Nippon Ichi to focus on PS3, plans new Disgaea game

I get a 403 error when I try to download it.
I think its the first time the PS store restricted downloads from outside of North America...

I hope this restriction doesn't happen to things like Betas or demos,
cause I really like the BFBC2 demo and also participated in the MAG demo too.

Yeah its been restricted to anyone outside of the US

The question is how much does NIS sales affect NIS America?

I know they're related but I don't know if they're the exact same company.

Still, as far as I can tell based on the announcement of NIS America now entering into the anime business, they must not be doing too bad. To note, while some of it's fall releases weren't the greatest things ever, Mana Khemia 2 coming out last summer SURELY had to help them. With a lot of JRPG fans anticipating and eventually getting that, I'm betting they made a good profit.

But yes, here's hopes to Atelier Rorona coming stateside soon... as for Ar Tonelico III, THAT ball is in Namco Bandai's court. IIRC, they have publishing control over it.

If it does well in japan, it probably has a good chance of coming over here... And at least with it being a 360 title, even if there are game breaking glitches from localization, they can be fixed with a patch. The same will go for Atelier Rorona... Hopefully.

Having played through Disgaea 3 from start to finish, I am going to have to disagree that it wasn't a PS3-quality game.

The games aren't that "hardcore", it's very easy to get through the main storyline with little grinding. The post game is an addition and an extension, not a "hardcore experience". And with the EXP glitch, leveling is a lot easier in Disgaea 3 than I found in, say, Disgaea 1 and 2.

Two, no, the series does not need a "graphic upgrade". The sprites are much more detailed than Disgaea 2 had, despite any claims otherwise-- this is counting in idle sprites, colors, attack animations, and making sure that they work with every single weapon. I have been very charmed by the Disgaea 3 sprites, especially for the monsters.

Secondly, if you have played Disgaea 3, then you know how large some of the maps can be in the game-- maps like those would never have worked on the Playstation 2, causing stutter and lag to astronomical levels. You ever do Cave of Ordeals 3 in Disgaea 3? If you think that could have been done easily on the PS2, you'd be very mistaken. Not to mention a lot of the processing power from the PS3 will also go to the points and statistics calculations. You might consider the high stats and attack power that goes into the Disgaea series to be a "hardcore" thing, but it is also a NIS standard.

3, what do you think Magichange in Disgaea 3 was? Or the fact that it had an actual post-game session? Or the new modes you can get through DLC, or even Class World, which let you increase statistics themselves? Or do you not know that multiplayer was already done in the PSP ports of Disgaea 1 and 2? Chances are, yes, Disgaea 4 will have a new addition to the gameplay mechanics, but if you haven't noticed the new additions over the series, then you might be looking for something completely different than the series would really offer.

I am still playing disgaea 3 and I am glad to have such a game for the ps3 for a change. State of the art graphics are nice but Disgaea 3 is so full of little details, I wish there were more games like that.

LIES!

There is room for improvement. However, it is ignorant to consider that they have not improved since even La Pucelle Tactics. The greatest obvious graphical jump was, yes, from Disgaea 1 to Disgaea 2-- if you only focus on the Disgaea series. They had multiple games in-between that helped them to improve their sprite artwork, as well.

Currently, I'm playing Soul Nomad and the World Eaters, which is the game that came out before Disgaea 3-- the sprite artwork is very good in there, and their 3D backrounds were more detailed than the maps in Disgaea 2, at the very least. It's something that I've noticed added to the Disgaea 3 maps-- they were a lot more detailed, had more animations to them, and were definitely a lot larger.

I do agree that, yes, Last Rebellion and how it turned out, shows that NIS is just not made for 3D games. It's something that should be expected, though-- most of their in-house games were 2D on 3D maps, after all. It would be more expected that there would be more detail in the 2D sprites as a result, though. I can understand that people expect more detail from the sprites, however, it is still a lot to try to claim that it is the only fault of the company, and that improving the graphics would gain back their profits. Artwork, sprite creation-- it takes a lot of money to do, too. I'd rather they focus on making an enjoyable game than trying to make the sprites look amazing and high-quality. But I can not understand how people would consider the Disgaea 3 graphics to be bad, especially with the amount of details, the clearer animations, and the sharp graphics.

Last Rebellion didn't get very good ratings from Famitsu at the Japanese launch last month.