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Now, another world is about to fall prey to such darkness.''\\
--OpeningMonologue

''Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories'' is the second game in the TurnBasedStrategy series ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'', and was released in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. It was later ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable as ''[[UpdatedRerelease Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days.]]'' It came to the PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in January 2017.

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Now, another world is about to fall prey to such darkness.''\\
--OpeningMonologue

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''Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories'' is the second game in the TurnBasedStrategy series ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'', and was released in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. Platform/PlayStation2. It was later ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable Platform/PlayStationPortable as ''[[UpdatedRerelease Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days.]]'' It came to the PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Platform/{{Steam}} in January 2017.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: When Rozalin explains that she is not brainwashed or being held hostage by Adell, Axel jumps to the conclusion that she is trying to overthrow her own father. Rozalin is shocked that he assumed this, but Tink points out that this is a logical assumption to make, seeing as she's willingly spending time with the man who's openly dedicated to defeating Overlord Zenon.
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* TomatoSurprise: The end-goal is to find Overlord Zenon, the "God of Overlords" who cursed the humans of Veldime into slowly becoming monsters. An attempt to summon him resulted in Rozalin, Zenon's daughter, being stuck with Adell. [[spoiler: The end of the game reveals that the one who cursed Veldime isn't Zenon, but a rival who took Zenon's name. The true identity of Zenon is none other than ''Rozalin''; Zenon grew tired of their violent life and reincarnated, being reborn as a member of the Snow Clan, Yukimaru and Fubuki's family. The Fake Zenon took Rozalin and adopted her as part of a GildedCage revenge plot.]]
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* NotJustATournament: The tournament in Veldime Colosseum is revealed by Zenon himself to be a trap to lure out Etna and anyone else aiming to beat him. While the "Lure out" part worked, Etna proved to be far more powerful than Zenon hoped to handle.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Axel.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Axel. After he gets trounced at the colosseum, the heroes allow him and his crew to follow their confrontation with Zenon. Getting video footage of Zenon's existence allows Axel to prove he still lives and regain his celebrity status.
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* ObviousBeta: ''Dark Hero Days's'' DLC was released with so many crippling bugs and glitches that they had to ''take it down'' from PSN so they could fix them... and it still had several glitches!
** On UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, the DLC will '''''never''''' work, failing to verify.

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* BonusBoss: Laharl, Etna, Flonne, and a bunch of other Creator/NipponIchi characters. The PSP remake adds more, for a total of ''twenty-six.''



* DefeatMeansFriendship: In several ways. Most of the story characters have to beaten, or at least, foiled first. Downloadble characters (save one) have to be roughed up, and other extra characters that you can get in the UpdatedRerelease are initially [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]]. Furthermore, you can capture monsters by tossing them into the Base Panel and whupping the tar out of them.

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* DefeatMeansFriendship: In several ways. Most of the story characters have to beaten, or at least, foiled first. Downloadble characters (save one) have to be roughed up, and other extra characters that you can get in the UpdatedRerelease are initially [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]].{{Optional Boss}}es. Furthermore, you can capture monsters by tossing them into the Base Panel and whupping the tar out of them.



* SerialEscalation: The original ''Disgaea 2'' has a way of constantly making each challenge worse than the last. Starting from the first fight with Axel culminating in the BonusBoss Baal, but every time each battle not only gets consistently harder, geo effects are played with, enemy equipment is pushed to its limits, and eventually stats are just ridiculously allocated on the enemies. Then Pringer X is introduced on the port "Disgaea 2 Dark Hero Days" as a boss who is just overall ridiculously difficult, but even after winning, the player is forced to refight '''8''' of him with maxed-out stats in every category, or the battle doesn't count in the dark record.

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* SerialEscalation: The original ''Disgaea 2'' has a way of constantly making each challenge worse than the last. Starting from the first fight with Axel culminating in the BonusBoss {{Superboss}} Baal, but every time each battle not only gets consistently harder, geo effects are played with, enemy equipment is pushed to its limits, and eventually stats are just ridiculously allocated on the enemies. Then Pringer X is introduced on the port "Disgaea 2 Dark Hero Days" as a boss who is just overall ridiculously difficult, but even after winning, the player is forced to refight '''8''' of him with maxed-out stats in every category, or the battle doesn't count in the dark record.



