Ys IX: Monstrum Nox is arguably the most ambitious Ys title Nihon Falcom has released so far, with updated graphics and a much more in-depth (and darker) plotline. At its core, however, is still the soul of the much-beloved franchise but the changes implemented to both storytelling and gameplay make the experience a more refreshing
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As Disgaea 6 released January 28 in Japan on PS4 and Switch, Nippon Ichi Software revealed its DLC plans for the Tactical RPG. Nippon Ichi plans to release DLC content from February to April 2021. Several DLC packages will be released, each adding past protagonists and main characters of the series. Disgaea 6 DLCs will
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, the latest entry in the Ys franchise will finally make its way to the west next month, but fans who are anticipating the release can get a small taste of what’s to come right now with a free demo. The popular JRPG franchise released in Japan in September of 2019. Conquer the
The lovely Bayonetta cosplayer, Twitter user luna_miduki, is back in a stunning cosplay dressed as main Danganronpa villain Junko Enoshima. As always the best aspects of her cosplay are the level of detail in both costume and prop designs, as well as the expressiveness of her poses and expressions. And both can be seen in full
On November 12, Nihon Falcom published its latest financials, and mentioned through them plans for more global expansion in 2021. Meaning yet another hint the remasters Zero no Kiseki Kai and Ao no Kiseki Kai should be localized soon. In the document, Falcom explains it aims to expand further its games in Japan, North America
Nihon Falcom published on November 12 its latest financials, for its September 2019-September 2020 fiscal year, revealing in the process it will release multiple games by September 2021. Including a new Trails series / Kiseki series game. This will be the game starting the next arc, following The Legend of Heroes: Hajimari no Kiseki, released
Archipel Caravan, which specializes in creating and publishing documentaries about various Japanese creatives, released their first video recently. They sat down with Danganronpa creator, game director, and writer Kazutaka Kodaka in a video interview as he spoke on his brainstorming and developing process: According to their official description: “We spent time with game director and
Game live Japan, the TGS 2020 streams of Famitsu and Dengeki Online, revealed new details on Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny coming to PS4 and Switch, with first live gameplay. The stream featured Nippon Ichi Software President Sohei Shinkawa, commenting and explaining the game. Be sure to read the previously revealed info on Disgaea 6
Danganronpa, the popular visual novel murder mystery series is making some changes as developer Spike Chunsoft is taking over publishing rights for the franchise moving forward. Alongside that news, each Danganronpa title is being removed from either the PlayStation 4 or PlayStation Vita starting next month. Original publisher NIS America announced on Twitter back in
In a tweet from the official Spike Chunsoft account, the Danganronpa developer has announced it’ll be self-publishing the games in the series going forward. No explanation was given as to why the developer has acquired the publishing rights. “Attention, students: Spike Chunsoft, Inc. will take over publishing for the Danganronpa series,” says the tweet. “Please
Kazutaka Kodaka made a quick appearance at New Game+ Expo, sharing with his fans a special message celebrating the tenth anniversary of Danranronpa. In the message, Kodaka mentioned his wish to celebrate Danganronpa‘s birthday with everyone around the world, and especially stated nowadays it’s mainly people outside Japan who support his games. That’s a statement
Falcom and NIS America revealed the first trailer for the western release of Ys IX: Monstrum Nox at New Game Plus Expo. NIS America revealed on the same occasion that Ys IX: Monstrum Nox will unsurprisingly not be a PS4 exclusive in the west, and will be launching on Nintendo Switch as well as PC.
