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News Ys IX Gets a Rockin' Story Trailer
Lifting the curse
The next instalment in the long running Ys series continues to intrigue with a brand new story trailer. This one's fully dubbed, and it comes complete with a heavy rock backing track. Ys IX: Monstrum Nox (to give the game its full title) is still set to release for PS4 on the 2nd February 2021. Are you looking forward to this...
News Trails of Cold Steel IV Digital Pre-Orders Are Finally Fixed
Buyers can finally download
Update 3: Cold Steel fans rejoice, for Trails of Cold Steel IV digital pre-orders are finally fixed. It's taken NISA and Sony several days to solve the issue, which was preventing people from actually downloading the game even though they had pre-ordered it from the PlayStation Store. If you were impacted by this issue,...
A Class VII act
Have you played through Trails of Cold Steel III? If not, take our advice and don't even think about trying Trails of Cold Steel IV. Apparently, the two games were originally meant to be just one big instalment in Falcom's long running The Legend of Heroes franchise — but the sheer scope of the saga forced them apart. Put simply,...
News Danganronpa Games Will Be Pulled From PlayStation Store in September
Vita is the worst hit
If you've been thinking of picking up digital versions of Danganronpa titles, particularly on PlayStation Vita, you'll want to act sooner rather than later. Publisher NIS America has announced that multiple entries in the visual novel franchise will be taken off the PlayStation Store in September without any obvious reason why...
News Trails of Cold Steel IV Secures an October 2020 Release Date
Plus a new trailer
Trails of Cold Steel IV now has a confirmed Western release date. The final chapter in the property's Erebonia arc comes to a close on the 27th October in North America and Europe. With the previous game ending on a massive cliffhanger, we can't wait to see where the story goes. If you've been with the series from the start, then...
News Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Dashes onto PS4 in 2021
Gets a new gameplay trailer
The next instalment in the long running Ys series will be coming West in 2021 on PlayStation 4. Ys IX: Monstrum Nox got a new gameplay trailer during the New Game+ Expo, and it looks as frantic as you'd expect. We've still got a while to wait for this one, then, but at least Adol and the gang have got a release window to...
News Little Town Hero Details Its Combat System Ahead of PS4 Release
Woah
Little Town Hero is coming to PlayStation 4 next month, which means it's time to learn more about the former Nintendo Switch exclusive. In a new trailer, developer Game Freak has detailed the game's combat system with a three-minute deep dive. You can check it out above. You'll be battling monsters in Little Town Hero through the use of Ideas...
News Trails of Cold Steel IV Stirs Some Emotion with New Story Trailer
Smile like you Rean it
Trails of Cold Steel IV has a new story trailer, and those already invested in the series will know the significance of this final chapter in the Erebonian arc. With the previous game ending on a total cliffhanger, the trailer sets the stage for what should be an engrossing Class VII adventure. We've said it once and we'll...
Review Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories - Incoherent Disaster Sim Fails on All Fronts
Disaster la vista, baby
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories is an odd title, isn't it? Ostensibly, the game is about surviving a gargantuan earthquake, so that's the "Disaster Report" bit covered. But "Summer Memories"? It sounds more like the name of a sickly sweet K-Pop song than anything to do with cracked pavement or crumbling buildings. As it...
News Trails of Cold Steel IV Comes West This Fall on PS4
Finish the fight
Update: NIS America has confirmed that the game is also coming to Europe in the Autumn. Original story: The fourth and final chapter in the Trails of Cold Steel series is heading West later this year, publisher NIS America has confirmed. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, to give the game its full title, launched in...
News Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories Puts the Big Decisions in Your Hands
And dress up as Santa
Huh, Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories is shaping up to be a far deeper PlayStation 4 game than we first thought. As its latest trailer demonstrates, you'll be able to control the protagonist's decisions by selecting choices from a drop-down menu when the opportunity presents itself. Whether this actually has an impact on the...
News NIS America Is Teasing Two Announcements for Next Week
Cold Steel IV incoming? Ys IX?
