No UMD for Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman
NIS America announced awhile ago that it wanted to release a UMD version of Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!? for retail.
But in order to do so it put a condition on doing it: the company asked fans that were interested in it to help them hit the 1,000 unit pre-order mark.
Almost a month later the company came to the conclusion that this would not happen after all. Why? Because not enough people pre-ordered the game. The company made the following statement in its most recent newsletter to fans:
Unfortunately, due to not meeting our demand of 1,000 units of Preorder, we will not be able to create the UMD version for ?Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!? What Did I Do to Deserve This??. We truly understand your disappointment in not having this item. In the future, we are considering to have the Badman 2 release on UMD. We truly would appreciate your patience and your understanding. Again, we truly apologize for the many inconveniences to all of our valuable fans. Thank you for your continuous support.
So much for a hard copy, right? Fans who wanted it on UMD but didn’t bother to pre-order have only themselves to blame. At least you can still get via PlayStation Netowkr as a digital download.
Who wants Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! on UMD?
NIS America has started a pre-order for the UMD version of Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! at RosenQueen.com. After recieving tons of mail from fans and running a poll at the company’s official web site, NIS America came to the conclusion that lots of people are still interested in Badman UMD. So it decided to support it, with a catch; people have to prove they want it by pre-ordering it.
“If we get 1,000 orders we will go ahead and manufacture the UMD version of Badman, the company said in a recent mailout to fans. “We are also trying to get support from retailers. If they support us, we’ll create the UMD even if the preorder doesn’t reach 1,000.”
If you are interested in the UMD version, visit the pre-order page and pledge your support.
Atelier Rorona coming to PS3 in summer 2010
NIS America is bringing the PlayStation 3 title, Atelier Rorona, to North America next summer.
The popular alchemic RPG series from Gust makes an evolutionary change with Atelier Rorona and makes a series debut on the PS3. The anime style characters and backgrounds remain, but have been upgraded with a new cel-shaded animation style. The basic game play carries over the tradition of the Atelier series, using alchemy as the main focal point as fans would expect. Like the other games in the series, players can craft new items and also battle enemies using the power of alchemy.
Key features include unique type of turn based battle system where the main attackers can now have a set of support charcters backing them up with various helpful actions, over 100 items to craft, and a whole new set of charcters in an all new storyline.
Look for the game in summer 2010 for the PS3.
Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! 2 announced
Holy invasion of excitement! NIS America announced that the sequel to the retro classic themed strategy game Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman!: What Did I Do to Deserve This? is in development and coming exclusively to the PSP in Spring 2010. The sequel, Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! 2 promises the same retro-classic art style, simple game play, and plenty of anti-hero strategy fun.
The goal of the game is much the same as the first one: playing as the God of Destruction, you must create a dungeon that is difficult and powerful enough to fend off the human hero invaders who seek to do right and collect treasure. Of course, the dungeon must have a self-sustaining ecosystem, so players must strategically dig and create a space with a balanced food chain. Sometimes human heroes will invade your dungeon, in order to bring peace and harmony to the world. This simply will not do. You must destroy them before they capture the Overlord and take him back to the surface. The game system may be simple, but this sequel will be packed with evolving monsters, different environments, and heroes to dispose of for hours of fun. NIS America claims that, compared to the original game, Badman 2 has 2.5 times more heroes, 3.3 times more monsters, and 4 times more stages to beat.
Look for it in early 2010.
Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days and the return of Axel
NIS America’s Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days, a PSP port of the popular PS2 SRPG sequel, has shipped to the retailers nationwide. The PSP version adds all new story chapters with a new main character, Axel, other new characters, skills, items, and battle system. Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days tells the tale of the peaceful world of Veldime, where humans rarely encountered monsters. That was until Overlord Zenon cursed the land and all who reside within. With the curse in place, the humans became monsters and ravaged the world.
Playing as Adell, the last remaining human, players set out on a journey to oppose Overlord Zenon’s tyranny and restore peace and harmony to Veldime. Battles take place on a 3D grid-based field. During combat, players take turns with the enemy to move and attack. Key features include all new story chapters starring fan favorite Axel, new battle features lifted from disgaea 3 (Magichange and Toss and Pass) and all new playable charcters, items and skills.
Look for the game in stores right now.
Phantom Brave: We Meet Again in stores
NIS America’s Phantom Brave: We Meet Again has been shipped to retailers nationwide. Phantom Brave is Nippon Ichi Software’s first Wii title incorporating a free roaming style battle system and an anime influenced character design and story. If you have never played an NIS game before (where have you been?) Phantom Brave is a turn based strategy RPG that incorporates unique battle styles and a hardcore character customization system.
Players can create units from a number of monster/ghost categories and power them up to their liking. Like the Disgaea series, Phantom Brave is designed for the hardcore RPG fan in mind, offering a skill and RPG system that lets you create characters capable of doing massive amounts of damage using a combination of unique skills and high levels and the game’s oddball mechanics.
Look for the game in stores now.
Phantom Brave: We Meet Again delayed slightly
NIS America announced today that the release date for Phantom Brave: We Meet Again has been pushed back to Friday August 14, 2009. The reason for the change, according to NIS America, is due to unexpected delays related to Wii disc manufacturing.
“Our goal is to provide good games and keep gamers happy,” said a company spokesperson. “Therefore, we will work our best to deliver Phantom Brave to the retailers before 8/14 if possible. We apologize any inconvenience we may have caused.“
Phantom Brave: We Meet Again is a turn based strategy RPG that incorporates unique battle styles and a hardcore character customization system. The game is based on the PS2 title Phantom Brave.
