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Developer- and Publisher-specific Articles: NIS America
Mugen Souls ships to retail for PS3
NIS America’s latest role-playing game Mugen Souls has shipped to retail for PS3. The Compile Heart-developed adventure features a journey spanning seven worlds, filled with turn-based combat set on free-roaming battle maps, and with an emphasis on character customization. Enemies can be killed with linked attacks or subdued with Moe Kill to serve as peons, while your allies can assigned to take up arms as one of several job classes.
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Mugen Souls set to hit store shelves this October
NIS America has announced that their upcoming role-playing game Mugen Souls will now be available on October 16. The delay, due to “schedule adjustments,” means gamers will have to wait a little longer before jumping into Compile Heart’s latest adventure, which features a focus on character customization, seven worlds to explore, free-roaming battle maps, and turn-based combat.
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(PlayStation 3 Review) Legasista
“…should offer dungeon-crawlers hours of entertainment.”
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Legasista brings the deadly Ivy Tower (of doooom) to PSN
A new dungeon-crawler has hit PSN today, courtesy of NIS America. The System Prism-developed Legasista tasks players with tackling the Ivy Tower and its harrowing dungeons with a three-character party of quirky adventurers. But there are more chances to get some sweet loot, as protagonist Alto and company can also run through random dungeons to kit themselves, and even custom-created characters modeled after imported images off the PS3, in swankier gear.
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ClaDun x2 ventures to PC, ends up in the mysterious land of Steam
If you’ve been itching to crawl a few dungeons but don’t have a PSP, you’re in luck: ClaDun x2 is now available on Steam. NIS America’s quirky dungeon-crawler features randomly generated maps and an emphasis on customization, with players able to tweak their character’s appearance, weapons, and background music. A demo is also available, for those curious about the kinds of dangers Arcanus Cella has in store.
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First screens from English version of Legasista emerge from NIS HQ
Some more shots from NIS today, and these are from the English version of their upcoming PS3 dungeon-crawler Legasista. The PlayStation Network exclusive will allow players to create and customize a three-character party, tweaking everything from appearance to gear, personality, and job classes, to take through the randomly generated dungeons that comprise the Ivy Tower. Characters can even be created from imported images that have been saved on the system.
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NIS shows off first localized shots of Mugen Souls
NIS has released the first round of screenshots from the English version of their upcoming PS3 action-RPG Mugen Souls. The North American and European versions will undergo some alterations before release, but the game’s core design, centered around unit customization and turn-based combat set on free-roaming battle maps, will remain.
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NIS gets educational with Character Chowdown for iOS
NIS will be bringing the younger doods and doodettes into the fold shortly with the release of their educational iOS puzzle game Character Chowdown. Developed in conjunction with Yummy Yummy Tummy, Character Chowdown will help players learn Asian language sets by using a variety of colorful characters in conjunction with memory-recall-style play, as well as tailor lessons so that users will receive extra practice with the words giving them the most trouble.
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Clan of Champions to bring multiplayer action to PC, PS3
NIS America’s upcoming multiplayer-centric three-fighter brawler Clan of Champions will be hitting Steam later this year. Although previously announced for the 360, the Acquire Corp.-developed title will instead be a PC- and PS3-only release, with the PS3 version slated to come out later this summer.
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Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland ships to retail for PS3
The Atelier series is back for more crafting and adventuring with the release of the trilogy-ending Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland. As the aspiring alchemist Princess Meruru, players set out to seek an apprenticeship under Totori Helmold. Along the way, Meruru will develop and build new facilities in Arls, battle enemies using a time-card turn system, synthesize everything under the sun, and meet past protagonists Atelier Rorona and Atelier Totori.
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