Nippon Ichi Software just released a new (and huge) batch of screenshots from the upcoming PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii titled Sakura Wars. Sakura Wars is a strategy-based role-playing game with elements of dating simulation games.

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Nippon Ichi is known for its quirky humor, likable characters, and throwing a positive spin on the bad side of the fence.  Their protagonists are often devils, demons, or in this case, a witch.  She isn’t an evil witch.  She’s snarky and cute, like me!  And she loves beating up her allies, both verbally and physically, but like most of the NIS protagonists she is decent at the core.  Her quest to save the world in A Witch’s Tale, for instance, is noble, isn’t it?  The DS is the capital console these days for RPGs, and A Witch’s Tale finds a proper home with stylus and split-screen.  It takes a few steps into innovation, keeps a few RPG standards, and presents quite the cohesive package.  But just how much is this package worth? 

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Nippon Ichi Software’s popular PS2 tactical role-playing game La Pucelle: Tactics is coming to PSP this November under the new title La Pucelle: Ragnarok. A somewhat odd console conversion, Nippon Ichi is sure that Tactics will look great as Ragnarok on the PSP, and has come up with a few videos in order to prove the game’s worth. Check them out below.

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Music RPG Princess Antiphona’s Hymn: Angel’s Score Op.A is what may be a bit of a successor to Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. Set for full voice-acting and anime-style cut scenes, Princess Antiphona’s Hymn is undergoing development by Nippon Ichi Software.

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