Publisher NIS America has revealed that it'll make two announcements next week, on the 3rd and 5th March. Given that NIS America deals primarily in localising Japanese games, it's safe to assume that it'll spill the beans on upcoming plans to bring new titles to the West. It's difficult to say which games could be...
News Little Town Hero Western PS4 Release Confirmed for June
Physical release incoming
After the announcement of a Japanese release for Little Town Hero on PlayStation 4, the PlayStation Blog has now confirmed that the RPG from Pokémon developer Game Freak will be released in the US and across Europe. It'll launch in the US on 2nd June 2020 and three days later across E
News File a Disaster Report 4 on PS4 from 7th April
Summer memories
Long-in-development natural disaster sim Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories will reminisce this spring when it launches on the PlayStation 4 in North America and Europe from 7th April. “A calm summer day turns into catastrophe when a massive earthquake strikes your city, throwing buildings and lives into chaos,” the synopsis...
Sharpened steel
The story of Rean Schwarzer continues in Trails of Cold Steel III as the often obnoxiously nice protagonist finds himself back at school, only this time, he isn't a student. After graduating from Thors Military Academy following the events of the second game, Rean now leads the all-new Class VII as an instructor at a freshly...
Trailblazer
We were recently given the opportunity to speak with Toshihiro Kondo, president of Nihon Falcom, ahead of the much-anticipated Western release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III next month. Kondo-san gave us his opinions on why the series has resonated with audiences, insight into how the series has been developed, and his...
Review Utawarerumono: Zan - A Hack and Slash Retelling That Feels a Little Flat
Fan service
It's not often that we see games get remade in an entirely different genre, but that's essentially what Utawarerumono: Zan is. The Utawarerumono (you better believe we have that name copied and ready to paste) series typically focuses on strategic, turn based and grid based combat, but with Zan, Utawarerumono steps into unfamiliar action...
News Trails of Cold Steel 3 Demo Is Out Now on PS4, Progress Carries Over to Full Game
Steel yourself
NIS America has released a demo for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III on PlayStation 4. The upcoming role-playing title is due to release next month, on the 22nd October, and the demo will take you through the game's prologue. It's a relatively big download at around 13GB, but progress made in the demo will carry over to...
News Mineral Water Comes at a Cost in Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Water palaver
The shopkeepers in Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories don’t appear to have a whole lot of compassion for their customers. With water a commodity in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, they’re putting prices up and profiting from the disaster. Of course, how you respond will influence the outcome of your playthrough. It’s...
News New Trails of Cold Steel III Trailer Makes a Great Game Look Incredibly Janky
Class VII dismissed
Oh dear, not the greatest of trailers, this. If you're anything like us, you're eagerly awaiting The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III -- especially after playing through the first two games which released on PlayStation 4 earlier this year. The third game in the series is due out on the 22nd October, and it's just...
News Trails of Cold Steel III PS4 Release Delayed By a Month, Demo Coming Soon
Wake me up when September ends
It still feels like this is the year of Trails of Cold Steel, but unfortunately, we'll need to wait that little bit longer before we get our hands on the series' third entry. It's been delayed on PS4 from its original late September release to 22nd October. Announced via a tweet from NIS America's official Twitter...
News Old School Fire Emblem-Esque Strategy RPGs Langrisser I & II are Marching to PS4 in 2020
Remastered, of course
NIS America is bringing remastered versions of Langrisser and Langrisser II to PlayStation 4 in early 2020 in the form of a collection called Langrisser I & II. Langrisser is a series of strategy role-playing games that stretches back to the 1990s. It's been missing on home consoles for over a decade, however. It last...
News Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories Brings Localised Chaos to PS4 in Early 2020
PlayStation VR support included
After initially launching in Japan in October 2018, Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories will finally make its way west via a localised port on PS4, courtesy of NIS America. It's set to release in early 2020, so check out the announcement trailer above to build up some hype. The Disaster Report series is known for its...
