Soul Nomad starts off with one of those long, drawn-out introductions that seem to afflict every uninspired, shamelessly derivative RPG. It's full of scrolling text, barely moving images, and a verbose mixture of cliché and piffle - what's a "clarion vesper", for example, and what's it doing in a videogame? But then, just as you're expecting to be unceremoniously dumped into the usual blend of boring stereotypes and po-faced solemnity, it changes tack. As the game introduces its sardonic and offensive anti-hero, it dawns on you that the whole thing has just been another one of Nippon Ichi's excellent jokes.
Boss Dungeon's Gregory Edwards lists off his top 10 games produced by Nippon Ichi Software
Solid list.
I just started playing D1: Afternoon of darkness about 10 days ago and I love it. It's my first Disgaea & first NIS game.
As soon as I beat this and do some post game I'll pick up D2....not the new one but the psp version.
D3 will probably be the first game I get for Vita whenever I buy it. So much content in these games.
Awesome! Afternoon is such a remarkable game in every way. Though it wasn't on the list, I really do still love Disgaea 2, and though I wasn't a fan of 3 at first, the Vita version turned me around on it. It's a lovely series and they do indeed have a ton of content to get lost in.
Those aren't made by Nippon Ichi though. Those are made by Gust.
You'll see confusion about this from time to time, because in North America, the Ar Tonelico games were localized by NIS America; however, Nippon Ichi had nothing to do with the development.
Yep! I only picked stuff developed by NIS. If we were picking stuff NIS America had localised, there'd be a few differences here.
Well damn. Usually I'm on top of stuff like that. (Sadly, I'm not even in the same county with the majority of my PS2 collection, so I couldn't double check if I wanted to.)
Now I just look like a buffoon.
The RPG! RPG! crew discuss Pokemon Conquest, Disgaea DLC, Soul Nomad and the World Eaters, Vagrant Story, FF12 and more!
Pokemon Conquest
Disgaea - Item World & Geopanels
Soul Nomad and The World Eaters (PS2)
Vagrant Story (PS1)
Final Fantasy 12 (PS2)
NISA breaks down the localization process, talks about upcoming games, and discusses job opportunities at this year's Anime Expo. 411mania was on hand to see what the publisher had to say.
