Disgaea 3 announced for PlayStation 3

Ironic how a game that looks like it could be running on Wii hardware just sold you to buy a PS3.

Simply amazing.

Ironic how graphics don't matter unless they are on a console that can actually do them.

I own a Wii and a DS. You think I care about graphics?

Ironic how Shagi doesn't care about graphics when its not a Wii game.

Yeah, no kidding.

Please Sony, I felt betrayed when you tempted me to break the bank the before. Give us a PS3 at a lower price point.

100 hours in first game, 150 hours in second game. Bloody fantastic.

You need to really enjoy the strategy RPG genre, though. I'm not a huge fan of the genre and I got bored and stopped playing after 15 hours. I thought it looked pretty sharp, but the music was pretty annoying.

dood! one of the best strategy games ever! ...and ive played alot.

being subjective, the first two had their quirks. the first was really good, but the second added much more width to what was possible. however, i preferred the simpler geomancy in the first game; it was much easier to combo. also, i liked the characters just a bit more in the first game. nonetheless, the characters of the second game are just as good on their own.

i liked the item world in the second game better, but mainly only because you could speed through, or tackle floors at your own leisure. also, they didnt throw you in with level 40 monsters on the first floor of a level 4 sword like the first one did. the addition of tink helped alot too. you will be beaten to a pulp, soundly in both games, but you know what? you'll go back for more. the humor keeps it fresh.

lets see what else? i guess the first game required more grinding, and the second game let you decide how/ when you wanted to go after a challenge. if nothing else, give them a rent and see if they fit your tastes.

i hope they do something about the blurry sprites. maybe they need to talk to capcom. seriously, this is the best news ive gotten all day! now, where's my promised psp version, NIS? altus?

besides how can you not love a series with psychotic penguins, a mid-boss named 'mid-boss', you get bonuses for breaking the law, you get ahead by bribing congress, they make fun of the power rangers or a series with ninja pirates that try to jack you?!?!?? ninja pirates!!! how sick is that?

You know, normally I disagree with everything you say, but when you made that funny:

LOL

technically they could have put both of the first games on ps1 if they wanted, im sure. considering how many altus games are winding up on the wii and ds, they probably figured they owed ps3 owners something.

Maybe from the first two Disgaea games and the dozens of other games they've made?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Ichi

Nippon Ichi isn't exactly the hottest commodity in the store. They make underrated niche games that, frankly, most people don't know exist. You would be lucky if you find a copy or two of Makai Kingdom at GameStop, but at some place like Wal-Mart or Best Buy? Pssssh! And I'm talking about when the games were first released.

Then again, they tailor their software specifically towards the niche market, so they probably know some money-making secret we don't.

they have some serious licensing deals.

Nippon Ichi stated, ever since the PS3 was announced, that they'd back it. It's good to see what they've been cooking up. Plus, as an added bonus, the studio they opened in the US just to translate their games have been delivering upon us tons of excessively niche titles. While very few people have heard or even have reason to throw cash at titles like Spectral Souls or Grim Grimoire... the option exists and obviously, it's quite profitable.

Besides, who's to say this is a $60 game? Likely, it is, but it could also be budgetline.

You have got to be kidding when you say that the only reason people bought the PS3 was because of the fancy graphics. Seriously grow up.

The reason people bought a PS3 is because they know that great games will be on the system like this one. The Disgaea series is one of the best SRPG franchises going currently and the Playstation brand has been good to them, I dont see the reason NOT to release it for the PS3.

But alas I am sorry you dont understand why people buy the PS3. I will be picking mine up in the fall to go along with all my other consoles. Hooray!

Maybe I'm confused. As far as I'm concerned, there aren't many worthwhile games out for the ps3, so the only way to make buying one somewhat understandable to me is that people bought it because the system had power, super cool graphics, and "potential."

Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know. But the userbase IS very small. If anything, I really wish they released it for the ps2. If they did, its not like ps3 owners couldn't play it, right? So why are they limiting themselves to a system with a userbase that is small. Are they even sure many of the ps3 owners would be interested in this? They're a small developer, so they need the biggest audience possible, which means making it multiplatform, or at least for the ps2.

Also, $600. Not everyone has access to $600. Oh wait, $500 I guess, but not forever. Maybe later.

Anyways, NIS is a niche developer, they makes games not very many people play, and these people are almost certaintly not the majority of ps3 owners. It just doesn't connect in my mind, why they would ever limit themselves like this.

dont listen to what you read on the internet so much. ps3 gamers are a very diverse bunch, believe it or not. who else would have made some guys thesis: basically, an interactive screensaver into a best seller?

by the time this game is completed and done, then re-localized for america, the ps3 userbase will be alot larger than it currently is.

lets be honest, every person posting in this thread about how they want to play this game, but wont pay $600 for it; these are the same ones that post[ed] the same thing in the resistance threads, motorstorm threads, ninja gaiden sigma threads, heavenly sword threads, uncharted threads, killzone2 threads, ratchet and clank threads, lair threads, littlebigplanet threads etc... if they went back and counted how many times they felt that way about a sony announcement, they would have plenty of reasons why they want to get a ps3.

besides this game is a bit too hardcore for the casual mass market of the wii. it doesnt have the first party banner, so the hardcore wii market could go either way. it isnt aimed for the xbox360 market either. even blue dragon flopped in japan because it was MS exclusive. how do you release an rpg in japan made by the man behind final fantasy and stylized by the creator of dragonball z and the look of dragon quest, and still sell under 200k? if blue dragon sold that poorly, how do you think a /truly/ niche game like disgaea will sell?

Or PSP.