FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE, I HAVE PUT TOGETHER EXTREMELY DETAILED CHARTS SHOWING JUST HOW ALL OF THIS WORKS.
First off, let us examine chart one (http://i37.tinypic.com/rw51rc.png). As you can see, as time passes, characters leave and go to the Netherworld's of other games. I could have included other games in this, like MK and Phantom Brave, but that would just be a distraction.
Now then, "How could we include characters from Disgaea and Disgaea 3 and have BOTH sets of characters be from the beginning stages of their respective games?" was the question. Well, as I show in chart two (http://i33.tinypic.com/2d9zi80.png), there is a simple answer - create another universe, an "AU" if you will, and get rid of the time passing element. In other words, instead of the starting date of Disgaea 3 be some time after the events of Disgaea, in this universe, they both are at about the same time, and thus, characters can mingle without having that troublesome plot and character development that has been previously established butting in.
See chart three (http://i38.tinypic.com/2e0o3rb.png) for a simplified version of how it all looks in the end.
... tl;dr:
Step 1: MAKE AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE Step 2: KILL TIME Step 3: ??? Step 4: PROFIT OFF OF DISGAEA INFINITE
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First off, let us examine chart one (http://i37.tinypic.com/rw51rc.png). As you can see, as time passes, characters leave and go to the Netherworld's of other games. I could have included other games in this, like MK and Phantom Brave, but that would just be a distraction.
Now then, "How could we include characters from Disgaea and Disgaea 3 and have BOTH sets of characters be from the beginning stages of their respective games?" was the question. Well, as I show in chart two (http://i33.tinypic.com/2d9zi80.png), there is a simple answer - create another universe, an "AU" if you will, and get rid of the time passing element. In other words, instead of the starting date of Disgaea 3 be some time after the events of Disgaea, in this universe, they both are at about the same time, and thus, characters can mingle without having that troublesome plot and character development that has been previously established butting in.
See chart three (http://i38.tinypic.com/2e0o3rb.png) for a simplified version of how it all looks in the end.
... tl;dr:
Step 1: MAKE AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE
Step 2: KILL TIME
Step 3: ???
Step 4: PROFIT OFF OF DISGAEA INFINITE