Cladun: This is an RPG -- known as Classic Dungeon in Japan -- is a quirky little hack and slash RPG made by the minds responsible for Disgaea. Think Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past mixed with the insane humor that NIS is pretty well known for.
Cladun has two very important things going for it that really sets it apart from the other hack and slash games. First, you’ll have complete freedom to make the main character look like whatever you want. Prinny, Mr. Destructoid, a shark, Dale North -- the possibilities are limited to your imagination. You can make up to 64 custom designed characters that can be shared with anyone online.
The final boss of the game is also customizable so you can make someone like Chad Concelmo to beat the snot out of. The cool thing about the final boss is that he scales to your strength the first time you encounter him. After which, he will become stronger and stronger than you every time you fight him again.
The second key point of Claudin is that all of the dungeons are always randomly generated and have 99 levels to explore. Thankfully, you don’t have to complete all 99 levels and can leave whenever you want. It may be fun to try to complete all 99 levels for one dungeon with three other friends. You know, for bragging rights.
I played through the first ten-minutes of Claudin and instantly fell in love with this game. The retro feel with NIS’s deranged humor had me smiling and laughing out loud before I even killed my first monster. Be sure to check out the trailer to get a real sense of what to expect.
Claudin: This is an RPG will be out as a downloadable only title for the PSP later this Fall.
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2:10 PM on 07.16.2010
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Maybe with the release of P3P, this game and that other game which I forgot the title of I will need to buy a PSP now..
*Only on PSP*
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU NIS SERIOUSLY FUCK.
can't wait to dust my psp just for this!
Just wondering what's going on there.
*Ding Ding Ding*
Someone get this man a cookie. The first mouth breather in the thread who managed to ask the question which answers the main bitch, why this game is on the PSP. Put another way, NIS tried being a force on DS, where's you copy of Disgaea DS or Rhapsody? Can't answer? That's why it's on PSP.
NIS has had much more success on PSP than they have on DS and more importantly, PSP is capable of digitally distributing full games. This means not having to fuck with Best Buys buyers still bitter over clearanced copies of Phantom Brave and not having to deal with printing, shipping, and retail partners (aside from Rosenqueen, which will likely have the SE). Put simple, PSP's audience has been good to NIS and NIS is responding in kind.
Considering the financial troubles NIS is currently experiencing, gamers wouldn't be bitter for a smalltime niche ass game developer going after their most successful market when spreading the love was what got them in the trouble in the first place, right?
Then again, I've never really enjoyed a NIS game due to the massive grinding. Maybe some people like it; I'll just go do productive things with my extra time.
@sheppy
My copy of Disgaea DS is in my room. I don't know why I'd want to own Rhapsody.
It's also worth noting, however, that they released the DS version Waaaaay after PS2 and waay after PSP. Maybe if they'd released it simultaneously to DS and PSP we'd see a different balance in ownership. As is though, they provided two opportunities for people to buy it before hitting that console.
And while a lot of people don't have PSPs, everyone has a PS2... or used to.
A new title is a different thing altogether. They may actually find that they have a larger install base on DS/3DS than they thought if they give it something new.
A branch of that was meant to dispel your argument on it not selling well on DS. Your point that they are foregoing DS because of wanting to make it downloadable only is still quite valid.
I totally support them wanting to axe retail chains and not spend the money or plastic on making a physical product. Maybe 3DS will do downloadable stuff as well as PSP does and we'll see it there.
Perhaps WiiWare just doesn't support file sizes large enough, but I'd totally pick this up on Wii if it were possible.
Here's hoping for a Euro release!
A fair oint except before Disgaea DS's launch, the general attitude was "finally put on a system where it could SELL." Not to mention their DS announcement was usually filled with comments about how their focus on PSP was stupid and DS is obviously where they are going to sell more copies. And then the two games I mentioned came and went, hen Puchi Puchi Virus and A Witch's Tale came and went.
All four games sold very poorly and most of NIS's current problems is due to overproducing and overpublishing games. Like Marvelous in Japan, NIS had to take a very long look at where their sales are occuring and where they could turn a profit. Unfortunately, that means focusing on publishing a couple games outside of their mainline and developing for their most responsive userbase. That means PSP. It sucks, I wish NIS was big enough to go everywhere but right now the company is in "survival mode" which means they need smaller releases on more focused platforms.
What they're doing is trying to turn a trend around before death.
Btw, this'll be another RPG that'll interest me. I must say though, I am getting quite concerned about the efforts NIS are making to allow customisation in their games.... aren't they going over the top a bit?
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