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PS Vita
Adventure
8/23
6090yen retail, 5000yen PSN

Producer: Ryoji Yanase (Infinite Loop)
Collaboration: Nagoya TV
Character Design: Kiyohara Hiro
Scenario: Chika Nagai
Music: Elements Garden

- The game revolves around a special television department which goes around investigating and reporting on unusual and mysterious news events for the station's irregular program covering supernatural incidents.

- This isn't a typical choice-driven adventure game, but involves more of solving puzzles or mysteries using visuals.

- The game uses animation, 2D characters, and event scene illustrations, but presented from the perspective of a camera viewfinder.

- It seems you'll be able to select from available locations to visit at a given time.

- The game will be episodic in nature, but eventually lead up to a climax.

- There won't be a lot of frequent obvious choices to be made in the game, but there will be some sort of branching path. The producer is cagey on specific details so far.

- They collaborated with an actual TV station to bring realistic to the overall presentation of the game in terms of depicting the staff working on a TV program.

- They are not planning any DLC for the game at the moment.

http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/490/490852/img.html

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This week's Dengeki Magazine reveals that Nippon Ichi Software's second 20th Anniversary game is for the PS Vita. The first game revealed last month was a RPG by the Disgaea team, but no hardware was mentioned. This is a different game and there are no genre attached yet. The illustration shows a girl dressed in modern clothing.

More details for both games might not be revealed until an event Nippon Ichi is planning probably for July, since that's when their anniversary will be. Nippon Ichi Software was founded on July 12.

 

[RurouniZel]

Nippon Ichi will save the Vita!!

Spoiler

I hope it's interesting.

 

[Lain]

Hope it's something good.
In a way, N1 games are one of the reason I bought both PSP and, to an extent, Vita (Gravity Rush was another good reason for it) so them developing more games for Vita can only make me happy.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Awesome! I wonder what it is~! I want to see this modernly dressed girl. O:

 

[Dead Prince]

Vita lives one more time.

 

[Luigi87]

[Insert Coin]

Anywho, I'm interested, mainly since pretty much guaranteed to get whatever it is in English.

Curious as to what it will be, if the illustration shows modern clothing.

 

[duckroll]

[Insert Coin]

Anywho, I'm interested, mainly since pretty much guaranteed to get whatever it is in English.

Curious as to what it will be, if the illustration shows modern clothing.

But where is Infinite Loop in English?

 

[Luigi87]

But where is Infinite Loop in English?

!
...
=(
...Dammit...

 

[.la1n]

One of the few companies that can get me hyped with scraps of information.

 

[Kagari]

Interested based on the character designs. Looking forward to seeing more.

 

[Ponn]

Corporate Office simulator. You start in the mail room, work your way telemarketing, then your own cubicle and work up the corporate ladder to CEO.

You use the mic and Skype to make and receive actual telemarketing calls.

 

[near]

Illustration looks cute.

 

[near]

woops

 

[androvsky]

I believe that picture is from the other NIS anniversary game.

 

[B.O.O.M]

I believe that picture is from the other NIS anniversary game.

Yep the image for the vita title hasn't leaked yet. But it should, soon.

 

[Bebpo]

Makai Wars featuring Asagi!


only one generation late!

 

[duckroll]

Yep the image for the vita title hasn't leaked yet. But it should, soon.

It's out now. The artwork looks to be by the artist for Another, and the sort of art pose suggests that it could be more like an ADV sort of game than a RPG/SRPG/wackyNIS sort of game. Remember, ADVs form as much of a pillar in NIS's history as their Disgaea games, it's just that most of them don't get released in the US, so it does make sense for a 20th Anniversary title.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Wow July is a long wait. Character design is cool.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

A second Makai Kingd...

Makai Wars featuring Asagi!


only one generation late!

Do you even want that to come out saying things like this?

 

[Bukana]

Now, I am interested. I just hope it's not a Strategy game, I am okay with Action-RPG or Classic RPG.

 

[Luigi87]

That artwork is nothing like I expected.

I am very excited to see more now!

 

[kuroshiki]

Holy sh, smashing artwork.

Need more detail now.

 

[Eusis]

It's out now. The artwork looks to be by the artist for Another, and the sort of art pose suggests that it could be more like an ADV sort of game than a RPG/SRPG/wackyNIS sort of game. Remember, ADVs form as much of a pillar in NIS's history as their Disgaea games, it's just that most of them don't get released in the US, so it does make sense for a 20th Anniversary title.

Wonder if they could change here? Probably depends on Virtue's Last Reward if there's a chance at all.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Oh my! We really need more info on this game.

 

[Franklinator]

Whoa, I really like that artwork. Really interested to see what this is.

 

[SSReborn]

Definitely will keep my eyes on this loving the artwork

 

[encephalon]

I hope this isn't some sort of visual novel type game.

 

[graywolf323]

that's amazing artwork

 

[Eusis]

I hope this isn't some sort of visual novel type game.

It almost certainly is, but I won't mind if it comes out here. Alternatively, if it ISN'T I'll be very intrigued by what kind of game it is.

