Video of Disgaea Infinite for PSP, from NIS America.
Contents AppearanceA Prinny (プリニー Purinī), romanized as 'Plini' (from the original term 'Plinian Squad') in the The World of Disgaea artbook, resembles a small, usually blue, brown pouch-wearing penguin with disproportionately small bat wings and two brown peg legs where feet would normally be. Their taped on stomach section is white, and they have yellow pointy beaks. Their eyes are black circle with a white ring around them.They come in various colors throughout the series, though the above mentioned color scheme is their most common coloring, and is the default color scheme for Prinny characters in the Disgaea series.CharacteristicsWhen thrown, a Prinny explodes on impact. A common trait of the Prinnies is their upbeat attitude, lazy and unintelligent personalities, their signature pirouette spin, and frequent use of the word 'dood' (as an interjection - they constantly end their sentences with '-ssu', a diminutive slang form of 'desu' used by 'punk teenagers' in the Japanese dialogue).
According to Valvatorez, the inclusion of 'dood' is mandatory Prinny behaviour and Prinnies who fail to include it in their lines face severe punishment.Prinnies use machetes as their primary weapons, and occasionally bombs in team attacks. They can also summon a gigantic energy beam known as the 'Pringer Beam'. They keep their arsenal of weapons and various other items in their pouches.Prinny JuiceWhile rarely mentioned in-game, Prinnies have been known to dispense a beverage known as 'Prinny Juice'. While few know what this fluid actually contains, most summarise that it is literal 'Prinny Juice', given cruel nature.Life and RebirthAccording to the game, when a human (or half-human in Laharl's case) who has led a worthless life (e.g.
A thief or murderer) dies, the soul is sewn into the body of a Prinny. After being reborn, the newly created Prinny will serve as a soldier, slave, or servant in the or until it has earned reincarnation, and leave its servitude in a ritual involving the.
In Makai Kingdom, however, Prinny bodies are said to be manufactured in Ruskan (inventor demons) factories, with the assembly line never seen. According to, a Prinny body that has multiple souls in its skin will become fat and flabby.In, it is revealed that, on rare occasions, a soul's reincarnation into a Prinny can go halfway, primarily due to the Netherworld not being able to afford enough Prinny bodies.
An example is main character Fuka, who instead has to wear a Prinny themed hat and jacket over her school uniform.In Celestia, Prinnies mostly act as maids and domestic servants. The good deeds they do there lead to their reincarnation. In the Netherworld, depending on the lord they serve, they can have horrible after-lives doing excessively hard labor for very little pay, often thrown around just for fun.
The money they earn in the Netherworld goes towards their reincarnation.Some Prinnies live in a place called '.' It is their own world in which Prinnies do not explode when thrown. Some Prinnies flee there to escape their lives in the Netherworld, and some may have rebelled or have been banished there. Another place Prinnies can be found is the '.' These Prinnies live for battle and look down on newcomers.GameplayA Prinny in Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance. Main article:In the Disgaea series, the Prinny is a reoccurring first introduced in.
Prinnies appear in all Disgaea games as a generic class. Each tier is named after a military rank.
Prinnies are always one of the first monster classes available. They tend to have decent attack, but lower and.Appearances in the seriesPrinnies first appear as a team of monsters hired by in the. After this, additional Prinnies can be recruited as a generic monster class in the. Interestingly, they are the only class with only five tiers.
They are also the only Monsters known to never appear in the Item World as standard enemies.The Prinny redemption cycle becomes a major plot point in the eighth episode of the game,. Awakens to the sound of Prinnies chanting and escaping the castle. Then explains that they are heading to the to be reborn. After pursues them to the, it is also revealed that Laharl's mother became a Prinny after her death.
The episode ends with her soul and that of several other Prinnies being taken away by to the Red Moon.In the thirteenth episode, returns as a Prinny after sacrificing himself to save. In the, it is also strongly implied that Laharl himself becomes a Prinny after sacrificing himself to save Flonne's life.Aside from story appearances, Prinnies appear rarely in as enemies. They appear in the and attempt to overcome Laharl and obtain the title of, as well as in., a superboss, becomes after being defeated once.