E3 2019 Disgaea 4 Complete+ Brings the Full Package to PS4 Later This Year
Standard and limited editions detailed
Following in the footsteps of Disgaea 1 Complete, publisher NIS America is bringing back Disgaea 4 in the form of a complete package later this year. Titled Disgaea 4 Complete+, it'll be releasing on PS4. The title is expected to bring together the base game and all its DLC under one roof, which up until now...
E3 2019 Trails of Cold Steel III Arrives on PS4 This September in the West
A release date and trailer
The third chapter in the Trails of Cold Steel series, Trails of Cold Steel III is heading West later this year on PlayStation 4. The game's been available for quite some time in Japan -- two years this September, to be precise -- but thanks to NIS America, it's getting a fully localised release outside of its homeland. You...
News Trails of Cold Steel 3 Trailer Shows Main Characters and Their English Voices
The new Class VII
Hold on a second, we're getting another Trails of Cold Steel III trailer before the second game has even arrived on PlayStation 4? Madness. The timing may be a little weird (although we do need to remember that, unlike the previous games, III is being published by NIS America, rather than XSEED Games and Marvelous), but if you've...
News The Vita's Going to Get a New Game Next Year
It lives
It's time to wheel out all the awful "Vita means life" jokes that you've been saving, because NIS America just announced a new game is coming to the system next year. Vita games in 2020, what a world! The title in question is Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen, a name that we hope we never have to type again. It's a remake of the first...
News Turn Based 3DS JRPG The Alliance Alive Makes the Jump to PS4 Later This Year
Alive and well
The Alliance Alive, a 3DS Japanese role-playing game that launched back in 2018, is being ported to the PlayStation 4 later this year. The news comes via publisher NIS America, but there are no specific details to go on just yet. The title's got a cutesy art style, a twisting, dialogue-heavy story, and turn based combat. The 3DS...
Live Watch NIS America's 2019 Games Showcase
Updates and news incoming
Prolific publisher of Japanese titles here in the West, NIS America has quite a busy year ahead of it, and if you're interested in the company's catalogue, you may want to tune in for its live showcase. The stream is set to begin at 17:00 GMT/09:00 PDT/12:00 EDT, and it'll apparently feature announcements and updates on...
News Trails of Cold Steel III Is Coming West on PS4 Later This Year
The trio should be complete
Trails of Cold Steel fans rejoice, for NIS America has confirmed that The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III will be coming to Western PlayStation 4s in the latter half of 2019. You can catch the announcement trailer above. If all goes to plan, this means that the first three Trails of Cold Steel games will be...
News SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Heading to PS4 in March
Going retro
Retro fans rejoice: NIS America is bringing SNK 40th Anniversary Collection to PS4, and it's not too far away. The collection hits Sony's console on 19th March 2019, as announced via the above trailer. This retro package contains more than 20 early SNK titles, including classics such as Athena, Crystalis, and Ikari Warriors. You'll be...
News RPG Maker MV Goes Back into Development
Release date postponed
RPG Maker MV, the PlayStation 4-based game creation suite, will no longer launch on 26th February as originally planned. The title – which is already available in Japan – is experiencing “ongoing issues with development” according to publisher NIS America. The company wrote: “Until [the issues] are resolved, the...
News Lapis x Labyrinth Brings Cute, Colourful RPG Action to PS4
Danganronpa Trilogy also confirmed
Here’s a game that we’ll never write about again: Lapis x Labyrinth is coming to Western territories, courtesy of NIS America. The whimsical PlayStation 4 action RPG couldn’t look more Japanese if it put vending machine underwear on its head and started screaming kawaii, but we’re sure that it’ll be...
News NIS America Announces Its Last Ever Retail PS Vita Releases
Trio of titles due next year
Sony will cease manufacturing PlayStation Vita cartridges next year, spelling an end to physical releases on the handheld. The device will be supported right through to the end, though, as NIS America has announced a trio of titles that it will be bringing to retail from 19th March in North America. There’s no...
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...
News The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince Make Quite the Double-Act on PS4
A mutual misunderstanding
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince – yes, that is its real name – sounds like something alright. “In it, you control a wolf, disguised as a princess, who guides a blind prince through a perilous forest in search of a witch capable of restoring his sight,” the press release reads. “The forest is home to a...
