And portability.

Yeah, don't get me wrong, I think it's an underrated game and it deserves those high scores, I'm just a bit confused as to why essentially the same game is suddenly free of the negatives reviewers nagged on before. I realize that the portability of the Switch helps (hell, I use my Switch in portable mode about 99% of the time) it's just a bit strange that the same game receives such disparate scores. 

The game is 10 times better suited for handheld gaming, it has more content than the original and 8 times less reviews, case closed.

So it should have just released on the PSVita but apparently it was "impossible"?

Still, seems like a good title for anybody needing some games on the Switch while they wait for ARMS in june(?)

Doesn't the game require disgusting amount of grinding (as I understand it, there is a stupidly high level cap on these games)? That's the case for hardcore fans of the series though but then again, this isn't a casual game either. The battery of the Switch may be an issue...THEN AGAIN, this type of game probably doesn't demand much so you can get 4-5 hours on it AND you can do some grinding while commuting/break/lunches...

Fuck it, portability sounds like a real plus

I highly disagree, this kind of games are clearly better for hanheld gaming, that guy from Geek starts the review with the same opinion

 "They felt so perfect on the Vita given their SRPG nature with quick battles that I was actually disappointed when Disgaea 5 was announced as a PlayStation 4 exclusive title"

Disgaea 4 also had better scores on Vita despite being released 3 years laters (instead of 1). In fact you can find similar examples (Eurogamer Spain gives an 80 to Ps3 version and a 90 to Vita...)

But most important, Switch has 7 times less reviews... 

1. He thinks its better portable, you do not. Maybe consider that in reviews. Said reviewer prefers it one way or the other as well. The switch makes it so that they are never in a review saying "This is a better handheld, or better home console game", cause it can be either.

Lets say 10 reviewers review Disgea 4 on PS3, and then the same on the PSV. Half of them like playing it on tv, half like it portable. Thus half of them always give either the psv or the ps3 a dock in points for not being the format they like. PSV, gets five 8's, and five 9's. The 9's from those that like portable, the 8's from those that like tv. Same for PS3, it gest five 8's and five 9's. The reviewers flip flopped in this case. The ones that gave it a 9 on the PSV give it an 8 on the PS3 cause they like portability. The ones that gave it an 9 and gave it an 8 on teh PSV prefer to play it home console style.

Now on to the switch reviews. It gets all 9's, because all 10 reviewers can play the way they like to for this game. Those that like portable have that, those that like tv have that. No reason to dock.

Now that is just for reviewer bias in play method. Now lets talk about extra content, no new features as you said. The extra dlc as you said is just costumes? I have no idea, never played and don't know. But lets say it is. Then yes no point in upping score. No new features, story modes, story, ect. Idk again, taking your word. So again no raise in point there.

BUT you are not considering teh switch itself as a new feature. I watched a trailer yesterday for this game where they showed off all the plethora of stuff you can do. Showing off battles, the crazy way of playing such as making a tower of people and swinging them like a bat, ect. But during that trailer it also showed a ton of non-battle stuff. The town so to speak. You know where you go and recruit people, interogate people, build weapons, formulate team, level yourself up. Min/Max as they said. ect. Going off of memory from one watch, so don't recal all and could be adding stuff that doesn't exist. But you seem to have played this game so you would know of what I'm talking about.

Now as for what the switch brings to the table. I could see myself playing a game like this in this manner. For all the battles, story stuff, ect I woudl dock the system and play on teh big tv. Then when doing the hundreds of inbetween battle things I would undock it and have it in handheld mode while I watch a tv show. I can casually do this "offscreen" stuff without having to monopolize a tv per say, plus not getting bored doing all this stuff if a tv show is on. Or say this is an RPG type game where it requires a lot of grinding. You can do that mindless grinding stuff in portable mode while you watch a movie.

That is a new feature. It's not a new feature Disgea added, but a feature the Switch brings to all of its library just by being what it is.

YOU have 8 hours sessions with this game but I'm sure most humans don't, at all. I have Disgaea on PSP and I don't think I have ever played for more than 2 hours ever, the battles are quick which makes it suited for hanheld gaming, even the graphics makes way more sense on a hanheld than on the most powerful homeconsole in the market.

Just downloaded the demo, and I think it's a given of a purchase once it launches in Europe. Tempted to import via amazon.jp though :/

There's you and there's me but that review is on the same side as me in the opinion that is better suited for hanheld gaming and so he rated it better for that and the new content.