Last night NIS America held its annual press event at the Zebulon in San Francisco. This time around, the publisher announced the localization of two Nippon Ichi titles - Cladun: This is an RPG (Classic Dungeon in Japan) and Z.H.P. (Zettai Hero Keikaku/Zettai Hero Project). They are currently set for release this Fall and Winter, respectively. In addition, NISA revealed that it is also working on bringing over Ar tonelico Qoga ~Knell of Ar Ciel~, Gust's much anticipated final installment in the Ar tonelico series, and expects to release it next Spring. To cap things off, Souhei Niikawa, Nippon Ichi's president, revealed that the next Disgaea will be released later this year in Japan.

Souhei Niikawa's message from the event:

"My name is Souhei Niikawa, and I am the producer of Nippon Ichi Software. Thank you very much for coming to NIS America’s press event tonight.

"From this year on, Nippon Ichi Software will limit the number of titles we release in a year. We are doing this to improve the game quality, and also to increase the customer satisfaction. The games that have been showcased here tonight were strictly selected and developed with this new policy.

"The first title is Z.H.P. This is our latest dungeon RPG that has been created by the same staff members of Disgaea 3. The project began soon after the release of Disgaea 3 and for 2 years it has been under intense development to formulate the game system. We’re proud to say that Z.H.P. was made to surpass the Disgaea series and, also it is a title with all of our know how’s and ideas we build upon combined in to. To describe how confident we are about this title... Let's just say we’re as excited as the time when we first developed Disgaea. This is a title that we would like to nurture into the level of Disgaea, so please help us.

"The 2nd title is Cladun. This is a hack & slash type action RPG. This title also has some of the same staff members as Disgaea and it is highly addictive.

As our wish it would be great if you can help these 2 titles grow.

"Oh and one last thing. This year the latest Disagea will be released in Japan and it will be for the PS3. Plans to make Disagea evolve to a new level and also plans to surprise everybody is in progress. By the time Tokyo Game Show comes around we will be able to release more information, so please look forward to it. Thank you very much."

about Cladun: This is an RPG:

Cladun is a retro style dungeon crawler game. Players can create their own main character from scratch using a graphics editor and the dungeons that they will be adventuring in are randomly created for infinite replay value. Dungeons can be explored with friends using the ad-hoc feature.

About Z.H.P.:

Known as Zettai Hero Keikakuin in Japan, Z.H.P. is the only turn based strategy RPG that allows you to create your own one and only super hero to fight vicious villains. Players can create a super hero literally from head to toe. If you wish to use drills instead of hands or wheels instead of legs, you can do so by simply swapping out your body parts. Battle maps are all randomly generated for mad replay value and there are tons of character and secret base customization options. Z.H.P. gives you the chance to relive your childhood fantasy of making your own superhero and superhero base.

about Ar tonelico Qoga:

Ar tonelico Qoga is the final installment in the Ar tonelico series. The story takes place in Sol Cluster, a kingdom ruled by an organization called Clustania whose ultimate goal is to enslave humans and rule the world. However, the two key Reyvateils (humanoids) that they need to accomplish their goal meet a young man named Aoto and together they fight back.