Template:Future video game Template:Infobox CVG Disgaea 3 (魔界戦記ディスガイア3 Makai Senki Disgaea?) is the next video game in the Disgaea series by Nippon Ichi. The game is scheduled for a January 2008 release for the PlayStation 3 video game console.
Story
The game takes place in a Netherworld School called the Maritsu Evil Academy. In this demon school, a good student is one who engages in delinquent activities such as ditching classes, or not doing homework. The student who participates the most in these kind of activities is known as the Honor Student, while demons who arrive to class early and do their homework are known as delinquents. Mao, son of the chairman, has not once attended class since the beginning of school and is known as the honor-student of Maritsu Evil Academy. His ambition for the future is to overthrow his father, who also happens to be an Overlord, and take his title for himself. After reading a few volumes in his manga, Mao comes to the conclusion that "heroes are the ones who defeat devils". From that point on, Mao resolved to become an hero himself, convinced it will help him achieve his goal.
Eventually, Raspberyl, the delinquent of the school, learns about Mao's goal and begins to worry. If Mao were to achieve the title of Hero, then it would endanger her position as the school's "Number One Delinquent". She makes up her mind to follow Mao, stop his plan, and once again secure her title. However since Raspberyl is a demon delinquent, she tries to solve the problem without violence and talk him out of it instead. Seeing this from a distance, Almaz, a hero himself, misunderstands the situation and tries to save the day. Mao accepts the challenge and defeats him, stealing Almaz's title in the process. With the title of Hero, Mao believes he is one step closer to defeating his father and achieving his goal of becoming an Overlord.
Characters
- Mao (マオ Mao?): An Honor Student at Maritsu Evil Academy, he is the elite of the elite. Mao skips class, doesn't do homework, and is an overall bad boy. His hobbies include mischief and evil research, such as experimentation on people. His dislikes involve humans and heroes. Despite this, he continually studies them through video games and manga. His reason is so that he can learn how to become a hero and defeat his father, an Overlord, taking the title for himself. Mao has an evilness rating of 1,800,000.
- Raspberyl (ラズベリル Razuberiru?): Childhood friend of Mao, who goes by the nickname Beryl. She's considered a delinquent by Netherworld standards since she does good deeds and follows the rules. Even though she talks like a delinquent, she does her homework, volunteers, goes to class early, and is an overall wonderful student. She dislikes acting uncool and her dreams for the future involve becoming the Legendary Delinquent.
- Almaz (アルマース Arumasu?): A hero fanboy, who knows everything there is to know about heroes. He's very passionate about them, however he has a hard time acting like one due to his lack of confidence. He likes a princess in the human world, and admires Super Hero. His dislikes involve demons because they do things like kidnap his princess. He wishes to become a great hero like Super Hero, so he can protect his princess from being kidnapped. However, he had his title of hero stolen by Mao. Without it, he's slowly becoming a demon.
- Jiiya (じいや Jiiya?): This old gentleman demon is very loyal to Mao, even becoming over protective in certain situations. He's known to cover his failures by laughing them off, though he seems to be keeping a few secrets himself. His wish and future goal is to help Mao grow up to be a great Overlord, and dislikes people who get in the way of that. Jiiya was originally the one who found Almaz and brought him to Mao, in order to help him achieve his goal. There are demons that say he's even stronger than Mao.
Gameplay
Battle System
- Two-level Toss
After forming a tower, the character at the bottom can execute the Throw command to toss the character at the top of the tower to higher areas.
- Throwing Receive
When throwing a character to an ally, that ally could catch your tossed ally and then throw them an few extra spaces based on the second thrower's direction. This applies to both human and monster type allies.
- Demon Change
Monsters can now morph into weapons in which a partner can use to execute a strong technical attack. To do this, you must first equip a certain demon ability to that character.
Customize System
- Mability/Demon Ability
One can incorporate a maximum of two special augmentation abilities to improve your character's performance in battle, or allow Monster creatures to execute Demon Change skills with a partner.