http://www.siliconera.com/2012/05/14/nippon-ichi-will-celebrate-their-20th-anniversary-with-a-new-vita-game/

The article reminds us of the upcoming Witch and the Hundred Knights and the Disgaea 4 team's game, labeled as "20th Anniversary Project #1". Apparently, there will be a "20th Anniversary Project #2" coming to the Vita as well, though details on that are unknown.

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/05/14/neptunia-v-lands-in-japan-in-august/
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/04/18/first-screenshots-of-neptunia-v-and-gamindustris-alternate-dimension/

Meanwhile, for you Neptunia fans, Neptunia V is slated for August in Japan. While it does star Neptune again, she will apparently be thrown to another dimension/back in time to essentially the 3rd generation console war, where the currently confirmed reigning goddesses are Blanc (Sporting a white and red Shrine Maiden-esque outfit) and another CPU in charge of Planeptune. While Noire and Vert are also confirmed to make a return, though both aren't goddesses.

So one of the main reasons I purchased a Vita was for this enhanced port of Disgaea 3, and the long wait finally ended yesterday.

So far I'm really liking the game. It looks fantastic on the Vita screen, and the sprites actually look pretty decent, better than they did on my big screen HDTV for the PS3 version. I also love the new voice options for generic characters and how the Collection guy is in the base.

I'm a bit upset they took out the weapon/spell symbols from the character naming screen, as I used those on all my characters to indicate what weapon they were using and what spells they had (for example if my mage had fire and ice spells, I'd put little fire and ice icons on the end of her name).

and now for my question.
I noticed a siliconera post about the game:
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/04/17/disgaea-3-absence-of-detention-is-huge-but-the-new-stuff-is-at-the-very-end/

What intrigued me was the reviewer stated "An unlock code lets you add a Parallel Wanderer to the main map who will let you load the extra episodes early." Does anybody know what that unlock code is? I've played Disgaea 3 a ton already, and I would love to get access to those bonus scenarios/chapters early just to change up the game a bit. It would be fun to try playing through them with lower level characters just to see how it changes things.

I've sent an email to NISA asking them to share the code with me, but I have a feeling they'll say no. I did tell them how big of a Disgaea fan I am, and they can probably check the logs to see I've spent thousands of dollars in their online store, so who knows.

Edit: score! I found a tutorial for unlocking the bonus chapters at any time.
http://www.justpushstart.com/2012/04/how-to-access-the-new-disgaea-3-content-early/
It worked and I now have the Parallel Wanderer dude in my base, offering me the 4 bonus chapters and my highest character is level 7 right now. ^______^

http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/477/477013/

Several months ago, NIS announced quite a few games but two of them appeared to be their main games. One was a 3D action RPG from the Prinny team which became the upcoming Witch and the Hundred Knights. The second would be an SRPG by the Disgaea 4 team that would continue to use high definition sprites but would have a famous artist instead of Harada doing the art. A hint was dropped in a dengeki article about "Seven angels". Then rrizqiw found this, which was done by Noizi Ito and seemed to match up with the "seven angels" hint.

Well, this dengeki article gives us a preview of their article for the upcoming game. Apparently this is being labeled as NIS' "20th Anniversary Project #1 RPG". Next to the main character is what I'm assuming is his name, which is Renya. The last part of his last name is obscured, but I'm assuming it's Kagurazaki since the partially visible letter looks like a "k".

All three of them were announced at the TGS last year and the games were covered quite a bit, but here's a fresh reminder.

The Witch and the Hundred Knights - Early 2013
This is the latest main NIS title. A 3D action RPG developed by the Prinny team.

Mugen Souls - Fall 2012
This is Compile Heart's answer to the Disgaea series with NIS mainstays Takehito Harada and Tenpei Sato involved in the project.

