So I'm pretty excited for this, from NIS comes the trials of a young magical loli forced to battle evil while she could be better spending her time... perpetrating evil, I guess.
The trailer looks a little juvenile, but then so did the ones for Disgaea, and that worked out great. :) Besides, a Loli witch running around defeating monsters and saving other hot women from certain doom? With an NIS sense of humor? There's no way I'm missing this.
From IGN:
"1,000 years ago, a tribe of powerful witches who used potent, dangerous magic lived beneath the world. One day, the witches invaded the surface world. When all seemed lost, the mystical Alice appeared. She used the witches’ own magic against them and sealed them away. They say the Witch Queen still lurks beneath the land, waiting for her chance to return to power...
A Witch's Tale is a game in which players draw magic runes to cast various attack spells to battle eerie fairy tale monsters.
Genre: Action RPG
Exclusively on Nintendo DS
Release Date: September 30, 2009
MSRP: $29.99
General Features
* Drawing magic – Use your touch pen to draw various runes and cast powerful spells
* Touch action – All combat actions like run, stab, swipe, and casting are executed by touch action
* Card collection – Search out and collect all the playing cards to unlock the secret Black Jack battles. Here you can battle both enemies and friendly units
* Extra story stage – A new chapter story awaits the player even after beating the game for greater replay value"
Not listed is collecting dolls, which act as party members if I understand the trailer correctly.