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news legasistaSanta Ana, Calif. (March 29, 2012) – NIS America is excited to announce that Legasista will be available exclusively on PlayStation®3 via PlayStation®Network this August. Legasista is a dungeon crawler-style survival action RPG. Extra dungeons that give you better loot are randomly generated and players are able to fully customize their characters, including job classes and equipment. They can also alter their appearance by importing images from their PS3. The game will automatically convert the images into playable characters. Crawl into the dungeon later this summer!

About Legasista

In a world where science has become a thing of the past, people have come to fear this ancient form of knowledge as magic spells and curses. Now a young man named Alto sets off for the mysterious Ivy Tower, which houses ancient relics of the lost art of science.

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Features

•Dungeon crawler-style action RPG: Form a team of 3 characters to explore the dungeons of the Ivy Tower! Characters can easily switch in and out from the frontline to the backline.
•Randomly-generated dungeons: Explore different dungeons and cash in on the loot!
•Personalities: Create your own character, from job class to unique personalities! The personality will greatly change the character’s fighting capabilities, so choose well!
•Customization: Customize your character fully with the character creation feature. Even weapons can be customized!

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news mugen-soulsSanta Ana, Calif. (March 29, 2012) – NIS America proudly announced their plan to release Mugen Souls in North America and Europe later this year exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Mugen Souls features a free-roaming battle map, turn-based combat, and massive amounts of customization and growth to maximize the fun fans can have with the game.

About Mugen Souls

There exists a small galaxy in the universe containing seven worlds, shimmering in seven colors... These worlds exist and act independent of one another. This has allowed them to develop and nurture rich, unique cultures. Then one day, a decree was sent out... “I'm gonna make everything in each of these worlds bow to me!” – The Undisputed Goddess, Chou-Chou

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Features

•Expansive worlds to explore: Travel freely on each world to explore and find treasures and items. Monsters are roaming about, so be cautious or fight them head-on and make them your subservient peons!
•Free-roaming style battle maps: Use Combo attacks to execute spectacular moves with your allies! Destroy Crystals on the battlefield to activate Hyper mode!
•Moe Kill: Execute the Moe Kill technique to enslave enemies and turn them into items by exploiting their weaknesses!
•Customization: Create a full cast of characters! Customizable body parts, facial expressions, and job classes! Notice: Due to the sensitive nature of some content, NIS America has decided to edit certain aspects of this title for its North American and European releases.

 

For more information, please visit NISAmerica.com.

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news one-witch-and-hundred-knightsSanta Ana, Calif. (March 29, 2012) – NIS America is excited to announce the winter release of The Witch and the Hundred Knights exclusively on PS3 in North America and Europe. Adopting high-res, fully 3D environments and characters, as well as a dark fantasy world brought to life by Takehito Harada, The Witch and the Hundred Knights will deliver a brand-new action RPG experience from Nippon Ichi Software! In The Witch and the Hundred Knights, being bad is good! Save the innocent or take part in the ransacking—it’s all up to you! The Witch and the Hundred Knights will hit store shelves in early 2013. About The Witch and the Hundred Knights Two powerful witches have been battling one another for over a hundred years. Now, the Swamp Witch has unleashed the legendary Dark Knights, and seeks to destroy the Forest Witch once and for all!

Features

•A hundred knights at your command: A plethora of ways to utilize your 100-man team!

•Multiple weapons: Equip up to 5 weapons to maximize your combo abilities!

•Chain attacks: The higher you build your chain, the greater damage you will unleash!

•More details coming soon! You can be the hero who saves the world, or go evil and pillage the village!

 

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For more information, please visit NISAmerica.com!

 

Published in Press Releases
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:47

Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2 (PS3) Review

In the last Hyperdimension Neptunia, we saw intrepid protagonists save the world known as Gamindustri from evil. In Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2, brought to us by NIS America, we find Gamindustri has been taken over by a dark force called Arfoire. The player’s job is to travel and look for others to help rescue the world again. But, along the way, you need to change the views of people you interact with and convince them to actually join you. The gameplay is turn based with a free roaming component where characters move around the battle area to perform attacks that have different radii. When not in battle, the game is text based and uses 2D backgrounds. (There is a lot of reading involved.) If you’ve ever played a visual novel, then you will find this game to be similar. The first thing you’ll notice in the new game is the intro song called “Kirihirake! Glazy☆star!”[1] voiced by Nao. It’s great, so don’t skip over it; I recommend listening every time you start the game.


