Nippon Ichi is definitely not a company known for making games with next gen level graphics.
Even the static images have a degree of animation to them when they switch from one to the other. While the visuals aren’t pushing the envelope of the PSP by any means, the sprites are highly detailed and as story is the true motivation here, we’re able to see characters do things and moves in ways they wouldn’t be able to on a grid based battle system. For those not familiar with the latter, it means you are getting fully animated sprites. The game consists of two kinds of visuals: Static images for each character that represent their mood whilst talking and animated scenes that look like they are straight out of the SRPG’s.
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I will say that the story isn’t very accessible to people that haven’t played the first Disgaea or watched the anime, so that hurts the game a bit, but for those that have followed these characters for the past seven years, you’re getting a full story but without any of the SRPG grind-fest that some may have grown weary of. About the only thing missing are Zetta and Pram and this would be a big “I love you” from Nippon Ichi to its truly diehard fans. A few members of the Disgaea 3 cast shows up for a nice chunk of the game, and the two protagonists from Disgaea 2 have cameos, so there is a wonderful amount of fan service here. The story is very amusing and I caught myself laughing at the hellish but comedic hijinx of the Disgaea crew all over again. In the process, Prinny discovers a vast pudding cup and rocket fuel conspiracy, along with the fact that once he prevents the original explosion, there is still more work to do. Think of it as Disgaea meets Groundhog Day meets Shadow of Destiny. Every time the Prinny fails to prevent the assassination, he has to go back and try to save the day all over again until he finally changes fate. One finds a mystical watch that lets its soul travel through time with the ability to possess other bodies in an attempt to change fate. As money is needed to escape the Underworld and move on to a new life/existence, this is the worst fate possible for these wretched souls. He accuses the Prinnies (souls of the damned that are trapped in the form of purple penguins who always say the word, “dood”) of the plot and thus docks their salary for all eternity.
Someone or something tries to assassinate the Overlord of the Netherworld, Laharl. The following synopsis might sound a bit weird to those who haven’t played a Disgaea game but bear with me. Was Nippon Ichi able to make an adventure game work on the PSP or are visual novels a genre better left to Japanese audiences like the poor old Phantasy Star ones I had to import back in college? It’s been a bad year for Adventure games on the PC, but consoles have had some fun ones like Heavy Rain or Blue Toad Murder Files. To battle that claim we saw the release of the platformer Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? in 2009 and now we have the straight up adventure game Disgaea Infinite which is more akin to the point and click titles seen on the PC. However between the three Disgaea titles, their PSP re-releases, and other titles like Phantom Brave, Makai Kingdom, and La Pucelle, there has been a bit of a complaint that Nippon Ichi has been squeezing blood from a stone regarding SRPG’s.
The original won our 2003 Game of the Year award and Disgaea 2 went on to win our Turn Based RPG of the year award in 2006. I’m a pretty big Disgaea fan, but then most of us are here at DHGF.
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