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New Tactics JRPG Bar Stella Abyss for PS5, PS4, & Switch Is an Isekai You Visit After Getting Drunk

Today Nippon Ichi Software announced the new game that was teased last week, titled Bar Stella Abyss. It's a roguelike tactics JRPG (what in Japan is defined as "Simulation RPG") coming for PS5, PS4…

November 20, 2023 | 10:13 EST

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Disgaea Developer Nippon Ichi Software Teases Mysterious New Game Reveal Next Week

The prolific Japanese developer Nippon Ichi Software loves teasing new games with mysterious images, countdowns, and teaser websites, and they're at it again.  This time around, the developer, which…

November 17, 2023 | 05:05 EST

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New Disgaea 7 Trailer Shows Off Jumbification, Hell Mode, And More

NIS America has released a brand new Disgaea 7 trailer showing off some of the game's new features and gameplay mechanics. Previous trailers have provided introductions to the long-running series…

July 27, 2023 | 09:34 EDT

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Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom Shows its Characters & Charming Retro Art in New Trailer

Today NIS America released a new trailer of the upcoming retro JRPG compilation Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles, specifically focusing on Rhapsody III. The trailer provides a good look at the game…

July 11, 2023 | 10:05 EDT

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New Disgaea 7 "What Is Disgaea?" Trailer Introduces A Unique Strategy Series

Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless is arriving in October, and ahead of its release, NIS America has unveiled a new trailer introducing the series and its many strange quirks. The appropriately-named…

June 8, 2023 | 09:48 EDT

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Nippon Ichi's New JRPG Xicatrice Shows Gameplay Mechanics in New Trailer

Nippon Ichi Software released a new video about its newest upcoming JRPG, titled Xicatrice. We get to take a look at the core gameplay mechanics of the game, starting with the education portion of…

June 2, 2023 | 02:01 EDT

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Disgaea 7 Release Date Announced For October, New Story Trailer Unveiled

NIS America has announced the Disgaea 7 release date. The offbeat strategy RPG is heading to PC and consoles on October 3rd, and to mark the occasion, a new story trailer has also been released to…

May 25, 2023 | 09:03 EDT

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Nippon Ichi's new JRPG Xicatrice Reveals Even More Music

Nippon Ichi Software has been releasing new videos about its newest upcoming game, Xicatrice, focusing on the soundtrack. This time around, we get to listen to three more tracks, which incidentally…

April 30, 2023 | 04:54 EDT

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Disgaea 7 Character Trailer Introduces The So-Called "Heroes" Of The Netherworld

A new Disgaea 7 character trailer has been unleashed, showing off some of the crazy people you'll get to meet over the course of this extensive strategy RPG adventure. From protagonist Fuji through…

April 26, 2023 | 09:29 EDT

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Nippon Ichi Reveals More Music From its New JRPG Xicatrice

Nippon Ichi Software is continuing to release new videos about its newest upcoming game, Xicatrice, focusing on the soundtrack. The first video features the track "Fuyu Meikyu" (Floating Labyrinth…

April 8, 2023 | 01:44 EDT

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Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles Release Dates Revealed

NIS America has announced the Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles release date. Both Rhapsody II and III will arrive in the West on August 29th if you're in the US, but you'll have to wait a couple…

April 7, 2023 | 10:36 EDT

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Nippon Ichi Reveals Music From its New JRPG Xicatrice

Nippon Ichi Software released a new video about its newest upcoming game, Xicatrice, focusing on the soundtrack. The video doesn't actually show any footage, but it reveals one of the music tracks…

March 24, 2023 | 01:01 EDT

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Process of Elimination Gets Demo for PS4 & Nintendo Switch

Today NIS America released a playable demo for Nippon Ichi Software's investigation mystery game Process of Elimination, which is coming west soon.  The demo is available on the PlayStation Store…

March 13, 2023 | 02:54 EDT

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New JRPG "Xicatrice" Announced for PS5, PS4, & Nintendo Switch by Nippon Ichi Software

Following the recent tease, Nippon Ichi Software lifted the curtain on its newest upcoming game, titled Xicatrice. The title is an "Abnormal Powers X School JRPG" for PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch…

February 21, 2023 | 10:38 EST

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Monster Menu: The Scavenger's Cookbook Release Date Is Served

NIS America has cooked up a Monster Menu: The Scavenger's Cookbook release date. The upcoming food-themed dungeon crawler will be served up on May 23rd for Switch and PlayStation consoles, and along…

February 9, 2023 | 10:07 EST

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Disgaea 7 & Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles Announced for the West

Today NIS America hosted a reveal showcase to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its parent company, Nippon Ichi Software. The publisher had interesting news to share.  Disgaea series producer…

January 30, 2023 | 01:29 EST

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NIS America Promises Announcements for Livestream Celebrating Nippon Ichi's 30th Anniversary

NIS America announced that it'll soon host a livestream to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its parent company Nippon Ichi Software.  The event will be hosted on the publisher's own Twitch channel …

January 25, 2023 | 09:55 EST

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Disgaea 7 Reveals Higan Zesshosai in New Character Trailer

Today Nippon Ichi Software released one more character trailer of the upcoming strategy JRPG Makai Senki Disgaea 7. This time around, the video focuses on Higan Zesshosai, a woman who inherited the…

January 23, 2023 | 03:42 EST

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Disgaea 7 Reveals Ao in New Character Trailer

Today Nippon Ichi Software released another character trailer of the upcoming strategy JRPG Makai Senki Disgaea 7. The trailer focuses on Ao, another of the main characters of the game. She's…

January 20, 2023 | 04:01 EST

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Disgaea 7 Gets Anime Trailer; Tons of DLC Announced