Legasista - August on PSN
Action RPG from the Cladun team

http://www.nisamerica.com/index.php?nav=dlc&nav_id=disgaea4

Already released:
Hi Res Asagi
Adell
Rozalin
Laharl Kaiser V
Holt Village Map
Mao
Priere
Death Saber (Pink)
Getter Mao
Classroom Map
Prism Ranger
Celestia Host (Main Hero B)
Pirate Survival Duel (Pleinair)
Battleship Gargantua
Gargantua Bridge Map
Gig
Kunoichi (Kyoko and Asuka)
Soul Nomad
Godtopia Map
Command Attack (Petta)

March 13:
Flashback episode (Tyrant Val)
Pram
Nisa
Kingdom Tank
Makai Map

April 10:
Medic
Necromancer
Fish, Strong! (The Gurren Lagann parody ship)
Overlord's Castle Map

May 8:
The Fuka & Desco Show
Ash
Marona
Bottle Ship
Phantom Isle Map

June 12:
Pirohiko Ichimonji
Survival Mode (Krichevskoy)
Baal battle
Valvolga
Zettai Hero Base Map

EDIT: Command Attack was released yesterday

Prices are as follows:
$2.99 for Characters
$5.99 for Extra Mode with the exception of the Fuka & Desco Show
$19.99 for the Fuka & Desco Mode (How much was Beryl Mode again? $15?)
$1.99 for Pirate Ships
$0.99 for Maps

Gig (Additional event) $2.99 Character
Kunoichi (Additional event with Kyoko and Asuka) $2.99 Character
Soul Nomad (Additional event) $1.99 Ship (Wonder why they didn't just call it Feinne?)
Godtopia Map $0.99

For those wondering if Gig has an English voice this time, yes, and it sounds like Yuri Lowenthal is the one doing his voice again.

Next release will probably be Tyrant Val mode along with Nisa and Pram.

Remember about 2 years ago when N1/Gamania announced a Phantom Brave MMORPG? Remember how we never heard back even though a 2011 release date was announced.

It's here, and it's now a browser based game.

Behold your Ash and Marona expies!

The game goes into open beta on Feb 15th in Japan. No word on NA.

Also, question. With the majority of fandom moving over to DreamWidth, is Cyberdance going to move/already has moved and I'm blind?

Maybe, perhaps, don't quote me on this.

PlayStation Network is slowly building a library of PlayStation 2 games and one NIS America title, GrimGrimoire, is already available. One of Nippon Ichi’s earlier games, La Pucelle: Tactics might be next.

Korea’s Game Rating Board rated La Pucelle with Sony Computer Entertainment Korea as the publisher. We’re pretty sure this won’t be the expanded PSP port, La Pucelle Ragnarok, since that was rated a year earlier, which also has SCEK as the publisher.

Sony Computer Entertainment Asia just started releasing PS2 Classics with God Hand, Maximo, and GrimGrimoire. Perhaps, La Pucelle: Tactics is next?

Though even if it does come out, there's no guaranty that it'll hit English release either.

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/01/18/the-witch-and-the-hundred-cavalrymens-combo-system-lets-you-chain-different-weapons/

* Your main character can equip different weapons like swords, spears, axes, scythes, and magic torches. Each weapon has different attributes like lances having great vertical range but lacking horizontal range while scythes have a wide range but are slow. You can switch between them in combat to take advantage of their different abilities.
* If you dodge an attack at the last second, you'll do a Mystical Dodge, which slows everyone else down and makes you invincible. If you defeat an enemy in a single blow, you will activate Extra Chain, which will allow you to immediately strike another enemy.
* Whenever you separate from Metallica, you will slowly lose Giga Calories and you will lose all your items if they run out, somewhat similar to ZHP's stamina. You regain Giga Calories by eating your weakened enemies. If you're full, you can also store said enemies for later consumption. If you lose all your items, though, you can retrieve them through some fishing mini-game.
* Three new characters introduced:
- Lana Nia Luccinia is a gentle fortune teller who gazes into the stars to see into the future. She dreams of becoming a witch.
- Visco the Inquisitor is a knight who is out to capture Metallica for having turned her into a dog. Nicknamed "Princess Dog"
- Wonder Kamamiru is a doll who stabbed her former owner in the head. She now manages the Wonder Kammer collection room,