Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure and Disgaea for DS and Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice for PS3 are already announced upcoming games coming from NIS America (Nippon-Ichi’s American arm) but also confirmed in this NIS America interview with the developer is the release of Mana Khemia for PSP and two more titles that are still unannounced, one is surely a PS3 RPG.
Mana Khemia for the PSP will be an enhanced port of the PlayStation 2 version of the title and will include new multiplayer features. Slated for release in September, the title will also be able to install portions of itself to the memory stick for faster loading times. Not much more is known about the PSP iteration of the title, but we’ll keep you updated when more info arrives.
Disgaea DS and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure are both heading to DS soon on September 23rd. We’ll have previews of both titles soon.
When asked about Makai Wars, the developer said that it had been put aside for a while since they had to work on Downloadable Content for Disgaea 3, as well as an upcoming unannounced title.
As anyone who follows the strategy RPG market knows well, NIS America has been doing good for itself and has maintained a steady stream of five to six titles a year, although most of that has been focused on PS2. Slowly but surely they are shifting their focus to the PS3, even though they’ve also had great success on the PSP.
They mentioned however that they would like to expirement with the Wii due to the motion control of the Wii Remote and how it could be applied to RPGs in the future, but maintained that Sony platforms will remain their primary focus.
Finally they stated that the PS3’s power will definitely allow for impressive graphics as they learn to harness that power, something that gamers were a little worried about after seeing Disgaea 3. They assured gamers though that they need not be worried.
We’ll have more information on all NIS America’s upcoming games in the future.