He is, quite appropriately, equipped with the. In, a Prinny provides humourous commentary in the.In Disgaea 2, the Prinnies lead the ' and are responsible for judging the party's crimes, of which a guilty verdict will always be passed. In general the applied by the Dark Court are to the player's benefit, but if one wishes to remove them from a character then the character must reincarnate as a Prinny to 'atone for your sins.'
Prinnies are also available as a generic monster class, this time with a new tier, in this game they have their own music theme called 'Prinny My Love'.In Disgaea 3 Prinnies return as a generic class. Their transforms them into. Special Prinnies exist, particularly in the 'Prinny Pirate' group, involving Prinny Laharls and Prinny Aurums. Prinny Kurtis, along with his cyborg form as DLC for the game, as well as the 'Hero Prinny', the Red Scarfed hero from the PSP game.In Disgaea 4, Prinnies return as a generic class but this time can magichange into bows. This installment also delves deeper into the Prinny creation process, showing that Prinnies are made in a factory in Hades and then trained by Prinny Instructors before being shipped out to whoever they end up working for.
However, Prinny Hide isn't an unlimited resource and if there isn't enough hide, pieces of clothing such as hats will be created with the hide so they can keep the process going. Without being bound by the special Prinny hide, a sinful soul will simply be lost and unable to ever repent for its sins.
It's notable that partial-Prinnies (referred to as 'Unprinnies') like this do not explode and retain much of their human selves.In Disgaea 5, Prinnies return as a generic class. Their allows them to transform into swords, and with another Prinny turns into a wide sword.Also, there exist another kind of Prinny that resides in Toto Bunny. Unlike most Prinnies in other netherworld, they sport a yellow Prinny hide, uses the term 'plip' rather often (they ends their sentence with '-byun' in japanese instead.), and were treated as a family instead of being a servant.In Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?, the main character is a Prinny referred to as. Etna recruits him/her and 999 other Prinnies to find the ultimate sweet for her, and gives one Prinny a special scarf to stop him/her from exploding. The player controls one Prinny at a time, with new Prinnies being given the scarf when the old Prinny is killed.In Prinny 2: Dawn of the great Pantsu Wars, Etna sends the and 999 other cohorts to find the person responsible for stealing a pair of her panties. In an alternate story called Asagi Wars: The Vengeance of Asagi, who was turned into a Prinny following the Asagi mode from the first Prinny game, is pitted against alternate versions of herself in order to prove herself the true Asagi.In Disgaea Infinite, the main character is a Prinny who works at Laharl's Castle.
After the 'failed assassination' of Prince Laharl, his salary gets cut and is forced to work for free. Refusing to accept the change, the pocketwatch turns Prinny into Ghost Prinny and sends him to the past in order to change his fate.Other AppearancesIn the game Phantom Brave, Prinnies are allowed to use all weapons, but have a less story-backed role. However, serves as the final challenge of the bonus storyline. Phantom Brave's Prinnies cause explosions upon being summoned or unsummoned - however, these explosions do not injure the Prinny itself.In Makai Kingdom another Nippon Ichi game, Prinnies make an appearance but have demon souls rather than human. They differ from their Disgaea counterparts in that they do not explode when thrown. Prinnies in this game have a high TEC stat, meaning that Wrenches, Shovels and Bombs are excellent weapons for them as well as making them excellent vehicle drivers.
You can also fight a Prinny in a bonus stage who drives the Super Robo Suit.Tori no Hoshi: Aerial PlanetPrinnies make a cameo appearance as birds that the player can fly with in this game.Last RebellionPrinnies make a cameo appearance as optional rare monster fights. There are four types of Prinnies in the game, ranging in size from normal Prinny height to taller than a full-grown adult. Prinnies can only be found when entering the mirror portal to the 'Another World' while playing as the male main character, Nine. In battle, the Prinnies have a large amount of health, but tend to only use one basic knife attack. Defeating each Prinny type grants the following achievements:.
