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Disgaea Bleach-es Dark Soul on DS

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Mar 7, 2008 3:27 pm PT

Nippon Ichi's original grid-based strategy RPG set to join new installment in VIZ Media's popular supernatural samurai slasher on Nintendo's portable this summer.

A little over a week ago, Nippon Ichi America revealed it would be landing a third wave of combustible penguins on North American shores later this year with Disgaea 3 on the PlayStation 3. While the latest Prinny onslaught will update the cult series with a 3D face-lift, NIA isn't quite ready to abandon the series' traditional 2D stylings.

A very-much unlocalized shot of Disgaea DS.

Following on the coattails of the 2007 PlayStation Portable redux Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, NIA said today it would be bringing an updated version of the original Disgaea to the Nintendo DS this July. NIA promises that the DS version of the game will include "several key improvements" to the original grid-based tactical role-playing game, but did not go into explicit detail as to what these updates entail.

With the second season of Bleach premiering on Cartoon Network March 1, Sega confirmed today that it would be following up last year's well-received Bleach: The Blade of Fate for Nintendo's portable this summer with Bleach: Dark Souls. Sega notes that Dark Souls offers an exclusive storyline that takes place between the first and second seasons of the show, and the game will feature a variety of the anime's voice actors.

Four-way brawling in Bleach DS.

Japanese outfit Treasure will again be adapting VIZ Media's Bleach anime, and promises Dark Souls will offer a range of enhancements over Blade of Fate, including the ability to play as 44 different characters, 30 new spirit cards, and the addition of a variety of new Bankai special moves.

The game will also pack in seven additional gameplay modes, as well as support for four-player multiplayer bouts using the DS's Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and DS Download Play. Dark Souls will also include an encyclopedia to help players keep track of the complicated world of Bleach.

65 Comments

  • Klyern

    Posted May 28, 2008 11:21 am PT

    Yup, it had nothing to do with it, they had so little info on it that they had to mix up 2 previews in one.

    Welcome to the new Gamespot

  • axelviiii

    Posted Apr 28, 2008 9:23 pm PT

    Wait... What does the Bleach bit have to do with Disgaea?

  • datboicj03

    Posted Mar 23, 2008 1:14 pm PT

    What can we do to get The bleach SP Games ported over.

  • lionheartssj1

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 7:16 pm PT

    New Bleach!? Yes!........and I agree with Stryder18.....Heat of the Soul needs a port.

  • aots_twilight

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 9:37 am PT

    Congrats DS... You finally get Disgaea at long last

  • Stryder_18

    Posted Mar 9, 2008 9:24 pm PT

    The Bleach Heat the Soul Series for PSP should be Ported, I have the 4th one and its awesome. I also have the First DS one which is pretty cool but the PSP ones are freakin sweet!

  • Dante200X

    Posted Mar 9, 2008 7:15 pm PT

    NIS sure is squeezing Disgaea (the first one) dry, huh? The game worked freakin' great on the PSP and really looked good too. The funny thing is that since they added some new content to the PS2 game, it didn't quite fit on the UMD, so they had to tone a few things down (took some voices out for some parts, etc). The DS version is gonna be way worse in that respect. Unless they also tone down the graphics a lot to save more space.

    So instead of putting a good remake of Disgaea 2 or Makai Kingdom on the PSP, they decided to make a port (however good or bad) of the same exact game that was on the PSP (with "improvements) on the DS? Wow........

  • beamme

    Posted Mar 9, 2008 12:41 pm PT

    Man after playing the second Bleach DS game in japanese, I sorta wished they would just skip the first one. Since it doesn't have anything in particular that isn't improved opon in the sequel. Still I got both "Blade of Fate" and "Bleach2nd" for some reason xD Now what I really would like is a third entry in the series with even more characters like Grimmjow and the lot. Also proper color hollow ichigo.

  • Legend002

    Posted Mar 9, 2008 10:09 am PT

    I never played disgaea before but I played Bleach DS before.I can't wait for dark soul this summer.

  • Terenigma

    Posted Mar 9, 2008 9:27 am PT

    Finally Disgaea is confirmed for DS! This is the best DS related news yet!

  • TorugotoShinsan

    Posted Mar 9, 2008 6:24 am PT

    Shame that I already have the PSP version. My DS has been collecting dust ever since I finished Pokemon Diamond. Still at least DS owners can enjoy the game now (and it has the potential to pull in lots of new fans in the process) so it's still a win-win for everyone regardless.

    Now if the voice actors for the Japanese setting would suck less than the PSP's versions (I want the original voice actors back!) I would be willing to buy this game again.

  • Ejex

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 10:22 pm PT

    While this is good news (the more Disgaea the better) I really wish Nippon Ichi would create some original/new Disgaea games for mobile devices that really take advantage of the PSP and DS respectively.

  • OmegaNemesis28

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 9:18 pm PT

    The Bleach games on the DS fail compared to the PSP games.

  • OfficialBed

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 8:46 pm PT

    sweet

  • Wolverine77

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 7:43 pm PT

    -"Disgaea Bleach-es Dark Soul on DS"
    This wins the most confusing news title of the year.

  • -KinGz-

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 6:11 pm PT

    Best news of the week.

  • PSORngr

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 5:10 pm PT

    I'll probably be getting Disgaea because I like tactical RPGs. Is Bleach: Dark Souls Bleach 2nd in Japan? I have that and it is a great fighting game.

  • Sharingan-ZeroX

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 4:26 pm PT

    This game is gonna be awesome!

  • CheddarLimbo

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 4:16 pm PT

    Hell. Freaking. Yes.

    I am SO glad publishers are tossing out the idea of single platform development. Gamers rejoice!

  • BoobyUnger

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 3:07 pm PT

    lol id rather heat of the soul over this

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