Re-releases
The official website for Disgaea 2 Portable opened on December 29, 2008. It was released in Japan on March 26, 2009. NIS America announced that they were publishing the PlayStation Portable version under the name Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days. It was released in the United States on September 8, 2009.
The re-release features bonus material over the original, including an expanded playable character line-up(including three of the main cast from the sequel Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice; Mao, Raspberyl and Mr. Champloo), an 'Axel Mode' storyline, more creatable monsters and more powerful versions of existing spells. Features from Disgaea 3 are also introduced, including the Magichange system, Pass & Toss and Level Spheres in the Item World.
Keeping with the tradition of Disgaea PlayStation Portable re-releases, Music Shops and Data Shops are available, giving the ability to purchase in-game music to play during forays into Item World. Additional content, such as the ability to create female Ronins, is unlocked by having a Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness save file on the same memory stick as the Dark Hero Days save file, as well as downloadable content. The DLC includes; Pram from Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome; Marona and Ash from Phantom Brave; Dark Eclair from La Pucelle: Tactics; Almaz and Sapphire from Disgaea 3; Gig from Soul Nomad & the World Eaters; Pleinair, a recurring character who's the mascot of character designer Takehito Harada; Miabel from a future title called "Princess Antiphona's Hymn: Angel's Score OP"; and a Humanoid version of Disgaea 2's Hanako from 10 years the future, known as "Demon Lord Hanako". Gig, Miabel, and Dark Eclair are only available in Japan due to coding errors by the translation staff.
The North American versions of the DLC, which include Sapphire Rhodondite and Pleinair from Disgaea 3, was released on November 25, 2010 on the PlayStation Network for free due to complaints. The complaints were due to players receiving error messages while saving their game data. The error was caused by players saving their games without purchasing the content. NIS Software received complaints, and has made the game's first DLC pack free as an apology.
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