NIS America taking a chance on Disgaea Infinite

Visual novels still are a niche genre in North America, though games like Heileen, Lux-Pain, Time Hollow and even Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor are helping to pave the way. So it’s kind of surprising to hear that NIS America is stepping up to release the Disgaea PSP visual novel Disgaea Infinite in English. But, the company is, and will have the visual novel starring Laharl, Etna, Flonne and lots of prinnies out in May, 2010.

In Disgaea Infinite, you follow a prinny who works for Laharl. This isn’t any ordinary prinny though, he is a prinny with a mission! Laharl was nearly assassinated by someone in his castle, and has tasked this particular prinny with finding out who wanted him dead. You have two special abilities to help accomplish this task, the ability to possess other, familiar Disgaea characters so you can know their inner-most secrets and the ability to turn back time to see special, crucial moments.

Disgaea Infinite was first released in Japan on November 1, 2009 and was a PlayStation Store exclusive. NIS America hasn’t announced yet if the US release will follow suit, or if it will receive a UMD release as well. Personally, I think it’ll only be available as a download, since NIS America took that route with Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This?.

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