--DISGAEA 3 WAS ANNOUNCED FOR PS3 TODAY IN JAPAN--

And man are people pissed.

--THE FANS--

I just sent out one of the last bug sheets for Soul Nomad, and I have a few minutes to spare. So I thought I'd share with you some of the comments we've received from our fans. In the back of each game manual is a survey card with some questions and a comment section for people to fill out. The following are some examples of the types of comments our fans send us (assume all spelling, formatting, and caps-lock that is not bracketed is in the original):

GrimGrimoire: "A Game like OGRE Battle. Would really
love an adult version of your Rpg's. Makai Kingdom & Disgaea were great, but childish"
Ar Tonelico: "ar tonelico : melody of elemis is the (gibberish) I played so. ar tonelico...artone melody is The best game I played."
Blade Dancer: "I need a stategy guide. Can I buy one from you? [signed] Please, Thank you !!!!!!!"
GrimGrimoire: "STILL WAINTING FOR DISGARA 3"
Disgaea 2: "Greatest SRPG that I have ever played and ever will play."
Disgaea 2: "Make more"
Generation of Chaos: "There ought to be more games like this & to also be more realistic done in real-time or have more racing styles that are giving true driving themes a new twist."
Atelier Iris 3: "Major disappointment!!! Alchemy system was bad, ridiculous quests and roaming, no story, terrible voice-acting...Worst Atelier Iris game ever..
*The ending did not satisfy either."
Disgaea 2: "The first game was nice Did not beat the second game yet 1 thing about the first game, how do you beat Baal, the Lord of tarror each time I hit him it say '0' every time"
Atelier Iris 3: "Well the game itsvery good But ifudontmind me asking can u send me a strategyguide for the game Atelier iris 1,2,3 if not at least 3"
Aedis Eclipse: "RaveOn! [signed] D'mention"
Blade Dancer: "Not your strongest release."
Atelier Iris 3: "I like theway Ar Tolenico plays it be nice if this game also had some of those gameplay elements"
Atelier Iris 3: "I adoo RPG's I must have about 60 of them"
Ar tonelico: "I am also a Sega Genesis fan. Do you know a company that sells old Sega Genesis tapes?"
Atelier Iris 2: "TO THE MAILMAN! I KNOW YOUR LOOKIN AT THIS I KNOW YOUR BOSS GET MOVING OR THEY WILL ADD ON TO YOUR RT."

I love our fans to death.

--FUN WITH WORDS--

I've had this blog forever and it's a damn shame that it's going to waste like this. But no more! I shall fill it with knowledge just as a caring mother bird fills its crying chick with the warm mush of a wriggling earthworm! At some point I'll try to post something useful, but for now gorge yourself on the leftovers of tonight's office banquet.

Recently our company (the Japanese branch) went public, and so the company honcho (shacho, actually) flew over to the states to celebrate. We went out to eat, fine dining, fine drinks, the works. My manager was getting a little tipsy, and since I never miss an opportunity to harass others, I asked another coworker how to say 'that dude is drunk' in Japanese. Knowing I was likely to embarrass myself as well as everyone around me, she was understandably hesitant. But of course she gave in and told me (I've already forgotten, but I think it was 'yoppari').

So I looked at our multi-million dollar company's president and told him my manager was very yoppari indeed. He laughed and sort of stared off at nothing for a second, thinking. Then he uttered something that sounded like 'sheet office'. My coworker thought it was Japanese and she'd just misheard, while I assumed, based on my own periodic ramblings, that it was harmless gibberish. He repeated it again - 'sheet office'. Still nothing. Seeing how lost we were, he slowed it down for us - 'she toe-faced'. This one actually sounded like English! I chewed it over in my mind, then I started laughing as I spit it out.

'Shit-faced?' I asked through laughter and chewed meat. His face lit up immediately. He pointed at the drunkard and said again, 'Shit-faced!', this time loud enough for the entire table of 13 to hear. 'Shit-faced!' Everyone had a good laugh at the drunk's expense as he drowned his eternal shame in another glass of pinot noir. Japanese people are neat.