Disgaea DS
Players will initially take on the role of Overlord Laharl, a young demon prince who has just woken from a two-year long nap and finds out that his father, who was the king, has passed away. In order to regain…
Disgaea DS is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Nippon Ichi Software, released 26 June 2008 on Nintendo DS.
What Disgaea DS is
Disgaea DS is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Nippon Ichi Software and released in 2008. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story of Disgaea opens with Laharl rising out of an open coffin in his room. Etna, one of the castle vassals, is standing next to him, surrounded by various weapons. She explains that he has been sleeping for two years, far longer than he intended, and his father, King Krichevskoy, has died. Laharl vows to reclaim the throne, and, after consulting with Etna and his other vassals, goes to Vyers' castle. After defeating the demon Vyers, who refers to himself as the "Dark Adonis" and is renamed "Mid-Boss" by Laharl, he meets Angel Trainee Flonne. Flonne had been sent to the Netherworld by Seraph Lamington, the ruler of Celestia, to assassinate King Krichevskoy (who was already dead)…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Disgaea series
Disgaea DS is the sixth of 27 entries we hold in the Disgaea series. The next entry was Cross Edge in 2008. Its critic score of 78 is almost exactly the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Disgaea: Hour of Darkness at 90.
How it was received
Disgaea DS holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Disgaea DS launched on 26 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, Battlefield: Bad Company and Secret Agent Clank. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, Battlefield: Bad Company, Secret Agent Clank.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Disgaea DS yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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