Disgaea Creator Secretly Took $127,000 Loan Without Telling Wife to Finish His New Game
Disgaea creator and former Nippon Ichi Software president Sohei Niikawa has revealed that he secretly borrowed ¥20 million (approximately $127,000) from a bank without telling his wife, using the money to finish development of his latest strategy RPG, Demons’ Night Fever.
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