Prinny : Can I really be the hero?! Disgaea 3 DLC -!?

I... really, Nippon Ichi Software? Really?

Source: Dengeki Online.

I really hope this isn't the only update for Disgaea 3 this month. It's not that I don't enjoy a prinny with a red muffler, it's just... not all that spectacular to just get a sprite change for a prinny as a new character. Hmn. Well, anyway. Today was the release date for Prinny : Can I Really Be the Hero!!? in Japan.

To commemorate the release, the prinny will be the DLC content for this month! Uh, yay! More on this when... I find out more!
Last month's was a bit predictable and then... not so much. So we'll see.

Also, a new trading card game was released in Japan for Disgaea! It features art from Disgaea 1 ~ Disgaea 3.

Prinny ~ Is it okay if I'm the Main Character Dood? ~ Demo

That is a long title.
I got to play the demo today. I forgot I had to charge up my PSP, hahahahaha. After that was done and the updated was placed, I tried out the stage in the demo. It's very cute! I really enjoy the background drawings and the sprites. I seem to have a problem with dying all of the time though. Jumping is also rather difficult, but it may be because I'm used to jumping in like, Disgaea 3.

Other than that, I ordered Makai Senki Disgaea 3 DASH!! from BK1 this week. Hopefully I'll be able to get it soon.

Makai Senki Disgaea 3 DASH!!

Oh god, this cover is simply beautiful, I don't even know where to begin. *O* Laharl and Mao facing off?! Princess happily waving while Almaz gets her away from danger?! Zetta?! ... King Drake? What?

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It comes out at the end of this month in Japanese.
Will purchase and scan in images when it's out. *O*

Nendoroid Raspberyl Figure by Phat Company

Source : Phat Company

I want one. :>

A week in small sentences.

+ Work work work.
+ I finished Disgaea 3 last week, good ending is good. I'm tempted to try and get the bad ending in English (I managed to get it in Japanese after an hour of killing my own party members) but I do not know if I want to subject Mao to that mental abuse.
+ I've been trying to draw at work, it's proving itself difficult. I'm currently taking graduate classes at the beginning of the week, but I might cut back on those if they're too much... we'll see, we'll see.

Here's the trailer for the Prinny PSP game, if you haven't seen it!


Also, Disgaea 3 Downloadable Content Update for 9/12 :
New character : Pram
Element : Ice
Evility : Prophecy
Skills : Frost Dragon, Ice Wall, and something else--

I like her ingame cut in.
Source :
http://disgaea.jp/3D/

Off Hiatus

I was in Puerto Rico this week, visiting my mom.
Back to your regularly scheduled blogging.

PSN ID and... Prinnies!

Haha. A friend sent me this. GO ANGIE.
Oh, in case anyone wants to add me (I'm really boring online :( ) my PSN ID is charmwitch. I'm usually on to just check updates and play D3, but I like emails and messages! ♥

In other news, lets talk about the new PSP prinny platformer game, Prinny ~I'm the main characer, dood?!

Website : To be opened on Sept. 5
I quite like how the main prinny has a red scarf, every main character in Nippon Ichi games has to have something... red on them in order for them to be a true main character. Whether it's hair or the popular scarf... either way, it'll be released for the PSP in November in Japan. I hope we get to see this come out in the US some time.

Current Disgaea 3 Time : 24 Hours, Chapter 7, reincarnating everyone right now...

Problem with Disgaea 3

Sometimes, I have to wake up at 5 am to take someone to work.
I usually go back to bed, seeing how I have to go to work myself at around 10 am.

With Disgaea 3, this poses a problem.
Do I take a few hours to level up a little before work?
Or do I just go ahead and take a nap?

Man, those trips to Class World seem really tempting right now. I need to reincarnate all of my characters, boost their mana... mmmm, leveling...

N-No! Resist!

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Currently : Chapter 5
Character Levels range from 35~15. Aha... see?! Leveling would be a great idea right now-! Who needs three hours of sleep, right?

... ...
*starts up PS3 sob*

Play Log 1 [Chapter 1, Chapter 2]

As much as I have been anticipating the English release of Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice... I don't have much time to play. I started graduate school this week and as expected, it is rather intensive. On the plus side, I've graduated from regular student to... research student! Huzzah! I'm going to be inputing numbers!

Right. Disgaea.

