Game: Disgaea 3 ~ PS3

Disgaea 3 is my most anticipated game for Playstation 3, this game will be released on 31st January 2008, Japan and Asian version (both are Japanese), and so far no official date for English release.

Hit the jump to read more about Disgaea 3.

There’s also limited edition release for this game. The limited edition will include:

• Art book
• Music CD
• The game itself ^^

Hard cover 36 pages book

Soundtrack from Disgaea 1, 2, and 3

Characters

List of confirmed characters:

Mao (Netherworld Honor Student, Age: 1578)

Seiyuu: Hirata Hiromi

Raspberyl (Netherworld Deliquent, Age: 1578)

Seiyuu: Saitou Chiwa

Almaz (Lame Hero, Age: 18)

Seiyuu: Shimono Hiro

Sapphire (Princess, Age: 17)

Seiyuu: Hasegawa Akiko

Jiiya (Buttler, Age: N/A)

Seiyuu: Kubota

Asuka (Dilinquent Demon Samurai, Age: 1593)

Seiyuu: Kousaka Natsuki

Lilian (Kunoichi, Age: N/A)

Seiyuu: Arai Shizuka

Champloo Sensei (Home Economics Teacher / Chef, Age: 3442)

Seiyuu: Kuwabara Keiichi

Mr. Big Star (Age: 2764)

Seiyuu: Chihiro Suzuki

Salvatore (Age: 2666)

Seiyuu: Yamada Miho

Laharl, Flonne, Etna, and Plenair

They are all returning characters from Disgaea 1 and 2 (Disgaea favorite characters :D)

Human Classes

Confirmed human classes so far:

Warrior (Male)	Warrior (Female)
Archer (Male)	Archer (Female)
Priest (Male)	Priest (Female)
Ninja (Male)	Ninja (Female)
Samurai (Male)	Samurai (Female)
Martial Artist (Male)	Martial Artist (Female)
Gunner (Male)	Gunner (Female)
Wizard (Male)	Wizard (Female)
Armor Knight	Magic Knight
Sage	Beast Master
Berserker	Cheer Leader
Masked Hero	Thief
	Witch Doctor

Monster Classes

Confirmed monster classes so far:

Aqua Demon	Dragon Zombie
Empusa	Eringya
Fire Demon	Flora Beast
Holy Dragon	Marionette
Mystic Beast	Red Ranger
Orc	Prinny
Rifle Demon	Roc
Shinigami	Slime
Spirit	Undead
Were Cat	Wood Golem

Gameplay Features

Academy World

Similar to the Item World, the Academy World is a randomly created dungeon. Rather than going into an item to improve its stats, the Academy World is designed to improve individual stats on a character, such as Attack, Defense, etc. Each stat contains a 10 floor dungeon, and it is not possible to leave the Academy World midway through, like it is with a Mr. Gency’s Exit in the Item World. To enter an Academy World, talk to the Afro Prinny next to the Item World thief.

Geoblocks

The pyramid geosymbols of Disgaea 1 and 2 have been replaced by Geoblocks in Disgaea 3. Here are some points about Geoblocks:

• Geoblocks are stackable
• If geoblocks of like colors are adjacent, and one is destroyed, they cause a chain reaction destroying all adjacent blocks of the same color.
• As with Disgaea 1 and 2, Geoblocks sitting on a geopanel will give special effects to all geopanels of the same color.

Geoblock Effects (Just a sample of some of the effects in the game)

• ダメージ20％ (Damage 20%)
• レベル4弱体化 (Level 4 jakutaika (weaken)) - I think this decreases the players level by 4 when they’re standing on an affected geopanel
• レベル7強化 (Level 7 kyouka (strengthen)) - Same as the last effect, only increases by 7 levels
• HP・SP反転 (HP - SP damage switched) - SP or Magic Power is lost instead of health when attacked normally.

Demon Change / 魔チェンジ

New to Disgaea 3 is thing called Demon Change (魔チェンジ, Machenji). Demon Change is when a monster class ally changes into a weapon for use by a human character. Here are some examples of Demon Change, deduced from the recent screenshots at the GPara website.

• Mothman >> Bow Weapon - Allows for the special skill Mothman Dark Cutter
• Mushroom >> Spear Weapon - Equipping weapon gives 20% Health Regen every turn, and allows for the special skill Piston Pierce
• Saber Kitty >> Fist Weapon - Allows for the special skill Screw Claw, and allows the user to attack twice.
• Shinigami >> Staff Weapon - Allows for special skill Nightmare Gate
• Succubus >> Spear Weapon - Allows for special skill Spiral Heart

Human-Monster Combination Attacks. Some monsters and humans can work together to perform special attacks.

• Archer + Holy Dragon = Centaur Arrow
• Mao + Holy Dragon = Cold Work Bow

Links and Scans

Disgaea 3 scan: Marshmallow contest, Melon vs Strawberry

• Disgaea 3 Official Site: Link
• Disgaea 3 Magazine scans by Nenena: Link (Big scans, 4-8mb per page)
  I zipped all her scans here, also resized it down to ~1mb per image. Download the zip file here (20 mb, 26 images)
• Otaku wiki Disgaea 3 Page (where most of this post information came from): Link

Game Info

Game cover

Title

Makai Senki Disgaea 3 / 魔界戦記ヂスガイア３

Maker

Nippon Ichi / 日本一

Platform

Playstation 3

Language

Japanese

Release date

31 January 2008 (Japan and Asia version)

RRP

Asia ver: US$59.90 @ Play-Asia / Limited edition: US$79.90 @ Play-Asia
Japan ver: US$64.90 @ Play-Asia / Limited edition: US$89.90 @ Play-Asia