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Makai Senki Disgaea 2
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Game Synopsis
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When the King of Demons casts a curse, you can be
sure that his targets are going to suffer.
Malevolent and spiteful, the demonic overlord known
as Xenon curses the home world where the protagonist Adel
lives and gradually
causes the population to change into demonic
creatures with horns, wings, and other appendages
that shouldn't be there. Strangely, Adel is not
only free from the curse but apparently has the
wherewithal and destiny to help the people revert
back to normal.
One day in a fit of delirium as evidenced by her untimely laughter, Adel's
mother (Ma Ma) puts three of her demonically
afflicted children in a cauldron and endeavors to
summon Xenon himself to the world. After playing a
tune on a flute, fireworks spew from the cauldron
but instead of Xenon, they get the overlord's
daughter Rosalinde. As she drifts downwards, she's
surprised at her manifestation in Adel's world but
it's quickly decided that she has to return to her
homeworld...
At the outset of the game, Adel's party is built up immediately
with Rosalinde and three youthful helpers who
volunteer for the team in front of Adel's house.
Before any real action starts, players are tutored
on the battle system by going against a trio of
Prinnies who mount impressive attacks.
NCS Game Notes
& Spoilers
* In the intro to the game, an animation starts
which begins with the characters from the original
game in front of a television, Laharl and Flon peer
into the television and main character Adel,
Rosalinde, and Prinnies perform in fast paced
routines where they fight, stand around, and even
dance. Near the beginning of the intro, an archer
girl shoots an arrow through a gang of butterflies.
Rosalinde carries a very petite gun which she shoots
into the screen and the intro ends with Adel and
Rosalinde grasping hands - camera pans up to the sky
and the main cast members appear in a group photo.
* At the title screen, the three options are : NEW
GAME / LOAD GAME / OPTION.
* Upon starting a new game, a voice over starts
explaining the situation in Disgaea 2 with the moon
and a spooky backdrop in the background. Wailing
music plays in the background and the narrator
explains the curse that was set off by Xenon. As the
game opens, a house appears and the camera pans in
on Adel who is in front of massive cauldron that's
situated outdoors. He's speaking to his mother who
sports a third eye above her regular 2 eyes - which
makes three red eyes. She's dressed in a
conservative matronly outfit and has been obviously
affected by Xenon's curse. She turns to face the
cauldron and three of her children pop their heads
out in exasperated fashion. They address her as Mama
and cry out that they shouldn't be in the cauldron
but she walks over and smashes them down to the
bottom of the pot. Mama plays a tune on a flute and
starts manifesting swirling purple / gold radiation
from her body - she's calling Xenon and strange blue
sigil rings glow out and spin above the cauldron in
intermittent expanding rings. The contents begin to
boil, lightning spews outwards, and an explosion
blows out all three children out while grey smoke
puffs out from the cauldron. There's a rumble and a
purplish glow expands... and expands... and shoots
out rays until a blonde princess drifts down from
the sky. She opens her eyes and is taken aback by
her predicament as she's been teleported to Adel's
world. After introductions to the family and the new
girl named Rosalinde, daughter of Xenon, everyone is
standing around near the cauldron again and a few
people from the town are at the site and standing
around.
* After that, Adel may move around and speak to
mama, family, friends, and other townfolk. Two of
his siblings Hanako and Taro are also standing near
the house. The controls:
L-Analog / Movement
R1-Trigger / Swivel camera clockwise
L1-Trigger / Rotate camera counter-clockwise
L2-Trigger / Focus in/out
X-Button / Jump
O-Button / Speak to person you're facing
Triangle / Menu for options and preferences
menu
* Once Adel is under your control, his party
consists of three volunteers who stand outside his
house and Rosalinde. Their stats may be checked out
by pressing the TRIANGLE button and then pressing O
on the second option. Adel has 25 HP while the demon
girl rocks 36 HP. The three helpers have HP that
range from 11 to 24.
* To save your progress, press TRIANGLE and move
your cursor to the bottom option. To quit to title
screen, select the next-to-the-last option.
* The dialogue in the game is spoken by voice actors
in addition to being shown on screen below portraits
of the characters.
* In an early battle in the game, the party
encounters three Prinnies that appear innocuous
enough... until one of them pulls out two sabers
from its pouch. When that doesn't put a scare into
the princess, who turns her back on them, the
penguin puts the sabers back and pulls out a massive
bomb and creeps behind her. Leaping up and smashing
it down, it blows up on the princess. None the worse
for wear, she is however enraged and the penguins
twirl on their tiptoes and line up in a row. After
some more twirling, a practice battle + tutorial
begins.
* At the outset of battle, a short tutorial teaches
the ways of turn-based battle in the game and the
various menu functions that are available. An ornate
blue arrow serves as the targeting cursor in the
game which allows the player to control where
warriors go and their attacks. When a move is
selected, the camera closes in tight on the
encounter to observe the action and then pulls back
out once the attack is completed. A combination
attack is shown where princess stands behind Adel
and the two perform a sequence attack that ends with
princess shooting the target with her pistol. The
enemy may also perform combination attacks and the
three penguins pull off a wicked three pronged
attack that involves fire, bombs, and leaping action
which is enough to kill Adel off. After the
demonstration, the actual battle starts where the
penguins don't prove to be much of a challenge
although they do team up to perform combo attacks.
* After a battle is over, bonus points from the
victory are tallied. The next demonstration shows
how Adel and Rosalinde may perform collaborative
attacks where she stands on his hands and he tosses
her to traverse distances that she might otherwise
not be able to travel in less than 2 turns. This is
useful to close the distance quickly when necessary.
When you're given control of this practice stage,
toss the Princess as you were shown and then have
the Princess pick up the penguin that's adjacent to
her. Turn to face the left and toss the penguin and
it'll explode and take out the nearby penguin as
well. The other three characters in your party may
be then moved out and they can perform the same
throwing trick to destroy the last penguin.
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