 

[duckroll]

http://nippon1.jp/consumer/20th-Anniversary-Project/02/index.html

Hmmm... it's kinda weird that they have an official teaser site up for their second 20th Anniversary project and not the first one. It's even funnier because it specifically says it's the second one, and there isn't even a main portal page for the 20th Anniversary project to begin with.

 

[Mpl90]

http://nippon1.jp/consumer/20th-Anniversary-Project/02/index.html

Hmmm... it's kinda weird that they have an official teaser site up for their second 20th Anniversary project and not the first one. It's even funnier because it specifically says it's the second one, and there isn't even a main portal page for the 20th Anniversary project to begin with.

Maybe because the first one will be a true MEGATON!!!

...XD

 

[duckroll]

Maybe because the first one will be a true MEGATON!!!

...XD

But we actually know what the first game is.

 

[Mpl90]

But we actually know what the first game is.

But revealing it again will be the true MEGATON!!!

Kind of interested in seeing how the Vita title will be.

 

[electroplankton]

Is it a girl?

 

[cw_sasuke]

Is it a girl?

It better be a girl.

 

[duckroll]

Special News Division

PS Vita
Adventure
8/23
6090yen retail, 5000yen PSN

Producer: Ryoji Yanase (Infinite Loop)
Collaboration: Nagoya TV
Character Design: Kiyohara Hiro
Scenario: Chika Nagai
Music: Elements Garden

- The game revolves around a special television department which goes around investigating and reporting on unusual and mysterious news events for the station's irregular program covering supernatural incidents.

- This isn't a typical choice-driven adventure game, but involves more of solving puzzles or mysteries using visuals.

- The game uses animation, 2D characters, and event scene illustrations, but presented from the perspective of a camera viewfinder.

- It seems you'll be able to select from available locations to visit at a given time.

- The game will be episodic in nature, but eventually lead up to a climax.

- There won't be a lot of frequent obvious choices to be made in the game, but there will be some sort of branching path. The producer is cagey on specific details so far.

- They collaborated with an actual TV station to bring realistic to the overall presentation of the game in terms of depicting the staff working on a TV program.

- They are not planning any DLC for the game at the moment.

 

[jonno394]

Intriguing Premise, i'll keep my eye on this one.

 

[ULTROS!]

Hope this gets localized. I definitely want to play more ADV games on my Vita.

 

[BlackIronCount]

I hope this get localized unlike their psp adv "Second Novel: Kanojo no Natsu, 15-Bun no Kioku"

 

[RurouniZel]

Sounds interesting. ^_^

 

[duckroll]

What's really interesting about this ADV is that it's not a typical romance or mystery scenario with high school students. The characters are all in their 20s, and working professionals at the TV station. There is one 16 year old high school girl character, but she's not the lead and she's just a part-time assistant who joins the team after getting to know them while they were covering a certain story.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Would love to see this localized. Nippon ichi seems really good about that, no? Plus with it being a somewhat high profile release for them (20th anniversary game) that has to bode well for release in the west.

 

[BadWolf]

What's really interesting about this ADV is that it's not a typical romance or mystery scenario with high school students. The characters are all in their 20s, and working professionals at the TV station. There is one 16 year old high school girl character, but she's not the lead and she's just a part-time assistant who joins the team after getting to know them while they were covering a certain story.

This is why I'm really interested in this one, hope it gets localized.

 

[duckroll]

Would love to see this localized. Nippon ichi seems really good about that, no? Plus with it being a somewhat high profile release for them (20th anniversary game) that has to bode well for release in the west.

It wouldn't really count on it. These are the last two games the producer worked on:
http://hayarigami.com/2/index.html
http://nippon1.jp/consumer/infiniteloop/

Both are unique adventure games with very interesting themes and gameplay. Neither were ever remotely considered for localization. The main reason is probably that there is a lot of text and voice to work on, and considering the genre, NISA probably feels it would not be worthwhile to put so much effort into stuff which have no audience in the US.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Lame. Moving on then

 

[ponpo]

Would rather a NIS visual novel game than a NIS awful battle system game.

 

[Lain]

It wouldn't really count on it. These are the last two games the producer worked on:
http://hayarigami.com/2/index.html
http://nippon1.jp/consumer/infiniteloop/

Both are unique adventure games with very interesting themes and gameplay. Neither were ever remotely considered for localization. The main reason is probably that there is a lot of text and voice to work on, and considering the genre, NISA probably feels it would not be worthwhile to put so much effort into stuff which have no audience in the US.

You make me sad, doubly so this time because you crush any hope and remind me that I really wanted to play Infiniteloop.

 

[duckroll]

http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/490/490852/img.html

 

[RurouniZel]

http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/490/490852/img.html

*squints*

Looks good, so it's an ADV with 2D artwork then?

 

[electroplankton]

What's really interesting about this ADV is that it's not a typical romance or mystery scenario with high school students. The characters are all in their 20s, and working professionals at the TV station. There is one 16 year old high school girl character, but she's not the lead and she's just a part-time assistant who joins the team after getting to know them while they were covering a certain story.

Interesting scenario. And then they advertise the game just with the high school student, lol