Though not exhibiting at this year's E3, RPGFan was able to catch up with NIS America's Jack Niida and ask him about some of their upcoming titles.Of particular interest, Niida mentions that the PSP port of Mana Khemia will be making the jump to North America this September, and that at least two more game announcements are on the way this year, one of which will be made before the end of the month!
Though RPGFan was asked not to reveal the upcoming titles, they said that both are interations in established series. The announcement to come this month is apparently in a series that NIS fans are already aware of. (Could this be Ar Tonelico II?) The second announcement apparently won't be made until this fall, but is a from a series that has been long-running in Japan, and that "a lot of the hardcore RPG fans will enjoy." (We have no speculation on this second title at the moment.)
In terms of NIS-developed games (read "Disgaea"), Niida mentioned that Nippon Ichi (Japan) is eying the possibilities of development utilizing the Wii's motion controls, but is still currently developing for the PlayStation group of products, especially the PSP and PS3. Though the previously announced "Makai Wars" game has been put on hold, Niida mentioned that there is a game in development for PS3 that will better take advantage of its hardware than Disgaea 3 did, but could not comment further.
Though I'm excited about the possibilities of Ar Tonelico II and other Gust titles seeing stateside release, I must admit that Nippon Ichi-developed titles are not particularly my favorite games. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see what comes from the company in the future as more developers are finally moving to 7th generation hardware.
You can read the full RPGFan article (which also touches on NIS' upcoming DS titles) here.
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