Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. (株式会社日本一ソフトウェア) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in 1991 and has developed several role-playing video games, most notably the Disgaea and Marl Kingdom series. Its mascot is the penguin-like Disgaea character Prinny.
NIS America, a localization and global publishing branch of the company, was founded in 2003. It originally focused solely on the North American market until being expanded to include Europe and other regions in 2007 and has also published anime.
History
Nippon Ichi Software was founded in September 1991 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, as an entertainment software company.[3] It was relocated and reincorporated on July 12, 1993.[4] The company has made several acquisitions, mergers, and forming new subsidiaries. In the early 2010s, the company formed Nippon Ichi Software Asia Pte. Ltd and Nippon Ichi Software Vietnam Co., Ltd.[5]