History VideoGame / Disgaea6DefianceOfDestiny

The game was released in Japan on January 28, 2021, while the international version came out on June 29, 2021. Notably, the game was made for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, but the latter is currently a [[NoExportForYou Japan only release]].

** In previous ''Disgaea'' games, killing allies was frowned-upon. Now, you ''must'' kill allies (and enemies at the same time) to get some of the [[AchievementSystem D-Merits]]. This was perhaps changed due to the GameplayAutomation making accidentally attacking your allies inevitable at times.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: And how. Any battle can immediately be retried, or the player can go back to the stage selection screen or base without penalty. Also unlike many previous ''Disgaea'' games, triggering a BadEnding does not force a NewGamePlus. If the battle is then won on the retry, the ending will still remain unlocked, speeding up the process of unlocking all the endings.

** EXP and Mana are now no longer awarded immediately upon a kill. Now, any gained EXP and Mana are put into a pool where the full amount is distributed to every character who participated in a battle, even if they died during it. [[note]]There are also awards that will give a percentage bonus to individual characters, such as the one who did the most damage, or moved the most panels[[/note]]

* PutOnTheBus: Aside from a number of recurring generic classes, [[VideoGame/LaPucelleTactics Priere]], [[VideoGame/Disgaea2 Axel]], [[VideoGame/Disgaea4 Fenrich, Emizel, Artina]] and [[VideoGame/MakaiKingom Zetta]] are all absent in ''6'' despite previously having perfect attendance since their debuts.

* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: Keeping with series' tradition, ''[[VideoGame/{{VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness}} Disgaea 1's]]'' Laharl and Flonne are seen in the reveal trailer. They are also seen with Etna, the third member first game's PowerTrio, on box art of ''6''. All thee of them are in the base game. [[VideoGame/Disgaea2 Adell, Rozalin]], [[VideoGame/Disgaea3 Mao, Raspberyl]], [[VideoGame/Disgaea4 Valvatorez, Fuka, Desco]], [[VideoGame/Disgaea5 Killia, Usalia]] and Asagi return as DLC.

* ATasteOfPower: While Zed's exact level isn't shown, he begins the level with incredibly high stats and access to three out of his four skills, destroying all incoming enemies with relative ease. This is because the game begins InMediasRes, with Zed telling the story about how he eventually became so strong.

* ATasteOfPower: While Zed's exact level isn't shown, he begins the level with incredibly high stats and access to three out of his four skills, destroying all incoming enemies with relative ease. This is because the game begins InMediaRes, with Zed telling the story about how he eventually became so strong.

* MythologyGag: The God of Destruction has elements of [[VideoGame/MakaiKingdom Valvolga's]] design, especially the dragon design on his armor and the halo behind his head. [[spoiler:It becomes even more noticeable when Misual becomes a God of Destruction, possessing a similar facial structure, being MultiArmedAndDangerous (though having six arms instead of Valvolga's four), and even his attacks bring to mind the [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Disgaea 2]] version of Tera Star, in which Valvolga was summoned as part of the spell.]]

* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/Disgaea See here]]

* CameBackStrong: Zed has a power known Super Reincarnation, which allows him to revive upon death and grow stronger each time he does so. In gameplay this manifests as a 1% boost in damage dealt for every time Zed has Super Reincarnated, up to 200%.

* FantasticRacism: While Prinnies have always been treated as total garbage (which makes sense since they're the souls of sinners reborn in their prinny bodies), zombies are revealed to be treated almost as bad if not worse. Zed recounts multiple times throughout the story that he and Bieko were repeatedly bullied by the townsfolk just because they were zombies and no other reason. [[spoiler:When Zed goes back in the final chapter of Act 1, he is attacked by the very same people who bullied Bieko, and pulls no punches.]]

* {{Retcon}}: Majins were originally the ultimate non-unique class in Disgaea 1, nerfed in 2, significantly nerfed in 3, and then removed outright. [[spoiler: In 6, they are an ancient precursor race of omnicidal super-demons.]]
* ShoutOut:
** Majolene's magical girl outfit references the "Virgin Killer Sweater," a Japanese meme outfit, essentially a cross between an apron and a sweater, with the back being absurdly low cut.
** Misedor's "Gold Cannon" move involves his treasure appearing from [[Franchise/FateSeries golden portals behind him]].
** One of Piyori's alternate color schemes is very blatantly [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei.]]
** One of the lines from the generic zombie class is that he mentioned he is "[[https://www.youtube.com/user/ProZD/featured ProZD]]". The zombie voice actor, [[Creator/ProZD SungWon Cho]] ([=ProZD=] himself) is also the voice of Misedor.
** One of Piyori's lines when sent out is "[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Go Go Prisim Rangers!]]"

* DiscOneFinalBoss: The God of Destruction [[spoiler: is not the main villain of the game. Once you hit Act 2, you realize who has been pulling the strings to cause the God of Destruction's existence.]]

* {{Nerf}}: The Thief class has been hit hard with this thanks to their unique evility which doubled stealing's success rate being replaced with a vastly inferior evility that simply grants a 30% chance to generate a treasure chest when they kill an enemy. Stealing in general has been nerfed on top of that, such that even with a maxed out Cat Snatch skill and stats in the ''billions'' you won't reach the steal cap for anything but extremely low Ranked items. This makes it extremely difficult to obtain Rank 40 items, which are ''only'' available through stealing, since there's only a 25% chance for Steal to succeed. On the plus side, they eventually get the skill "Grand Theft", which lets them attempt to steal from every enemy on the map simultaneously.
** Towers, lifting and throwing were also nerfed; while you're now able to move around as a tower of units, there are no longer any Tower-based special skills, and there's no easy way of automating the process of building a huge tower with [[GameplayAutomation Demonic Intelligence]][[note]]It CAN be done, but it's hardly an intuitive process.[[/note]] and with the removal of Wrestlers and the Monster classes' mon-toss (both of whom could throw units without using up their action for the turn, depending on the situation) throw based strategies are severely scaled back.

The story follows a zombie kid named Zed, who comes back to life [[CameBackStrong stronger every time he dies.]] Accompanied by his sister, Bieko, Zed embarks on a journey across the Netherworlds to face an imminent threat posed by an entity known only as the "God of Destruction".

* TrueLovesKiss: In the final chapter [[spoiler:when Zed's Majin blood starts to awaken]], the group "focuses their energy" into Melodia as a conduit, which is a dramatic way of telling her to give Zed a kiss. [[spoiler:Zed doesn't take it well, but it does actually work.]]