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."

via Anime Herald

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.

via AUTOMATON WEST

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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