* WhoDares: [[BonusBoss Should you decide]] to fight [[VideoGame/MakaiKingdom Zetta]], his first words upon appearing are "Who dares summon me?"

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* WhoDares: [[BonusBoss [[OptionalBoss Should you decide]] to fight [[VideoGame/MakaiKingdom Zetta]], his first words upon appearing are "Who dares summon me?"
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%%* {{Bishonen}}: [[spoiler:Tink, before becoming a frog.]]
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** Also, if you win the first fight against Laharl, he ''destroys the entire world''.

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** Also, if you win either the first story battle or the optional Dark Assembly fight against Laharl, he ''destroys the entire world''.
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* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Laharl blows up the planet in a bad ending.

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* CutscenePowerToTheMax: In no less than three bad endings, Laharl blows up the planet in response to either losing a bad ending.fight or winning a fight so easily that it was boring enough to enrage him.

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* ChekhovsGag: Whenever a summoning goes wrong, It '''''always''''' resets the demon's level to 1...



** If you magichange Gig and wield him as a weapon, after his 2-3 rounds are up, ''he'' will be standing there and the character wielding him will be disabled. Just like in his game.

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** If you magichange Gig and wield him as a weapon, after his 2-3 rounds are up, ''he'' will be standing there and the character wielding him will be disabled. Just like in [[Videogame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters his game.game]].



* MythologyGag: The entire "Makai Wars" chapter of Axel's story; about a movie that has never been finished for the past 100 years.

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* MythologyGag: The entire "Makai Wars" chapter of Axel's story; about a movie that has never been finished for the past 100 years.years, referencing Asagi's long-delayed game.



* NoFourthWall: Rozalin asks Adell where his confidence comes from; is he descended from heroes? Is he level 100,000,000?

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* NoFourthWall: Rozalin asks Adell where his confidence comes from; is he descended from heroes? Is he level 100,000,000?100,000,000? [[note]]Hilariously, Even when Videogame/Disgaea6 increased the level cap, it stopped at 99,999,999.[[/note]]



* ObviousBeta: ''Dark Hero Days's'' DLC was released with so many crippling bugs and glitches that they had to ''take it down'' from PSN so they could fix them.

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* ObviousBeta: ''Dark Hero Days's'' DLC was released with so many crippling bugs and glitches that they had to ''take it down'' from PSN so they could fix them.them... and it still had several glitches!
** On UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, the DLC will '''''never''''' work, failing to verify.



* ShipTease: A ''lot'' between Adell and Rozalin. The opening alone has a field day with it.

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* ShipTease: A ''lot'' between Adell and Rozalin. The opening alone has a field day with it. Later game appearances ''adore'' this.



* StayWithTheAliens: It's stated in the Good End that [[spoiler:Hanako remained a demon so she could apprentice under Etna]].

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* StayWithTheAliens: It's stated in the Good End that [[spoiler:Hanako remained a demon so she could apprentice under Etna]]. In ''Dark Hero Days'', you can even ''summon'' them at that point.
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* GiantWaistRibbon: Yukimaru, Fubuki, and Rozalin. That 3rd one is [[spoiler:foreshadowing her ancestry]].
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* MegaTwintails: The archers get a new hairstyle in this game, which consists of this.
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* KillTheLights: The ultimate skill of the [[HornyDevils Succubus]] class is called 'Nightmare', and it involves surrounding the enemy with darkness and launching an unseen beatdown.

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* KillTheLights: The ultimate skill of the [[HornyDevils [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubus]] class is called 'Nightmare', and it involves surrounding the enemy with darkness and launching an unseen beatdown.



* StepIntoTheBlindingFight: The ultimate skill of the [[HornyDevils Succubus]] class is called 'Nightmare', and it involves surrounding the enemy with darkness and launching an unseen beatdown. Can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilgik3s0tY4#t=03m03s here]].

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* StepIntoTheBlindingFight: The ultimate skill of the [[HornyDevils [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubus]] class is called 'Nightmare', and it involves surrounding the enemy with darkness and launching an unseen beatdown. Can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilgik3s0tY4#t=03m03s here]].

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