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Disgaea 3
is the third video game in the ''Disgaea'' series by Nippon Ichi. It was released for the PlayStation 3 video game console. Jack Niida, Localization Director for NIS America, said, "''Disgaea 3'' will have a downloadable content feature through the PlayStation Network to download new and old returning characters." Gameplay ''Disgaea 3'' is a tactical RPG; most of the game involves battles on isometric maps upon which the player controls a group of characters. Maps often feature "geo blocks" with statistical effects on the battlefield, that, unlike in previous games, can be stacked or stood upon. Many objects in the environment, including these blocks, and characters themselves, can be lifted, thrown, or destroyed. Certain classes can create boxes or barrels to create stepping stones. Characters can form stacks, allowing them to reach higher areas or perform "tower attacks". When throwing a character to a monster-type ally, they will bounce an extra distance based on the monster' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Ichi Software
is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in 1991 and has developed several role-playing video games, most notably the ''Disgaea'' and ''Marl Kingdom'' series. Its mascot is the penguin-like ''Disgaea'' character Prinny. NIS America, a localization and global publishing branch of the company, was founded in 2003. It originally focused solely on the North American market until being expanded to include Europe and other regions in 2007 and has also published anime. History Nippon Ichi Software was founded in September 1991 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, as an entertainment software company. It was relocated and reincorporated on July 12, 1993. The company has made several acquisitions, mergers, and forming new subsidiaries. In the early 2010s, the company formed Nippon Ichi Software Asia Pte. Ltd and Nippon Ichi Software Vietnam Co., Ltd. In 2016, NIS merged with System Prisma Corporation and acquired developer FOG Inc. In 2012, the company was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tactical RPG
Tactical role-playing games (abbreviated TRPGs), also known as strategy role-playing games and in Japan as (both abbreviated SRPGs), are a video game genre that combines core elements of role-playing video games with those of tactical (Turn-based tactics, turn-based or Real-time tactics, real-time) strategy video games. The formats of tactical RPGs are much like traditional tabletop role-playing games and strategy games in appearance, pacing, and rule structure. Likewise, early tabletop role-playing games are descended from skirmish wargames such as ''Chainmail (game), Chainmail'', which were primarily concerned with combat. Game design This subgenre of role-playing video games principally refers to games which incorporate elements from strategy video games as an alternative to traditional role-playing game (RPG) systems. Like standard RPGs, the player typically controls a finite party and battles a similar number of enemies. And like other RPGs, death is usually temporary. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Musical Adventure
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tactics
Tactic(s) or Tactical may refer to: * Tactic (method), a conceptual action implemented as one or more specific tasks ** Military tactics Military tactics encompasses the art of organizing and employing fighting forces on or near the battlefield. They involve the application of four battlefield functions which are closely related – kinetic or firepower, Mobility (military), mobil ..., the disposition and maneuver of units on a particular sea or battlefield ** Chess tactics ** Political tactics * TACTIC (military program), a U.S. military research program conducted by DARPA Computer science * TACTIC (web framework), a smart process application by Southpaw Technology Geography * Tactic, Guatemala, a municipality in the Alta Verapaz department Entertainment * Tactics, a dart game similar to cricket * " Tactics", a 1995 song by The Yellow Monkey * ''Tactics'' (album), a 1996 album by John Abercrombie * Tactics (band), an Australian band * ''Tactics'' (game), generally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Nomad & The World Eaters
''Soul Nomad & the World Eaters'' is a strategy role-playing game (SRPG), developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software. The game was initially released for PlayStation 2 on February 15, 2007 in Japan, September 25, 2007 in North America, and June 26 and 27, 2008 in Australia and Europe, respectively. It was later ported to Steam and Nintendo Switch (as part of the ''Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 1'' compilation) and released worldwide in the August of 2021. The game centres around the adventures of Revya, the gender-selectable silent protagonist In video games, a silent protagonist is a player character who lacks any dialogue for the entire duration of a game, with the possible exception of occasional interjections or short phrases. In some games, especially visual novels, this may extend ..., to defeat several sentient magical weapons, called the World Eaters, that were once commanded centuries earlier by Gig, the godlike "Master of Death". Gig, now sealed forcibly w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronicles Of The Sacred Tome
Chronicles may refer to: * '' Books of Chronicles'', in the Bible * Chronicle, chronological histories * '' The Chronicles of Narnia'', a novel series by C. S. Lewis * '' Holinshed's Chronicles'', the collected works of Raphael Holinshed * '' The Idhun Chronicles'', a Netflix anime-style series based on the ''Idhún's Memories'' book trilogy by Laura Gallego * ''Book of Chronicles'', an alternate name for the ''Nuremberg Chronicle'' of 1493 * '' Chronicles: Volume One'', Bob Dylan's autobiography * ''Chronicles'' (magazine), a conservative magazine from the Rockford Institute * ''Chronicles'' (Magic: The Gathering), an expansion set of the ''Magic: The Gathering'' trading card game * Froissart's ''Chronicles'', a prose history of the Hundred Years' War written in the 14th century by Jean Froissart * '' Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles'', an upcoming Netflix CGI-animated series loosely based on the ''Usagi Yojimbo'' comics by Stan Sakai Albums * ''Chronicles'' (Audiomachine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cursed Memories
is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software for the PlayStation 2 video game console. ''Disgaea 2'' is the sequel to 2003's '' Disgaea: Hour of Darkness'' and was released for the PlayStation 2. It is also the predecessor to '' Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice'' for the PlayStation 3. Unlike Nippon Ichi's previous games, ''Disgaea 2'' is on DVD-ROM and has an animated opening movie. It was re-released for the PlayStation Portable as in Japan and as ''Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days'' in North America and Europe. It was re-released on PC in 2017. Gameplay ''Disgaea 2'' is divided into 13 chapters. Each chapter begins with cut scenes to explain Adell's next mission. Players then take control of Adell in his hometown of Holt. The town serves as a gateway to story maps, side quests, the dark council, and the item world. At the beginning of each chapter, a new area is unlocked. Each area consists of multiple maps which must be beaten to advance to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hour Of Darkness
is a tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. Nippon Ichi has also licensed or produced a wide variety of ''Disgaea'' merchandise, including a manga. In 2006, Nippon Ichi released a sequel called '' Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories'' for the PlayStation 2, as well as a 12-episode anime adaptation titled '' Makai Senki Disgaea''. A PlayStation Portable version of ''Disgaea: Hour of Darkness'' was released entitled ''Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness''. A direct sequel, taking place 10 years after the end of the game, named '' Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness'' was released for PlayStation 3 in 2013, and stars the main cast (and additional new characters) of ''Hour of Darkness''. In 2004, the game received a spiritual sequel called '' Phantom Brave''. Gameplay ''Disgaea'' is a tactical role playing game. Battle gameplay takes place on a map divided into a square grid. The player controls a squad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation Home
PlayStation Home was a virtual 3D social networking, social gaming platform developed by Sony Computer Entertainment's London Studio for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) on the PlayStation Network (PSN). It was accessible from the PS3's XrossMediaBar (XMB). Membership was free but required a PSN account. Upon installation, users could choose how much hard disk drive, hard disk space they wished to reserve for Home. Development of the service began in early 2005 and it launched as an open Beta version#Beta, beta on 11 December 2008. Home remained as a perpetual beta until its closure on 31 March 2015. Home allowed users to create a custom Avatar (computing), avatar, which could be groomed realistically. Each avatar was given a personal apartment that users could decorate with free, bought, or won items. Users could travel throughout the Home world, which was frequently updated by Sony and its partners. Public spaces were made for display, entertainment, advertising, and networking. Home's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
