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sealboy6
07-29-2005, 01:38 AM
Of the four Nippon Ichi games I know, Disgaea (Is that how you spell it?), La Pucelle, Phantom Brave, and Makai Kingdom, which is the best one to buy. I want to get just one.
norkusa
07-29-2005, 01:56 AM
Isn't Valkyrie Profile a Nippon Ichi game too? I vote for that (if it is).
Lemmy Kilmister
07-29-2005, 02:05 AM
I know I'll probably catch shit about this, but I personally think their games are all overated. That being said, I guess Phantom Brave and La Pucelle would be your best bet seeing as they're only 20 dollars a peice, though after you played one you played them all.
Isn't Valkyrie Profile a Nippon Ichi game too? I vote for that (if it is).
Na, Valkyrie Profile was an Enix game developed by tri-ace.
Sothy
07-29-2005, 02:14 AM
I thought this was about the Japanese dude from Punch out.
smork
07-29-2005, 03:15 AM
I voted Disgaea, but you are missing at least 1 US release and many Japanese releases. Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is an NIS game, and in Japan there is a sequal to that game.
If you read any Japanese, check out:
http://www.nippon1.co.jp/main.html
Eh, check it out anyway, you can still look at the pics ;)
vultar
07-29-2005, 03:19 AM
I believe Rhaspody is another Nippon Ichi game. Anyway, as to which one you should get, it really depends on what you're looking for. Personally, I perfer La Pucelle because it's more story driven and the leveling system isn't quite as involved as in the others. Mega leveling is important to all 4 games if you want to experiance all the game has to offer, but you certainly don't need to. You really do miss out though. In terms of story, La Pucelle and Phantom Brave are similar (in that the story is important to the game and at times is fairly serious) while Disgaea and Makai Kingdom are more slapstick with plots that seem like they're mostly there to provide reasons for the characters to go from one point to another. One thing you should be aware of is that all of the games (in particular Disgaea, Phantom Brave, and Makai Kingdom) have a tendency to leave you to figure out how important features like transmigration work. That's not necessarly a bad thing, exploration's part of the fun, but a little explanation wouldn't hurt either. At least Disgaea gives you some information, Makai Kingdom seems to figure you should already know by now.
Gemini-Phoenix
07-29-2005, 03:23 AM
"Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure" and "Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana" are two other of Nippon Ichi's games. Perhaps you should alter the poll to include them too.
Valkyrie Profile is not one of Nippon Ichi's games.
I would vote for Rhapsody if it gets inclded in the poll.
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is not made by Nippon Ichi. The Atelier games (and there are lots of them) are made by Gust (http://www.gust.jp) while NIS published Eternal Mana in America (it's the first Gust games that gets a western release).
That said Disgea is one of my all time favourite games. I haven't played Makai Kingdom yet though.
DTJAAAAMJSLM
07-29-2005, 05:37 AM
Disgaea.
Gemini-Phoenix
07-29-2005, 05:50 AM
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is not made by Nippon Ichi. The Atelier games (and there are lots of them) are made by Gust (http://www.gust.jp) while NIS published Eternal Mana in America (it's the first Gust games that gets a western release).
That said Disgea is one of my all time favourite games. I haven't played Makai Kingdom yet though.
Well in that case, perhaps you should write yo Wikipedia and tell them that they are wrong...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Ichi
It says they published it, and not developed it, but I didn't know we were splitting hairs here...
Sylentwulf
07-29-2005, 06:58 AM
Disgaea, no question.
Leroy
07-29-2005, 08:03 AM
I know I'll probably catch shit about this, but I personally think their games are all overated. That being said, I guess Phantom Brave and La Pucelle would be your best bet seeing as they're only 20 dollars a peice, though after you played one you played them all.
Total agreement. I just got Makai Kingdom for a friend for his birthday and he had to convince me it wasn't one of their other games repackaged.
"Strategy" RPGs aside.. Rhapsody WAS a fun little game.
Cryomancer
07-29-2005, 08:21 AM
I'm playing a little Makai right now. I tried La Pucelle the other day. I attempted Phantom Brave once...Disagea I spent weeks in.
Disgaea just has the balace of the elements I like...Makai ain't bad though, the vehicals are pretty fun.
MR.TI994A
07-29-2005, 09:12 AM
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is not made by Nippon Ichi. The Atelier games (and there are lots of them) are made by Gust (http://www.gust.jp) while NIS published Eternal Mana in America (it's the first Gust games that gets a western release).
