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Siliconera‘s been busy uncovering new information this week, as it also found out that Nippon Ichi has been approved to develop Wii and Wiiware titles. As any DS RPG fan already knows, NIS has developed and released games for Nintendo’s other system - two of which, Disgaea DS and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, were released stateside in October, 2008.

NIS’ first game for the system has already been revealed, Let’s Hitchhike. It is a Wiiware game that is currently scheduled for a 2009 release in Japan. No other titles have been confirmed or announced…

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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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It isn’t uncommon for one or two big titles to be released on the same day or within a few days of each other, (Example: Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart Wii.) but more often than not, publishers will avoid this and scatter dates so their games will get the attention they deserve. Apparently the Japanese DS game publishers wanted to cause a free-for-all June 26, 2008, because five highly anticipated games are being released at once. Six, if you’re excited about Simple DS Series Vol. 39 The Shouboutai (Fire Fighters).

So let’s go over Bleach: The 3rd Phantom, Bokura no Telebi Game Kentei, Daigasso! Band Brothers DX, Jigsaw World and Disgaea DS, the five major titles being released in Japan…

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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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Jeux-France has come bearing plenty of new information on some of the five new DS titles NIS is currently developing for the system. Among them is Disgaea: Prince of the Demon World and Red Moon, which was mentioned in a Gamertell post earlier today (March 6, 2008). The first three confirmed titles in development include the Disgaea DS port, Jigsaw World and Rhapsody: In Musical Adventure. Despite the Babelfish translation and DS Fanboy report of the last title being Rhapsody: In Musical Adventure, I’m going to guess that it was meant to be translated as Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, the title of an early NIS PS1 title.

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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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