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[AniHawk]

Yeah, it seems similar to when XSEED was formed, except that was people leaving from one of the bigger publishers (Squaresoft/Square Enix) to creating one of the smallest, versus making a company that's at a cursory glance may be about the same size but has loftier goals than their original company given they're sort of going HEY GUYS HOW ABOUT A KICKSTARTER?

acttil is about an eighth the size of nisa.

 

[KiTA]

Ugh. No more Disgaea?

I hope this isn't true, or isn't as bad as it sounds. Unfortunately given the corporate culture over in Japan, we'll probably never know for sure.

 

[pieatorium]

http://gematsu.com/2013/09/idea-factory-international-established-in-california

there is this now too

edit oops lookslikealready a thread for it

 

[rockman zx]

A NISA employee posted in their forums, they can't talk about N1 but NISA will be fine.

http://nisamerica.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13295&start=75

A shame, N1 is one of my favourite developers and I love to death the Disgaea series.

 

[mankoto]

Does the fact that there will be some changes to the Disgaea series have anything to do with his leaving? Or is it just coincidental at this point?

 

[KiTA]

Does the fact that there will be some changes to the Disgaea series have anything to do with his leaving? Or is it just coincidental at this point?

The changes to Disgaea, I suspect, will be done in the same style and the same reason as the changes to Final Fantasy after FF6 -- and with about as much success.

Having said that, I'd love to see a serious SRPG from the Disgaea team. Something in the vein of Shin Megami Tensei (post-apocalyptic, desperate battle against Youkai), or maybe a Mecha SRPG -- Front Mission's dead, so why not pick up it's mantle and run with it?

 

[HolyBaikal]

You know, looking back on this, Mugen Souls almost seemed like foreshadowing.

 

[Takao]

The changes to Disgaea, I suspect, will be done in the same style and the same reason as the changes to Final Fantasy after FF6 -- and with about as much success.

Maybe I'm reading this post wrong, but you're saying they'll go quasi 3D due to new hardware, and sell millions of copies?

 

[BlackLagoon]

Exodus or not, NIS seems to think they're still in the game development business:

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/10/08/nippon-ichi-software-developing-another-action-rpg/

A little tidbit from Dengeki PlayStation is Nippon Ichi Software has another action RPG in the pipeline.

 

[Tizoc]

You know, looking back on this, Mugen Souls almost seemed like foreshadowing.

What do you mean?

 

[Kouriozan]

I'm scared, I only buy Sony hardware because of Disgaea, don't ruin this IP please :'(

 

[KiTA]

What do you mean?

Mugen Souls was a Disgaea-like game with a lot of Disgaea people working on it ... but was by Compile Heart, not NIS.

 

[Master Milk]

Mugen Souls was a Disgaea-like game with a lot of Disgaea people working on it ... but was by Compile Heart, not NIS.

In what way?

 

[KiTA]

In what way?

The humor and writing, mostly.

 

[dakkumauji]

Exodus or not, NIS seems to think they're still in the game development business:

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/10/08/nippon-ichi-software-developing-another-action-rpg/

Huh, they'll keep trying to develop action RPGs then?

In what way?

High levels and damage, silly animation for the moves, lots and lots of leveling. It basically had all the endless grinding that Disgaea is known for.

 

[Master Milk]

The humor and writing, mostly.

High levels and damage, silly animation for the moves, lots and lots of leveling. It basically had all the endless grinding that Disgaea is known for.

Ah, the style. Yea, I can see that. I thought you meant mechanically when I read Disgaea-like. That type of style isn't something I think of as exclusive to Disgaea, while the way it plays is.

 

[KiTA]

Ya know, Disgaea follows Tactics Ogre fairly closely mechanically...

I'd like to see the Disgaea team do an Ogre Battle style game instead someday.

That would be... weirdly interesting.