The date was announced at a Tokyo Game Show press conference in which NIS said that this game "holds the fate of our company". The game will also include online features for the first time, allowing players to "invade other player's worlds, and vice versa," according to Joystiq.

Like previous entries, it is likely that this title will eventually be released in the United States and Europe after localization. Disgaea 3, for the PlayStation 3, was most recently released in the US in 2008 and in Europe in 2009.