That said Disgea is one of my all time favourite games. I haven't played Makai Kingdom yet though.
Well in that case, perhaps you should write yo Wikipedia and tell them that they are wrong...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Ichi
It says they published it, and not developed it, but I didn't know we were splitting hairs here...
KJN is correct. NIS only published it. They did not deveop it.
http://games.ign.com/objects/027/027126.html
http://ps2.ign.com/objects/725/725178.html
davepesc
07-29-2005, 12:58 PM
I thought Disgaea was a fantastic game. It was funny and the characters were all interesting. And, it has a "New Game +" feature that lets you play again with your uber stats.
Mondo levelling will be manditory to complete all the side areas.
(I put 120 hours in and couldn't scratch one area if I wanted to)
sealboy6
07-29-2005, 06:30 PM
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is not made by Nippon Ichi. The Atelier games (and there are lots of them) are made by Gust (http://www.gust.jp) while NIS published Eternal Mana in America (it's the first Gust games that gets a western release).
That said Disgea is one of my all time favourite games. I haven't played Makai Kingdom yet though.
Well in that case, perhaps you should write yo Wikipedia and tell them that they are wrong...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Ichi
It says they published it, and not developed it, but I didn't know we were splitting hairs here...
I will tell Wikipedia that they are wrong. YOu realize that wikipedia is user managed. You can put what you want in. The real good website to figure things out on is Answers.com.
MrSmiley381
07-29-2005, 07:34 PM
Right now, I'm saying Disgaea, but I won't vote until my copy of Makai Kingdom gets here from the NIS store, with all the extras and stuff.
This Pram character looks annoyingly cute.
FantasiaWHT
07-29-2005, 07:39 PM
Disgaea!
Phantom Brave and Makai kingdom both annoy me with the lack of a grid. It just devolves into a game of bunch-ball in the middle of the field with very little strategy. Also... if you aren't using a grid for movement, why are all the stages built in perfect squares?
Lone_Monster
07-30-2005, 01:52 PM
Although I have yet to play Makai Kingdom (Which I want to, a very lot), I'd say Disgaea. I love it. I play it all the time. It's a good thing it's a long game, because it's such a good game. It's not like most games that get boring after a while. This one has me 20 hours in, and I'm still wanting much more.
esquire
09-17-2005, 11:40 PM
So has anyone played Makai Kingdom yet? I heard from the manager at my Gamecrazy that it is the best of the four. Anyone have any thoughts?
I just dipping into this series, starting with La Pucelle Tactics.
Amy Rose
09-17-2005, 11:52 PM
Heh, this thread is making me want to buy Disgaea.
Of the games you've mentioned, I've only got Phantom Brave, but I highly recommend it. It's one of the very few tacticalesque games I've ever liked. Everything about it is very polished and the story is touching. Try getting the soundtrack with it if you can. (I'm not sure if it came with it in America, or if it was a limited edition or whatnot.)
Stark
09-18-2005, 05:27 AM
Disgaea is the best of the bunch. I've played it more than all the others put together. Makai Kingdom is good and worth your time but if you haven't tried Disgaea you are missing out big time.
Daria
09-18-2005, 11:49 AM
Well if you want a poll for Nippon Ichi the publisher then go ahead and include Atiler Iris, but you'll have to take down Disgaea and La Pucelle for being published by ATLUS and Mastif respectively.
As far as Nippon Ichi developed games go, my favorite's Rhapsody. Their strategy games lose points with me for pretty much stringing battle along after battle with no real exploration period inbetween. What can I say? I like town roaming.
After that though my favorite Phantom Brave. I enjoyed the humor immensely. And had a lot of fun fusing together weapons and characters for better titles and stat increases. I loved the fact that just about about any item in the game, no matter how mundane could be equiped as a weapon. My cat warrior ran around slapping people with a giant trout, and my Hawk fighter carried around an entire pine tree. Yes. I'm that easily amused.
I really wish NIS (which if we want to get really technical is the name of their US publishing division as opposed to the Nippon Ichi moniker under which they develop their games) would release Little Princess state side. It's the PSone sequal to Rhapsody, but surely they could port it to the DS or PSP (For which I'd actually buy the damn system).
Austin
09-19-2005, 03:44 AM
I haven't played Makai Kingdom yet, but Disgaea was my favorite of the lot. The leveling and customization is quite crazy, but the game is absolutely huge and you get a lot of punch for your gaming buck. Phantom Brave and La Pucelle are both good games, too, not quite as good Disgaea, but certainly a lot cheaper if that's a concern.