This plucky player is currently at the end of Chapter 2. Slowly yet steadily, she moves forward in an attempt to replay in English! I've set the game to English voice acting so I can listen to the voice work, but I dreadfully miss Hirata Hiromi as Mao. I can always switch back to her on my second play through, and believe me, I'm playing through the game again afterwards. I don't know if I want to try for the worst ending again or not... it still makes me sad to watch.

Anyway, Spoilers beyond this point.

Mao is so emotional. I already knew this, but seeing it and hearing it in English just so... weird! Haha. Almaz is definitively more cynical than I remember, and Raspberyl is so cute! I'm glad I can understand her better now. Her way of talking in Japanese just threw me off.... anyway!　So, Chapter 1 details Mao coming to the conclusion that Heroes are necessary in order to defeating Overlords and through the insistent pushing of Geoffrey, he goes off to ... find a hero to capture and experiment.

So enters Almaz. Poor guy. You have to wonder what horrible things Mao does to him in his sleep.

So uh!
I got my first ending!
I went ahead and died to Raspberyl in Chapter 2 to see her ending. She runs off with Almaz, leaving Mao a broken demon! Really, how did Geoffrey let this happen? Did Mao just become a horrible shut in after Raspberyl totally showed him up?

An interesting thing to note is that Demons seem to really age at a steady, amplified rate to Humans. I figure that Mao and Raspberyl are 1578, so that means they're edging towards the age of "16" in human years, but it seems that the average life span (normally) for them is roughly the same for humans. (... Just, you know. Proportionally speaking.) Raspberyl passes away in her sleep at 10,100 something years old, which translates to being about 101? Surrounded by her children and grandchildren... she was certainly busy in her life. *laughs*

Uh. Currently I'm leveling Mao normally. Blade rush + ice magic, but I really want to switch him to a mage once class world starts up. I'm probably going to spend hours playing there than the actual story. Noooo. -A-

My highest leveled character si my healer. That. How does that work? She's using a bow right now, I don't know if I'll ever get to change her to being an uber mage but..! I'll do my best! GO BEATRIX.

I promised myself that this would be the first game I would get to 9999 on a character. I'm shooting to get Mao, Almaz, Beatrix, and Marionette to 9999. Can I do it?! .. Probably not, but I can try.

Yosh.

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What's with the image in this post?
It's a prototype "Nendoroid" figure of Raspberyl! I hope they become available for purchase. They're just so cute! ♥

Disgaea 3 Is Out!!

Currently on Chapter 2.
Team :
Mao 7
Almaz 7
Dahlia (Fighter F) 7
Finnegan (Fighter M) 7
Hugo (Fist Fighter M) 4
Berrymelon (Fist Fighter F) 3
Beatrix (Healer) 8
Emilio (Healer) 2
Akiko (Mage) 7
Asura (Mage) 7
Halo (Thief) 6

CONGRATULATIONS ON DISGAEA 3'S NORTH AMERICA RELEASE!

Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice guide

It's so weird seeing my name in print. "Angelica Maria Lopez"

Plenair Scans | TECH GIAN

Not entirely Disgaea 3 related, but I liked these Plenair images. They're from TECH-GIAN, June's Issue and they were illustrated by her creator, Takehito Harada.

Disgaea 3 "Novelization" by Dengeki Bunko (1599)

Title : Makai Senki Disgaea 3 (Dengeki Bunko)
Author : Asou Ryuu ( 安曽 了)
Cover Artist : Harada (Inside Artist: ??? )
Shop : BK1



♥! I was a bit disappointed when I saw the cover of the book to only be the girls. I absolutely love the girl characters in this game, but I really wish there was more art of the boys (they are the main, main characters!) I was pleasantly surprised to see this pullout. It is fabulous.

Here are some other samples of the inside art.



Thank you Gerald for your scans! I need to purchase this book ASAP and see what it's about.

July DLC for Disgaea 3

These videos are brought to you by Overlord_Kronos at GameFAQS. It's a showcase of the Downloadable Content for Disgaea 3, featuring Mr. Kogure Souichirou, Hanako, and Taro in action.

Part 1 :



Part 2 :



If you're interested in more videos, please check out Overlord Kronos archive at Youtube. Thank you again for uploading these and sharing them with us.

WHAT.

...New downloadable content announced.
Taro
Hanako
Hayarigami's Kogure Souichirou

Uhm.
Okay.

You can see more about it here :
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/094/94717/

I'm secretly laughing! It's just so funny! What's with the afro!? New weapons! And- and- what's with the Hayarigami interface?!!?

