Disgaea Creator Took Loan to Fund New SRPG Demons’ Night Fever

Original headline at AUTOMATON WEST: “Disgaea creator Sohei Niikawa says he had to take out a $127 thousand loan to complete his new dark comedy SRPG, Demons’ Night Fever”

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GamesOct 15

Disgaea Creator’s New SRPG Demons’ Night Fever Launches October 22

Demons' Night fever launches October 22 on Steam, PS5 and Switch.

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AnimeOct 2

Sohei Niikawa Discusses 'Demon’s Night Fever' at Anime Expo 2026

"Since I cannot program or draw, I would write the stories for the games and create the game based off of that story. I would hand that off to the staff to produce the games. After that, I would become the marketing person for that game and I would promote the game to sell it."

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GamesSep 25

Disgaea Creator Sohei Niikawa Rejects AI Storywriting

Disgaea director Sohei Niikawa talks about generative AI use and discusses the philosophy behind his creative process.

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GamesOct 2

Vixen 357 Sega Genesis SRPG Announced for Steam Release

Developer Extreme and publisher Shinyuden announced that 1992's mecha SRPG Vixen 357 would be coming to Steam later this year.

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