This fall Nippon Ichi will publish their third Nintendo DS game in Japan, but it isn’t a brand new series. They teamed up with Hamster, notable for the Oretachi Game Center arcade ports, to release an installment of the Conveni…

Nippon Ichi is taking a huge leap onto the Nintendo DS in June with two games Disgaea DS and Jigsaw World: Daigekitou! Jig Battle Heroes (note: Daigekitou is something like big fierce fight). Instead of spacing out the two titles…

We don’t have Disgaea 3 yet, but somewhere in the world (mostly Japan) people completed the game and saw the ending. Nippon Ichi has a post game challenge for them, adding the ten gentlemen to your party.   On April…

Second bit of Nippon Ichi news today, their second DS title is revealed and it isn’t based off an existing franchise. Although, Jigsaw World does have a connection to Disgaea since Etna is a playable character. However, this is expected…

Nippon Ichi is adding multiplayer battles to Disgaea DS, but as of now the only mode revealed is a one on one wireless fight between two players. Before the altercation begins, players can set level caps and other handicaps to balance…

It may come as a surprise to see that Dragoneer's Aria really isn't all that bad a game it has been made out to be. It lacks a deep, intriguing story and only has semi-decent English voice acting (the game…

Also developed by Vanillaware (remember Odin Sphere?) is Grim Grimoire, a side scrolling RTS that NIS America is releasing in North America later this month. The story is about Lillet Blan who is caught in a time loop, trapped between…

One of the features that set Ar Tonelico apart from other RPGs was the battle system. In the back row players had a Reyvateil, a song magic user, passively chanting spells while three other players used your basic fight/skill commands.…

The Playstation 2’s reign has been long, lucrative, and stacked to the brim with games. While that makeup has allowed considerable wiggle room for the niche market, much more than on Gamecube or Xbox, many smaller titles have nevertheless fallen…

Nippon Ichi and Hitmaker are teaming up again to make Dragoneer’s Aria, another action RPG for the PSP. This time they have a little extra help with the character design from Juno, one of the artists from Lineage. The character…

I feel confident to say that Grim Grimoire may just be one of the best looking PS2 games if not ever, then at least this year.  While I drooled over screenshots prior to playing it, they really don’t do the…

Learning that Hitmaker was behind Dragoneer’s Aria was a bit of a surprise; on the one hand, Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light, their first PSP developed title, left a sour taste in the attitudes of those who’ve played through the…