News Create Your Own Adventures with RPG Maker MV, Coming to PS4 Next Year
Control your fate
NIS America has announced that its RPG creation game, imaginatively named RPG Maker MV, is heading to Western PS4s in 2019. The trailer above doesn't feature much in the way of gameplay, but it hints at some of the variety you'll be able to tinker with. The RPG Maker series does exactly what it says on the tin: it allows players...
Put the kids to bed
The first twenty minutes or so of The Lost Child set up an intriguing mystery, but once the game settles into a comfortable rhythm things become decidedly less compelling, and at times, an outright slog. The game begins in a Tokyo subway station with an investigative journalist who specialises in the occult named Hayato looking...
News Disgaea 1 Complete Is Coming West This Fall on PS4
Darkness returns
The original Disgaea is being remastered for PlayStation 4, and it's heading to North America and Europe this Fall. Titled Disgaea 1 Complete, it'll feature enhanced graphics and a new 'Etna Mode' which stars new characters. It'll also support both English and Japanese voice-overs. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness launched on the...
News NIS America Apologises for Comments About PlayStation
President had insinuated Sony doesn't care about company
NIS America president Takuro Yamashita probably said a touch too much in his interview with MCV, where he claimed that Sony isn’t “friendly with small publishers like us”. The suit has issued a public apology to both SNK and PlayStation, retracting the comments in a hasty attempt to...
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...
News NIS America: Sony Isn't Friendly with Small Publishers Like Us
"They just care about big Japanese companies"
NIS America, the publisher of franchises such as Disgaea and Danganronpa, does not appear to be all that happy with Sony at the moment. Speaking with MCV about a range of subjects – including its partnership with Nintendo on SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy – president Takuro Yamashita...
Review The Longest Five Minutes (PS Vita)
You can pack a lot into five minutes
Become a hero, face down the origin of all evil, and try to cope with the crippling loss of all your memories and abilities. This is the unique concept of The Longest Five Minutes – a new Vita adventure from NIS America. There's something really engaging and accessible about this old school Japanese RPG,...
News The Lost Child Is a JRPG Set in Modern-Day Tokyo That's Coming West This Summer
New English trailer revealed
NIS America has released a new English trailer for its upcoming Japanese role-playing title, The Lost Child. Set in modern-day Tokyo, The Lost Child was announced for a Western release on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in September of last year. The publisher has also revealed a Limited Edition of the game on...
A heavenly kingdom?
Republished on Wednesday 31st January 2018: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of February's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Grand Kingdom is a good looking turn-based battle-'em-up that sees you getting to pick and command a group of mercenaries in...
Review Tokyo Tattoo Girls (PS Vita)
Tattoo nightmares
Tokyo Tattoo Girls is definitely a strange game. If you’ve taken a look at any of the trailers for it then you can be forgiven for assuming that it’s going to be some kind of JRPG – even the opening cutscene feels like typical JRPG territory. But ignore your initial preconceptions, Tokyo Tattoo Girls is actually a...
Review Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle (PS4)
Touhou want to fight?
If you’ve ever wanted to make super cute anime girls beat the living daylights out of each other for fun but balked at the Dead or Alive series, then NIS America has just delivered what you’re looking for with Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle. This is a twist on the arcade fighting games that gives you guns as well as swords...
Review Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (PS4)
Bear with me, I’ll think of a pun soon
The Danganronpa series is known for being delightfully dark and twisted while at the same time wrapped in a layer of light-hearted eccentric silliness. The main crux of the series centres around Monokuma and his ‘killing game’, where a group of students are forced to live together and the only way to...
News You Can Give Action RPG Ys VIII a Try with Free PS4 Demo
Adol mind if I do
Head over to the PlayStation Store right now and you can download a playable demo for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana. The hectic action role-playing game scored an 8/10 in our review, so we reckon you should definitely give it a fair shot. The demo weighs in at around 800MB, and for some reason, it's misspelled on the PlayStation...