[1] Song translated from Japanese reads as “Kirihirake! GracieStar,” but NIS named it “Kirihirake! GlazyStar” in the US release.


Published in Game Reviews
Monday, 26 March 2012 11:23

Cave Story 3D (3DS) Review

In 2004, a man named Daisuke Amaya released a freeware game known as Cave Story for the PC. A labor of love, Amaya spent the better part of more than five years developing, designing and programming the pixel-sprite 2D platforming game. Publishing the game under his pen-name “Pixel”, Cave Story is Amaya’s loving homage to many of the 2D platforming games of his youth.

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Santa Ana, CA (March 5, 2012) – NIS America is proud to announce today that the supernatural romantic drama, Zakuro Complete Series Premium Edition, will be news zakuroreleased by NIS America in North America this June. Zakuro follows the story of Zakuro, who is a hybrid between human and spirit. Along with her partner, Kei, she takes assignments as a member of the Ministry of Spirit Affairs to settle any disputes or incidents that arise between humans and spirits. Witness her journey to become a stronger fighter as well as a full-grown woman. The Zakuro Complete Series Premium Edition will be released as a 2-DVD set in NISA’s collectible packaging, which includes a hardcover art book. Preorder at select online retailers: Right Stuf, The Anime Corner Store, Anime Pavilion, Anime Castle, and the NISA Online Store.

 

About Zakuro: Westernization, a time when humans and spirits coexist— The Modernization of Japan has begun. The Ministry of Spirit Affairs is established to resolve mysterious incidents involving the nation’s spirits. This ministry consists of representatives from both the human and spirit worlds. Zakuro, Susukihotaru, Bonbori, and Hozuki are all half-spirits who have been partnered with the second lieutenants Kei, Riken, and Ganryu. These half-spirit girls and the male second lieutenants are all assigned to Spirit Affairs in an effort to join forces and carry out any tasks given to them!

 

About the bonuses—art book and bonus tracks:
• 36-page art book with episode guides, character profiles, cast interviews, an interview with Zakuro creator Lily Hoshino, and exclusive artwork. You will get to know more about the perspectives of the main vocal cast by reading their interviews! Find out what they thought about their characters and the experiences they had by being a part of Zakuro!
• 1 clean opening, 3 clean endings, and 2 original picture stories

 

Starring Mai Nakahara as Zakuro (Katanagatari, PERSONA -trinity soul-, When They Cry) Takahiro Sakurai as Kei Agemaki (House of Five Leaves, Code Geass, GUNxSWORD) Kana Hanazawa as Susukihotaru (Angel Beats!, Blue Exorcist, Infinite Stratos) Satoshi Hino as Riken Yoshinokazura (The Familiar of Zero, Bakuman, Gintama) Aki Toyosaki as Bonbori (K-ON!, Demon King Daimao) Yui Horie as Hozuki (Toradora!, Persona 4 The Animation, Love Hina) Yuki Kaji as Ganryu Hanakiri (Durarara!!, Blue Exorcist)

 

Produced by Director: Chiaki Kon (When They Cry, Nodame Cantabile) Studio: J.C. Staff (Toradora!, Shakugan no Shana, The Familiar of Zero)

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news occult academySanta Ana, CA (February 3, 2012) – NIS America is excited to announce today that the horror comedy Occult Academy Complete Series Premium Edition will be available in North America this May. In Occult Academy, a group of high school students and faculty will tackle spirits, mysterious creatures, ancient prophecies, and even the myth of the Mayan calendar! These odd but intriguing characters will pursue the twists and turns of the world’s greatest mysteries and bring to light hidden stories of untold truths. Occult Academy Complete Series Premium Edition comes packed on 2 Blu-ray discs in NIS’s highly praised collectible packaging, along with a hardcover art book. Preorder at select online retailers: Right Stuf, The Anime Corner Store, Anime Pavilion, Anime Castle, and NIS America’s Online Store.

