{"id":53654,"date":"2025-11-05T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53654"},"modified":"2025-11-14T17:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:16:11","slug":"disgaea-developers-new-3d-hack-and-slash-rpg-is-set-in-the-same-universe-director-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/disgaea-developers-new-3d-hack-and-slash-rpg-is-set-in-the-same-universe-director-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgaea developer\u2019s new 3D hack-and-slash RPG is set in the same universe, director confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nippon Ichi Software (NIS), the studio behind the Disgaea series, recently announced their new action RPG <strong>Kyouran Makaism<\/strong>, set to release on January 29, 2026, in Japan. Disgaea fans may have already noticed, but the upcoming game\u2019s credits feature many names that were also responsible for the studio\u2019s flagship tactical RPG series, including Shunsuke Minowa as the director, Takehito Harada as the character designer and Tenpei Sato as the composer. In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/dengekionline.com\/article\/202510\/55932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dengeki Online<\/a>, lead developer Minowa shared insights into how the two series are connected, and what kind of gameplay fans can expect from the upcoming title. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u51f6\u4e71\u30de\u30ab\u30a4\u30ba\u30e0\u300f\u30d7\u30ed\u30e2\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30e0\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OeiijXYpkrM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While Kyouran Makaism is set to be its own, independent title, the director confirmed that the upcoming game\u2019s story beats are still rooted in the lore of the beloved Disgaea series.&nbsp; \u201cThe Disgaea series features numerous \u2018Netherworlds,\u2019 and as a part of the same universe, the story of Kyouran Makaism takes place in one of them,\u201d Minowa explained. \u201cThere are also many similarities between Disgaea and Kyouran Makaism when it comes to gameplay. However, the stories pretty much aren\u2019t connected, so even newcomers to the series can enjoy the new game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"504\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105-536540001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105-536540001.jpg 896w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105-536540001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105-536540001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But, despite some similarities in the gameplay, Kyouran Makaism will be fundamentally different from Disgaea, as it takes the worldview of the tactical RPG and adapts it into a full-fledged action game. To further emphasize the new hack-and-slash gameplay, the developers at Nippon Ichi Software prioritized offering players \u201ca high level of freedom,\u201d says Minowa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince you\u2019ll get to experience action in the same kind of worldview as the Disgaea series, our goal was to achieve a high level of freedom and the ability to group your enemies and mow them down in one blow.\u201d To illustrate, Minowa explains that pretty much all actions can be cancelled with stepping, jumping or skill activations, allowing players to time their moves more precisely. Furthermore, the game will be inheriting the signature AoE attacks from the Disgaea series, just adapted for a more action-driven experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nippon1.jp\/consumer\/makaism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kyouran Makaism<\/a> is set to launch on January 29 in Japan for PS5, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nippon-ichi-software-faces-losses-over-prolonged-contract-work-for-other-companies-announces-further-shift-to-its-own-ips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nippon Ichi Software faces losses over prolonged contract work for other companies, announces further shift to its own IPs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nippon-ichi-software-faces-losses-over-prolonged-contract-work-for-other-companies-announces-further-shift-to-its-own-ips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cIf we don\u2019t make new IPs, we\u2019ll die,\u201d Nippon Ichi Software believes mid-size developers need to do what the big guns can\u2019t&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nippon Ichi Software&#8217;s new 3D action RPG will be set in the same universe as Disgaea, director Minowa confirmed in an interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":53655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-53654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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