{"id":74108,"date":"2026-10-22T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T07:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=74108"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T07:23:09","slug":"disgaea-creator-sohei-niikawa-says-he-had-to-take-out-a-127-thousand-loan-to-complete-his-new-dark-comedy-srpg-demons-night-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/disgaea-creator-sohei-niikawa-says-he-had-to-take-out-a-127-thousand-loan-to-complete-his-new-dark-comedy-srpg-demons-night-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgaea creator Sohei Niikawa says he had to take out a $127 thousand loan to complete his new dark comedy SRPG, Demons\u2019 Night Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disgaea creator Sohei Niikawa recently took to X to confess to a budget shortfall that his studio, SuperNiche, experienced while developing its new dark comedy SRPG <strong>DEMONS\u2019 NIGHT FEVER<\/strong>. To ensure the completion of the project, he apparently took out a 20 million JPY loan (roughly $127k USD) without his wife\u2019s knowledge, and poured it all into the game\u2019s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">During the development of *Demon\u2019s Night Fever*\u2014which launches today\u2014we ran into a budget shortfall, so I took out a 20-million-yen bank loan (without telling my wife!) and poured it all into the project.<br>If the game doesn\u2019t sell, my plan to release 66 titles by the time I turn\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/35xqGAbmjl\">https:\/\/t.co\/35xqGAbmjl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u65b0\u5ddd\u5b97\u5e73\uff08\u672c\u4eba\uff0910\u670822\u65e5\u300e\u30c7\u30e2\u30f3\u30ba\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\u30d5\u30a3\u30fc\u30d0\u30fc\u300f\u767a\u58f2\u203c\ufe0f (@sohei_niikawa) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sohei_niikawa\/status\/2113061459274162551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While DEMONS\u2019 NIGHT FEVER was co-developed alongside Drecom and published by Arc System Works, both well-known Japanese game companies, SuperNiche itself is a one-man company founded and operated by Niikawa himself. Since the game was not crowdfunded, Niikawa encourages fans to consider buying it \u201cas a form of crowdfunding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incidentally, Demon\u2019s Night Fever is part of Niikawa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sohei_niikawa\/status\/2112543433881735477?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">personal goal to release 66 games<\/a> by the time he turns 75 years old. After spending 26 years working at Nippon Ichi Software (13 of which were spent as the studio\u2019s CEO and president), he struck out on his own to continue making games \u201con the front lines.\u201d According to his calculations, he has roughly 22 years to create 66 games, at a rate of three titles per year.<\/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=\"DEMONS&amp;apos; NIGHT FEVER - Pre-Order Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eQNSQ5oeDSI?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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Launching today, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3502620\/DEMONS_NIGHT_FEVER\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEMONS\u2019 NIGHT FEVER<\/a> is a strategy JRPG that plays almost like a \u201cbeing evil simulator.\u201d The story follows Giga Super Death, the most wicked devil of all who suddenly gets transformed into a baby just as he is about to kill God. After forming a pact with Killshiro Katanaka, a gloomy young man who despises the world, Giga wreaks havoc and commits evil acts to regain his lost power by completing the &#8220;Demons\u2019 Night Fever\u201d resurrection program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You raise Giga and his Peons by committing wicked deeds such as becoming a squatter, converting humans into monsters, and pillaging goods from your enemies. These actions earn you Perverse Points, which you can use to power up Giga and his Peon army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1465\" height=\"823\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1465px) 100vw, 1465px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261022-74108-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261022-74108-001.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261022-74108-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261022-74108-001-767x431.jpg 767w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combat revolves around using the game\u2019s &#8220;Peon Exploitation System&#8221; to strategically sacrifice your allies on a grid-like battlefield. Kills Skill and Sacrifices allow you to detonate your minions for some quick enemy kills, with ally and enemy deaths increasing Giga\u2019s strength regardless of their allegiance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DEMONS\u2019 NIGHT FEVER is available starting today on Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3502620\/DEMONS_NIGHT_FEVER\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam<\/a>), PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/disgaea-creators-new-dark-comedy-srpg-demons-night-fever-turns-god-into-a-scumbag-so-players-dont-feel-guilty-about-doing-evil-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disgaea creator\u2019s new dark comedy SRPG Demons\u2019 Night Fever turns God into a \u201cscumbag\u201d so players don\u2019t feel guilty about doing evil things<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demons&#8217; Night Fever is out today on Steam, PS5, and Switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":74110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":false,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-74108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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