Prinny 1: How'd We Get Here, Dood?. Prinny 2: Dood, Give Us A Break. Prinny 3: We Don't Have Any Money, Dood. Prinny 4: Fine, Dood, We're Outta Here!A Prinny, along with, is available as a playable character.
He seems to be a reincarnation of a pervert criminal, as seen as he always peeping on the girls when they're bathing, just for being a punching bag by Etna. He also has fears towards Felicia (from DarkStalkers) as she was 'playing' hunt with him.A Prinny, along with Etna and Flonne, is available as a major playable character.
The entire Prinny squadron under Etna's command joins the cast early on in Kanata's storyline and are often put to work as servants and gophers for the other characters, with tasks such as cooking food, giving back massages, and organizing weapon collections. The Prinnies working for Etna continually express their desire to work for Flonne instead of Etna, especially after Flonne reveals her merchandising plans to shoot the film 'March of the Prinnies', narrated by a famous Netherworld actor.
Despite their star-struck cries of 'Can I really be the hero, dood?' , Etna smashes their dreams by noting that their salary for such a movie probably wouldn't be much more than a dried fish with Flonne's budget. In battle, Prinny is a full-fledged PC, with long combo strings and the highest-hit-chain EX Skill in the game. It's notable that they show up as the main explosive source in Pamela's EX Skill.Prinnies appear as random enemies and denizens of the Bizzaro Earth. In the hero's base, a Prinny is forced to act as the hero's 'Wife', playing its role by continually nagging the main character for funds to expand the inventory and the 'Home' installation.
If the player goes too long without contributing to the funds, the Home falls into disrepair.Another Prinny can be found simply spending time in the main Bizzaro Earth base area, talking about his sad position in life as a peon. If you nag him repeatedly, he will give the main character three Costumes to transform him into Laharl, Etna, or Fallen Angel Flonne.Team Fortress 2Though not an appearance by the creature itself, Team Fortress 2 does include some items based on the Prinny, two being all-class cosmetic items (the Prinny Hat and Prinny Pouch), and one being an all-class weapon reskin (the Prinny Machete). These items were released as promotional items for Disgaea PC, and were given to those who purchased the game before July 4, 2016, but the items themselves were added in the Meet Your Match Update, which was released three days after the promotion ended.Notable Prinnies. (Non-canon). (Laharl's mom). (Disguise). (Former, Non-canon).
(Non-canon). (Disguise).
(Possibly Implied). The yellow giant Prinny that rides on.Gallery.
You know how gamers sometimes get frustrated because we feel like developers do the same thing all the time? Gameplay and plot clichés wherever we look? Well good news: Disgaea Infinite is not quite like anything I've ever played before. It's a graphic adventure game, and it reminds me of Shadow of Destiny (which I liked quite a bit more than reviewer Dancin' Homer did), but it's not even quite like that. Let me explain.
Disgaea Infinite features the characters from the original Disgaea and Disgaea 3, although having played those games is not a prerequisite to understanding this one. You play the role of a Prinny who Overlord Laharl throws out a window shortly after the game begins. Hours later, you regain consciousness just in time to hear Laharl getting blown up back in his room. In his anger at the 'assassination attempt,' he cuts all of the Prinnies' salaries to nothing (they probably didn't have anything to do with it, but they're easy to punish). Since the Prinnies' whole reason for being in the Netherworld is to work and earn enough money to pay for the sins they committed during life, they view slave labor as a very distressing proposition.
Serendipitously, just before being thrown out the window, you found a magic pocketwatch that allows you to send your soul back in time and possess those around you in an attempt to change your fate. Even better, it lets you do so over and over again until you get things straightened out to your satisfaction. In this case, that means either stopping Laharl from being blown up or at least making sure that the Prinnies keep their salaries. Of course, since you got thrown out of a window before it all started, you don't even know what happened, so before you can improve your situation, you'll have to discover the true facts behind the explosion.
