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| From: Atlus
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $19.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1139
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 00147
Model: DG-00147-5
UPC: 857823001475
EAN: 0857823001475
ASIN: B001C4J62Q
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Takes advantage of dual screen for new battle features | | • | all new story focus means a new experience and all new endings | | • | geo cubes can turn a battle in a moment use them wisely | | • | wireless head to head multiplayer mode |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The legendary strategy RPG gets a Nintendo DS Remake with Disgaea. Completely remade to take advantage of Nintendo DS, the game offers a deep strategy RPG experience with an exceptional story, a fantastic script, and a host of loveable characters and settings. An all-new story focus means a completely different experience for you, not to mention a brand new ending. Geo Cubes add special effects to the battlefield, completely shifting the balance in the blink of an eye. Using local wireless multiplayer support, take your friends on in grand battles of strategy and wit, or try different modes like Defeat the Leader and Capture the Flag. With support for touch screen control and excellent use of the two Nintendo DS screens, Disgaea has never played better.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Silly and Fun December 12, 2008
P. Gilmore
I never finished the playstation version.
This gives me another chance. It's pretty much the same game, the graphics tweaked to fit the smaller screen.
 Oceanic depth, rewarding gameplay December 8, 2008
Sean May (Muncie, IN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My experience with strategy RPGs began with Final Fantasy Tactics, and I was happy with it. Then I move onto the Advanced Wars series, again, I was happy with it.
I'd heard about the Disgaea series on some gaming websites and dismissed it as a super hardcore anime-inspired game that eschewed fun in favor of punishing difficulty.
But then I took a chance on Disgaea DS after seeing some reviews. I thought that the worst that could happen would be that I was out $5 and at least I would learn to steer away from the series.
...well, what happened was that 2 days later I plunked down the extra $25 to buy the game and have since sunk at least 30 hours into the game.
I even sold my copies of Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and Advanced Wars Days of Ruin, because I knew that I would only be playing one SRPG series from now on.
Disgaea DS is, quite simply, the best strategy game I have ever played. The options it gives you on the battlefield are immense. You can rush your enemies with straight brute force and power through the game, or you can sit back, build up your combo meter and gather up some really awesome items.
The Item World portion of the game is absolutely genius. Although optional, it is almost like a full-fledged puzzle game set inside Disgaea's world. Sure, you can play the Item World portions just like the regular battles, but stringing together multi-hundred hit combos with Geo Squares is where the real fun is, and how you snatch up the best items in the game. It also tacks on a near infinite number of hours onto the game as there are hundreds of items, each with a 100-level dungeon inside them. Yes, you can level up anything from the mightiest swords down to a piece of chewed gum...and it's great fun the whole way.
I also really enjoy that the game doesn't take itself all too seriously. So many SRPGs are concerned with being more and more grim and dark while their characters talk for what seems like hours between battles. Disgaea, on the other hand, has a pretty breezy story filled with witty writing and memorable (if not a bit stereotypical) characters. I don't buy games to watch them, I buy them to play. I'm not saying that a strong story isn't important to a good game, but some games have delusions of grandeur that they are cinematic events with long text interludes that are often really poorly written. Disgaea DS doesn't fall into this trap, and it is so much better for it.
If you've ever played a tactical RPG, and you've dismissed the Disgaea series, you are selling yourself so short. Buy this game immediately, you will not be disappointed
Disgaea DS - Difference from Other Versions November 5, 2008
J. Chung
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Disgaea, a little sleeper PS2 hit Turn-Based RPG game, finally came out for Nintendo DS.
Since the storyline / game play are already covered by other reviewers, so I will go straight to the condensed version of why you should consider buying this game:
* Gameplay Style Difference from PS2 / PSP Version:
The most striking difference is the fact game takes advantage of the dual screen of Nintendo DS.
During the battle, upper screen functions as a "minimap" -- which is very useful in some of the bigger maps by letting you see how the map is laid out as whole. This is not available in other versions.
Another bonus is, the function to move characters during the battle have become much easier by being able to directly tap the place with your DS Stylus instead of manually pointing there using your directional pad on your DS (this might take a while to get used to if you are new to the genre or to this type of a game).
* What Else is Different?:
Disgaea DS is largely a port from the PSP version of the same game. This means, the extra features seen from the PSP version (that are not in the original PS2 version) -- including Etna Mode where Etna (one of the characters players control in the game) becomes the lead character instead of Laharl (lead character by default) -- exists in this version as well.
However, due to the lower capacity of DS, graphics details are lesser than what you would see on the PSP version, and voice acting is limited to English and not too many of them exist compared to PSP version of the game (PSP version features both English and Japanese voice-overs, as did PS2).
* Overall:
The game has not changed much otherwise, so I'd recommend Disgaea DS only if you are new to the game or the series -- it is quite... different and unique from other typical RPGs. Storyline is quite wacky, as are the dialogues. Despite the case art design, the game is not about being totally serious, and a sense of humor is recommended!
Replay value is pretty high for this game as well due to multiple endings, lots of additional dungeons and areas, and that the level limit in this game is not 99... not 150... not 255... but 9999! Yes, the characters (and monsters) can reach level 9999 in this game. Players that are obsessed with the perfection will have fun time gathering all the rare items and leveling to 9999 and dealing out not just 9999 damage every hit... but millions of damage.
You might also consider buying it for the Etna Mode and other added bonuses (such as secret characters) if you're a diehard Disgaea fan who have played the PS2 version, but did not buy or try the PSP version of the game. There's also a multiplayer function in this game, but it is fairly minor (restricted to battling another player's party).
If you already own the PSP version, or think these additions are not worthwhile (after all, it does not contain any huge changes to the main game itself), then this game is probably not worth your while.
A lot in a little pachage October 28, 2008
Carl A. Schulz IV (New Jersey)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's amazing how much of the original game they managed to cram into the DS version. With the exception of some of the voice acting it's all there.
That said, it is a definite downgrade from other versions because of the size of the DS. Still an awesome game, but if given a choice between the DS version and the original PS2 version there is no contest.
Almost as great as the ps2 version October 22, 2008
mikeon
Almost everything is the same. Except for one thing I noticed early on, the lack of voice acting for most of the game. You get the voices for the Next episodes at the end of the chapter and the start of the game, but after that, no more voices during the story scenes before battles.
The voice was what really made me laugh and kept me playing the game on the ps2 before I got tired of all the level grinding in the item world.
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