NIS America: Neptune licensing “almost done”; Disgaea 4 teased for TGS
NIS America president Haru Akenaga has revealed during E3 that the Japanese video game company has shifted their focus to PlayStation 3, teased new franchises for the console, and apologized for the suckfest that was Last Rebellion.
It all came through an interview conducted by Siliconera.
First off, Akenaga revealed that the company is currently “in discussion” with Idea Factory about bringing Super Dimensional Game Neptune to North American and European shores.
“All I can say now is Idea Factory asked us to localize the game for the US and Europe,” Akenaga said. “We are eager to do that. We are in discussion about the conditions for licensing the title. The deal is almost done.”
Akenaga goes on to apologize about Last Rebellion, saying that developer Hit Maker “told us they are going to make much better titles than [their first game] Blade Dancer.” Obviously, they put their trust in the wrong developer.
“Once we got Last Rebellion we realized it was not the kind of title we should release in the United States because of its quality. I feel really sorry for our customers because we released that title. That’s why I told Nao (PR Manager) we have to release the announcement for Last Rebellion, but never push that title. We cannot say it’s a really great title. We felt really sorry, but we had no choice to release that.
“From now on, even though we fund a title, we will not release it if the quality is not good enough.”
Moving on, Akenaga says that PlayStation 3 is their primary development target.
“We announced we are going to focus on PlayStation 3 titles on maybe March of this year. Almost all titles that just started in development are PS3 titles.”
They aren’t all sequels, either.
“We are making new franchise titles on PlayStation 3. We understand it’s going to be really tough because everyone is making sequels.”
Any news regarding Xbox 360 development?
“No plans so far.”
Finally, the interview was closed with a question regarding Disgaea 4. Akenaga denied to answer, telling the site to “Ask me again at TGS.” Does that mean we’ll see it at the Tokyo Game Show, then?
