Details of the latest addition to the seminal Disgaea SRPG franchise emerge, and it seems the role of protagonist has been seized by Prinnies, although Etna looks to have a major role. However, in something of an upset, the game is not only for the PSP, it is a platformer…
Monthly releases of downloadable content for Disgaea 3, commencing today and proceeding until January, with there being eight in total, are to be made available for download over the Playstation Store.
Just gone on sale on the Nippon Ichi webstore are some new Disgaea 3 goods, the most interesting of which is a new digital artbook, a CD for the PC and Mac, retailing at ¥4,000. It apparently contains some 700 illustrations, not just from the game but also from marketing materials, etc. No word on Etna, resolution or international orders…
More Details on クロスエッジ / Cross Edge / XEdge, the newly announced PS3 mixed franchise RPG are provided here by Famitsu. When I first heard of this game, I was sceptical, and seeing those screens (which look distinctly PS2 in calibre), and also hearing the somewhat mixed reception in the Japanese blogosphere has done nothing to allay my concerns, even if it does include Etna.
Including a bunch of popular characters from a variety of games and then letting the player dress them up might cut it for a dojin game, but my suspicion is that such a pastiche of characters will not result in a rewarding story. Perhaps it could more accurately be thought of as charcter goods. Still, it remains to be seen how this will turn out; the developers involved can hardly be keen for their characters to be involved in a licensing debacle (or can they?).