Nippon Ichi Software teased via “Guerilla Live” on June 10 a brand new game release. Hints on the game’s identity were streamed at specific hours on YouTube (12:00 JST, 15:00 JST, 18:00 JST) and the streams purposefully has no archive, forcing people to watch it live. Nippon Ichi Software also encouraged fans to discuss the
This afternoon, NIS America released on their Twitter the first of their “Voices of Zemuria” series of trailers which feature clips of characters, new and returning, that will be appearing in this fall’s conclusion of the Erebonian arc with Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 4. What is particularly exciting with this video (seen
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Spike Chunsoft’s Danganronpa series and to celebrate this milestone, the developer is soon set to bring three of the franchise’s most notable entries to new platforms. Announced over on Twitter today, Spike Chunsoft unveiled that the Danganronpa trilogy is soon set to come to mobile devices. This lineup includes
**Updated with the announcement trailer** Today, NIS America announced the final entry in the Legend of Heroes Erebonia Arc, Trails of Cold Steel 4, is releasing this fall for PlayStation 4, followed by Switch and PC releases next year. As confirmed by Game Informer, details on the various editions were revealed. The “Frontline Edition” coming
Back in 1987, three years before the first Fire Emblem game, a Japanese company named Masaya launched Ethlead Senshi, a tactical RPG for Japanese PCs. The game had all the basics found in every tactical RPG nowadays such as stats, skills, and different classes of units including those of the flying and naval variety. A
NIS America is planning two announcements next week. One announcement is coming on March 3, and another will be coming on March 5. This means there are two chances that your favorite Japanese niche visual novel game that only 10 people in the world care about will get localized. “Niche visual novel” is definitely one
Our peers at Dengeki Online published an interview with Aquaplus following the announcement of the second and third Utawarerumono games’ Steam ports, Mask of Deception, and Mask of Truth. The end of the interview has Aquaplus mentioning multiple new Utawarerumono console games are in development: “We’re working on multiple console games. We hope you’ll play
Little Town Hero, a new Gamefreak IP which released on October 16th of last year, is getting a physical release thanks to publisher NIS America. The Big Idea Edition is slated for a Spring 2020 launch and will come with an artbook, poster, lapel pin set, official soundtrack, and collector’s box. The set is available
Trails of Cold Steel III, revealed to be getting a Nintendo Switch version sometime in Spring 2020, received a brand new story trailer. And in a surprise reveal, the game will also be coming for PC on March 23th. The Switch version includes all the DLC, and presumably the Steam version will as well. There
Over on Twitter, the official account for NIS America is teasing a new game reveal and stream at their upcoming PAX South panel on Friday. Like any good tease, fans began speculating right about which game it could potentially be. Let’s take a look at the popular games the community and I are hoping to
It might feel like a long time since our interview with developer Granzella about the upcoming Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, and it’s even longer since we learned the game would be heading West in early 2020. Well, it was only last year but time flies. The day is finally here as we have an official
While the Utawarerumono series originated on PC in 2002, its more recent entries have avoided the platform. Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception and Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth only released for PS3, PS4, and PS Vita and they both came westward with the help of Atlus in 2017. Today, DMM Games’ localization team ShiraVN revealed that Utawarerumono:
Falcom and NIS America have announced that The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel III will be launching in U.S and Europe on Nintendo Switch in Spring 2020. Falcom’s President Toshihiro Kondo revealed the info via an interview with our comrades at Gamespot. The Switch version will also launch in Japan sometime after the
Earlier this year, PS4 and Nintendo Switch remakes of Langrisser I & II released in Japan. In July, we learned that Chara-ani Corporation was bringing the remake package westward in 2020 with the help of NIS America. Today, the publisher not only released a new trailer comparing the original graphics to the remade ones but
We’ve known about The Alliance Alive HD Remastered for Nintendo Switch and PS4 since March, and are just over a month away from its October 8 release. While previous trailers have mainly focused on what has been improved or touched up in the transition from 3DS to HD consoles, The Alliance Alive HD Remastered’s latest
NIS America announced it will bring Aquaplus and Tamsoft’s PS4 exclusive Utawarerumono Zan to the west in Fall 2019. The announcement was previously leaked by Koch Media France who uploaded the reveal trailer a few hours too early. Utawarerumono is initially a trilogy mixing visual novel and tactical RPG elements. Utawarerumono Zan is the first
The concept of being stuck in another world, but with Idols. This is the idea that The Caligula Effect: Overdose throws at you from the start, and uses it to tell a somewhat confusing story. With strong gameplay elements and interesting character designs, it’s an unbalanced title due to the lackluster environments and forgetful story
FuRyu officially announced The Alliance Alive HD Remastered for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC. The game is an HD remaster of The Alliance Alive, released on 3DS on June 22, 2017, in Japan, and on March 27, 2018, worldwide. The Alliance Alive HD Remastered‘s announcement leaked on March 6 and was later on officially confirmed by
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