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[Excitement on!] Disgaea PSP
Jensen
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I didn't see a thread for this, and I think it deserves one.
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YouTube'd interview with Sohei Niikawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wsMGGve1sY
While not a 100% new game, I still say it's something to look forward to (especially considering the new content etc). So discuss and rejoice.
Houk wrote:It's not a prequel. It is, however, quite a bit more than a port. As mentioned, it has a new chapter (a what-if where etna succeeds in killing laharl). It also has music select, a music gallery, and ad-hoc multiplayer. The aspect ratio has been adjusted so that it looks totally sweet on psp screen.
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IGN wrote:Fans familiar to the turn-based format of the Disgaea franchise will easily be able to pick up and play this title, which still retains the standard grid map. Players send their party members around the map and select targets, performing either regular or special attacks against their opponents. As you gain new levels, you acquire new skills and powerful attacks that can be used in combat to devastate your foes. You'll need to build up your skills too, because you'll face off against large numbers of opponents with varying strength levels. Just in case you were wondering, players will still have the opportunity to level up to 10,000 also, which should provide a ton of replayability.
YouTube'd interview with Sohei Niikawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wsMGGve1sY
While not a 100% new game, I still say it's something to look forward to (especially considering the new content etc). So discuss and rejoice.
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Voices aside, I will buy this game and follow my vicious Disgaea cycle: Buy it, get to chapter 8, put it down for 4 months, come back to it, beat it within the month and do crazy end-game stuff.
Also, I can choose the music for my fights?! That will destroy the monotony of item world so very very much.
Cool beans.
The fact this is actually a prequel just sweetens the deal. :^:
It's a port, but it has a new chapter and multiplayer. How the OP got the idea that it's a new game, I don't know.
That's how I got the idea.
Blame IGN (or God).
Edit: beat'd
I still need to finish the second. Chapter 12 or so.
Etna's voice seemed the same to me in Disgaea 2, far as I can tell.
Laharl's VA is in everything, even Phantom Brave.
Etna and Flonne, not so much.
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IGN says August for the US, also in the video interview the dev talks about the US release and the differences between US and Japanese versions of the game.
Well I haven't played Phantom Brave or Makai Kingdom or anything so I'll take your word on Laharl but Etna's voice is definitely worse in Disgaea 2. She gave it this sort of valley girl tone. It's really annoying because it sort of ruined her character in my eyes. Oh yeah, the Prinny voices were also worse in Disgaea 2 dood. I don't know what it was but they just seemed slightly off to me dood.
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I'm pretty sure Houk has explained multiple times why this will not be happening anytime in the near future, no matter how much we want it.
It's not a prequel. It is, however, quite a bit more than a port. As mentioned, it has a new chapter (a what-if where etna succeeds in killing laharl). It also has music select, a music gallery, and ad-hoc multiplayer. The aspect ratio has been adjusted so that it looks totally sweet on psp screen.
Also, you're of course entitled to your opinion, but i dont think you can call etna's voice 'worse' so much as 'different'. Maybe you don't like what they/we did with it, but i don't think (bias bias lol) the actual quality of it is any worse, just different from what it originally was.
Thanks Houk, I'll update the title post - stupid IGN. I still can't wait.
Why did she go all valley girl with it anyway? I seem to remember hearing she couldn't replicate the original voice or something but that was just a rumor I heard so I didn't take it very seriously. Did she just forget how it used to sound? I still think her acting is a lot better than loads of other games out there so I don't want to criticize her talent as it's very good but I just got so used to the voice she used in 1 that I wanted to hear it again and was disappointed when it changed.
Edit: Also I agree that different would've been a better choice of words on my end. I kind of contradict myself a bit if I leave that out.
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Beyond what's generally been said by NIS, and news outlets, I personally think that Disgaea PSP is better than the PS2 version in pretty much all aspects. I can't even bring myself to play the PS2 version after playing with the PSP Import, because of all the additions that've been made.
Aside from the additional networking features in the upcoming NA release, here's a rundown of all the additions that were in the import.
- Etna Scenario
After completing the main game you'll be given the option to start the next game in this scenario. For an extra scenario it's quite long, since it's about 5 Episodes long. Word to the Wise: if you soloed the main game with Laharl, you'll be screwed here as enemies start at Level 70, and the only way to level is by using the Item World. Each scenario has an increasingly bizarre twist on the number of adjectives to Etna's name. Since Etna is the main character in this high level scenario, there's a few more brand new pieces of music, as well as some brand new map designs.