 

About Occult Academy:

In the year 2012, the world is a wasteland invaded by aliens. Time travelers like Fumiaki Uchida are sent back to the year 1999 in order to destroy the “Nostradamus Key” to prevent the apocalypse. In 1999, Maya Kumashiro, the daughter of the former principal of Waldstein Academy (AKA Occult Academy), returns to the academy to replace her father. Despising her father’s obsession with the occult, Maya is hell-bent on running the school into the ground out of spite. Her plan is interrupted when she meets Fumiaki and learns of the forthcoming destruction of the world. They form a pact to look for the key.

 

About the bonuses—art book and bonus tracks:

- 36-page art book with exclusive artwork, draft designs, and an occult encyclopedia! The art book is uniquely laid out and filled with handwritten liner notes. With this art book you’ll be able to dive even deeper into the world and lore of Occult Academy!

- Four bonus short episodes that give a glimpse into Maya’s first childhood encounter with a real, live cryptid!
- Clean OP/ED, clean ep. 13 ED, and Love Machine clip

 

Starring

Yoko Hikasa as Maya Kumashiro (K-ON!, Infinite Stratos, WAGNARIA!!)

Takahiro Mizushima as Fumiaki Uchida (Angel Beats!, Our Home’s Fox Deity)

Minori Chihara as Mikaze Nakagawa (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere)

Yu Kobayashi as Chihiro Kawashima (Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge, Negima)

 

Produced by

Director: Tomohiko Ito (Death Note, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars)
Studio: A-1 Pictures (WAGNARIA!!, Blue Exorcist, Black Butler, PERSONA -trinity soul-)

 

Published in Press Releases
Tuesday, 27 September 2011 01:00

Katanagatari Review

Katanagatari is an anime adaption of the light novel written by Niso Ishin and illustrated by Take. White Fox did the anime adaption which aired on January of 2010 and consisted of 12 episodes. One episode was released each month until December 2010, making twelve episodes in total. NIS America has licensed the English release of the series in two premium bundles that contains both the DVD and Bluray copy.

Katanagatari starts in feudal Japan. It focuses on Yasuri Shichika, voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya, a swordsman that fights without swords. He meets Togame, voiced by Yukari Tamura, who is an ambitious strategist seeking his assistance. Togame seeks to obtain twelve legendary swords for the shogunate, where Shichika’s strength is required. To answer her request, Shichika and Togame explore the rest of Japan to seek the twelve blades.

Published in Anime Reviews
Friday, 16 July 2010 16:50

NIS America Press Event 2010 Report

Game publisher NIS America threw a press event in San Francisco on Thursday. The event itself was more of a party, with journalists and friends mingling with the staff and each other, sharing food and drinks together. 3 Games were specifically announced, Z.H.P., Cladun, and Ar tonelico Qoga.

Special guest Souhei Niikawa, President of Nippon Ichi Software, was also in attendance and discussed about limiting the number of games his company would be releasing and mentioned a near future release of a new Disgaea title for the Playstation 3. His full statement can be found inside.

We asked about Atelier Totori, Prinny 2, and Neptune; PR Manager Nao Zook told they were hoping they would be able to bring those games over in the near future. We will have to wait for NIS America’s next press event.

Published in Gaming News
Friday, 21 May 2010 17:57

Ar Tonelico 3 US Release Pending?

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We received an invitation to NIS America's press event today mentioning announcements for new unnamed titles as well as special industry guest appearances. NIS America also slipped in an extra image of 2 characters silhouetted behind curtains who resemble Ar Tonelico 3's Saki and Finnel.

There also seem to be 2 characters next to them pixelated, though we can't make heads or tails where it's from. We've included the image inside, see for yourself. Let us know what you think. We'll keep up updated on any new announcements.

Published in Gaming News
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