Disgaea 3 : Absence of Justice Website Update

http://www.disgaea.us/dis3/index.html

* Platform: PlayStation® 3
* Publisher: NIS America, Inc.
* Genre: Strategy RPG


Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice is rated T for Teens for...

* Alcohol Reference
* Mild Fantasy Violence
* Mild Language
* Mild Suggestive Themes

... Huh. I haven't see an 'Alcohol Reference' warning in forever. Does that really need a warning in this day and age? Oh no, people over the age of 21 are drinking in this game! Either way, I think the "Mild Suggestive Themes" label is a bit misleading. This game has a lot of ... interesting dialogue. Ahem. Ahem.

Either way, yay! A month to go! SO EXCITED. I wonder if the US Digital Media Disk will be any different than the Japanese one...

English Translation of Maritsu Evil Academy

Or as it's known in English, The Nether School - Evil Academy (Opening Theme)
Translated by : Ruby.

The Nether School, Evil Academy

Mischief's at full blast in this school of fear
The noble family's Nether School, the Evil Academy
For the sake of bringing up fine demons (to become Overlords)
Today we'll cause pandemonium too** (a parade of nightmares)
The Nether School's Evil Academy (you won't come back to life)
Fuhahahaha...!!

In the black mass' morning assembly, there'll be a test on the end of the century　　Woo~
There's classwork at midnight, a zombie evil teacher
The culture festival is blood-stained, the graduation ceremony a massacre

The dream of calamity's morale makes his heart jump
Who is the Netherworld's number one honor student~?

After school's a battle royal
Glorification of youth, survival of the fittest　　It's the Nether School, Evil Academy　　Ah~
For the boy who holds a wicked heart

The study of curses　　abracadabra
The noble family's Nether School, the Evil Academy
Running through the corridors at lightning speed (your eyes will even stay behind)
Today's lesson is on violence as well (pinpon dash)
The Nether School, Evil Academy (a paradise of evil brats)
Fuhahahaha...!!

Boasting about the glaringly black history of their lineage
It's an alma mater of successive generations of overlords　　with demon lords for superiors
And transfer students that come from the cosmos　　Our favorite motto is "An Eye for an Eye"

Fuhahaha, loud laughter is demon etiquette
And the Netherworld's elite is mass produced within~

After school's a battle royal
Glorification of youth, survival of the fittest　　It's the Nether School, Evil Academy　　Ah~
For the boy who holds a wicked heart

Disgaea 3 Novelization

Yeah, I think it's another novelization for the game. I believe it's taken from Almaz's point of view. Judging from the cover, people might think Disgaea 3 is a harem game, which I'm totally okay with.

RosenQueen has Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice up for preorder right now. Go check it out. There's a couple of sets, if you're looking for some of the goodies that came with the Japanese version, here's your chance to get them! I love the Digital Media Disc, Hi-Res art is always a plus~

Adell's Downloadable Cameo | Interview with Souhei Niikawa

Adell's cameo in Disgaea 3. You have to download it (after purchasing it) from the Japanese or Asian Playstation Store if you have the Japanese/Asian versions of Disgaea 3.

I'm sure these downloads will be available in English. Ooh! Adell. I figured it wouldn't be voiced, but man... playing the game without any voice acting feels really.. really weird. I love the voicework in these games, it is absolutely spectacular. Oh Adell, you'll learn that when Mao starts drooling and Almaz flinches that's never a good thing for you.

Also, an English interview with Souhei Niikawa was posted recently. He talks about his aspirations and thoughts for Disgaea 3 and it's American release. I met with Mr. Niikawa a few weeks back, he's an absolutely incredible person. I wish him luck in the future. :)

Please enjoy the interview.

The Heart Bank Blog

Since I will most likely be posting here from now on, please take a look at

http://disgaea.hardcoregamer.com/

For posts regarding information of the game. HEROTICISM will be used as my PLAY BLOG when Disgaea 3 : Absence of Justice comes out in the United States. Until then, you might see a random prinny or two wandering around here or there.

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Downloadable Content for Disgaea 3 (Japanese)

Three favourite characters are available for you to train up. It allows evil Prince Mao to explore additional skills.

If you defeat Adellwho has determined to join the Evil Academy as a teacher, he will join your team and fight together with you!
If you defeat Rozalin, who has become an etiquette teacher for those who want to be a lady or gentleman in the Netherworld, she will join your team and fight together with you!
The cute and popular monster “Nekomata” becomes a playable character in this add-on! Of course you can also use it to perform “Demon Change”!
For purchase of add-on characters “Adell”, “Rozalin” and “Nekomata” on PLAYSTATION®Store, you will be offered a special gift: an original theme featuring the illustration by Harada Takehito, character designer of the series.
More new add-ons are coming next month so don't miss out!

