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NIS EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag New Sakura Wars screenshots dance in 8 Yes, I said dance, because the game is about dancing, acting, love, and piloting transforming steam-powered psychic robots. For Chrissakes, your squad is called the New York Combat Revue! Anyway,... Help NIS bring Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! to UMD! 13 Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! is already out on the PlayStation Network, but NIS America needs your help in getting the game out onto UMD. They need you to go to RosenQueen and place a pre-or... Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman! 2 due out this spring 12 Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman!: What Did I Do to Deserve This? is one of those games that, ten years ago, never would have made it outside of Japan. In other words, it's pure gaming hilarity wr... NIS releasing discount PSP games on PSN tomorrow 37 Trust NIS to get the job done. With the PSPgo officially launching tomorrow, NIS has revealed that its library of PSN games will be appearing on the PlayStation Network for your downloading pleas... Disgaea Infinite: Dated, new site, crazy trailer 11 We recently told you that a new Disgaea game will be shown off at Tokyo Game Show next week. Disgaea Infinite, they call it. All we knew at the time is that it will eventually be released for the... Disgaea 2 PSP getting free DLC thanks to error messages 9 Disgaea 2 is out for PSP, but its launch has been less than smooth. In fact, the game has been setting off unnecessary alarm bells with an erroneous error message that is tell players their saved... Disgaea Infinite revealed as PSN download 19 A new Disgeaa game is coming to the PlayStation Network is is due to be shown off at the Tokyo Game Show. The title is currently being worked on right now and goes by the name Disgaea Infinite, a... Not a review: how Cross Edge nearly turned me mad 28 When it came out, Cross Edge hit with a relative flop. The title is a crossover RPG featuring characters from the realms of Capcom, Nippon Ichi, Namco Bandai and others as they attempt to reconci... Eyes crossed: Japanese vid for NIS, Gust's Trinity Universe 22 I'm not sure exactly when the crossover craze got started -- perhaps in 1996 with Capcom's X-Men vs. Street Figther -- but it seems like they're popping up everywhere; Super Smash Brothers, Capco... Mana Khemia 2 gets a PSP version already? 5 The absolutely lovely Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy is set to come to our PlayStation 2's late next month, thanks to RPG bringer-overer NIS America. Before it has even landed here, Japan gets wo... Phantom Brave: We Meet Again comes to Wii on August 11th 16 Did you miss the Nippon Ichi stratey RPG Phantom Brave the first time around on the PlayStation 2? No worries, as it's on the way back to consoles, thanks to NIS America. Phantom Brave: We Meet A... Nippon Ichi brings a new musical RPG to PSP 6 Princess Antiphona’s Hymn: Angel’s Score Op. A looks to follow in the foo-foo footsteps of the PlayStation (and later DS) title Rhapsody as the next musical role-playing title. Silico... Check out these Last Rebellion screens, try to get excited 12 Information about up-coming, PS3-exclusive RPG, The Last Rebellion, has been sparse since the game was announced a few months ago. The game is a collaborative effort between Hitmaker and Nippon I... NIS America announces Atelier Annie for US 11 Atelier Annie is just the sort of game that I never expect to see released in the US. Not because of the anime stylings, as those can fare pretty well here, but because of the gameplay, which is ... AX 09: NIS America is looking for an editor...now 23 NIS America is looking for a new editor for their localization staff, as one is leaving to teach English in Japan. They are asking for editors here at Anime Expo in their industry panel today.&nb... More Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! vids for your perusal 8 Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! was just recently announced as changing from a retail release to a PSN-only downloadable title, and whether that's a good thing or not, it's hard to say at this ... Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! now a PSN-only title 27 The super long-named Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What did I do to deserve this? was originally going to be a PSP release, but now it seems that NIS America has made the decision to make the... Cross Edge coming to the Xbox 360 26 This is a move I didn't expect to see. NIS is usually known for sticking firmly with the PlayStation brand (occassionally venturing into DS territory) but its fan service crossover game, Cross Ed... Confused by Badman? Check out this gameplay footage 13 Apparently, NIS America has heard that people don't understand the gameplay behind its upcoming PSP title, Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman!, and thought it wise to offer a little bit of demonstra... Phantom Brave: We Meet Again delayed to add Japanese voices 22 We've gotten word from Nippon Ichi that they've decided to delay their Wii title Phantom Brave: We Meet Again back until August 4th. The reason being, they've listened to the requests of their fa... Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy looks gorgeous 17 We're so used to looking at high-end 3D graphics laced with the latest digital effects, so these new screens for the upcoming PlayStation 2 role-playing game Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy kind o... Preview: Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! 11 Actually, due to our post character limit I couldn't write the game's entire name up there in the title. The complete name of NIS America's upcoming PlayStation Portable title is: Holy Invasion o... New Phantom Brave trailer has lots of yelling, lifting 24 NIS America calls the upcoming Wii game Phantom Brave: We Meet Again "a strategy RPG that lets you do whatever you want!" And they've got stacking!The trailer (below the jump) for this ... New trailer and screens for DS RPG A Witch's Tale 4 We keep hearing tidbits about the scribbly, touch-action DS game A Witch's Tale, but we haven't actually seen much of it yet. The dark fairy tale role-playing game has great art and an interestin... NIS announces Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days and Last Rebellion 14 NIS America dropped two new titles on us, and we're looking forward to getting our hands on both of them.Of course, there's a Disgaea game. This time it's Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days. This is a new... Finally! Sakura Wars comes to the US, thanks to NIS 24 Sakura Wars has been dangled in American gamers' faces forever. I think there finally came a point where we all just gave up on having a title in the series released here. I guess they thought th... Koei bringing the NIS love to the UK 9 British NIS fans will be pleased to know that Koei has stepped up to publish some of the niche company's titles in the UK. Three games will be headed their way to the UK in May, June and July. Go... Let's Hitchhike for WiiWare possibly most amazing game ever 14 Let me share a little factoid with you: the reason I am so obsessed with gaming in Japan isn't that I want everything I play to be disgustingly cute or look like it just fell out of an anime. It'... NIS announces Cross Edge, a clusterf*ck of characters 21 Don't you just love crossovers? It's like fanfiction, but it doesn't make your eyes bleed. And so, Nippon Ichi has announced that they'll be bringing Cross Edge over here to the US, a title that ... Destructoid review: Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? 70 Dood! So, like, there's this game, dood, where you get to play as the Prinnies! They're, like, the heroes, dood! I guess that's because they have to be, otherwise Master Etna will kill them...So,... Nippon Ichi's wacked out hitchiking game coming to WiiWare 11 This game looks great. But I usually expect great from Nippon Ichi, the folks behind the Disgaea series. Let’s Zenryoku Hitchhike is a WiiWare game where you use the Wii Remote to make gest... Prinny Adventure Day comes to town with this PSP trailer 12 A number of us are very excited for Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? with good reason. First of all, Prinnies are awesome. Second of all, NIS is an awesome studio. Third of all, this video is ... Disgaea and Rhapsody DS get European release dates 6 If you've never played Disgaea before, I'm not sure whether to pity or envy you. It's a fantastic game with a great sense of humor and addictive gameplay. However, the game has robbed me of so mu... Phantom Brave Wii trailer... looks like the PS2 version 13 Nippon Ichi's tactical PlayStation 2 role-playing game classic makes its way to Wii, and this Japanese trailer from Gamekyo gives us a first look. This looks like...the PS2 game. This time aroun... Disgaea 3 finally heading to Europe in February 3 NIS games aren't known for their timely PAL releases, but you can't really blame such a small and relatively obscure outfit. Nevertheless, they thankfully manage to find some way to hit European ... Ar tonelico II is a game about singing lesbians ... or something 11 A couple of weeks ago, NIS America held a little event in San Francisco where they showed off Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?, Mana Khemia, and Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica. They showed... New trailer and screens for Mana Khemia: Student Alliance 5 [video]114559:865[/video]Mana Khemia: Student Alliance is an upcoming role playing game from Gust and NIS America. Players will use alchemy to create items, weapons and upgrade their characters. ... Disgaea 3 has no absence of DLC: New stuff available on PSN 8 NIS America has kindly let us know that new DLC is available for Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice. Featuring seven new characters and two wallpaper themes, the whole package can be bought as a bundl... Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? to be the first premium box game for the PSP 15 Can you believe that Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? is going to be the first premium box game released for the PSP? It's pretty weird that it's taken this long, but at least it's finally happe... Preview: Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? 