Disgaea creator says he sees AI’s benefit as a tool but has ‘absolutely no interest’ in using it to write stories

The creator of Disgaea says he isn’t interested in using generative AI to write stories for him, but can see its benefit in other areas of development. In an interview with Dengeki Online, Sohei Niikawa – who created the original Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure before that – was asked whether he saw AI as a threat or a powerful partner. Niikawa replied that while he could see how AI could help in some aspects of game production, he wasn’t interested in the creative aspects of it, especially if copyright infringement is possible. Read More...

Sep 28, 2026 - 11:00
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Disgaea creator says he sees AI’s benefit as a tool but has ‘absolutely no interest’ in using it to write stories
The creator of Disgaea says he isn’t interested in using generative AI to write stories for him, but can see its benefit in other areas of development.

In an interview with Dengeki Online, Sohei Niikawa – who created the original Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure before that – was asked whether he saw AI as a threat or a powerful partner.

Niikawa replied that while he could see how AI could help in some aspects of game production, he wasn’t interested in the creative aspects of it, especially if copyright infringement is possible.

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