La Pucelle:Tactics" Ships for PlayStation 2

La Pucelle: Tactics Ships for
PlayStation®2

Stellar Tactical RPG Receiving
Critical Acclaim from the Press

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 3, 2004)
Interactive entertainment publisher Mastiff announced today that Nippon Ichi
Software Inc’s great tactical RPG, La Pucelle: Tactics, has shipped to retailers
across North America. La Pucelle: Tactics is exclusive for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system and uses a similar battle system to the 2003
award-winning game, Disgaea, also a Nippon Ichi Software title.

La Pucelle: Tactics is a tale of
betrayal and double cross, monsters in human form and humans in monster form,
set in an alternate medieval Europe. The unlikely hero is a smart mouthed and
undisciplined sixteen year old who just passed her exorcism exams and her
comrades in La Pucelle, a demon hunting squad.

La Pucelle: Tactics is already
receiving glowing praise and editor’s awards (including an Editor’s Silver in
this month’s EGM) from the gaming press, and is being featured as the lead
preview in the current issue of Ziff Davis’ GMR Magazine. According to
Electronic Gaming Monthly, “This game has it all: monsters to capture and raise,
upgradeable items and spells, and incredibly rich character customization. I got
sucked in to this as badly as I did with both Final Fantasy Tactics, so that’s
saying a lot: 50-some great hours, lots.” Yahoo Games was equally enthusiastic,
“La Pucelle: Tactics is the next big thing in tactical RPGs… you won’t want to
put this game down…” And IGN gushed, “La Pucelle: Tactics has a boatload of
charm and the mechanics to match. In fact, we’ve only just begun to scratch the
surface of what promises to be more than 60 hours worth of adventuring so far,
and we’re already curious to see what’s going to happen next.”

Mastiff recruited top voice talent
from the television and gaming industries to make sure the English and Japanese
dialogue (completely selectable by the player) impressed even the most
discerning RPG fan. English dialogue features Jennifer Hale (ER, Cindrella II)
as Prier, Colleen O’Shaughnessy (King of Queens) as Alouette, Jill Talley
(Seinfeld, Frasier) as Culotte, James Horan (Star Trek: Enterprise) as Noir,
Gabrielle Carteris (Beverly Hills 90210) as Angelique, Tara Strong (Rugrats) as
Chocolat and great gaming voices such Amber Hood (Baldurs Gate I and II, Lineage
II) as clair and Paula Tiso (Final Fantasy X and XII) as Papillon.

For the Japanese dialogue, veteran
Anime voice Mai Nakahara (Please*Twins, Magic Detective Roki RAGNAROK, .hack)
stars as Prier, Hikari Tachibana (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) is
Alouette, and Kaori Mizuhashi (Bluer Than Indigo, Disgaea) plays the role of
Culotte.

La Pucelle: Tactics Features

• Choice of Japanese or
English voice.

• Hard-core battle system: Attack
  simultaneously or in waves of up to 8 units. Use obstacles on the battlefield
  and elevated terrain to your strategic advantage. Get closer to the fray when
  head-to-head battles play out in a more detailed fighting view. Win over
  highly intelligent enemies so they will join your unit

• Dark portals and purification:
  Brand new to the RPG world, purify defiled ground or dramatically wipe out all
  enemies on the battlefield with a single massive Miracle Attack.

• 149 different items: Use your
  weapons in special combinations for magical abilities. Strengthen objects in
  real time.

• Instant level up: Gain valuable
  items and skills – even new allies – after each unit’s turn for fast
  gratification and furious fun.

• Over 120 hours of gameplay with
  multiple endings: Traverse 12 enormously deep and distinctly different
  chapters – uncover unique abilities, optional side quests and multiple
  endings.

• Winner of a coveted Gold Award
  from Famitsu, Japan’s leading game magazine.

About Mastiff LLC Mastiff LLC is a
publisher of interactive entertainment with offices in Tokyo, San Francisco and
Los Angeles. Please see
www.mastiff-games.com for more information.

La Pucelle: Tactics is (C) 2002,
2004 Nippon Ichi Software Inc. Licensed to and published by Mastiff LLC.

Find out more about La
Pucelle:Tactics at the game’s official website:
www.lapucelletactics.com.