25 [video]114457:862[/video] Prinnies are the adorable, explode-able little penguins from the Disgaea series. They were usually used as weapons by their abusive Lords, but this time, they’re t... Square Enix bringing Persona 4, Disgaea and Rhapsody to Europe 14 Square Enix is looking after European weeaboos who need a dose of Persona 4 and some NIS classics, as it will be bringing Atlus' latest PS2 RPG, along with Disgaea DS, Rhapsody DS and Disgaea 3 t... Daily irrelevance: Ar tonelico is not about sex 53  Just like Pixelated Geek says, this videogame cutscene is not about sex. It is very serious business and it is about keeping a young girl alive. If you can somehow extrapolate a sexual subt... Teaser trailer for Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? is adorable 19 [video]110508:672[/video] Just yesterday, we discovered that NIS' great looking PSP title Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? was coming to America in February, and now we have even more Prinn... Prinny PSP game to hit America in February 14 I've been excited for Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? since it was first announced. As a fan of both sidescrollers, the Disgaea universe and portable gaming, this has looked and sounded like an... Doods: NIS America is publishing Prinny 14 Being an incorrigible cynic, I had already written Prinny: Ore ga Shujinkou de Iinsuka? off as Japan-only fan service. Thankfully, the fine doods over at SiliconEra have proven me wrong, and give... Disgaea DS and Rhapsody DS voice acting details 7 The fine folks at Siliconera met up with the Marketing Manager over at NIS America, Jack Niida, to talk a bit about both Disgaea DS and Rhapsody DS. They asked about voice acting in the games, as... Destructoid review: Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice 30 Come one, come all, and join in the revelry of Disgaea 3. What we have here is a spectacle for the eyes, a feast for the soul, a fiesta for the ears! Why, within this Blu-ray disc is over 100 hou... Prinny PSP Japanese trailer, dood! 30 I don't know what I did to make Little Baby Jesus happy, but these recent gifts of 2D gaming deliciousness must surely be the work of divine intervention. With that in mind, have a Moonspeak trai... Prinny-themed action game coming to the PSP? I am so there, 'dood' 21 Any fan of Disgaea is sure to have fallen in love with the Prinnies -- bomb-wielding, suicidal patchwork penguins that say 'dood' a lot. If, like me, you loved Disgaea, own a PSP and adore 2D sid... Ar tonelico II coming to North America this winter 10 How bout that PlayStation 2, eh. The console may be eight years old, but that doesn’t mean developers are going to stop making good-looking RPGs for it anytime soon. Such is the case with A... Three semi-rare PS2 games get reprints 24 Reprints rock. Especially reprints of Atlus and NIS games that you missed out on during the initial run and are now selling for well above the MSRP. We told you about Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne... Atlus and NIS America tag team for Disgaea DS and Rhapsody: A Musicial Adventure 26 I love Atlus and I love Nippon Ichi Software, and those sons of bitches know that they have people like me in their pockets. I can't break away. They could sell me almost anything! Thankfully, th... Vote on the custom bonus soundtrack for Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice 8 NIS America is giving their fans a chance to customize the bonus preorder soundtrack that will be coming with Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice. NIS has setup a site containing short music clips from... Tipsy Prinny Night 08: Hands-on with Puchi Puchi Virus 11 Puchi Puchi Virus is a very cute and simple little puzzle game for the Nintendo DS. In Puchi Puchi Virus, it’s your job to heal the animal patients by linking up three of the same colored ... Tipsy Prinny Night 08: Debut trailer & screens for Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice 16 Disgaea DS isn't the only new Disgaea game coming out this year. Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice is coming out for the PlayStation 3 this August. Even though the game is coming out on the powerful P... Tipsy Prinny Night 08: New trailer and screens for Disgaea DS 19 The Disgaea series is making its way over to the Nintendo DS. The story takes place two years after King Krichevskoy, ruler of the Netherworld, passes away. The demons of the world fight to rule ... Tipsy Prinny Night 08: Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure being rereleased for the DS 9 NIS America is bringing back a classic RPG from the PlayStation 1 days. Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure is being rereleased for the Nintendo DS with updates that will take full advantage of the DS ... Tipsy Prinny Night 08: NIS America debuts A Witch's Tale 6 NIS America held a little press event last night at the Zebulon Cafe and Bar in San Francisco. They were on hand to show off some of their upcoming titles and among the games was this new series ... NIS America says that the PS2 couldn't run Disgaea 3 46 When we first showed you screenshots of Disgaea 3, some Destructoid readers attacked them hard enough to rack up the six-digit plus damage numbers the series is known for. While everyone is looki... Disgaea DS scan and plenty more NIS on Nintendo's handheld 41 By now you all should have heard the rumors that a DS version of Disgaea was on the way, and the Internet has finally gotten its clammy talons on the Famitsu page that confirms it. What we know i... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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