Probably the game that piqued my interest the most, A Witch's Tale for the Nintendo DS was announced at NIS America's last press event, and was orginally set to be released in October 2008; however, the game was quietly hushed away. The game is suppose to be an action orientated game with controls probably most similar to that of The World Ends With You where players perform different attacks by using the stylus. Spells are casted by tracing rune systems on the screen.
At the Prinny Event, we were told that the delay was due to major change overhauls that are being done on the game with the artwork remaining the same. What exactly these overhauls are, we can only speculate. NIS promises that the game will definitely be released; however, no set date is currently announced.
While at NIS America's Prinny Event, we asked them about the possibility of localizing the joint developed PS3 game Cross Edge by Capcom, Bandai Namco, NIS, Idea Factory, and Gust. The problem here is that the game has numerous intellectual properties owned by different companies, and licensing it in the United States by any one company could prove difficult.
After much poking and prodding, "Lets just say we will have some good news for the fans from us." is the response we got.
Been extremely busy the last couple of weeks preparing the site for another migration mostly due to a security issue. Spent the last 5 hours moving, but anyways today is the day of NIS America's Winter Prinny Press Event! Chief Photographer Troy Leong and myself have been invited to this event, and we'll keep you updated on what's new. (You can now read our report here)
As the event is titled, it will be mostly to promote the PSP game Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? As a guess, the Prinny game and Ar tonelico II for the Playstation 2 most likely will be playable at this event. They will probably also discuss about the downloadable content for the American version of Disgaea 3. We will also present to NIS America all the questions and concerns many of your voiced in regards to the localization of Ar tonelico II.
If you still have any questions for NIS America, please feel free to post them here. I will be checking this post occasionally at the event on my phone for any new questions.
Apparently the special gift item mentioned previously in a newsletter sent out by NIS America for preorders of Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? has been revealed. The newsletter showed a silhouette of what looks like a PSP case and for the Japanese release, NIS is including a blue Prinny PSP case so most likely we can expect the same.
NIS is also releasing 2 new Prinny plushies, one of the new Prinny with a scarf, and Prinny Laharl. They both look awesome, a lot better than the old ones. Definitely picking up both and plopping them on top of monitor.
Full images inside.
Currently busy at the moment restructuring the very foundation of the website after a meeting with the other administrators of the website after the PHP injection incident, so expect further delays in new posts.
On Monday, Ignition Entertainment sent us word that they will be including a special bonus disc in Metal Slug 7 for the United States including wallpapers and game trailers.
On Thursday and Friday of last week, NIS announced that Ar Tonelico 2 has been delayed until January 2009 but will include a soundtrack and artbook.
NIS also announced that their PS2 title Mana Khemia will be ported and released on the PSP in January 2009.
As for the previously announced title A Witch's Tale for the NDS originally projected to be released in October 2008 is still currently unknown.
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