Monday Muckraking [8/15/22 ~ 8/28/22]

[pumpkinlumpin]

Top News

• Disgaea 7 has been announced! It's currently planned to go on sale January 26th, 2023. [ Official NIS Blog ]
• Leisurely Nippon Ichi held an Urgent Broadcast today for its 75th episode: a special feature on the just announced Disgaea 7. [ Site | YouTube | NicoVideo ]
• Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory / Fallen Legion Revenants is now available in NA and EU!
• Makai Wars will officially be ending service this year on October 21.

August 15, 2022:

• [NISA] Disgaea 6 Complete had a small patch to fix issues with color, equipment and save icons.

August 17, 2022:

• The JP shop website went down for maintenance, and has gotten a complete overhaul, appearance-wise.
• The Cruel King and the Great Hero has been nominated for the Noonies 2022 game of the year award.

August 18, 2022:

• [Disgaea] It is Laharl's canonical birthday.
• The bonus illustration included when buying the Famitsu DX Pack version of The Cruel King and the Great Hero's picture book from Ebiten has been finalized!
• In celebration of Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea's 20h anniversary, a new sticker set has been released on LINE.
• R-Type Final 2 had a large update this month.
• The game trial of Ys VIII went live. Nintendo Online users could play for free until August 24th. (EU only.)
• The winners of the Fallen Legion favorite exemplar poll are in.

August 19, 2022:

• The main theme of Mad Rad Dead (MAT RAT HEART, by DYES IWASAKI and Johngarabushi) will be played in the opening of the upcoming Nagoya Game Music Ensemble!
  • In mention of this, the official twitter recalled that this same ensemble had performed a medley of NIS songs during their third concert, and invited both the Prinny mascot and (Disgaea composer) Tenpei Sato to the stage.
• [Disgaea RPG (JP)] A raid event in collaboration with the Attack on Titan series has begun, "Advance once again! Exterminate a Titan of a Prinny!". [ Character teasers: Eren | Character Exhibition: Eren, Mikasa and Levi ]
  • The official twitter is holding a campaign in celebration of re-opening this collab event.

August 22, 2022:

• Makai Wars will officially be ending service this year on October 21.
• NISA teased the Red-Toothed Phantom and the Owl Children of Yomawari: Lost in the Dark. (Warning: Might contain disturbing imagery.)

August 23, 2022:

• Disgaea 7 has been announced! It's currently planned to go on sale January 26th, 2023. [ Official NIS Blog ]
• Leisurely Nippon Ichi held an Urgent Broadcast today for its 75th episode: a special feature on the just announced Disgaea 7. [ Site | YouTube | NicoVideo ]
• Though the limited edition is still in the works, it (and the standard version of the game) is available for pre-order on the official NIS shop. Similar to previous iterations, the collector's box includes the soundtrack, a mini-artbook featuring concept work, and the game itself. There is also a premium edition of the LE that includes a folded screen item. Various store-specific pre-order bonuses are also listed on this page, including alternate generic unit outfit DLC, a tapestry, etc.
• Additionally, there'll be glasses DLC included for pre-orders during the initial run of Disgaea 7.
• In light of the above announcement, various Disgaea titles are currently on sale on the JP Nintendo eShop. (Lasts until 9/11.)
• It's the 10th year anniversary since Tokushu Houdoubu's release on PS Vita!
• Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory / Fallen Legion Revenants is now available in NA and EU!
  • NISA held a launch stream in celebration.

August 24, 2022:

• The official artist of the Disgaea series, Takehito Harada, drew Ao from Disgaea 7 in light of the recent news.
• Siliconera published an article about the recent Disgaea 7 reveal, summarizing characters and some new systems.
• [Disgaea] It's Midboss's canonical birthday.
• It's the 5th anniversary since Shin Yomawari, or Yomawari: Midnight Shadows, released on the PS4 and PS Vita in Japan! (Site warning: may feature jump scares and/or disturbing imagery.)
• Another set of stickers in the Hardworking Prinny series has been released in the LINE store: this time themed around autumn.
• The Yomawari series has new merchandise in collaboration with Rakuten. Sale starts 8/31, and lasts until 9/21. (Warning: Some enemy designs may be disturbing.)
  • Rakuten's twitter is also holding a campaign to allow a select few winners to obtain the complete set of microfiber towels for free. (Japan residents only.)
• [NISA] A new Trails to Azure trailer has been uploaded, teasing the newest recruits. (Warning: May feature spoilers for Trails from Zero.)

August 25, 2022:

• [Disgaea 4] It is Fenrich's canonical birthday.
• [Tantei Bokumetsu] It is the birthday of the Aristocrat Detective.
• The Defy All Expectations contest winner has been announced.

August 26, 2022:

• Portions of the JP site went down due to lightning strikes.
• [Cooking Fighter] It is Hao's canonical birthday.
• [The Cruel King and the Great Hero] Those who pre-order the upcoming picture book from the NIS shop will get a special case as a bonus item.
• Various various new goods have been revealed for void* tRrLM2(); (Void Terrarium 2).
• Those attending the Tokyo Game Show will be able to play a trial version of Disgaea 7.

August 27, 2022:

• [Disgaea RPG (JP)] Thunder Spear Mikasa and Survey Corp Fuka are available as part of the current collab event.
• [Disgaea RPG (JP)] In celebration of the recent Disgaea 7 announcement, Disgaea RPG is currently holding a login bonus campaign.
• NISA EU is holding a twitter campaign to give select winners a chance to obtain a copy of NIS Classics vol.3. (Ends 9/2.)

And that's the past two weeks in review, thank you for your patience! NIS has finally made their big announcement for the seventh Disgaea game, and it boasts a whopping forty-five generic units, a notable jump up from the previous iteration's somewhat lacking generic roster. (Presumably, many were cut due to it being their first step into 3D.)

Comments

[kalloway]

Boltrend, global publisher of Disgaea RPG, shut down two games over the last two weeks (Idola Phantasy Star and Atelier Online) and in a move I've never seen in my years of gachagaming, are charging a $30 fee to process refunds.

Needless to say, nobody is amused.

Also, it's been discovered that Boltrend is actually a shell company of a faaaar larger publisher.

[jajalala]

OMG DISGAEA 7???? This blog is basically the only place I get news like this (aside from a brother of mine who sometimes lets me know about new games I'll like) so :O OMG. I can't read Japanese so idk much but the designs of the characters look fun

(Also yay for lots of generic units, I love those bc I can name them what I want, and I love to make a huge party and just name all the generics after friends and family so I can have an emotional attachment to them. It sucks when I run out of generic units and have to re-use designs, even if I can give them diff colors and such)