Is it okay for Prinny to be the main character in his own game? I'm sure you'd say yes, as long as we get to see his game heading to North America. Send in the penguins then! NIS America has confirmed that they will publish Prinny: Is it Okay if I'm the Main Character? for the US.

A lot of you were definitely excited when we reported on the new Disgaea game from Nippon Ichi for the PSP, Prinny: Is it Okay if I'm the Main Character?.And many more crossed their fingers for its overseas release. While we don't have that information yet, what we do have are the release date and prices - for Japan, at least.

How big of a Disgaea fan are you? Are you proud of it? Proud enough to do cosplay and have your picture taken and displayed on the NIS America website? If so, the guys over at Nippon Ichi want to see you do it and they intend to reward you handsomely.

Starting October 25, 2007 fans can submit their favorite Disgaea moment pictures to the official Disgaea website and RPGamer to enter the contest. At stake will be enough goodies to make Prinnies want to loot the rig. These are the types of photos which will qualify as entries to NISA and RPGamer's Disgaea Moment tiff:

• Picture of you (and your friends) in Disgaea character cosplay
• Photoshop your picture as if you were in the Disgaea world and/or a Disgaea co-star
• Picture of you with Disgaea products such as Disgaea: of Darkness, Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories, Disgaea figures, Prinny plushie, etc.
  

Curious about what's in it if you win? Two winners will be chosen for the grand prize and each will receive a free copy of Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness for the Sony PlayStation Portable. One second prize winner will get a complete set of Disgaea 2: Chaos at the Colosseum palm figures; two third prize winners are to get a "Netherworld All=Star Inauguration Poster"; and five fourth prize winners will receive an Etna and Flonne transparent folder.

The promo ends on October 31, but before the winners are decided, photos will be uploaded daily to the official Disgaea website for everyone to see. If demons, overlords, and Netherworlds rock your boat, get out there and show the world just how cool it is to be a Disgaea fan.

Anyone who's listened to the ending theme song of Nippon Ichi's Dragoneer's Aria can't deny the beauty of the song and how appropriate it was for the game. Therefore, it's rather nice to see game publishers encourage interactive events with their gamers to help promote their game, as well as give everyone something to immerse themselves into such a creative gaming experience.

In the recently concluded Song of Dragoons contest sponsored by NIS America, six winners have finally been chosen and will receive posters signed by the singer and the composer of the "Open the Gate" ending theme. Here's the list of the winners in an email sent by NISA:

• Jason from TX
• Thomas from PA
• Alana from AZ
• Anthony from IL
• James from NH
• Lisbeth from VA

NIS America also announced that Mimika, the singer of the Dragoneer's Aria ending theme, will be releasing her first album from Japan soon. The album will be available on the RosenQueen e-commerce site as soon as it comes out.

Ever wanted to make a mark in games, especially in Nippon Ichi's hottest RPG for the PSP? If you've got lyrical prowess and a good sense of music, you may want to try out NIS America's challenge to translate Dragooneer's Aria's Japanese ending theme song "Open the Gate" into English.

The contest - affectionately named "Song of Dragoons" -  isn't about how well you understand both languages, but your taste for excellent music. The lyrics of your version of the game's song should be passionate, adventurous, brave, and even dangerous.

From what we can gather, winners will receive Dragoneer's Aria posters signed by Mimika and Sara Sakurai, singer and composer of "Open the Gate" respectively. Six are up for grabs, and we can safely assume there'll be six winners, but who knows?

It's not too far fetched to say the grand winner may actually get his or her lyrics on the actual game. The contest ends August 31.

To hear "Open the Gate", click the Read link below and check out the official site.

Now that Etna's awoken the almighty, loud-mouthed, pint-sized terror of an spoiled brat Overlord that is Laharl, what's to come next? Today's choice cut for NIS America's much-anticipated Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness game will take readers through a very quick gameplay vid.

