Nippon Ichi Software
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. (日本一ソフトウェア Nippon Ichi Sofutowea) is a Japanese developer and publisher of game software titles such as Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Phantom Brave, La Pucelle: Tactics, and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure.
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. was founded in 1994 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, as an entertainment software company. Since then Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. has grown into an international company focused on creating video game products across modern console platforms. NIS America, Inc. subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. of Japan, established its North American operations on December 24, 2003. Based in Santa Ana, California, NIS America, Inc. handles operations including localization, marketing, and publishing of Nippon Ichi titles.
Nippon Ichi, meaning "Japan's Best" or "#1 in Japan," is often abbreviated as "N1."
Facts about Nippon Ichi Software
- Most Games developed or published by them are mostly 2D sprites set in a 3D world (see images below)
- Many of their North American PS2 releases have Japanese and English audio.
- A lot of games have Visual Novel style of story telling combined with Tactic RPG
- Almost all of their games work great on PCSX2 and are not very power hungry
List of Games(developed)
Europe
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (Published by Koei) - PS2 (05/28/04)
- La Pucelle: Tactics (Published by Koei) - PS2 (04/01/05)
- Phantom Brave (Published by Koei) - PS2 (02/04/05)
- Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome - PS2 (10/25/05)
- Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories - PS2 (11/03/06)
- Soul Nomad & the World Eaters - PS2 (06/20/08)
- Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice - PS3 (30/02/09)
- Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure - DS (27/03/09)
- Disgaea DS - DS (3/04/09)
North America
- Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure - PS1 (03/30/00)
- Jigsaw Madness - PS1 (12/01/02)
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness - PS2 (08/27/03)
- La Pucelle: Tactics - PS2 (05/04/04)
- Phantom Brave - PS2 (08/31/04)
- Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome - PS2 (07/26/05)
- Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories - PS2 (08/29/06)
- Soul Nomad & the World Eaters - PS2 (9/25/07)
- Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness - PSP (10/30/07)
- Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (Developer) - PS3 (08/26/08)
- Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure - DS (09/23/08)
- Disgaea DS - DS (09/25/08)
- Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? - PSP (02/17/09)
- Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days - PSP (09/08/09)
Japan
- Jigsaw World - PS1 (02/03/95)
- Oni Taiji, The: Mokushi Se! Ni Yome Momotarou - PS1 (10/13/95)
- Jigsaw Land: Japan Graffiti - PS1 (09/13/96)
- Souryu: Logical Mahjong - PS1 (12/20/96)
- Doki Doki Shutter Chance - PS1 (10/23/97)
- SatelliTV - PS1 (01/08/98)
- Cooking Fighter - PS1 (05/21/98)
- The Adventure of Puppet Princess - PS1 (12/17/98) localized as Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
- Logic Mahjong Souryu - PS1 (05/04/99)
- Little Princess: Maru Oukoku no Ningyou Hime 2 - PS1 (11/25/99)
- Tenshi no Present: Marle Oukoku Monogatari - PS2 (12/21/00)
- Marl de Jigsaw - PS2 (11/15/01)
- La Pucelle - PS2 (01/31/02) localized as La Pucelle: Tactics
- Marl Jong!! - PS1 (04/24/02)
- Makai Senki Disgaea - PS2 (01/30/03) localized as Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
- Marujan!! - PS1 (04/24/03)
- Phantom Brave - PS2 (01/22/04) localized as Phantom Brave
- Hayari Gami - PS2 (08/05/04)
- La Pucelle: Hikari no Seijo Densetsu Nishuu - PS2 (10/21/04)
- Phantom Kingdom - PS2 (03/18/05) localized as Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome
- Eien no Aseria: The Spirit of the Eternity Sword - PS2 (05/12/05)
- Hayarigami Revenge - PS2 (07/14/05)
- Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea - PS2 (08/11/05)
- Rasetsu Alternative - PS2 (10/13/05)
- Hayarigami Portable - PSP (12/15/05)
- Makai Senki Disgaea 2 - PS2 (02/23/06) localized as Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
- Makai Senki Disgaea Portable - PSP (11/30/06) localized as Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
- Soul Cradle - PS2 (01/25/07) - localized as Soul Nomad & the World Eaters
- Hayarigami 2 - PS2 (11/15/07)
- Makai Senki Disgaea 3 - PS3 (01/31/08) localized as Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
- Makai Senki Disgaea 2 Portable - PSP (4/3/09)
- Phantom Brave: We Meet Again - Wii (June 2009)
Cancelled Titles
- Makai Wars - PS3, PSP
Anime
- Makai Senki Disgaea. 12 episodes total. Studio: Oriental Light and Magic.
- Eien no Aseria - The Spirit of the Eternity Sword. 2 episodes (OVA) total. Studio: Studio Matrix.
Gallery
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Disgaea
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Disgaea VN like story progress
This article has been partly taken from Wikipedia