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I love both Atlus and NIS, so I’m always pleased when the two companies collaborate. A recent announcement revealed that Atlus will be distributing NIS America’s three, upcoming RPGs. Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice, Disgaea DS and Rhapsody: a Musical Adventure.

The first release will be Disgaea 3, on August 26, 2008. It is a PS3 exclusive of the latest entry in the wildly popular Disgaea series. It follows Mao, the best student at Evil Academy, where the worst student is the best. He decides he wants to be an overlord, but somehow misinterprets things and thinks he needs to become a hero to become an overlord. It will cost $49.99 and will also have additional, downloadable content later on.

Click through for information on Disgaea DS and Rhapsody DS...

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NIS America has announced that a preorders of Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice will receive a bonus soundtrack CD. It won’t be just any soundtrack though, as the potential buyers will be handpicking the tracks from Disgaea, Disgaea 2 and Disgaea 3 that will appear on the CD.

The poll is up on the official Disgaea 3 site and has so far has 14 tracks to choose from. There is also a short sample of each track, so you can play them before-hand to see which ones are your favorites. After selecting five songs, you submit your vote and hope for the best.

Click through to see the 14 tracks to pick from…

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All too often, female characters in video games are given bit parts, or designed in a manner that shows developers clearly intended them to act as eye candy. While female characters have become incredibly visible in games as time has gone by, it still can be difficult to discern characters who are really good role models for female players.

To make matters worse, when lists are compiled of strong female leads, they tend to feature the same characters over and over again. I’ve seen Lara Croft appear in lists at least 20 times, and frankly she doesn’t always deserve the spot.

Here are eight female characters, many of whom are often forgotten and should be considered role models for girl gamers. They are unique individuals in their various storylines and possess strong personalities…

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So far I think this is my favorite cross stitch so far. My most recent piece is of Etna, orginally from Disgaea but frequent guest star of other NIS games. I enjoyed making a prinny cross stitch the week before, and decided I wanted to try making another NIS PS2 sprite. Once I found an adorable Etna sprite, I knew I had to give it a try.

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The timing worked out perfectly with this cross stitch, as it can now be considered a way to celebrate the great news of Disgaea for the DS. It is a standard blue prinny from the original Disgaea PS2 title. I’ve always adored the prinnies and thought they were adorable, plus I’d wanted to try a more advanced sprite, so it seemed like a perfectly natural choice for a cross stitch pattern. 

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If you’d been longing for a portable Disgaea, but missed out on Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness due to lack of a PSP, then the latest issue of Famitsu has some phenomenal news for you. The issue reveals that NIS is now working on Disgaea DS: Prince of the Demon World and the Red Moon, translation courtesy of NeoGAF forum user Tenbatsu. Not much else is revealed about the upcoming title aside from the system it will be on and the name, but that should still be enough to bring joy to many Disgaea fans.

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