- Record Keeper
As the Gamespot interview indicated this keeps track of loads of various statistics throughout the game. In more important details though it keeps track of how many Ally Murders you've committed, which is what tends to drive most people nuts when going for all of Disgaeas endings. Most importantly however, there's an Item Collection stat, which records any item you've obtained at least once in the game. The record runs a tally of all items in the game, and whether they're Common, Rare, or Legendary. This fundamentally adds a whole chunk of playtime to the game, because you're given rewards for achieving various collection percentages. To make things easy on the player, there's a little "New" tag on the Item's icon to let you know you haven't obtained that item before. I swear this feature will make OCD players break out in hives, when they see tons of "New" items on the Bonus List.
- Music Shop
How this works, is that whenever a new song is played that you haven't heard in a playthrough before it's added to the Music Shop's list and is availabled to be purchased... for a sizeable chunk of money. What this means is that if you want to buy every piece of music in the game to freely choose which one to listen to in the Item World, you'll have to see all of Disgaea's endings. I think the idea of choosing what music to listen to during Item World dives is freaking brilliant.
- New Items
I noticed some spaces in the Item Collection records that indicates there may be some new items. I got one of hte new items, which is an insanely powerful Rank 40 stealing hand.
- More Cameos
I personally didn't run into them, but NIS has added in some more Cameo battles. Whether the cameos end up joining or not, I don't know.
-Technical Improvements.
Loading times are gone. Except for when you boot the game on the system, there's no real discenrable loading times to speak of. If anything the game seems to load faster on the PSP than it does on the PS2. It's best when you bring the PSP out of sleep mode, since you can start playing right off the bat. Minus that it takes a couple seconds for the music to kick in, but hey as long as the game isn't locked up after being put to sleep, I think that's pretty incredible.
Graphics are improved. All the visuals, as you probably notice form the screens, have been optimized for the PSP's 16:9 screen. However the screens released do not really do the visuals justice, as the picture quality is a fair bit sharper and more detailed than what I was seeing on my TV. I was quite amazed that the Kanji on the screen was not an illegible blob onscreen the way many Japanese portable games use their fonts. Even the PSPs own system fonts are blurry by comparison.
As I mentioned in my review Disgaea PSP is more like Disgaea 1.5 without being Disgaea 2. It really is that big of an improvement over the original.
Lastly: Boo to IGN saying it's not a port. It is a port with a TON of additions and improvements.
Ever since I've made handhelds my primary platform, I swore that I'd only get RPGs on the portables because they're always more fun when you can bring them everywhere with you and not chained to the TV. This is precisely what I need.
I went through Disgaea 1 but since I'm not really an optimizer in any of my games I never delved into it as deeply as a lot of other people did. What I liked is that the game was only as deep as you wanted it to be; I estimate that I skipped about 60 percent of the game's content (I only really grinded to get an Angel and did a handful of Item World dives) and still had a full, rich SPRG experience. This ... will be beautiful. Any release date info yet?
Yeah, NIS loves Sony. I just wish they would love Nintendo too.
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If Laharl & co. can be in Phantom Brave, she can be in Disgaea.
Well skip playing the first on ps2 and just play it on psp and get the benefit of the added content.
Thank you for reminding me of the name of the song. When they said you could play any track in a level after buying it, that is the song I thought of for playing in the item world and basically every other level in the game.
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It's called 'The Enemy Within', I think.
t henroid - yes, this is competitive multiplayer.
also, while i'm not sure if it's in, we made sure to stress to the guys in japan veeerry much just how important a save-anywhere feature is for a portable, so god willing that'll be a new feature as well.
Well I am very bad at identifying voice actresses then because I didn't know it was someone else. I could totally see the original voice actor taking it in that direction too. I guess I can't fault the new voice as much now. Damn you Houk! I liked having something to complain about! Now I gots nothing besides Prinnies and they're still pretty good! I'm going to go pout while wearing my Prinny cap now.
I can't imagine them excluding it. It was awesome.
And it was called "Invasion Within"
Save-anywhere would be great and all, but since both the PSP and DS have standby modes, I can forgive them if they don't include it.
Houk, will there be a pre-order blitz at Rosenqueen?
The last I heard, they had some interview with a group of people, asked them who all loved the PSP, got a lukewarm response, then asked about the DS, and like, every single person in the interview had one in their pocket.
Which, according to the old wives tale, shocked them rather excessively.
So who knows? Maybe someday we'll see Phantom Brave DS, with Nintendo WFC capabilities?