Details Emerge for Disgaea: Hour of Darkness for the DS
By Stephany on Friday, March 7th, 2008 at 2:22 PM PST In Game Companies, Gamer Life, Games, Nintendo, Portable
Earlier this week, Famitsu reported that the highly popular strategy RPG title Disgaea was headed to the Nintendo DS but other that tidbit of information, not much else was known.
Today, however, we received a press release from NIS America that Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (NOT Prince of the Demon World and the Red Moon) will be released sometime in July.
In order to fully utilize Nintendo DS’s capabilities, several key improvements will be made to the user interface and game system, and while Disgaea for the DS will have the same basic concept as other strategy RPGs, many unique features and enhancements made to the game have been called “unprecedented”.
Following are some of the special features of Disgaea: Hour of Darkenss:
- Geo Panels – A group of stat altering elemental properties that are placed upon certain parts of the battlefield. When there are one or more colored panels on the battle grid, it means an element can affect that area. The effect can boost or reduce your unit’s stats.
- Geo Cubes – Geo Cubes are magic items that add more depth to multiplayer battles. You can use the various Geo Cubes to enhance your abilities, summon monsters, or even attack your enemies with them.
- Demon Gadgets – Randomly generated items that appear on the battlefield. By acquiring these gadgets, you can power-up your units. Some demon gadgets can level your unit up by 30 levels at once.
- Transmigration – A form of reincarnation that allows you to start over from level 1, but your unit will grow stronger than before.
This is great news for Disgaea fans. For more information check back often and enjoy the screenshots.
Via: Press Release
