The Prinnys have a thousand lives to bring Etna a dessert, and it's as punishing as it is exhilarating. NIS America delivers a hardcore platformer with biting wit, pervasive Disgaea humour and colossal bosses to memorise.
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Category
Platformer1 player7+
Description
Prinnys, the bottom-rung demon penguins of the Netherworld, take on a thousand enemies to find a dessert for Etna in this punishing challenge. Published by NIS America, released in the USA in February 2009. Hardcore difficulty with 1,000 counted lives, horizontal scrolling stages, colossal bosses, biting Disgaea series humour. North American version in English.
Prinny - Can I Really Be the Hero review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,27 GB📅17/02/2009
Published by NIS America
Prinny - Can I Really Be the Hero (PSP) price, value & rarity
Playing as a thousand expendable penguin-demons in a ferociously hard platformer: this Disgaea spin-off forgives nothing and embraces its punishing side with absurd humor. Its extreme demands scared off casual players. But fans of hardcore platforming and old-school challenge will find a jubilant playground here.
Is Prinny - Can I Really Be the Hero still worth playing in 2026?
A tough platformer from Nippon Ichi, Prinny sends the Netherworld's lowly penguin-demons to face a thousand enemies to find a dessert for their mistress Etna, with a thousand-lives system that owns its brutal difficulty. The offbeat humor of the Disgaea world, the devious level design and the deliberately stiff handling make it a hardcore, jubilant challenge for those who like to suffer. The stiffness divides. A demanding gem for fans of punishing platforming and the Nippon Ichi world.