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Disgaea 3's Digital Art CD came out. I love it, but it's not as spectacular as the Disgaea 2 one. Either way, I quite enjoy it. I wonder when the artbook will come out?

Official US Disgaea 3 Site

http://www.disgaea.us/dis3/index.html

There isn't too much new content if you've browsed the Japanese Website, but there is an official translation of the story, plus information on the characters. I'm very surprised that I wrote the names of the characters right on the first try. I wasn't sure if Sapphire's last name was Lordknight or Rhodonite. (Rhodonite : A pink to rose-red mineral, essentially a glassy crystalline manganese silicate, MnSiO3, used as an ornamental stone. ala Answers.com ) I was surprised to see Almaz's full name correlated too. Ahh

I'm a little sad though!　"The Five" story characters in Disgaea 3 are Mao, Almaz, Raspberyl, Sapphire, and Champloo. Geoffrey/Jiiya is a supporting character... oh well. I'm sure they'll update with new information soon enough. I'm slightly terrified to actually be able to read what Mr. Champloo says when he talks about cooking and cryptic messages.

Uh! Either way, I'm super super excited! August is only two months away, I- I have a bad feeling I'll never finish any other game at this rate. (Ah, to be fair, I have been trying to beat Tales of the Abyss.. after a full year of not playing it. Two full years? No, it can't-... maybe.)

Also, don't forget to VOTE for what songs you want on the Pre-Order Bonus Soundtrack that you'll get with Disgaea 3.

NISAmerica Press Event

On June 5th, 2008 NISAmerica held an exclusive press release at the Zebulon Bar and Cafe in San Francisco. Here, they presented Disgaea DS, Rhapsody : A Musical Adventure for DS, a new title by the name of A Witch's Tale for DS, Puchi Puchi Virus, and the Playstation 3 exclusive, Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice.

Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice will be released in the United States on August 26th, 2008. DoubleJump Books will be working on the strategy guide.

Please look forward to it! ♥

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On a personal level, I'm very happy. Souhei Niikawa (新川宗平), Yamamoto-sensei, and Haru all signed my copy of Disgaea 3 Limited Edition. I was a very, very, very happy person that night. Thank you so much, even though it is unlikely they will ever read this.

[FIGURE] Princess Sapphire

Hi, I'm not dead.

Comparison of 'Heroes'

The differences are striking... in a way.

The Brave and the Maoh (Conclusion)

The second cover of "The Brave and the Maoh" has been published. As cover one featured Mao as the main character, cover two features Almaz. The second volume will be out on the 26th, I believe. It will cover the four remaining chapters of Disgaea 3, so be sure to look forward to it~!

I actually really like this cover, it kind of gives a sense of foreboding for what will happen in the book. Then again, I guess many wouldn't know that if you haven't played the game...

Purchase : Brave and the Maoh

By Request :

The Disgaea 3 Novel (part 1) can be purchased at these stores online. Amazon.co.jp | BK1

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Disgaea 3 Drama CD Vol. 2's cover is now available. Oh, Almaz.

Track Listing :

1. 序っ、前回のあらすじ。
2. 開け～ゴマァァァ!
3. 『誘われし者のフロア』
4. 『夢見る者のフロア』
5. 『思い出を顧みる者のフロア』
6. 激突! マオvs別魔王!
7. 無事帰還……?
8. 激突! マオvsアルマース? ((<--?!?! Mao vs Almaz?))
9. じゃあ、またね!
10. おまけ!悪魔だらけの学園災!!


Pre-order/Purchase : Amazon.co.jp

Disgaea 3 Novel : BRAVE AND THE MAOH

Makai Senki Disgaea 3 Novel : BRAVE AND THE MAOH
魔界戦記ディスガイア３　BRAVE AND THE MAOH




















The Disgaea 3 novel covers the first four chapters of the game. The second half of the publishing will be released at the end of this month.

Speaking of releases, the Disgaea 3 Arranged Album came out yesterday. Look forward to it soon.

RPGFan Reviews Disgaea 3

Score :

Graphics: 72%
Sound: 88%
Gameplay: 90%
Control: 86%
Story: 80%
Overall: 85%

Source and In Detail Review: RPGFan