Much of the time while you're possessing someone, you're a passive observer; but in your possessee's moments of indecision, you can step in with a bit of mind control to force them along the path you want them to follow. There's no one character who you can possess to get the whole story, but you can always switch from the character you're currently possessing to anyone else in his/her presence and follow that character instead. To help you keep things straight, the game is divided up into hour-long blocks of time, and as you move through the game's day, possessing different characters as you see fit, it automatically builds a timeline of which characters were in which locations each hour and flags the times/locations where you have discovered an opportunity for mind control. Since there are about a dozen characters involved, the timeline becomes very helpful very quickly. Still, you'll probably need to take notes to remember which paths you want to take and which you've already taken.
Being a Disgaea game, there are a number of different endings (14 to be precise), and once you've got the basic storyline worked out, you can choose to keep trying different combinations of possessions and mind control until you see all of the endings, or just until you get the ending you want. In fact, if you make the 'right' choices, you can see the end credits within about 15 minutes of starting the game. It's not an ending your character would want you to get, but it is an ending. An in-game database tracks every ending you've gotten, which I appreciated. I also liked the way the developers used some of the endings to tie this game into other non-Disgaea games where the Disgaea characters have appeared, although you could choose to see it in a less positive light as in-game advertising.
This is a fun game, and as far as I know, its gameplay is unique. Some of its elements have appeared in other games, but never all of them together. I only have two complaints, and one of them is minor. First, I don't like that you're given a fairly short time in which to make your choice when performing mind control. There's nothing else in the game that's on a timer, so it feels out of place. Second, it's a very short game. I managed to get more than half of the endings, including the 'Best Ending' in just a few days of playing. Granted, I played a lot more than I normally would in a few days, but that's still pretty short. On the up side, it's been released as a bargain title – it cost $19.99 from day one.
Disgaea Infinite is also very funny. Despite its short playtime, it got more actual laughs from me than any other game I've played in quite a while. However, in bringing this up, I must give one note of caution: if you're Christian, there are a few lines that are intended to be funny, but definitely cross the line into blasphemyland. Lines like 'Deep-fried Jesus sticks!' and 'Oven-roasted Christ crackers!' They're not enough to stop me from buying or playing this game, but the laughs they got from me were certainly more uncomfortable than those that the rest of the humor did.
Disgaea Infinite tells its story mainly through lightly-animated character portraits. Many of the pictures and poses will be familiar to fans of the series, but the animation is new, and it's done quite well, and it really adds emotional impact. I say 'mainly' because several times during the game, including when you mind control someone and during the endings, a short action scene plays out using the battle sprites from the original games. They're cute, and their inclusion makes sense. In short, this game keeps its graphics fairly simple, and it pulls off that minimalist approach admirably.
Disgaea's normal voice cast returns in this game, and they do the same great job I've come to expect from them. In addition, purists can choose to enjoy the dialogue in the original Japanese. I don't speak the language, so I can't say how well those actors do, but based on the English cast, I feel it's safe to give them the benefit of the doubt. I'm not as into game music as some of my colleagues, but I've always liked the Disgaea themes, so although most of the music in this game feels familiar, I'm not disappointed. I believe that there are a few new tunes, specifically in the endings, and they're good as well.
The control options in the Disgaea games have always been great. NIS seems to understand their audience and the little things in gameplay that are really annoying, like watching the same attack animation for the billionth time. Disgaea Infinite doesn't have battles, but it does have a button you can press to auto-skip any dialogue you've already seen. I really loved that as I played through some of the same events over and over, trying to find the right path to each ending. The controls are nice and simple, and they do just what they need to. The only negative thing I can say about the controls is that the printed manual lists the wrong buttons for certain things, and to call that out seriously would be nitpicking.
Here at RPGFan, we review RPGs and graphic adventures alike, but it's rare to find a game that hits both of those genres. Disgaea Infinite is one of those rare games. It plays like a visual novel, but it will also appeal to fans of the Disgaea RPG series. As I said above, it's fun, it's funny, and it's unique. It's designed well for portable gaming, allowing you to stop at a second's notice. It's got a lot going for it, and I'm glad I got to play it. I just wish it wasn't so short.
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