The dark portal system is what mainly killed the PS2 game for me. I just found it incredibly cumbersome to exploit, and I've never felt the results were worth the effort unless the stage was huge and effortless to figure out. Maybe I just didn't "get it." There's also the fact that the animations made everything incredibly SLOW. The addition of skipping them may certainly help things.
I still wanted to see the story though--seemed like it had potential.
Disgaea 1 trio in every game they ever make now has gotten a little old, and isn't much of a surprise or anything to get excited about anymore. Just make a damn game with them as central characters again!
Add a Disgaea 2 trio: Adell, Rozalin and Tink? Or a Disgaea 3 trio of Mao, Almaz and Raspberyl?
Moar stuff:
• Four chapter Demon Prier storyline.
• Ability to skip battle animations.
• Ability to skip cutscenes.
• New spells and skills.
• Fully voiced.
P.S: What's the Dark Portal system?