Latest Reviews of Nippon Ichi Games
Review Disgaea 1 Complete - Dishing Out 1,000 Damage Never Looked So Good
DOOD! What a remake!
Walk in the shoes of Daemon Prince and antihero Laharl as he awakens after the passing of his father in hope of fighting for the title of Overlord of the Netherworld. In this remake of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Nippon Ichi Software spoils us with reworked graphics and a new 'Etna Mode' all carefully intertwined into the same...
Review Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk (PS4)
Tractie-cal warfare
Nippon Ichi’s latest release Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk is a first-person dungeon crawler where you play Tractie – that is, the Tractatus de Monstrum – a mysterious book with a soul trapped inside, able to communicate by filling out its pages. Tractie is under the control of a witch named Baba Yaga, or Dronya as...
Review The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2 (PS4)
A witch's curse
A year after its Japanese release, The Witch And The Hundred Knight 2 has finally made it to Western consoles. Following the story of sisters Amalie and Milm, you play as the Hundred Knight – a doll brought to life by witchcraft to do the evil bidding of the young witch who has taken over Milm’s body after she contracts Witch’s...
Review Cladun Returns: This is Sengoku! (PS4)
Katana and mouse
Cladun Returns: The Is Sengoku! is a fast and sometimes fun little dungeon crawler. The sprite-based title serves up stages that can each be completed in just a few minutes, and there are plenty of ways to enhance your character, resulting in a surprisingly rewarding experience. For quick stints of exploration and action you can't...
Review A Rose in the Twilight (PS Vita)
The rose beyond the wall
Nippon Ichi certainly knows how to tell gruesome tales featuring adorable looking young girls! The creators of Yomawari: Night Alone have returned with a brand new puzzle platformer, A Rose in the Twilight. It's a tale of innocence, friendship, and blood. A young girl with a thorn upon her back awakens in the rubble, deep...
Review Yomawari: Night Alone (PS Vita)
Horror never looked so cute
Yomawari: Night Alone tells the haunting tale of a girl, seemingly alone, trying to find her sister and lost dog Poro in her small town. As our heroine's adventure beginss, it's clear from the offset that the town is haunted, and she must go on her quest without being caught by the many ghosts that roam the streets...
Review The Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition (PS4)
It's a remastered kind of magic
By the pricking of our thumbs, something remastered this way comes. Yes, Nippon Ichi Software – the developer of the superb turn-based strategy role-playing Disgaea franchise – has decided to polish up its real-time battler The Witch and the Hundred Knight, adding Revival Edition to its already lengthy name on the...
Review Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (PS4)
Revenge is a dish best served on the PS4
In a genre that prides itself on balanced gameplay and character building, you can always count on the Disgaea franchise to be the outlier in the strategy role-playing realm with its ability to not take itself too seriously. If you've played previous instalments, you'll know that a wacky cast and...
Review The Awakened Fate Ultimatum (PlayStation 3)
Fateful random encounters
The conflict between Heaven and Hell is a theme often explored in video games. Is Heaven really made up of pure righteousness, and conversely is Hell really founded solely on black malefic intent? The eternal struggle of good and evil, polar opposites clashing against one another in a battle to the death – it can all be...
Review htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary (PlayStation Vita)
Fly away
With a title like htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary, this latest PlayStation Vita puzzle platformer seems like a strange fit for the Western market. However, niche publisher NIS America has made its name by bringing quirky little curios overseas, and Sony's handheld is certainly a haven for the unusual. The game sees you controlling fireflies –...
Latest Nippon Ichi Articles
News Disgaea 5 Takes a Tense Tactical Turn Exclusively on Western PS4s in 2015
Grid-based grief
Tactical Japanese RPG Disgaea 5 – which, confusingly, is actually the sixth game in the franchise – was announced at Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show conference earlier in the year. However, as it was a Japanese event, only an Eastern release date was announced, leaving the usual black cloud over the possibility of a Western launch...
News Disgaea 5 Brings Tense and Tough Tactics to Japanese PS4s in 2015
Wait your turn
If you feel like the PlayStation 4 is a bit lacking when it comes to tactical RPGs, never fear, as the always solid Disgaea franchise will soon be hitting Sony's super system. Officially announced during the platform holder's pre-TGS conference, there is very little known about the new title, except that it exists. However, we did...
News Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited Looks Bonkers and Brilliant in This Vita Trailer
Looks prinny good
Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited recently had a new and characteristically bonkers trailer drop. The portable version is actually an enhanced port of the PlayStation 3 game that released a few years back. If that sounds exciting, you'll be glad to hear that the title will be launching quite soon: 17th August in North America, and...
Matters of Import Shining a Light on PS Vita's htoL#NiQ -Hotaru no Nikki-
Yes, that really is the title
Nippon Ichi, perhaps best known for its Disgaea role-playing game series, has recently released a new PlayStation Vita game in Japan that’s very different from its usual output. htoL#NiQ is a puzzle game, and is best – or perhaps most lazily – described as Japan's answer to monochrome indie die-lots-‘em-up...
News Disgaea 5 Takes a Tense Tactical Turn Exclusively on Western PS4s in 2015
Grid-based grief
Tactical Japanese RPG Disgaea 5 – which, confusingly, is actually the sixth game in the franchise – was announced at Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show conference earlier in the year. However, as it was a Japanese event, only an Eastern release date was announced, leaving the usual black cloud over the possibility of a Western launch...
News Disgaea 5 Brings Tense and Tough Tactics to Japanese PS4s in 2015
Wait your turn
If you feel like the PlayStation 4 is a bit lacking when it comes to tactical RPGs, never fear, as the always solid Disgaea franchise will soon be hitting Sony's super system. Officially announced during the platform holder's pre-TGS conference, there is very little known about the new title, except that it exists. However, we did...
News Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited Looks Bonkers and Brilliant in This Vita Trailer
Looks prinny good
Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited recently had a new and characteristically bonkers trailer drop. The portable version is actually an enhanced port of the PlayStation 3 game that released a few years back. If that sounds exciting, you'll be glad to hear that the title will be launching quite soon: 17th August in North America, and...
Matters of Import Shining a Light on PS Vita's htoL#NiQ -Hotaru no Nikki-
Yes, that really is the title
Nippon Ichi, perhaps best known for its Disgaea role-playing game series, has recently released a new PlayStation Vita game in Japan that’s very different from its usual output. htoL#NiQ is a puzzle game, and is best – or perhaps most lazily – described as Japan's answer to monochrome indie die-lots-‘em-up...