This video will introduce players to Laharl (the blue-haired kid) during a play-through of what appears be an early game level. None of the Disgaea's famed humor is here, unfortunately. It is, however, a good opportunity for newcomers to watch over how the game works and what levelling up looks like. Enjoy the video.

Dragoneer's Aria is shaping up to be an impressive game, if only because you can capture a monster's soul and use it on the battlefield. We certainly like the idea, because it brings to mind demonic Pokemon, so we've got a handy trailer of Dragoneer's Aria for you to watch that explains the process.

According to the trailer, you're supposed to keep killing monsters until an avatar of a said monster appears. Basically, you have to find avatars of monster souls and kill them to receive the monster soul for yourself.

Once you have the monster soul, you can equip it and summon it at your leisure. From kobolds to mermen, and even Black Dragons, you can summon them all, so long as their souls are yours.

In any case, the video explains it better than we ever could. Watch the vid and know more about Hit Maker and NIS America's Dragoneer's Aria, alright?

You've been through the battles and probably know enough about the heroes of Dragoneer's Aria to make a purchase worthwhile, but what about your skills as a warrior? Have you thought about that recently?

NIS America certainly has your back, as the development company has released a new trailer that introduces the intricacies of skill use to novice players. In the video game Dragoneer's Aria, you're actually equipping dragon orbs that you acquire from different dragons. These orbs add elemental attributes to your special attacks, so you can easily customize your characters' specialties as the game progresses.

If you want to know more, feel free to click on the video. Remember: Dragoneer's Aria will be coming out in late August so keep your eyes peeled. Enjoy the video!

Nippon Ichi Software and NIS America's Dragoneer's Aria for the PSP has been drawing some attention from the PSP RPG community lately.

It's not really unexpected with the special edition becoming available for pre-order and the awesome E3 video that was released. If you're interested in knowing more about the game, who better to tell you about it then the developers themselves?

The producer from Nippon Ichi Software Sohei Niikawa and executive producer from Hitmaker Yukihiko Hojo shared some of their thoughts on the game, as well as some of the features that make this game stand out. Niikawa described the game pretty well as well as gave some info on his expectations from it:

The story itself is a noble sort of fantasy, taking the basic fantasy feel head-on and ramping it up. It's more meaty than many role-playing games nowadays. I don't want it to just have an "epic" feeling--I'd like to see it described as epic itself. So the staff and I are working very hard on the release of this game.

Not to be outdone, Hojo gave an account on the themes that they followed in the production of the game. In addition to this, he also gave word that they have placed a lot of content in the game which should please hardcore RPG players. Here are his exact words on this:

The themes for this game during production were unity, security, and achievement. Everyone loves the world of swords and magic and dragons. The story is one of a dragon knight and the dragons, a dilemma of hearts, and the mysterious dark dragon.

It features controls and gameplay that people can feel secure with. We followed this goal, and ended up, as Mr. Niikawa said, with a "meaty" game.

Both of them seemed very pleased with the game, but the final word still goes to the gaming community who will pick up and play the game. Hopefully, Dragoneer's Aria delivers exactly what the developers and gamers have been expecting. If you want to read the full post, don't hesitate to click on our read link.

If we are to believe the recent EB Games listing, the video game Disgaea Portable which was released in Japan last November 30, 2006, will be known as Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness in North America when it arrives on October 30 (mind you, that is still a tentative date).

Even though NIS America or publisher Atlus Software have yet to give an official announcement regarding this, the subtitle "Afternoon of Darkness" is not at all impossible. After all, this is a port of the PlayStation 2 game which was known as Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.

And remember that poll from NIS America earlier this month? Well, it seems that the poll has already decided what platform to release the game as the title is just listed under the PlayStation Portable category at EB Games. It is priced for US$ 39.99. Like we said, all of this information is true only if the EB Games listing is accurate.

Don't worry though as we will continue to look for updates and new information regarding this.