be great for switch to get them all but it ain't happening, over 100 Japan games release for vita this year with many announced for next, can't see where your coming from just because a few switch announcements here and there. Also the slow sales don't matter, devs only need to sell between 20-30 thousand to make money with low budget games, vita has 5.7 million users according to mediacreate, that's more than enough for devs to keep making games for it and like you said it's still selling even if sales are slow which they usually are until black Friday and Christmas when there is a massive jump like there is every year. Vita was selling low numbers like this last year, like I said ps4 is getting many announcements and I mean many unlike the switch. Switch will get Japan games though just like 3ds did and still does but it won't be taking anything away from vita.

@Jessica286
If you took the time to look elsewhere, you would find that both games are coming to vita, plus NIS also announced another game at the same time as these 2 called demon gaze 2 for vita and ps4 but no switch version, it ain't bye bye just yet, not with many Japanese games still been made for it. Unlike many I keep myself informed of althings game related, with the info I have there are still over 100 vita games to come this year and many announced for next, vita will die but not for at least 2 more years, not with indie and Japanese games still been made, just like 3ds really. Hardware sales will stop first, even wii u still gets some games and production stopped a while ago

I like the idea of both games, and I am all for both RPG and NIS RPGs on the Switch. Am I wrong for wishing they looked a little more like this gen than 2 gen back?

I'm not a graphics groupie, but let's do a bit more with what we have right?

@ricklongo What I mean is it used the hardware, sure it wasn't a powerhouse but you at least knew it was pushing the hardware 50%. This game probably wouldn't even move move the needle on the Switch. And yes I liked Earthbound too for the reasons you mentioned.

@Kalmaro oh I don't hate 8-bit styled, I'm just getting burnt out by then and they're starting to all look generic to me, there's so many nowadays. I'll certain wait to hear more about this because gameplay is more important but the art style isn't necessarily winning me over (at worst I'm indifferent to it).

I'll keep my eyes on them, but both look like $10-ish games, can't justify that $55 price for The Longest Five Minutes or $60 for Penny-Punching Princess, even though the special editions looks sweet!

Are people willing to pay $55 for either of these! I, personally, would pay around £7.99 and that's being generous.

It really doesn't matter if an RPG looks like 8-bit or like the latest hardware-pushing 3D. It's all about the care and love to detail that goes into a games graphics.

A good example is Harvest Moon. The 3D games don't look half as good and they don't even play half as good as their 2D counterparts.

Anyway, I bought Digaea 5 Complete, and I'm likely to pick up these two games as well. Great to see NIS America supporting Switch with fantastic Japanese niche titles and even releasing them on retail!

Is the 5 minute game a spritual successor to that one 30 second hero game?

@Shellcore for boxed version id pay it as like the quirky style games. But for digital id agree with your price tag

Coming in 2018....longest five minutes, indeed...

Kinda sad how most games i actually get interested in for Switch isn't coming till next year. I still only own Zelda, and probably buying Vaccine tomorrow, but that's about it so far. Rest of the games i wasnt won't come till the end of the year or next year.

Longest Five Minutes is looking really interesting. I'm not sure how that premise will actually affect gameplay in any discernible way, but at the very least it's a neat idea.

The longest 5 minutes seems really interesting. I will definitely give it a go when it comes out. The collectors edition is pretty tempting.

@EDF geez trigger much! Lets be real, btw I know they are coming to Vita; but the true is Switch is eating Vita's and 3DS markets. It will be the handheld of choice in Japan.

Love NIS , they always release these wierd RPG's .

Will this be downloadable also?