Today Nippon Ichi Software had a new trailer and news in store for those eagerly awaiting its strategy JRPG Makai Senki Disgaea 7. First of all, we get an anime-style trailer showing the characters…

January 19, 2023 | 02:44 EST

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Disgaea 7 Showcases Suisen in Action in New Character Trailer

Today Nippon Ichi Software released another character trailer of the upcoming strategy JRPG Makai Senki Disgaea 7. The trailer focuses on Suisen (which in Japanese means Narcissus), another of the…

January 18, 2023 | 04:37 EST

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Disgaea 7 Reveals the Explosive Seefour in New Character Trailer

Today Nippon Ichi Software released a brand new trailer of the upcoming strategy JRPG Makai Senki Disgaea 7. The trailer focuses on Seefour, one of the playable characters that we'll be able to…

January 16, 2023 | 06:23 EST

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Disgaea 7 Introduces the Narcissistic Wei-Yasu in New Character Trailer

Today Nippon Ichi Software released a new trailer of the upcoming strategy JRPG Makai Senki Disgaea 7. The trailer focuses on Wei-Yasu, one of the playable characters that we'll be able to bring…

January 13, 2023 | 10:58 EST

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Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless

Disgaea 7 is the latest addition to the Disgaea franchise, where a not-so-dynamic duo goes on a long and winding journey to locate legendary weapons known as the Seven Blades of Origin. A loner …

January 12, 2023 | 12:03 EST

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Disgaea 7 Playable Demo Released in Japan as New Trailer Introduces Piririka

Today Nippon Ichi Software released a playable demo in Japanese of the upcoming strategy JRPG Makai Senki Disgaea 7, alongside a new trailer. The demo is available on the Japanese PlayStation Store…

January 11, 2023 | 03:44 EST

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New Disgaea 7 Trailer Introduces Fuji

Today Nippon Ichi Software released a new trailer of its upcoming strategy JRPG Disgaea 7, focusing on one of its characters.  To be precise, the video is about Fuji, the hero of the new game,…

January 9, 2023 | 03:43 EST

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NIS America Shows Off Upcoming Games in a Number of Series

Recently the folks over at NIS America put on a virtual press showcase to provide the scoop on their further line-up for both the rest of this year and early 2023. While the publisher was keen to…

October 17, 2022 | 09:00 EDT

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Monster Menu: The Scavenger's Cookbook Lets You Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

Another title to see focus at NIS America’s Fall press tour is a bit of a niche outing known as Monster Menu: The Scavenger's Cookbook. NIS America has labeled it as one of their mid-tier titles, but…

October 17, 2022 | 09:20 EDT

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Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society Summons First-Person Dungeon Crawling and Deep Customization

Fans of Nippon Ichi may remember a certain dungeon crawler released a few years back called Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk. It was unique for its first-person exploration which turned into 2D…

October 17, 2022 | 09:10 EDT

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Prinny Presents: NIS Classics Volume 2

NIS America is back with a section entry into their new NIS Classics Collection. Volume 2 sees the return of two classic titles from the 2000's, Makai Kingdom and ZHP: Unlosing Ranger. Makai…

May 24, 2022 | 07:54 EDT

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Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 2 Review

Its been a while, but we’re finally getting our hands on Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 2, another compilation of classic NIS titles bundled together and prettied up for a modern audience. The…

May 9, 2022 | 10:30 EDT

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The Cruel King and the Great Hero

The Cruel King and the Great Hero is a small RPG from Nippon Ichi Software. Play as a young girl as she goes around the world, striving to become the world's greatest hero across the land. It is a…

April 16, 2022 | 11:20 EDT

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The Cruel King and the Great Hero Review

Amidst the Elden Rings and Horizon: Forbidden Wests of game releases so far, lies the cutesy, fairytale-like JRPG, The Cruel King and the Great Hero. With its hand-drawn visuals and the fairytale-…

March 8, 2022 | 10:30 EST

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Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny

If you're a fan of the long-running series, Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny is the type of tactical RPG title you know exactly what you're going to get. Like other titles, you'll get an amusing story…

January 17, 2022 | 09:52 EST

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Poison Control Review

When it comes to anime-style games, they tend to take genres to the extreme. From extreme action to extreme romance and on to extreme horror no one is taking their foot off the gas. There’s nothing…

April 20, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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Poison Control

Poison Control is a brand new Action Shooter from NIS, where you must help rescue the souls of spirits with the help of your soul mate, the powerful Poisonette. Spirits are being trapped in…

April 23, 2021 | 04:06 EDT

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Poison Control is Coming to PS4 and Switch in 2021

Developer and publisher NIS America has announced a new game called Poison Control, where players have to deal with a mysterious phenomenon where spirits become trapped within "poisonous…

September 18, 2020 | 11:27 EDT

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Disgaea 6 is a Nintendo Switch exclusive

Disgaea 6 has been announced as a Nintendo Switch exclusive at the Nintendo Direct Mini for September 2020. The first Disgaea game in six years has the players playing as Zed, a zombie who has risen…

September 17, 2020 | 10:21 EDT

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The Liar Princess and The Blind Prince Sees Light Next Year

NIS America announced that gorgeous puzzle-platformer The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince will be coming to PS4 and Switch sometime in 2019. Initially revealed as part of the "Summer of Nippon…

August 8, 2018 | 02:00 EDT

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The Liar Princess and The Blind Prince

The Liar Princess and The Blind Prince is a puzzle platformer published by NIS America getting a Western release in 2019. A dark fairytale style of story, in it players must guide the blind prince…

August 8, 2018 | 01:42 EDT

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htoL#NiQ The Firefly Diary Review

Apart from my usual unrequited love for puzzle games, when I heard that there was a 2D indie puzzle platformer coming to the American market which combines beautiful artwork with innovative PS Vita…

February 23, 2015 | 08:00 EST